Part three of a five part series from Bay The Bay Needleart featuring a seaside village. The designs can be worked individually or combined as one large piece.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct Sage evewnweave fabric from Fabric Flair with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch... Read more
Part four of a five part series from Bay The Bay Needleart featuring a seaside village. The designs can be worked individually or combined as one large piece.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct Sage evewnweave fabric from Fabric Flair with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch... Read more
Part five of a five part series from Bay The Bay Needleart featuring a seaside village. The designs can be worked individually or combined as one large piece.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct Sage evewnweave fabric from Fabric Flair with DMC floss. Stitch count is 64 x 96.... Read more
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Star Sapphire linen using DMC, Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts Sampler Threads & Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 207x63. Design Size: 13" x 4".
Note: The fabric size listed is with a 2-inch border.
Model stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Country Mocha Belfast linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 151x107. Shown embellished with buttons.
Cross Stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring Befana, an old woman from Italian folklore who delivers candy and gifts to children on Epiphany eve!
Model stitched on 30ct Snowfall Linen by Primitive Hare using DMC thread.
Stitch count: 113w x 135h.
Cross stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring the phrase "I am quintessentially British at heart"!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Fairy Cloth Linen using DMC, Weeks Dye Works, and Kreinik threads. Stitch count is 104 x 85. Finished size is 6.5" x 5.31".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Beige linen with Weeks Dye Works floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 989W x 180H. Finished size: 49 1/2" x 9".
About the Sampler: No name or year appears on this beautiful sampler to offer a clue about the maker. It is adorned with numerous Christian motifs and symbols. The sampler is representative of an Italian sampler style, as evidenced by the existence of other similar Italian
samplers, done in rows of... Read more
Add a touch of Parisian elegance to your holiday stitching with this sophisticated and stylish take on the classic Nutcracker! The Parisian Nutcracker blends timeless Christmas charm with a refined, French-inspired color palette featuring teals, golds, and soft accents that make this piece shine... 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
Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... 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 - "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
Note from the designer - "This Dover, Massachusetts, sampler features an unusual border surrounding alphabetical and numerical tests, and a four-line verse often found on early 19th century American samplers. The colors are remarkably well preserved. The maker, Ann Harding (who was actually... 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"