This includes 3 charts created in honor of her husband, a retired Marine, I have brought a Pacific Northwest twist to these delightful smalls, with a tree decked in red, white & blue, an eagle making a special delivery, and of course, my Bigfoot trekking through the forest to gather his friends... Read more
Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more
This American sampler was stitched on a loosely woven homespun linen with vegetable-dyed silk threads. Despite its size and simplicity, the design is striking, delicate, and well-balanced. Eunice Morton was born in 1783 in Gorham County, Maine. Sometime in 1809-1810, she married Jesse Harding, and... Read more
A unique four-sided geometric border is the highlight of this American sampler, consisting of nine rows of letters and numerals surrounded by a counted satin stitch sawtooth inner border. The design looks like something that might have inspired the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. I have not been able... Read more
Note from the designer - "Few samplers were stitched on this unusual dark green linsey woosey fabric that combines linen and wool to create a dramatic dark background color to highlight brightly colored floss. Most of these samplers were made in the coastal towns of Massachusetts up to New... Read more
Note from the designer - "Abigail Ann was born October 27, 1799, in East Caln, Chester County Pennsylvania. Her parents were Joseph and Ann (Wells) Fleming, the fourth generation of Flemings living in the East Caln area. Abigail Ann attended one of the Quaker schools in Chester County but we are... Read more
This sampler could possibly have been made in Connecticut but the surname is quite common throughout New England. Abigail was ten years old when she made her sampler. The original was stitched on unbleached homespun linen using silk threads, and the reproduction very closely approximates the size of... Read more
Note from the designer - "This sampler shows a man and a woman beneath an apple tree, reminiscent of Adam and Eve, but in contemporary dress. Possibly of New York origin (the format and background suggest this), this reproduction is stitched on linen with either cotton or silk, with the... Read more
Note from the designer - "This sampler was made in St. Albans, Vermont. A naturalistic four-sided floral border surrounds a central reserve with alphabets and a pictorial scene. The house is so distinctive that it is probably a depiction of Amanda's own home. Made under the tutelage of B.... Read more
Note from the designer - "This Dover, Massachusetts, sampler features an unusual border surrounding alphabetical and numerical tests, and a four-line verse often found on early 19th century American samplers. The colors are remarkably well preserved. The maker, Ann Harding (who was actually... Read more
This sampler is a fanciful adaptation of 19th century American and English sampler motifs. Fluffy white sheep are outstanding on a large green lawn that stretches between two elegant red brick houses that are flanked by flying eagles. Needlework pictures of this type can be considered as traditional... Read more
Note from the designer - "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Elisabeth Hoover and one other student of the former Mrs. Galligher of Lancaster are known to have named Mrs. Leah Bratten on their samplers in 1803. The twin Bratten sisters, Leah and Rachel, both married schoolmasters, kept schools with them,... Read more
Note from the designer: "This sampler is a fine example of work done by Pennsylvania German girls in the early-to-mid nineteenth century. Similar motifs appear on the show towels that decorated kitchen and bedroom doors in these immigrant German households. It is thought that while the show... Read more
Note from the designer: "A gift from the collection of Rosalind and Edwin Miller to the museum. Emma Lerch was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and she stitched this sampler in her thirteenth year. It is a very simple work, with a lovely meandering floral border. While perhaps... Read more
This sweet little American sampler features two little houses above alphabets and a short verse:
Would you be wise
Each moment prize
It is surrounded on four sides by a double sided satin stitched sawtooth border. Stitches used include cross, outline, stem filling, counted... Read more
Fanny Hancock's father, Ebenezer Hancock, was cousin to the famous John Hancock. Born in 1785, Fanny sewed her sampler at age 11. She married Nathaniel Parker of Boston in 1803, and died in 1834. The colors on the back side of her sampler retained much of their original brilliance, and are... Read more
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
Note from the designer: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more
Note from the designer: "Samplers worked with black backgrounds are unique to New England, and this one is designed after a late 18th century Massachusetts piece. A portly clergyman is depicted strolling between a fashionable lady under a parasol, and a church or meeting -house; with a frisky... Read more
Agnes Binnie was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, on March 22, 1808, to Robert Binnie and Mary Addie. She married James Barclay on March 16, 1832, in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. The couple had at least six sons and three daughters. Around 1870 they emigrated to Scotland Township in McDonough, Illinois.... Read more
This wonderfully symmetrical English sampler features a pair of silky floating swans and large twin sunflowers, executed in a rich natural palette of color. Birds fly over the tops of three flower-trees in the top third. A sumptuous basket of fruit is stitched between the golden swans, and towering... Read more
This is a reproduction of an English sampler made in Bradford, Yorkshire, that shows distinct influences of Scottish needlework traditions, particularly in the illuminated alphabets. The bold primary colors were reproduced from the front of the original sampler, which retains its amazing... Read more
The original Scottish antique sampler had never been framed and so it was in excellent condition with the same vibrant, unfaded colors on the front as well as on the back. An unusual, elaborate four-sided undulating floral and leaf border surrounds a central reserve with a brief moral verse. Adam... Read more
This design was excerpted from the top of an early nineteenth-century English sampler. It features an unusual and amusing hunting scene with a solo hunter on horseback pursuing a single hapless stag with a pack of ten spotted hounds on its trail.
The verse reads:
Give me O Lord thy early... Read more
This mid-eighteenth-century Scottish band sampler features many classic seventeenth-century patterns, executed in cross, eyelet, double running, counted satin, back, and queen stitches.
The virtually unfaded color was reproduced from the front of the sampler. Six pattern bands precede... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Shakespeare's Peddler featuring a lovely patriotic sampler with the phrase "This land was made for me and you"!
Pattern is stitched on 40 count linen using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 125 x 101. Finished size is 6.25" x 5".
"America - One Nation Under God - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Another wonderful patriotic design from Sue Hillis! Model stitched on 14 Ct. Summer Khaki Aida. Stitch Count: 90W x 118H. Includes red, white, and blue buttons from HoneyBee Creations.
"Flags of White and red and blue wave for people brave and true"
Model stitched on 18 Ct. Natural light linen (not listed) using Weeks Dye Works and DMC Pearl Cotton #5. Also required but not included are Buttons from Mill Hill (86255, 86245, 86329 and 2 QTY of 86229). Stitch Count: 74x91. Cut Size: 14" x 18".
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Country French Latte Linen with DMC floss, Weeks Dye Works, and a patriotic heart button by Shepherds Bush. Stitch Count: 36W x 56H. Cut Size: 9" x 11".
A collection of colonial homes - "Revere, Allen, Adams, Madison, Hale, Jefferson, Henry, Hancock, Ross." Model stitched on 28 Ct. Dirty Linen with DMC floss, Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 119W x 133H.
Model stitched on 35 count Sheep's Straw Linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Gentle Art Sampler Thread alternates given as well. DMC alternates are 310 422 434 930 831 833 739 937 642 3021 3721. The stitch count is 57W x 234H.
Model stitched on 10 Ct. Pewter Tula using Classic Colorworks & Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch count: 50 x 50. Cut size: 11" x 11". Buttons by Just Another Button Company.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 count Cafe Kona linen using Weeks Dye Works, Rainbow Gallery Wisper (W63) and DMC thread. Stitch count: 131x59. Shown with brass buttons from Homespun Elegance
A quaint little house proudly flies the flag and celebrates "stars and stripes." Model stitched on 16 Ct. Natural Heatherfield with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 63W x 63H. Finished size is 3.94 in wide X 3.94 in high.
Model stitched on 20 Ct. Summer Khaki Cork Linen using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads and DMC floss for backstitching. Buttons by Just Another Button Company. Stitch Count: 30 x 99. Cut Size: 9" x 18".
"You're a grand old flag, a high flying flag", "Forever in peace may you wave". Model stitched on 18 Ct. Linen with DMC #5 Pearl floss and Weeks Dye Works #5 Pearl. Stitch Count: 98W x 121H. Design Size: 6" x 7"
"Let liberty reign and freedom ring within the heart of man", "Let faith and hope rise high and sing in this the promised land", "Plymouth Colony". Model stitched on 28 count Putty Linen with DMC floss and Classic Colorworks,(formerly known as Crescent Colours). The stitch count is 137W x 173H. Finished size is 9.79 in wide X 12.36 in high.
This cross stitch pattern by Quaint Rose Needle Arts includes five freedom themed pillows and a needlebook! With a Wildflowers & Freedom theme, this pattern embodies all of the American patriotic ideals.
Model stitched on 36 count linen using DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch counts... Read more
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