It's an election year, and things are very interesting. This design not only reminds us of our civic duty, but also that we are One Nation, and we do have lots of common ground. Lets not forget that and go out and vote. The design can be stitched as the larger combined piece or you can stitch the... Read more
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 designer: "Dedicated Hero" is a design created to honor those that serve. My family is so proud of our hero and his commitment to protect and defend our country. I designed this pattern, Dedicated Hero, to honor those that serve and their sacrifices in the name of freedom. I... 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 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: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more
Note from the designer: "This American band sampler was originally worked in Lynn, Massachusetts. Hannah Breed is mentioned in Bolton and Coe's authoritative book American Samplers. Rows of lettering are intermixed with a row of sheep and cows, a verse, and floral bands. The verse says:
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: "A beautiful meandering four-sided floral border in an unusually rich color palette surrounds this traditional Scottish sampler, also featuring a beautiful arcaded floral band at the top and a substantial mansion house in the lower register. Trees, tulips and flying birds... 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
Rose's unusual middle name should have provided some clues about where she was born, and where she lived, but the name "Shenamon" is elusive despite my efforts to discover its origins as well as hers. It is spelled many different ways when researched (including Shinimon and Schinnamon which... 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 English sampler comes from the collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jarrett, who established Witney Antiques. It was featured in one of their exhibition catalogs in December 1996 titled "All Creatures Great and Small."
The work is extremely fine and accomplished,... 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
This patriotic design from Glendon Place features a red, white & blue border with "A Grateful Nation honors this American Solder (with room for the name and dates served)."
Model stitched on 32 ct Lambswool Jobelan using Weeks Dye Works and Rainbow gallery threads. Stitch count is 191 x 225.
Celebrate Freedom with the "Patriotic Liberty House" by Happiness Is HeartMade. This design features a stately home, stars, hearts, bells, and the word "LIBERTY" stitched in a band across the bottom of the design. The leaflet's cover image and Color Key use four Weeks Dye Works... Read more
Models stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Slate linen from Fabrics by Stephanie with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss, Classic Colorworks floss and DMC floss. Shown with a Star Spangled Pin-Mini set and buttons from Just Another Button Company. Stitch Counts: Sampler - 130x162.... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Slate from Fabrics by Stephanie with Classic Colorworks floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Counts: Jar - 66x95, Liberty Small - 65x45. Shown with a Liberty Pin-Mini Set JPM465 from Just Another Button Company.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Prairie Grain linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 58x58 for top and bottom (2 pieces), and side panel 34x232. Can be finished as a block or a picture. Shown with pins from Just Another Button Company.
Mix quilty cross-stitch themes with coordinating cottons. A touch of big-stitch quilting and an easy pillow back finish. A coordinating pillow form switches from season to season-easy to store the off-seasons and change up your decor in no time flat!
Model stitched on 32ct Flax Belfast with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 67 x 67 each (3 panels).
I was drawn to the original artwork 'Land of the Free' - I knew it had to be designed & stitched! Licensed from Lily & Val, LLC, I love everything about this: the words, the flag it represents & the beautiful color & flow.
Model stitched on 32ct Antique White Belfast with DMC... Read more
The Patriotic Typeface Series by It's Sew Emma includes three Americana emblems of the Land you Love. Stitched on Chalkboard Black 14 Count Aida, images of Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty and the Bald Eagle paired with quotes about the USA make an unmistakable statement of how your heart beats true for the... Read more
Capture the light and brilliance of summer fireworks with July's Fireworks Shelf Life. This month's cross stitch pays tribute to summer nights watching fireworks on a picnic blanket. Stitched in red, white, and blue threads for the perfect Americana color palette! Get ready to stitch a year's worth... Read more
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