Make Each Day Count
Cross Stitch Pattern

"Stitching each day keeps the crazy away!"

Model stitched over two on 30 Ct. Parchment Linen by Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts floss. Stitch Count: 85x108. Design Size: 6" x 8"

This cross stitch pattern from Bent Creek features a row of homes, a sailing ship, trees, and a peaceful backyard. The design states, "Each day provides its own gifts." Frame or finish as a drum!

Model stitched on 32ct Light Mocha Belfast, with Weeks Dye Works Threads. DMC conversion provided. Star buttons are from Just Another Button Company. Stitch count: 208x48

Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Elegance Ltd featuring a sampler for Mother's day that says "Mother, true, kind"!

Model stitched on 30 count Parchment over two using Weeks Dye Works threads. Sampler is attached to a separate stitched border on 30 count Cocoa by Weeks Dye Works.... Read more about Sentimental Samplers - Mother - Cross Stitch Pattern

Ellen's sampler was reproduced with an optional verse.

Model is stitched on 40 count linen of your choice using Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch count: 173w 179h. Finished size: 8.65 x 8.95.

Note from the designer: Ellen was only 7 years old and living in Edinburgh, Scotland when she stitched this charming sampler.

It is all done in Cross Stitch over 2. The model was stitched on 40 count linen with NeedlePoint Inc. Silks. Stitch count is 96 x 166. Finished size is 4.8" x 8.3".

Cross stitch pattern from Sassafras Samplers featuring a lovely sampler!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice but something close to 36 ct Parchment from Weeks Dye Works is recommended using your choice of red thread. Stitch count is 417 x 414. Finished size on 36 ct is 23.17" x 23".

Model stitched on 32 count Belfast. Pattern recommends 32 count Vintage Country Mocha linen, with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. DMC alternatives given. Stitch count: 273 x 30.

Two patterns are included in this chart pack (one for the sampler and one for the tree) featuring Pipers Piping who represent the eleventh day of Christmas. We're getting close to the end of our carol! I wanted to keep this piece very joyful and tie in features we've seen in the previous... Read more about Eleventh Day of Christmas Sampler and Tree - Cross Stitch

Antique reproduction sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers! Note from the designer:

I have been looking for a "Home Sweet Home" sampler to stitch since the beginning of my needlework journey with samplers. Whilst I like the "motto" needleworks so popular with the... Read more about Ellen Barber 1895 Home Sweet Home - Cross Stitch Pattern

Some days we tackle a long list, other days we laugh with friends or enjoy the solitude of a good book. Whatever the day calls for, we should always make it count.

The model was stitched over on 32 ct. linen with DMC floss. Includes patterns for the Sampler and the round. Finished with... Read more about Make Today Count - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "Flake it till you make it" with a winter snowman!

Stitched on 'Parchment' 18ct Aida from Fiber on a Whim using DMC floss. Stitch count is 243 x 78 for the main pattern. Finished Size is 13 1/2" x 4 3/8.... Read more about Flake It Till You Make It - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring an English period sampler based on the stitching of Ellen Hooker in 1843. The sampler features full crosses, crosses over 1, Algerian eyelets and four-sided stitches (which. an be replaced by simple backstitches if desired).

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Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 75W x 85H. Finished Size: 5" x 5 2/3". Stitch Count for Entire Collection: 387W x 261H. Finished Size: 25 6/8" x 17 1/2"

Let's Root for Each Other is a design with a punny and positive message. Seven root vegetables are depicted. Stitch count is 129 x 59 stitches. Model was stitched on 16 ct. aida Cauldron Spill by Laura's Fabric. Chart calls for a mix of Classic Colorworks, The Gentle Arts, and DMC floss.

Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring an antique sampler reproduction. Ellen's sampler brings to life a variety of flora and fauna that an 11-year-old might have observed in her surroundings back in 1870. You will delight in stitching the birds, dogs, and deer that join the plants,... Read more about Ellen Franklin - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from The Sampler Girl featuring a sampler with Jane Austen!

Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Cream Cashel using DMC threads. Stitch count is 90 x 90. Finished size is 6.43" x 6.43".

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring ants stealing watermelon and the phrase "IndependANTS Day"!

Stitched on 'Beanstalk' 18ct Aida by Fiber on a Whim using Treenway Silks with DMC conversions. Stitch count: 82 X 46.

Cross stitch pattern from TopKnot Stitcher featuring the phrase "Make waves"!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Country Atlantic lugana using Threadworx and DMC floss. Stitch count is 67 x 87.

I am finishing up the tombstone series with May thy Needles Rest in Peace #5. I am paying homage to one of our favorite places. Ellen Ess is where the series concludes, at least for now. Thank you all for embracing this quirky series the way you have.

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct fabric using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count: 112 x 143. Finished size is 5.6 x 7.15.

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a campfire with the phrase "Crisp cool air, moonlit night, warm bonfire, stars so bright, dancing flames, ancient lore, embers glowing, make a smore"!

Stitched on 'Hamlet' 18ct Aida by Under the Sea Fabrics, with DMC threads. Stitch count: 73 x 189.

Note from the designer: I borrowed the bottom part of 7 year old Ellen Margaret Jessie Murray's charming sampler to make this pin drum. My friend Faye Riggsbee made it into a pin drum for me and she made a delightful flat berry to go with it as a gift to me. I traced the berry so I could include the template and finishing instructions. This design would work well as a pin cushion too.

Cross stitch pattern from Imaginating featuring the phrase "Love makes a house a home"!

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct White Aida using DMC threads. Stitch count is 156w x 126h.

Cross stitch pattern by Hello From Liz Mathews featuring the 8th day of Christmas with maids, cows, trees and birds.

The sampler was stitched with Needlepoint Inc Silks over 2 threads of 40 Ct. Fog linen from Picture This Plus. Stitch Count: 97W x 132H. The Tree was stitched using 2... Read more about Eighth Day of Christmas Tree and Sampler