Violets And Sunshine Antique Cross Stitch

A Very Merry Christmas With Agnes - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Violets And Sunshine

$15.00 $1349

Some time in the late 18th century 12 year old Agnes Mitchell stitched a beautiful Scottish sampler in red and green. We have reproduced her sampler as "Agnes Mitchell Aged 12." As we were working on that reproduction, we decided to create a smaller Christmas sampler inspired by Agnes, so... Read more

Agnes Mitchell Aged 12 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Violets And Sunshine

$18.00 Sale $1439

We don't know much for certain about Agnes. The one family that seems to ?t the the initials included in this sampler, does not have a child named Agnes. If this is truly the family that she lived with, then her sampler dates no later than 1793. It is possible that she is a niece or a ward to... Read more

Elizabeth Worgor 1769 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Violets And Sunshine

$14.00 $1259

Elizabeth Worgor 1769 is a reproduction of an original antique sampler currently housed in a private collection, and is in remarkably good shape for its 254 years.

Elizabeth executed her sampler in a combination of cross and Algerian eye stitches in a variety of colors, alphabets, and... Read more

Mary Maynard 1797 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Violets And Sunshine

$24.00 $2159

While I have been unable to determine with certainty who Mary Maynard was (there are at least three young ladies who could have been the Mary of our sampler), it is clear that in 1797 she stitched a beautiful sampler filled with colors, motifs, patterned dividers, and selections from section 7 of... Read more