Note from the designer - "This sampler shows a man and a woman beneath an apple tree, reminiscent of Adam and Eve, but in contemporary dress. Possibly of New York origin (the format and background suggest this), this reproduction is stitched on linen with either cotton or silk, with the... 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
This sampler is a fanciful adaptation of 19th century American and English sampler motifs. Fluffy white sheep are outstanding on a large green lawn that stretches between two elegant red brick houses that are flanked by flying eagles. Needlework pictures of this type can be considered as traditional... Read more
Note from the designer - "Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Elisabeth Hoover and one other student of the former Mrs. Galligher of Lancaster are known to have named Mrs. Leah Bratten on their samplers in 1803. The twin Bratten sisters, Leah and Rachel, both married schoolmasters, kept schools with them,... Read more
Note from the designer: "A gift from the collection of Rosalind and Edwin Miller to the museum. Emma Lerch was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and she stitched this sampler in her thirteenth year. It is a very simple work, with a lovely meandering floral border. While perhaps... Read more
This sweet little American sampler features two little houses above alphabets and a short verse:
Would you be wise
Each moment prize
It is surrounded on four sides by a double sided satin stitched sawtooth border. Stitches used include cross, outline, stem filling, counted... Read more
Fanny Hancock's father, Ebenezer Hancock, was cousin to the famous John Hancock. Born in 1785, Fanny sewed her sampler at age 11. She married Nathaniel Parker of Boston in 1803, and died in 1834. The colors on the back side of her sampler retained much of their original brilliance, and are... Read more
Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more
Note from the designer: "This American band sampler was originally worked in Lynn, Massachusetts. Hannah Breed is mentioned in Bolton and Coe's authoritative book American Samplers. Rows of lettering are intermixed with a row of sheep and cows, a verse, and floral bands. The verse says:
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
Note from the designer: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more
Note from the designer: "A beautiful meandering four-sided floral border in an unusually rich color palette surrounds this traditional Scottish sampler, also featuring a beautiful arcaded floral band at the top and a substantial mansion house in the lower register. Trees, tulips and flying birds... Read more
Note from the designer: "Samplers worked with black backgrounds are unique to New England, and this one is designed after a late 18th century Massachusetts piece. A portly clergyman is depicted strolling between a fashionable lady under a parasol, and a church or meeting -house; with a frisky... Read more
Rose's unusual middle name should have provided some clues about where she was born, and where she lived, but the name "Shenamon" is elusive despite my efforts to discover its origins as well as hers. It is spelled many different ways when researched (including Shinimon and Schinnamon which... Read more
This design was excerpted from the top of an early nineteenth-century English sampler. It features an unusual and amusing hunting scene with a solo hunter on horseback pursuing a single hapless stag with a pack of ten spotted hounds on its trail.
The verse reads:
Give me O Lord thy early... Read more
This English sampler comes from the collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jarrett, who established Witney Antiques. It was featured in one of their exhibition catalogs in December 1996 titled "All Creatures Great and Small."
The work is extremely fine and accomplished,... Read more
This mid-eighteenth-century Scottish band sampler features many classic seventeenth-century patterns, executed in cross, eyelet, double running, counted satin, back, and queen stitches.
The virtually unfaded color was reproduced from the front of the sampler. Six pattern bands precede... Read more
Eagle of Freedom is the second of three designs from the Patriotic Branch Series. All 3 designs much be purchased to complete the design as shown. Model stitched on 32 Ct. linen of your choice using Weeks Dye Works & Gentle Art threads.
This pattern includes the Eagle of Freedom. The stitch count for the entire series will be 168W x 77H. Design Size: 11" x 5"
Model stitched over two threads on 28 Ct. Linen over your choice with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count: 88W x 95H. Design Size: 7" x 7". Comes with a star button.
Model stitched on 28 Ct. White Jobelan with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Shown with Apple Blossom & Robin's Egg Magnets from Stoney Creek (not listed). Stitch Count: 63W x 91H.
Long Flag model stitched over two on 32 ct Natural Linen. Stitch Count: 91 x 35. Cut size: 12" x 9".
"Free" is stitched on 32 Ct. Touch of Gray. Stitch Count: 34 x 36. Cut size: 9" x 9".
Liberty is stitched on 32 ct French Polka Dot Natural. Stitch Count: 49 x 49. Cut size: 9" x 9". All use Gentle Art Sampler Threds and Weeks Dye Works floss.
"Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others." Model stitched on 32 Ct. Vintage Cedar Plank by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 82x147. Design Size: 6" x 10"
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens with DMC floss and Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 149x102. Finished size: 10 5/8" x 7 1/4".
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Beige linen from Weeks Dye Works, using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count for Needlebook 49x101. Design Size: 4" x 7" & for Scissor Fob 31x31. Design Size: 2" x 2"
"Preserve the Union - Let us have Peace." Model stitched on 32 Ct. Gray linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 85x145. Design Size: 6" x 10"
"Free from sea to sea". Model stitched on 28 Ct. Natural Cashel linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 60wx44h. Comes with flag button.
Model stitched over two on 30 Ct. Gray by Weeks Dye Works using Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 56H x 93W
All models stitched on 32 Ct. Wren Belfast by Picture This Plus with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. (DMC alternates are 3808 613 221 3051 842 167 3021 310 712 3064 640 169) "Western Scrub Jay" - Stitch Count: 69x69. Design Size: 5" x 5" "Black Capped... Read more
"The bell proclaims on Liberty Hill, freedom reigns & always will." Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 135x65. Design Size: 8" x 4".
Model stitched over two threads on 40 Ct. Putty linen by Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works floss. (DMC alternates are 712 950 3371 642 610 3362 317 934 310 355) Stitch count for pin pillow 99x69. stitch count for hornbook 57x51, Fob 29x29 and spool 59x23. (NOTE: 14x18 cut of 40 ct linen will work for all pieces)
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Country Mocha Belfast linen with Classic Colorworks floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads & Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 56W x 69H. Design Size: 4" x 5" Comes with beads and star charm.
Cross stitch pattern from Pickle Barrel Designs featuring the patriotic phrase "America land that I love. Red white and blue. Liberty for all. We the people"!
Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Touch of Gray using Weeks Dye Works and DMC threads. Stitch count is 83 x 130. Finished size is 5.93" x 9.29".
Cross Stitch Kit contains pre-sewn 8x8" pillow sham made of 16 count heatherfield/tula with coordinating fabrics and organza ties, DMC floss, tapestry needle, instructions and color photograph, packaged in a re-usable vinyl project bag. Use with quilted pillow form T100, sold separately. Pillow fabrics and floss may vary due to availability. Prints and fabric may vary.
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