Note from the designer - "In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages (his and hers?), followed by a pious verse:
Note from the designer: "The characteristic that readily identifies the origin of this sampler is the distinctive vine and rose border, configured such that a leaf on one side and a rosebud stem on the other give the illusion of a double vine. It is almost always found executed in cross stitch... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Chessie & Me featuring a lovely sampler!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Ween Beans linen from Needle Bling Designs using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 106 x 202.
There is a modest little flower, To friendship ever dear, Oh! Plant it on my humble bed And strew it O'er my bier. Let not the dark sepulchral yew Its sombre branches wave, But let that little fragile flower Alone grow on my grave. No sculptured marble e'er shall shew My long, and lowly home, That... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads (or Gentle Arts Simply Wool). Stitch Count: 280x239. Design Size: 18" x 15"
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a pattern originally commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passing of one of England's most popular authors, Jane Austen. Her words on this sampler have recently resonated with a lot of stay-at-home stitchers, and this has been... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from The Sampler Girl featuring the phrase from Jane Austen "They praises the morning, gloried in the sea, sympathized in the delight of the fresh feeling breeze"!
Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Doubloon Aida using Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch count is 97 x 100
"On rocks beyond the sandy dune, a mermaid sings a winsome tune that drifts along the ocean breeze & puts my restless soul at ease." Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Wren by Picture this Plus using Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and DMC (or all DMC floss . Stitch count... Read more
Model stitched on 40 ct. Confederate Gray Zweigart Based Linen using Needlepoint Ink Silks (With DMC conversions available). Stitch count is 229 x 228.