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Henrietta 1870 a Bristol Orphanage Sampler Antique Reproduction.

Provenance: This beautiful sampler contains thirteen alphabets and seven sets of numbers in the top portion and is full in every space in the lower section with many motifs, short segments of bands, and ten corner motifs... Read more about Henrietta 1870 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Anne Frances Ennis 1847 Words To Live By, An Irish Antique Reproduction Sampler

About Anne Frances Ennisfs specimen pages and cross stitch samplers: A collection of six needlework specimens were obtained together from an antique dealer, five being needlework specimen book samples, and one a... Read more about Anne Frances Kirkpatrick 1847 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Hannah Whitaker, Thorne 1821 - An Ackworth Quaker Style Antique Sampler Reproduction

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Linen with Gloriana and Belle Soie Silks. The stitch count is 297 x 455 and the finished size is 12.91" x 19.78".

When Stitching with Au Ver A Soie floss, it also requires threads 661 and 539.

A Home for Henrietta, An Original Design based on a Bristol Orphanage Sampler.

This original sampler is based on motifs and lettering from a Bristol Orphanage Sampler, Henrietta 1870, in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques. As it would happen, four girls with the first name of... Read more about A Home for Henrietta - Cross Stitch Pattern

Martha Schmidt 1880, Antique Reproduction Sampler

About Martha Schmidt 1880 Sampler: with such a common name, and no location provided, the stitcher's identify remains unknown. However, Schmidt is a common German surname derived from the German word "Schmied" meaning... Read more about Martha Schmidt 1880 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a RE-RELEASE in conjunction with the other four NEW Specimen Book Samplers! Ellen Kingscote English Specimen Pages Two Cross Stitch Samplers, Wisdom and Honour, circa 1840 Antique Sampler Reproductions

Two simple and beginner style cross stitch samplers are found in Ellen... Read more about Ellen Kingscote's English Sewing Book - Cross Stitch

National Female Model School Sampler - Kildare Place, Dublin circa 1820

This pattern has 1 specialty stitch - the Satin Stitch. And the small alphabet at the top and the small letters at the bottom are stitched over 1 thread of linen. Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. linen with 100/3 Au Ver a Soie silk floss. The stitch count is 96 x 147 and the finished size is 4.17" x 6.39".

Rachel De La Rue, 1825, A Guernsey Channel Island Antique Sampler Reproduction

About the Antique: Rachel tells us she was eleven years old when she finished her sampler in 1825 making her birth year 1813 or 1814. The antique dealer indicates she was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.... Read more about Rachel de la Rue 1825 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Mary Ann Slough, Specimen Book Cross Stitch Piece Reproduction circa 1840s

Specimen Books: During the 1800s in England and Ireland, sewing instruction books to be used by teachers and pupils were published, their purpose being the production of competent rather than creative needlework.... Read more about Mary Ann Slough, Specimen Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Anne Frances Ennis 1853 Black Crowns Specimen Page, An Irish Antique Sampler Reproduction

About Anne Frances Ennisfs specimen pages and cross stitch samplers: A collection of six needlework specimens were obtained together from an antique dealer, five being needlework specimen book samples,... Read more about Anne Frances Kirkpatrick 1847 Black Crown - Cross Stitch

Julia Rachel De La Mare, 1849, A Fuersney, Channel Island Sampler.
The Antique: This lovely vibrant sampler is in the style common to the time called Berlin Woolwork, named such after the printed patterns originating from Berlin where individual motifs such as florals, birds, the center... Read more about Julia Rachel De La Mare 1849 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Jesus, My God to thee I fly. Thou art a refuge ever nigh when heart shall fail. When life is past, thou wilt receive my soul at last." Model stitched 28 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue with DMC floss. Also required, but not listed above, DMC 3880 (can be found in the DMC 2013 New Colors Floss Pack). Specialty Stitches: One over One, Satin. Stitch Count: 172W x 281H. Design Size: 13" x 21"

This page from an Antique Pattern Album made in Germany contains common motifs used in Bristol samplers and English day schools. These pattern booklets from France, England and Germany were published widely and used for embellishing samplers. The motifs on this particular page appear on The Amelia... Read more about Bristol Pattern Page - Cross Stitch Pattern

Ireland: Elizabeth Martin, circa 1789, a Mountmellick Irish Quaker Sampler Guernsey: Julia Rachel De La Mare, 1849, A Guernsey, Channel Island Sampler
Wales: Sarah Williams, Holyhead, Wales 1864 Scotland: Jean Donaldson, 1826, a Scottish Sampler and Anne Phillip, Edinburgh 1818
... Read more about British Isles Band Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Ann Hunt inscribed the town she stitched her sampler in as Nailsea in 1805. Nailsea is a town in Somerset, England. Research does not reveal the existence of a Quaker school there, although at least one other very similar polychrome Quaker medallion sampler has been discovered stitched a year... Read more about Ann Hunt Nailsea 1805 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler's appeal was its similarity to Bristol orphanage motifs, bands and alphabets. While clearly not a Bristol school sampler, as it was stitched at Daglingworth School, curiosity leads one to wonder why similar motifs? Daglingworth lies only fifty miles from Bristol, England. It has been... Read more about Annie Matilda Moss - Cross Stitch Pattern

Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more about Sarah Welch 1764 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a sampler with a homely scene!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Pecan Butter from Lakeside Linens using DMC or Needlepoint silks. Stitch count is 259 x 265.

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a church sampler with flowers!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Brea by Needle and Flax using DMC floss. Stitch count is 119 x 122.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Lentil linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 201W x 90H. Design Size: 12" x 5"

Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Vintage Sand Dune linen from Lakeside Linens using Au Ver A Soie. Also required, but not listed above #2578, #945 from Au Ver A Soie. Stitch Count: 249W x 250H. Design Size: 15.56" x 15.62"

Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Straw using Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 270W x 272H. Design Size: 15" x 15.11".

Model stitched on 36 count Vintage Pecan Butter by Lakeside Linen using NPI silks. Stitch count is 267 x 212.

Also required but not listed is Au Ver A Soie Soie d Alger 2512 and Lecien Cosmo Cotton Embroidery Floss 444.

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a sampler with the phrase "When house and land is gone and spent, learning is most excellent"!

Model stitched on 40 ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens using DMC thread. Stitch count is 131 x 185.

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a sampler with many flowers!
Model stitched on 40ct. Tickerty-Boo by Tabbycat Linen using NPI thread with DMC conversions listed. Stitch count is 216 x 218.

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring two adorable turtle doves!
Model stitched on 38 ct. Fullers Teasel by Legacy Linens using DMC thread. Stitch count is 63 x 57.

Mary Garrett stitched her fine sampler at Claverton school in 1854 at age fifteen. It is a remarkable piece of needlework, incorporating five different alphabets all stitched meticulously over two on 72 count linen. More history is included on the chart.

Pattern is stitched on 46 count... Read more about Mary Garrett, Claverton School 1854 - Cross Stitch Pattern

About the Sampler: Given the few clues provided, a scattering of initials and a year only, it is impossible to know more about the stitcher of this lovely sampler with its motifs of delicately arching floral stems, oval leafed cartouche, paired birds and potted florals. The motifs themselves are... Read more about AB 1816 Quaker Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Lydia's sampler is an example of a more decorative Quaker marking sampler containing four different alphabets, six dividing bands, and an often seen swan and birds motif, as well as a floral spray. The colors are muted as in the Quaker style, copying those found in nature. Lydia was a talented young... Read more about Lydia C. Mendenhall 1817, Pennsylvania - Cross Stitch

The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more about Suir Island (SI) Quaker - Cross Stitch Pattern

No clues have been provided by the stitcher as to her name, year of origin, or place where she stitched her sampler. The only clue as to place might be in the lettering she used itself, giving one an indication it was stitched in Ireland. "A slightly surprising source of lettering which became... Read more about Benezet Alphabet Irish Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

An ancestor of the stitcher placed a typewritten note on the back of the framed sampler, dated August 28, 1997. Thomasina Henrietta Jackson (nee Willis) wrote the following: "This sampler was made by Charlotte Keightley, my great aunt by marriage, circa 1840. Her married name at the time was... Read more about The Two Lands, Circa 1840 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler is an original design based on the layout of eighteenth century Irish Quaker samplers with the lettering and sampler motifs taken from a Mountmellick Irish Quaker sampler in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques, Elizabeth Martin circa 1789. The town names at the bottom are the... Read more about Ligatures and Lettering of Irish Antique - Cross Stitch

Now in a private collection, this sampler was stitched in Lacolle, a southern municipality in Quebec, Canada in 1846 by Emeline Hotchkiss, aged 11. Research reveals an Emeline Hotchkiss was baptized in nearby Laprairie St. Luke's Anglican Church in 1834, around the year our stitcher would have been... Read more about Emeline Hotchkiss, Lacolle, 1846 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This chart contains all sixteen pattern pages from a tiny paper pattern album passed out as a souvenir in 1851 at Prince Albert's Crystal Palace Great Exhibition. They were mass produced inexpensively but are rarely found today due to the nature of the flimsy paper and the effects of time. Other... Read more about Prince Albert's Exhibition 1851 - Cross Stitch Pattern

A Prequel to the Carter House Sampler, Franklin, Tennessee, The Sampler of Fountain Branch Carter's Mother, For the Battle of Franklin Trust, An Antique Sampler Reproduction.

Pattern is stitched on 36 count Hemingway by Needle and Flax. Stitch Count: 171 stitches wide x 224 stitches high.... Read more about Sarah Holcombe Anderson, 1789 - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Antique: Amelia stitched her sampler at the age of seventeen while living at the North Wing, 3 New Orphan House, Ashley Down, Bristol, in 1868. The original sampler's stitched area measures 13.5 inches wide by 15.25 inches high on a cream cotton ground fabric measuring 76 threads to the inch,... Read more about Amelia Fox 1868 Bristol Orphanage Sampler - Pattern

Inspired by a Bristol Orphanage Sampler, Amelia Fox 1868

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct linen using Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silk. Stitch counts is 121 wide x 135 high. Finished size is 5.26 x 5.87 inches.

On the back of this framed antique, was found a very aged handwritten note: "This Sampler was worked by Mary Coleby of Kelvedon, Essex when Eleven years of age at Ackworth School Yorkshire. Born 1792 - married in 1814 to Edward Gripper of Layer Breton Hall, Essex - had thirteen children - died... Read more about Mary Coleby, Ackworth School 1803 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This beautiful sampler was obtained from the collection of Stephen and Carol Huber. The framed antique contained handwritten notes on the genealogy of Sarah which was written on the back in ink on the sealing paper. It contained the lineage of Sarah Hewes, and the names of her children. Extensive... Read more about Sarah A. Hewes 1826 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler was obtained from the M. Finkel and Daughter antique collectors who describe this sampler in their catalog as follows: "Documented Irish samplers are rare, and this one offers strong visual appeal with excellent color and composition. A fine, large alphabet, little house, pots of... Read more about Mary Wallace 1847 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Adelaide Underwood 1846 - A Norfolk Antique Sampler Reproduction

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens with 100/3 silks. The stitch count is 300 x 462 with a finished size of 13.04" x 20.09".

Jane Egar 1790 a Near Norfolk Antique Sampler Reproduction

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. linen with NPI silk floss. The stitch count is 190 x 193 and the finished size is 8.26" x 8.39".

Catharine Shenaman, Cumru Township, c. 1840 - A Berks County, Pennsylvania Sampler

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen with NPI silk floss. The stitch count is 274 x 234 and the finished size is 13.7" x 11.7".

When stitching with Au Ver A Soie silk floss, you will also need 705, 661, and 607.

Mary and Meribah Chandler Sisters Samplers - New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay Colony Connections circa 1810.

Mary's Verse: "Tho' griefs unnumbered throng thee round, Still in thy God confide, Whose finge marks the seas their bound, And curbs the headlong tide."

Pattern... Read more about Mary C Chandler Sister Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

Mary and Meribah Chandler Sisters Samplers - New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay Colony Connections circa 1810.

Meribah's Verse: "Let no fond love for earth exact a sigh; No doubts divit our steady steps aside: Nor let us long to live, nor dread to die: Heaven is our hope, and Providence... Read more about Meribah M. Chandler Sister Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

Little Alice, An Original Design - Taken from Alice Clark, 1844. I Had A Father Kind & True. Honor Alice and yourself as you stitch her lovely border surrounding your initials and year stitched.

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. linen using Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silks floss. The stitch count is 89 x 85 and the finished size is 3.87" x 3.70".

The Sandery Sisters Samplers - Sarah aged 8, September 1837 and Mary aged 10, 1846. Mary Sandery Model (over one version) Graph to stitch completely over two Included in Pattern as well as Muted Color Tone Thread Legend Alternate

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Dirty Teacup by Needle and... Read more about The Sandery Sisters Samplers - Mary - Cross Stitch Pattern