Hands Across the Sea Samplers Cross Stitch Patterns

We are delighted to present Jane Backhouse's beautiful and engaging sampler, worked in 1824 when Jane was just 12 years old. There is so much to enjoy in her work.

Jane used her sampler to demonstrate an impressive range of needlework skills. The sampler is worked mainly in cross stitch... Read more about Jane Backhouse 1824 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver a Soie with Soie d'Alger and DMC conversion. Stitch count is 209 x 201.

Elizabeth finished her stunning sampler on Wednesday, February 1, in the year 1854. The sampler would have been worked as part of her education. It would have taken many hours to complete and is an amazing achievement. A bobby dazzler of a sampler! Elizabeth created a cohesive, engaging, and... Read more about Elizabeth Stephenson 1854 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a beautiful sampler!

Pattern is stitched on Creme Brulee by Tabbycat Linens using Au Ver a Soie threads. Stitch count is 236 x 248.

28ct linen: Design: 16.86" x 17.71" Fabric: 22.86" x 23.71" ... Read more about Sarah Milthorp - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler with a young girl!
Model can be stitched on 28 ct. or 32 ct. linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 153 x 220. Finished size on 28 ct is 10.93" x 15.71" and on 32 ct 9.56"x 13.75".

Note: Soie 100.3 607 is not available.

Worked in 1886 by thirteen-year-old Emma Pack whilst living at George Mller's famous orphanage at Ashley Down, Bristol, this charming monochrome sampler is a delightful example of the distinctive needlework taught within one of Victorian Britain's most remarkable charitable institutions.... Read more about Emma Pack 1886 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a beautiful sampler reproduction!

The sampler was executed with cross stitches laid over two threads of linen and four-sided stitch. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability and can be worked on... Read more about Dinah Elizabeth Disney 1876 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers a sampler by Bertha Lausch!

Model is stitched on 56 ct Muddy Duck by Tabbycat Linen using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver a Soie. Stitch count is 158 x 106.

Jane's sampler has been reproduced using Soie d'Alger floss. The stitch count is 217 x 290. Stitch on fabric of your choice.

Note: Soie #390 is inactive. The suggested substitution is #289 (not listed).

28ct linen: Design: 15.5" x 20.71" Fabric: 21.5" x 26.71" ... Read more about Jane Hopkins 1875 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched one over two on your choice of 36 Ct. fabric using Soie d'Alger. Also required but not listed above 163, Stitch count is 309W x 319H. Design size is 17.17" x 17.72"

"Jesus permit thy gracious Name to stand As the first efforts of a female hand And her fingers on the canvas move Engage her tender heart to seek thy love With thy dear children may she have apart And write thy name thyself upon her heart" Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Vintage Sand... Read more about Elizabeth Furniss 1836 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 40 Ct. Sand Dune using Soie d'Alger. Specialty stitches used are satin stitch and eyelets. Stitch count is 333W x 386H. Finished size is 16.65" x 19.3"

The Queen of the May is a tradition that celebrates beauty, renewal, and honour. Each year, we select a sampler that embodies these qualities - a design that rises above the rest, chosen not only for its visual appeal, but for its enduring presence.

Ann's sampler is a study in balance... Read more about Ann Watson 1839 - Cross Stitch Pattern

We are delighted to present to you a stunning sampler that was completed by Maria Wales Newson in the year 1838 when she was 13 years old. There is much to delight your eye and needle in this Bobby Dazzler.

Stitched on your choice of fabric using DMC threads. Stitch count is 295 x 413. Finished size is 22.39 x 28.94 inches for 36 count.

Note from the designer: We are pleased to present to you two monochrome samplers. Mrta's sampler was stitched in Budapest, Hungary in 1905 and Maggie's in Pretoria, South Africa in 1900. Whilst the girls lived some 7,447 miles apart, they both stitched a primer sampler as part of their education. ... Read more about Needlework From Distant Shores - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: I am thrilled to present to you an original design. Multiply Kindness has been a sampler many years in the making as borders, motifs, verses, and colours swirled around my head. It was not until the latter part of 2019 that those ideas were translated into a graph. Covid... Read more about Multiply Kindness - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a fun floral sampler!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Straw from Weeks Dye Works with options for DMC and Au Ver a Soie Silks or d'Alger threads. Stitch count is 155 x 180.

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely sampler with a house!

Pattern is stitched on fabric of your choice using Au Ver A Soie threads. stitch count is 322 x 279.

28ct linen: Design: 23.00" x 19.93" Fabric: 29".00 x 25.93" ... Read more about Hannah Green 1826 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"When time who steals our years away
Shall steal our pleasures too
The memory of the past will stay
And half our joys renew
Then think no more of future gloom
These joys will always last
For hope will brighten days to come
And memory guild the... Read more about Memories of the Past - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design by Hands Across the Sea features an alphabet sampler, red flowers including roses, daisies, tulips and carnations and text which reads.

"fear god, honour the king","O may i still from sin depart! A wise and understanding heart Jesus to me given! And let me through... Read more about Mary Wigglesworth 1812 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

The model was stitched using Foxtail Millett by Legacy Linen which is available in 45ct. The comparable colours in Legacy's Linen's range are Victoria Sponge Cake in 30ct, Corn Tassel in 37ct and Sycamore Seedpod in 53/63ct.The model was stitched using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver Soie. We have included below conversions for Soie d'Alger and DMC.

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler with a home in the middle surrounded by a floral vine border!

Pattern is stitched on your choice of linen using either Soie D'Alger silk floss or DMC threads. Stitch count is 271 x 260.

Note: Soie 100/3... Read more about Margaret Ferguson - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler from Elizabeth Garrod Wells in 1799!

Pattern is stitched on the linen of your choice using either Soie 100.3, Soie SDA or DMC floss. can be stitched on Aida or linen. Stitch count is 127 x 110.

28ct:... Read more about Elizabeth Garrod - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely sampler!

"Sweet courtesy and winning smiles. Manners mild and void of art. These are loves engaging wiles. These are those which win my heart"

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice... Read more about Hannah Campbell 1838 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a cute sampler with flowers!

Pattern is stitched on the linen of your choice using Soie 100.3, Soie D'Alger or DMC floss. Stitch count is 155 x 156.

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a red sampler!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using either Soie D'Alger threads. Soie 100.3 threads or DMC floss. Stitch count is 311 x 262.

Antique reproduction sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers! Note from the designer:

I have been looking for a "Home Sweet Home" sampler to stitch since the beginning of my needlework journey with samplers. Whilst I like the "motto" needleworks so popular with the... Read more about Ellen Barber 1895 Home Sweet Home - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 46 Ct. Straw linen using Soie d'Alger threads. Stitch Count: 263W x 181H. Finished Size: 11.43" x 7.87"

"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do do it with thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest."

Model stitched one over one and two on your choice of 36 Ct. fabric using Soie d'Alger. Stitch Count: 264W x 317H. Design Size:... Read more about Anne Thomas 1854 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Learn little Maid, each useful Art, Which may adorn thy Youth; Learn to improve thy tender Heart, In virtue Grace and Truth; Shun every vice with studious care, Each Female folly flee, fair That ev'ry grace which Crown the May all attend on the. Mary Ann Diaper is my Name, and in this wrought... Read more about Mary Ann Diaper 1826 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched over 2 threads on a 56 Ct. Velum linen by Foxglove and Lace Linens with Au Ver a Soie, Soie 100.3. Stitch Count: 87 x 257. Finished size over 2 on 56 Ct. linen is 3.11" x 9.18".

"May death conclude my toils and tears May death destroy my sins and fears May Death through Jesus be my fiend May death be life when life shall end Lord make my faith and love sincere My judgement sound my conscience clear And when toils of life are past May I be found in peace at last." ... Read more about Hannah Gaskell 1823 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: Alice Maud Tippett at the young age of 11 years stitched an adorable little sampler using a scrap of Penelope canvas and a beautiful palette of nine colours. The colours harmonise so well! Alice records on her sampler that she attended St Ervan's Board School. When the... Read more about Alice M Tippett 1894 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely monotone sampler!

Pattern was stitched on Woodsmoke by Tabby Cat linen using Soie 100.3. Stitch count is 160 x 174.

28ct linen: Design: 11.43" x 12.43" Fabric: 17.43" x 18.43"
32ct... Read more about Georgiana Caroline Williams - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely sampler!

Model is stitched on 28 count Hogsbristle by Fox and Rabbit using Au ver a Soie or DMC threads. Stitch count is 200 x 253. Finished Size is 14.29 in wide X 18.07 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely sampler with the phrase "The Lord is thy keeper"!

The pattern is stitched on the linen of your choice using either DMC, Soie D'Alger, or 100.3 threads. Stitch count is 132 x 105. Finished size on 40 ct is 6.6" x 5.25.

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a lovely sampler!

Pattern is stitched on your choice of fabric using Soie 100.3 or DMC threads. Stitch counts is 135 x 145. Finished size will vary based on fabric chosen. Finished size is 8.44 in wide X 9.06 in high for 32... Read more about Dorothy Bryant - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers a lovely reproduction sampler from Elizabeth Disdale. "My Lord my pasture shall prepare; And feed me with a shepherds care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye; My noon-day walks he shall attend; And all my... Read more about Elizabeth Dinsdale - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a design that was released at a 2025 workshop for Mrs Parkman's Academy of Needlework. The text reads: "How sweet to wait upon the Lord while he fulfills his gracious word. To seek his face and not in vain. To be belov'd... Read more about Magdalena Outhwaite 1833 - Cross Stitch Pattern

We are delighted to present to you one of two samplers worked by Maria. In 1832 at the age of 7 Maria diligently worked her primer paying tribute to her parents.

Stitched on 28 ct. linen using Au Ver A Soie threads. Stitch count is 220 x 210 and the finished size is 15.71" x 15".

We are pleased to present to you this charming sampler worked by Emma Wright in 1904 when she was 9 years old. There were many Emma Wrights born in England in the year 1895 so we are not able to pinpoint our Emma with any certainty.

Emma's sampler has been reproduced using a palette of... Read more about Emma Wright 1904 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Coco Chanel described simplicity as the key to elegance, and the sampler that Charlotte worked as a child is quite simply elegant. Charlotte's exquisitely laid stitches, worked in black silk, demonstrate that the seven-year-old child was skilled in marking stitch.

Charlotte's... Read more about Charlotte Mash 1830 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Under the soft gleam of a winter lamp, a square of linen lies unfurled on my worktable - its surface alive with threads of crimson and green that weave together more than just patterns. At first glance, it appears a simple sampler: a neat arrangement of alphabets, numerals, and flourishes stitched... Read more about Threads Of Christmas Past MB 1914 - Cross Stitch Pattern

We are delighted to present this exquisite reproduction of a Norfolk sampler, originally completed on 14 December 1802 by Barbery Butcher, when she was just nine years old. Worked with remarkable diligence and charm, the original sampler is filled with a rich array of motifs contained within a... Read more about Barbery Butcher 1802 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This exquisite Victorian sampler was stitched in Norfolk, England by Rosa Gromett when she was just twelve years old. Renowned for their beauty, Norfolk samplers are celebrated for rich color and intricate design-and Rosa's is a particularly fine example.

Rosa executed the sampler... Read more about Rosa Gromett - Cross Stitch Pattern

Stitched in 1826 by a boy of just nine years of age, this eye-catching sampler challenges expectation. It speaks not only of skill, but of discipline, patience, and quiet determination. William worked with precision and care, producing a piece that stands confidently alongside, and in many cases... Read more about William Curtis 1826 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Teach me to feel another's wo. To hide the fault I see That mercy I to others show. That mercy show to me. This day be bread and peace my lot All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not And let they will be done." Model stitched one over two on your choice of 36 Ct. fabric using Soie d'Alger. Stitch count is 322W x 284H. Design size is 17.89" x 15.78"

There is a modest little flower, To friendship ever dear, Oh! Plant it on my humble bed And strew it O'er my bier. Let not the dark sepulchral yew Its sombre branches wave, But let that little fragile flower Alone grow on my grave. No sculptured marble e'er shall shew My long, and lowly home, That... Read more about Eliza Bell Cox 1832 - Cross Stitch Pattern