Alphabets Cross Stitch Page 7

Pattern by Little House Needleworks featuring a fun sampler design with a wintery nature scene.

Stitched on 18 count Flax Cork Linen with DMC floss. The stitch count is 123W x 161H and the finished size is 6.83" x 8.94".

Pattern by Carriage House Samplings featuring cute Quaker sampler designs saying "Merry Christmas".

Models stitched on 40-count linen using Needlepoint Silk. Stitch count: 171 x 75 or 187 x 56 and the finished sizes are 8.55" x 3.75" and 9.35" x 2.8".

Welcome to the Counting House -- where you can count perfect white sheep till you fall peacefully asleep.

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Smokey Pearl linen with Crescent Colours (Khaki Mocha, Roasted Chestnut), Weeks Dye Works (Molasses, Collards) and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 135W x 81H and the finished size is 8.44" x 5.06".

Stitched on 28 count Little Boy Blue Linen with DMC floss, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, and Weeks Dye Works. The stitch count is 56W x 86H. Finished Size is 4 in wide X 6.14 in high.

Celebrate your inner mermaid by stitching this whimsical Mermaid Sampler by Birds of a Feather.

Model stitched on 32 count Barn Owl Linen using Weeks Dye Works Threads and DMC floss. Stitch count: 109W x 110H. Finished Size: 7" x 7"

Chart pack contains all 26 letters, the border, and an optional "R" block.

The model was stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 235 x 293. The finished Design Size: 15" x 19".

Note: For DMC conversion on Antique... Read more about Alphabet Blocks - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 35 Ct. Straw linen by Weeks Dye Works using one strand of Classic Colorworks Belle Soie silk over two threads. Stitch Count: 110W x 138H.

Last seen dancing twilight among the pale trillium blossoms, Beatrix is shy and elusive. Sightings are rare and only dreamers with the heart of a child may catch a glimpse!

Model stitched on 32ct. Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks, Kreinik #4, and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count: 80w x 113h. Finished size: 5w x 7.1h

"Deirdre" makes her home in a medieval abbey on the edge of the Cotswolds. She is traditionally English and takes her tea in buttercup teacups or blossom china!

Model stitched on 32ct. Waterlily Linen with Classic Colorworks Hand Dyed Floss, Kreinik #4 Braid and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count is 81W X 135H. Finished size: 5.8W x 9.6H

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen with Crescent Colours thread, Kreinik #4 braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 80W x 110H. Finished size: 5W x 6.9H

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Waterlily linen with Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik #4 braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 96W x 117H. Finished Size: 6W x 7.3H.

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Waterlily linen with Crescent Colours thread, Kreinik #4 braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 85W x 92H. Finished Size: 5.3W x 5.8H.

Also required, but not listed above, Mill Hill treasure #12126 (no longer available)

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik braid #4 and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count: 76W X 128H. Finished size: 4.8W x 8H.

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik Braid #4 and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 95W x 127H. Finished size: 5.9W x 7.9H

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik braid #4, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 95W x 124H. Finished size: 5.9W x 7.8H.

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik Braid #4 and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count: 78W x 121H. Finished size: 4.88W x 7.56H.

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen with Classic Colorworks, Kreinik #4 Braid, and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count: 85W x 118H. Finished size: 5.31W X 7.38H.

"Samantha" is the seafarer's fairy as she makes her home in sailing ships! Her chief concern is inspecting the ropes and rigging to insure a safe and speedy journey. She spends her nights under a full moon, mending the sails with silver threads spun from cobwebs.

Model stitched... Read more about Letters From Nora - S - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik #4, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 99W x 103H. Finished size: 6.19W x 6.44H.

Model is stitched on 32 count Waterlily Linen using Classic Colorworks thread, Kreinik #4 and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch count: 79W x 108H. Finished size: 4.9W x 6.8H.

Pattern by Bent Creek featuring the alphabet in a line with fun sizes and shapes.

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Flax linen using Weeks Dye Works & Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Button included! Stitch count: 278W x 32H and the finished size is 17.38" x 2".

Winter Band Sampler by Little House Needleworks is a fun Christmas themed sampler design with a full alphabet, snowflakes, and an vintage looking house.

Model stitched on 28 Ct. Clay linen with DMC floss. The stitch count is 61 x 149 and the finished size is 4.36" x 10.64".

Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Belfast Linen with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count: 277W X 33H. Finished Size: 18" x 3"

Model can be stitched on any fabric using any thread of your choice. Stitch count: 226W x 300H.

Pattern by Moira Blackburn Samplers featuring an antique design with the sentiment, "He who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness, gathers love.".

Model stitched on 18 count Aida with DMC floss. Stitch count: 264W x 264H and the finished size is 14.67" x 14.67".

This sweet sampler by Moria Blackburn Samplers features the phrase "The road to a friend's house is never long."

Model stitched on 14 or 16 count Aida with DMC floss. The stitch count is 187 x 91 and the finished size on 16 ct. is 11.69" x 5.69".

Stitched on 28 Ct. Ale Cashel linen with DMC floss. The stitch count is 86W x 133H. Design Size: 7" x 10"

Cross stitch pattern from Rosewood Manor featuring two needlebook covers, a lovely small Welcome plus two borders! See the back cover for inspiration and read the Be Creative ideas!

Modle is stitched on 32 ct. cream linen with Weeks Dye Works floss. The stitch count is 235 x 241 and the finished size is 14.69" x 15.06".

"Autumn Basket Sampler" is a nod to the sampler tradition. Alphabet samplers were often used to practice stitches and letters, so pairing it with a seasonal basket felt like a fitting update. The faded alphabet stitched into the background represents the way old samplers fade with time. This... Read more about Autumn Basket Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

In the autumn of 1881, a young woman named Nora stitched a sampler to celebrate her family's new home. She surrounded the grand blue house with roses, birds, leaping deer, and sturdy trees-symbols of love, freedom, prosperity, and strength.

At the centre, she added her initials and the... Read more about Frozen Winter Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Originally Published in 2008

The second (re)release in the Hawk Run Hollow series has arrived! The Shores of HRH seemed fitting for this mid-summer release and the more I study this piece (and boy, have I) the more fun features I find.

Pattern is stitched on 40 count Vintage... Read more about The Shore of Hawk Run Hollow - Cross Stitch Pattern

Martha Schmidt 1880, Antique Reproduction Sampler

About Martha Schmidt 1880 Sampler: with such a common name, and no location provided, the stitcher's identify remains unknown. However, Schmidt is a common German surname derived from the German word "Schmied" meaning... Read more about Martha Schmidt 1880 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Rachel De La Rue, 1825, A Guernsey Channel Island Antique Sampler Reproduction

About the Antique: Rachel tells us she was eleven years old when she finished her sampler in 1825 making her birth year 1813 or 1814. The antique dealer indicates she was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.... Read more about Rachel de la Rue 1825 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Niky's Creations featuring a fun sewing notion themed design.

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct. linen using DMC floss. The stitch count is 94 x 91 with a finished size of 5.88" x 5.69".

Snow fell softly around Roseberry House, covering the garden and quiet country lane in white. Near the old red house, deer searched beneath the trees, squirrels gathered their winter treasures, and the farm animals waited peacefully by the gate. Inside, the fire crackled while a young stitcher... Read more about Winter Stocking - Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

Anne Frances Ennis 1847 Words To Live By, An Irish Antique Reproduction Sampler

About Anne Frances Ennisfs specimen pages and cross stitch samplers: A collection of six needlework specimens were obtained together from an antique dealer, five being needlework specimen book samples, and one... Read more about Anne Frances Kirkpatrick 1847 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a RE-RELEASE in conjunction with the other four NEW Specimen Book Samplers! Ellen Kingscote English Specimen Pages Two Cross Stitch Samplers, Wisdom and Honour, circa 1840 Antique Sampler Reproductions

Two simple and beginner style cross stitch samplers are found in Ellen... Read more about Ellen Kingscote's English Sewing Book - Cross Stitch

Model was stitched on 36 Ct. Tea Dyed Irish linen using DMC floss. Stitch count 181 x 231. Finished Size: 11" x 13"

A trio of Red work charts await those who purchase this booklet. Inspired by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, we have created 3 charts each celebrating the varying degrees of the colour Red. Top left we have "The Red Headed League", bottom left with have "The Red Circles" and... Read more about Sherlockian Smalls: A Study in Scarlet - Cross Stitch

Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a beautiful antique sampler reproduction with a floral border.

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Coffee Stain from Cedar River with Weeks Dye Works floss (DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 123 x 156 and the finished size is 6.15" x 7.8".

A Home for Henrietta, An Original Design based on a Bristol Orphanage Sampler.

This original sampler is based on motifs and lettering from a Bristol Orphanage Sampler, Henrietta 1870, in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques. As it would happen, four girls with the first name of... Read more about A Home for Henrietta - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Niky's Creations featuring an antique reproduction sampler.

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using DMC floss. The stitch count is 208 x 229 with a finished size of 13" x 14.31".

Mary Ann Slough, Specimen Book Cross Stitch Piece Reproduction circa 1840s

Specimen Books: During the 1800s in England and Ireland, sewing instruction books to be used by teachers and pupils were published, their purpose being the production of competent rather than creative needlework.... Read more about Mary Ann Slough, Specimen Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the Designer; "My Sampler Petite series continues with Antonia Rosel. Antonia Rosel y Garcia remains one of my favorite antiques that I reproduced. The colors are so delicate in it and I loved the border. I used some of the same colors for this, and picked one of my favorite alphabets... Read more about Antonia Rosel Sampler Petite - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Sanxing symbolize the three attributes that constitute a good life in Chinese culture. They are Fu (good fortune), Lu (prosperity) and Shou (longevity). A stylized depiction of Fu is shown here with plum blossoms which are associated with the Five Blessings. Perfect timing for the Mid-Autumn... Read more about Fu - "Good Fortune" - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Mani Di Donna featuring a fun sewing set themed design for the Stitch in Harmony project.

The model was stitched on 32 ct. linen with the Thread Gatherer Silk'n Colors Stitch in Harmony thread pack. The stitch count for each design is 93 x 110 with a finished size of 5.81" x 6.88".

Cross stitch pattern from Rosewood Manor featuring 3 mini samplers, one Welcome mini and two needlebook covers, plus an extra alphabet to personalize the needlebooks or change the wording in the minis!

Modle is stitched on 32 ct. Vellumn linen by Picture this Plus with DMC floss. The stitch count is 228 x 135 and the finished size is 14.25" x 8.44".

The first snow of December had covered the little village in a blanket of white. Every rooftop sparkled beneath the morning sun, and the church bell echoed softly across the quiet streets. Children bundled in colorful scarves hurried through the snow, laughing as they pulled sleds and built tiny... Read more about Christmas Break - Cross Stitch Pattern