Cross stitch kit from RTO featuring an Italian courtyard! This package contains 100% cotton floss, 14 count Aida fabric, one needle, one chart and instructions. Design size: 11-3/4x9 inches. Design: Delicate Wicket.
This American sampler was stitched on a loosely woven homespun linen with vegetable-dyed silk threads. Despite its size and simplicity, the design is striking, delicate, and well-balanced. Eunice Morton was born in 1783 in Gorham County, Maine. Sometime in 1809-1810, she married Jesse Harding, and... Read more
This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more
A RED BRICK MANSION HOUSE is at the center of this wildly engaging English sampler featuring a small
zoo/conservatory/aviary of flora and fauna as interpreted by an exceptionally talented young
woman of the early nineteenth century. The verse is common enough on nineteenth-century samplers, unlike... Read more
Note from the designer - "At the age of fourteen, Mary Lee stitched this beautiful band sampler with a good assortment of flowers, birds, swans, squirrels, and other traditional motifs. Worked into the center of a band in tight, precise stitches, is the cautionary aphorism "In thy youth... Read more
This sampler could possibly have been made in Connecticut but the surname is quite common throughout New England. Abigail was ten years old when she made her sampler. The original was stitched on unbleached homespun linen using silk threads, and the reproduction very closely approximates the size of... Read more
Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... 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 - "A sophisticated painterly use of perspective distinguishes this pictorial English sampler. An idealized rural scene with a thatched cottage nestled in a fertile valley, with white misted hills rising in the distance, also features a windmill, a flock of sheep,... 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 is a beautifully balanced, intensely stitched transitional sampler. Worked originally in brightly colored silk threads on a fine tammy (wool) ground, it features a repeating, four-sided carnation border, surrounding five horizontal bands interspersed by lines of... 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
"Robin Hood. Sherwood Forest. Maid Marion. Sheriff Nottingham. Band of Merry Men." Model stitched on 28 count Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens using DMC. Stitch count: 125W x 172H.
"To the journeys end ye roam upon the foaming sea. Nantucket waits to see thy sails as my heart waits for thee. Nantucket". Model stitched on 30 Ct. Cocoa linen with DMC floss, Weeks Dye Works, Gentle Art Sampler threads, and Crescent Colours floss. Stitch Count: 249 x 153.
Cross stitch pattern from Cute Embroidery By Kate featuring a baggage tag to take on your trip to Paris and a baggage tag that says "I heart travel" with an airplane!
Model stitched on 14 Ct. Sky Blue Aida with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 34 x 31. Finished size: 2.43" x 2.21". Luggage tags not included.
Cross stitch kit from Panna featuring a stately Russian cathedral! This kit contains presorted thread in 42 colors, 14 count white Aida fabric, needle, dual colour chart, and instructions. 182 x 220 stitches. Uses counted cross stitch, backstitch. Finished size 13.0" x 15.7".
Cross stitch kit from Colonial Needle featuring a mini Swedish Santa Claus design. This kit includes 18ct Platinum Aida Cloth, Presencia Floss, Tapestry Needle, Black & White Pattern, and Illustrated Basic Cross Stitch Instructions
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
This is part of a 9 chart series of Gulf Coast Treasures. They Each measure in at about 3 inches (stitch count 50x50) so they are perfect as little ornaments, bowl fillers, or stitch all 9 together.
The models were stitched on 32ct "Dwarf" linen from Picture this plus and finished by Starry Nights Studio where you can also purchase the fabric covered mounting board.
Cross stitch kit from Design Works featuring an Italian scene. This package contains a 14 count Aida cloth, embroidery floss, needle and instructions. Design: The Delivery. Finished size: 8x22 inches.
Cross stitch kit from Design Works featuring a Paris street with shops and Eiffel tower!
This package contains 14 count Aida, 100% cotton embroidery floss, one needle and fully illustrated chart and instructions. Finished Size: 11x16 inches. Design: Flower Shop. Made in USA.
Cross stitch kit from Design Works featuring Paris flowers!
This package contains 14 count Aida, 100% cotton embroidery floss, one needle and fully illustrated chart and instructions. Finished Size: 16x16 inches. Design: Marche De Fleurs. Made in USA.
Cross stitch pattern from Erin Elizabeth featuring a cake stand filled with all the England essentials!
Pattern is stitched on 14 ct. Aida of your choice using DMC thread. Stitch count is 63 x 93. Finished size is approx 4.5 in wide X 6.64 in high.
This cross stitch kit includes 14 count Aida Zweigart fabric with pre-printed background, Anchor stranded cotton (25 colors), needle, instructions and color chart. Finished size of piece is 11.75" x 15.75".