"Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness. Blessed is the one you... Read more
"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God's grace. Serve one another humbly in love. Be sure to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart. The greatest among you should be like the youngest and the one who rules like the... Read more
"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows." Model stitched on 30 Ct. Gray Linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 58W x86H.
"Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee - Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty. Holy, holy, holy merciful and mighty God over all, and blest eternally."
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Water Lily linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 141W x 109H.
"Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you not as the world gives. Give I unto you let not your hearts be troubled nor let them be afraid." Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Parchment linen with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 67W x152H
"He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul." Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 92W x 92H.
"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul - firm and secure. Hebrews 6:19".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Queen Anne's Lace Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Shown with buttons from Just Another Button Company (Small Mermaid Star discontinued). Stitch Count: 96W x 64H. Finished size: 6" x 4".
"Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth. Psalm 100:1." Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Ivory Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 71W x 71H.
"Cast all your cares upon the Lord and He will sustain you. Psalm 55:22" Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Queen Anne's Lace Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Shown with buttons from Just Another Button Company (Small Mermaid Star discontinued). Stitch Count: 96W x 64H. Finished size: 4"x 6"
"I will bless the Lord at all times. Psalm 34:1" Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 71W x 71H. Finished size: 5"x5"
"Mightier than the waves of the sea is His love for you. Psalms 93:4" Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Queen Anne's Lace Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 51W x 82H. Finished size: 3" x 5"
"For with God nothing is impossible" - stitched on 36 Ct. Light Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Weeks Dye Works floss Tatanka, Collards & Merlot. Stitch Count: 48W x 48H.
"Peace on Earth" stitched on 35 Ct. "linen" colored linen with Weeks Dye Works floss Mulberry,... Read more
"The God of Peace be with you." Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Tin Roof with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 97W x 65H. Finished size: 5.5" x 3 3/4".
"My cup overflows with blessing. Psalm 23:5" Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 70W x 42H. Finished size: 5" x 3".
"Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him for He shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rest between His shoulders. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your soul. In repentance and rest to your salvation, in... Read more
"I will bless the Lord at all times" - stitched on 32 ct Cream and Sugar Lugana by Fiber on a Whim with Gentle Arts floss. Stitch Count: 40 x 68.
"For God so loved the world He sent His only Son" stitched on 35 Ct. Putty linen by Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works floss.... Read more
Cross Stitch pattern from My Big Toe Designs featuring the phrase "He that blesses his neighbor with a loud voice rising early in the morning it shall be counted as a curse Proverbs 27:14"!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct. country french linen, lambswool using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count is 111w x 123h.
Cross Stitch pattern from My Big Toe Designs featuring the phrase "In You Lord my God I put my trust Psalm 25:1"!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct. Jobelan, China Pearl using Weeks Dye Works floss and a button from Just Another Button company. Stitch count is 71w x 71h.
Cross Stitch pattern from My Big Toe Designs featuring the bible verse "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26"!
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct. Wichelt linen, Icelandic Beige with Weeks Dye Works thread.... Read more
"To Him be glory both now and for ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Glory to God in the highest. When righteous men rejoice there is great glory. In God is my salvation and my... Read more
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardships as the pathway to peace, taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I... Read more
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" - Model stitched on 32 ct. Lambswool Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 204W x 165H
"Whatever is true, whatever is honest, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things." Philippians 4:8. Model stitched on 32 Ct. Flax Belfast linen with Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 132W x 276H.
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a Christmas pattern with the Latin Gloria prayer on it. Stylistically it refers to Scandinavian traditional embroidery.
Stitched on 32 count linen it would measure approximately 24.5 by 24.5 cm. Worked with 2 pulled strands of... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a folky French Christmas design with the words "Joyeux Nol"
Stitched on 32 count linen (or 16 count aida) it would measure approximately 20.5 by 17 cm. Worked with 2 pulled strands of floss, it would require between 17... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a small sampler featuring Adam and Eve, a series of plants and ornaments, and a beautiful set of Algerian eyelet letters.
The sampler features Algerian eyelets and full crosses. If you stitch the eyelets, I would recommend... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring an annunciation design featuring the archangel Gabriel and the virgin Mary. It features the Latin words to the Ave Maria.
Stitched on 32ct linen it would measure approximately 29 by 34.5cm. This chart has a total of 15116... Read more
A large sampler inspired by Berlin woolwork and other antique sampler motifs. It contains a quote from the Bible, various animal motifs and floral ornaments. An alphabet chart is added for personalization. "He will alson send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground and the food that comes... Read more
Note from the designer - "This unusual sampler is probably of Scottish origin. The distinctive French-inspired mansion house and the peacocks are commonly found on Scottish samplers. Adam and Eve are realistically stitched in the Garden, by effectively working two quite simple stitches together:... Read more
Note from the designer - "So many unusual and enigmatic features were left by Ann Carbutt on her sampler, made when she was sixteen years old, very likely in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The surname "Carbutt" is first found in Cheshire after the... Read more
Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... Read more
In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:
There is so much going on in this fascinating English sampler that it's hard to know where to begin looking. Apart from the somewhat conventional Adam and Eve at the top center, adorable flying cherubs flank them and the apple tree, bearing gold rings and sprays of flowers. The verse is as... 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: "The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew. Soon after Mary and Jesus were visited by the Magi, who had learned that King Herod intended to kill the male infants in that region, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee... Read more
Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more