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: "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
Try as we might, we cannot find another sampler to compare with this one by Sarah Brignell. It is a sampler unto itself: truly an original piece of folk art. The tiny central cartouche with the densely stitched scene floats like a little world unto itself in the midst of the exuberant garden of... 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"
Cross stitch pattern from Sweet Wing Studio featuring a quilting star pattern with the phrase "God is good all the time"!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct Coconut Solid Evenweave by Fabric Flair with Classic Colorworks and The Gentle Arts with DMC conversions. Stitch Count: 97w x 97h. Finished size:6.125"w x 6.125"h.
"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.
Inspired by a watercolor painting of pink roses, I had to try to recreate the look in cross stitch. With the help of sweetly variegated floss colors, I hope I achieved something close! My absolute favorite color combo is teal, peachy pink, and soft light gold with pops of white. And this precious... Read more
The elegance and significance of President Thomas Jefferson's Monticello cannot be overstated. If you take a trip to this iconic historical home, you won't want to miss touring the beautiful gardens. Jefferson was enchanted by the land and the bounty which came from it. In a letter written... Read more
Be Ye Ready by Teresa Kogut is 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 24:44 "Be ye also ready. The son of man cometh at an hour ye not think."
This model was stitched on 40 count linen with DMC thread. The stitch count is 185 x 180 and the finished size is 9 1/4" x 9".
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 cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut features rows of flowers, houses, a church, a woman and the saying "Youth is fleeting and beauty fades, but a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Mocha linen by Weeks Dye Works with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count 134 x 298. Finished size: 6 3/4" x 14 7/8"
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".