All models stitched on 28 Ct. Antique White Jobelan with DMC floss, DMC Color Variations, Rainbow Gallery Blending threads, and Weeks Dye Works threads.
Stitch counts:
Rock of Ages: 106 x 73
Amazing Grace: 106 x 106
Abide with Me: 106 x 106
Beautiful Savior:... Read more
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit for apart from me, you can do nothing. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you. John 15."
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Antique White Jobelan with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 139W x 153H.
"Psalm 119:105 Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Light Taupe Lugana with DMC floss, Glissen Gloss Rainbow Blending Thread, and Kreinik #7 Japan thread. Stitch Count: 105W x 118H.
"Loving Marriage Sampler" stitched 2 over 2 on 28 count White Cashel linen using DMC, DMC Pearl cotton #8, DMC Color Variations, and Threadworx floss. Stitch Count: 92W x 191H.
"Two Hearts Ring Bearer's Pillow" stitched 2 over 2 on 28 count White Cashel linen using DMC,... Read more
"Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and... Read more
"Guard me from all evil things under the shadow of your wings. Psalm 17:8" Model stitched on 32 Ct. Jobelan using The Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 135 x 69. Design Size: 8" x 4".
An original sampler featuring Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in a more primitive design centered around history and an old white chapel reminding us of God's Grace.
The model was stitched on 28 Ct Colour & Cotton Light Brown Sugar. Stitch Count: 127 x 167.
Cross stitch pattern from By The Bay Needleart featuring a house and the phrase "There are many rooms in my fathers house...I will dwell in the house of the lord forever"!
Model stitched on 32 ct "Sandstone" Linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 199 x 136. Finished size: 12.44" x 8.5"
This cross stitch pattern from By The Bay Needleart features a white church in the center, surrounded by the words "Faith", "Pray", and "Grace" with a border of vines.
The model was stitched on 16 Ct. Heritage Aida by Picture This Plus with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 127x96. Finished size: 7.94" x 6".
This cross stitch pattern from By The Bay Needleart features "Grow Your Faith" and blooming white daisies.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Sage evenweave from Fabric Flair with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 116 x 82. Finished size is 8.28" x 5.85".
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart features an angel overlooking a city with "Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted. Proverbs 11:11."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 209x73. Finished size: 13.06" x 4.56"
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart features Adam and Eve on temptation hill.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 74 x 147. Finished size: 4.6" x 9.2".
Jane Hornibrook completed her sampler in March of 1806. She painstakingly stitched in cross stitch the tenets of the Catholic Faith over one and two threads of finely woven 52 count linen. The lettering for the large letters leads one to determine this to be of Irish origin, based on the Benezet... Read more
Proverbs 31:19- "She Layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff"
A distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax and wool, but can... Read more
Proverbs 31:14- She is like the Merchants' Ships. She bringeth her food from afar.
Model was stitched on 32ct "Lunar" linen from Be Stitch Me using threads from Classic Colorworks, DMC, Gentle Arts, and Weeks. Stitch count is 130 x 155.
Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... 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
What makes this early Victorian English sampler so intriguing are the wonderfully naive figures of Adam, Eve and St. Michael flanking the Tree of Life. St. Michael's sword is drawn to slay the serpent, but he hardly looks formidable with his large feet and doughy body. Playskool-like Adam and Eve... 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
Note from the designer: "This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, a peacock with silver tips on its wings, the Lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the Crucifixion flanked by Mother Mary and... Read more
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Cocoa using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and Southern Fried floss. Stitch count is 199 x 201.
Recommended Southern Fried Floss:Bay Leaf and Spiced Cider
This cross stitch pattern from Sweet Wing Studio features a woman with a sheep and "She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. Proverbs 31:13."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Flax linen with DMC and Forbidden Fiber Co floss. Stitch Count: 141W x 109H. Finished size: 8.8" x 6.8"
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. 2 Corinthians 9:15"
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Icelandic Beige by Wichelt using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works and DMC threads. Stitch count is 97 x 54.
Designed especially with Thanksgiving in mind, this word and pattern trio makes a simple but beautiful stitch! The 4-color palette can easily be changed to suit one's decor or personal style.
The model was stitched on 32ct lugana using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch Count: 85w x 65h.
A perfect design to stitch this time of year as we reflect on the changing landscape. While the seasons change, we can rest knowing our Father in Heaven never does. "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Isaiah 40:3"
A sweet bunny and soft lamb look up in reverence at the beautiful cross in this tender Easter design. Featuring the Bible verse Matthew 28:6, He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said.
The model was stitched on 32 ct Mary Lugana by Grace Notes Fabrics using Classic Colorworks, The Gentle Arts, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 59w x 94h.
Risen by Teresa Kogut features a single chart in a full color 8.5" x 11" booklet. Part of her Faith in Stitches series, this pattern features the verse, Matthew 28:6 "He is not here, for He is risen, as He said."
This model was stitched on 40 count linen with Classic... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring the bible sentiment "a house divided cannot stand"! Stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 187W x 83H. Finished size: 12 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring adorable foxes in a circle with the phrase "Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Matthew 8:20"
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Steinbeck from Needle and Flax using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 175 x 173.
This Christian cross stitch pattern features the phrase "The Angel Did Say" with a border of angel wings and harps. This pattern will make a beautiful Christmas ornament.
Stitched on 36 ct. Flax by Zweigart with assorted threads. Stitched with 1 strand over 2 linen threads. Stitch Count: 69 x 57. Finished size is about 4.4" x 3.6".