Model stitched on 18 Ct. Fiddler's Cloth in Lite Oatmeal with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 122W x 110H. Color chart. Shown finished in a 10" hoop. Includes a diagram of the buildings and landmarks featured.
English country gardens and cottages are legendary. This one is no exception. The flowers are blooming and an invitation to an afternoon tea is waiting inside. Come in and have a cup or two. This chart pack comes with full color image, easy-to-read chart and a list of DMC floss color numbers. You provide your own fabric and floss. Stitch Count: 117w X 90h. Design stitched on 14 Count White Aida.
Spring is in the Air! A mesmerizing marvel after the harsh, cold New England winters. Behold the welcoming sight of buds and apple blossoms as they cover the trees. No season is as welcoming as Spring. Stitch Count 96w X 192h, Finished Size on 14-ct 6-7/8" X 13-3/4". Model stitched on 14 Count White Aida.
Fruit Crate style design of bountiful grapes is lusciously depicted by designer Barbara Baatz Hillman. When stitched on black fabric, this design is striking. This is a great companion piece to Crate Label Pears. 14 count, 11-3/4" X 9", 164 X 126 in stitches
Model stitched on 14 Count Black Aida
Eiffel Tower stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Antique White Belfast. Stitch Count: 38W x 70. Scissors Fob stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Antique White linen. Stitch Count: 25W x 21H. Both designs use DMC floss.
Cross stitch pattern from Madame La Fee featuring the French sentiment "C'est l'Automne" (It is Autumn!), with berries, nuts, pie, harvest jellies and jams, mushrooms, squirrels, European children, and more!
Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 193 x 188
Cross stitch pattern from Madame La Fee featuring the French sentiment "Un Hiver a la Montagne (Mountain Winter), with bird, berries, snowman, hot cocoa, and more!
Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 191 x 191.
"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.
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
Europe Sampler inspired by European Old School Samplers. You may see the glimpse of the typical motives of Dutch, English and German old samplers. Purple is the color of the Royal dynasties of Europe.
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Platinum using DMC threads. Stitch count is 279 x 279.
Model stitched with two strands on your choice of fabric using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 168x168. Specialty Stitches Used: French Knot and Smyrna Cross. Design Size on 16/32 Ct.: 10 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Cross stitch pattern from Lesa Petites Croix De Lucie featuring a gnome in London, complete with red telephone box, bowler hat, and UK flag!
Model stitched on 14 ct. Aida using DMC thread. Stitch count is 82 x 82.