"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 on 32 count... Read more
40 page, soft cover publication. Small alphabet and numbers included for personalization. Various border, motif and layout alternatives will make the designs your own. Also includes a birth/Wedding sampler. Designed by Jim Shore. Stitch Count for Monograms is 87W x 87H. Stitch Count for... Read more
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Flax Belfast linen with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, and Classic Color Works floss. Stitch Count: 112W x 158H. includes buttons and dragonfly charm.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Light Mocha Belfast Linen with Classic Color Works
Threads, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, and Weeks Dye Works Threads. Stitch Count: 111W x 159h.
This cute design from Lizzie Kate features an Autumn-themed alphabet with ghosts, pumpkins, a turkey & more!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Clay Belfast linen with Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 111x159. Comes with a squirrel and a moon charm, and tiny tan buttons.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Natural Light Linen with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 112W x 159H. Comes with 2 tiny red buttons and a heart charm.
"Lord give me wisdom to direct my ways I ask not riches nor yet for Length of Drop. From rocks and sands And stormy weather Pray God Protect John Negus for ever". "My dear friends I will Bless and praise for giving me learning in My Early days Catherine Negus her Sampler finished... Read more
I love the simplicity of this little sampler. Eliza was 10 years old when she completed her sampler and beautifully hem stitched the edges.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Buttercream from Lakeside Linens using Gentle Arts threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 127 x 120. Finished size is 6" x 5.75".
"Immortal made what should we mind So much as Immortality we beings for a heaven designed what but a heaven our care should be". Yes, this sampler is large... but such a joy to stitch. this is a stunning English sampler from 1803 done in muted colors.
"Lord what is life tis like a flower That blofsoms and is gone We see it flourish for an hour With all its beauty on". This sampler is dated December 24, 1834. I was told this sampler was a Christmas gift to Louisa's parents. Louisa was 9 years old when she completed this brightly... Read more
"Why this in haste sweet boy so soon To go. And leave in tears thy weeping Friends below. Some heavenly voice Dear object of their love calld hence
Thy soul to dwell in realms above Scarce hadst thou learnt the good from
All to know Nor yet had drank the Bitter cup of woe. When heaven ordaind no... Read more
"The Miracle" by L.H. Bailey, "Yesterday the twig was brown and bare
Today the glint of green is there, Tomorrow will be leaflets spare, I know no thing so wondrous fair, No miracle so strangely rare, I wonder what will next be there".
Collected from German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, English, and American samplers, this book of alphabets takes off from where the previous edition, Alphabets from Early Samplers, ends. The alphabets have been fastidiously reproduced from samplers dating from 1530, to 1868. Over 80 alphabets are charted, as well as two complete alphabet samplers, one of them dating from 1725.
Cross stitch pattern from Frony Ritter Designs featuring three cute little holiday designs including a wreath.
Pattern is stitched on 14 ct. perforated paper using DMC floss. The stitch count for each design is 20 x 20 with a finished size of 1.43" x 1.43". Blocks not included.
Pattern by Antique Needleworkers, this is the first in a new series!
Stitched on 36 ct. linen with Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Each flossdrop has a stitch count of 27 x 46 per side with a finished size of 1.5" x 2.56".
My Sampler Petite line is a way for stitchers to enjoy my antique reproductions without doing the larger sampler. Antonia Pueyo showcases the larger alphabet and some of the borders, all done beautifully as a white on red sampler.
Stitched on 37 ct. linen with Classic Colorworks floss... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Lucy Beam featuring a beautiful sampler design with the words "It is in the shelter of each other that people live".
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Small Potatoes from Lapin Loops with Gentle Art and DMC floss. The stitch count is 124 x 152 and the finished size is 6.89" x 8.44".
Cross stitch pattern from Lucy Beam featuring an antique religious sampler with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden and the words "God hath said ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it lest ye die".
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Jackalope from Lapin Loops with Gentle Art floss. The stitch count is 164 x 190 and the finished size is 8.2" x 9.5".
Characteristically ornate illuminated alphabets are featured on this classic Scottish sampler. Other stylistic elements indicating its origin include the peacock with seven tail feathers and three rows of initials of the maker's family. The illuminated alphabets on this particular sampler are... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring the fourth design in The Houses on Stitchery lane series. This house is a cute hot cocoa themed house with spools of threads and a warm mug on top.
Button House is stitched on 36 count linen, one strand of floss over... Read more
Coco Chanel described simplicity as the key to elegance, and the sampler that Charlotte worked as a child is quite simply elegant. Charlotte's exquisitely laid stitches, worked in black silk, demonstrate that the seven-year-old child was skilled in marking stitch.
Cross stitch pattern from Les Petites Croix De Lucie featuring a gnome dressed as Santa Claus, picking up Christmas letters! Stitched on fabric of your choice using DMC Threads. Stitch count 98x88. Finished size 7 in wide X 6.29 in high.
Four Letter Words - Hope is the last in my Four Letter Words series. The four words are Give, Grow, Love, and Hope. Each of the four designs uses the same colors. If your customers are interested in doing all four designs, I recommend they get two skeins each of Mountain Mist, Brandy, Americana,... Read more
"Spring Farmhouse" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. Ah Spring, chickens & chicks, fresh green grass, and flowers ~ of course living in this old farmhouse is my inspiration!
Model stitched on 32 ct. linen using one strand of DMC floss over two threads of linen. Stitch count is 148 x 118. Finished size is 9.25" x 7.38".
"Olde Mustarde Moone" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. A quiet sampler, this one depicts a beloved home at twilight when old-man moon is just coming for a visit. I love the mellow-ness of this design, a little 'out of the box' for me, but I love it still and hope... Read more
This antique sampler is inspired by a french designer with Christian imagery.
The model was stitched on 36 count Summer Khaki linen from Zweigart, with 1 ply of Weeks Dye Works Hand Dyed Cottons. Stitch count is 260 x 171 with a finished size of 14.44" x 9.5".
Stitched on 36 ct Sanguine from Weeks Dye Works with one ply of sampler threads from the Gentle Art. Stitch count is 189 x 273 and the finished size is 10.5" x 15.17".
Cross stitch pattern from Mani Di Donna featuring a Christmas themed sampler design with Doves saying "Merry Christmas".
The model was stitched on 36ct Linen using Weeks Dye Works floss (with DMC Conversion). Stitch count is 89 x 78 and the finished size is 4.94" x 4.33".
This is a reproduction of a French sampler. Little embroiderer Lucie embroidered a beautiful alphabet and then chose to embellish it with two trees with birds. She adorned her initial with two griffins.
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using Soie d'Alger, Gentle Arts, or DMC threads. Stitch count is 310 x 262. Finished size is 19.38" x 16.38".
Bring the timeless beauty of faith and devotion into your stitching with the Franciscan Prayer Sampler from Dirty Annie's Southern Style. This exquisite sampler features the beloved Vocation Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, accompanied by symbolic imagery deeply rooted in Franciscan tradition.
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Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring a lovely sampler pattern with the phrase "Serenity and Peace is all She Needs" with cute needlework imagery!
Serenity is stitched on 36 count linen, one strand of floss over two linen threads, with Weeks Dye... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring a monochromatic pink sampler pattern with a vintage vibe.
Stitched on 36 count Legacy linen by Picture this Plus, one strand of floss over two linen threads with Gloriana Silk floss in Flamingo, requires two skeins. Stitch count is 179 x 186 and the finished size is 9.94" x 10.33".
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring an antique inspired sampler design that can be completed as a needlebook. Includes the sayings, "In my garden you will find me with the chickens pulling weeds happily or maybe gathering eggs and stitching merrily".
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Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring an vintage inspired sampler design with an adorable beekeeper's home. This pattern is part of the "Simple Samplers" series. These smalls are intended to be grouped together in a dough bowl or display.
It's a cold, snowy winter afternoon. Snow, which has fallen for several days, has filled the backyard of the house which borders the forest. To keep the forest animals from going hungry, Brenda has left food beneath the Winter Rose, which bloomed despite the heavy snowfall and cold. She's also hung... Read more