The Shepherd's Year is a new series beginning with June & July. Sweet little sheep are enjoying the view of each month in the year under a green arbor and atop a little hill. The series will be released two at a time, the next being August & September.
This pattern takes a step back in time. I have always loved the history of the old general store. In many cases, the family's who owned the local general store lived right next door and the store was truly thought of as a second home.
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct fabric using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 230 x 119. Finished size is 16.43" x 8.50".
Limited edition Patriotic Thread Milk. Two different sets availabe (set-1 and set-2). Each set of Patriotic Thread Milk consists of ten heavy-duty chipboard milk caps on a steel ring featuring six unique, limited-edition, patriotic images combined with four vintage milk caps and embellished with a hand-made Thread Milk glass bezel & two patriotic charms.
Agnes Binnie was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, on March 22, 1808, to Robert Binnie and Mary Addie. She married James Barclay on March 16, 1832, in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. The couple had at least six sons and three daughters. Around 1870 they emigrated to Scotland Township in McDonough, Illinois.... Read more
This wonderfully symmetrical English sampler features a pair of silky floating swans and large twin sunflowers, executed in a rich natural palette of color. Birds fly over the tops of three flower-trees in the top third. A sumptuous basket of fruit is stitched between the golden swans, and towering... Read more
This is a reproduction of an English sampler made in Bradford, Yorkshire, that shows distinct influences of Scottish needlework traditions, particularly in the illuminated alphabets. The bold primary colors were reproduced from the front of the original sampler, which retains its amazing... Read more
The original Scottish antique sampler had never been framed and so it was in excellent condition with the same vibrant, unfaded colors on the front as well as on the back. An unusual, elaborate four-sided undulating floral and leaf border surrounds a central reserve with a brief moral verse. Adam... Read more
The original sampler, made in England in 1848, was stitched with cross, counted satin, petit point, and eyelet stitches on an extremely fine glazed linen of approximately fifty threads per inch.
It is unusual to find such a meticulously and finely stitched sampler at this late date, when... 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
Cross stitch pattern from Romy's Creations featuring two patriotic buildings with the phrase "Home of the free. July 4th"!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Sahara using DMC and Romy's Creations threads(Romy's threads not listed-Mommy's Mustard, Midnight Blue, Red Passion, Red Cherry, and Tuscan Experience) with full DMC conversion. Stitch count is 88 x 50.
My Honest Abe Lincoln pillow features his famous stovepipe hat, some tiny burst of fireworks, and a reference to his belief in "freedom for all." He looks great when perched alongside my George and Martha Washington pillows. Induces full pillow construction how-to's.
How about a quick stitch for your fans of patriotic and Americana projects? This little pin pillow and berry are stitched in two shades of blue, and then accented with hand-dyed star buttons, included in the chartpak. There are lots of options for fabric selection, threads, and... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Twin Peak Primitives featuring a government building with the phrase "Carpenters Hall Philadelphia. The first step towards independence"!
Pattern is stitched on 32 count Blue Ice using DMC threads. Stitch count is 219 x 199. Finished Size is 13.7 x 12.44.
Annabellas has created a series of small pieces celebrating America, the land of the free. The series includes four separate designs, each sold individually. The design " Land of the Free" has a stitch count of 64w x 64h. The model was stitched on 16-count Fiddler's Cloth using DMC floss.
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Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring a touching veteran memorial with a bald eagle!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct White Jobelan using DMC and Glissengloss thread. Not listed: Charm J80043-BR from By Jupiter. Stitch count is 125w x 153h.
Bessie is grazing in the Bluebells with her little calf while their Shepherdess watches the butterflies. The chart is encircled by a delicate white rose border with a sampler of numbers at the bottom. My friend Maria from Mystic Meadow Creations turned this chart into a lovely project bag but you... Read more
A Patriotic Sampler Snack in our favorite patriotic colors. Flags, Sheep and Houses . . . Oh My! An original and fun sampler design celebrating patriotism.
The model was stitched on 32 Ct Pistachio Frappe. Stitch Count: 143w x 130h.
Cross stitch pattern from Chessie & Me featuring the American flag flying over a patriotic home!
Model stitched on 36ct Grey Linen from Weeks Dye Work, using 1 strand of floss unless otherwise indicated. Threads used are Weeks Dye Works. Specialty stitches included: four-sided stitch, smyrna cross.
Cross stitch pattern from Southern Stitchers Co featuring a patriotic vase of flowers!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct linen from Weeks Dye Works using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works and Southern Fried Floss (Farmhouse White, French Blue and Old Flag). Stitch count is 79 x 100.
Cross-stitch pattern by Sue Hillis Designs featuring the phrase "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
The model is stitched on 32-count Icelandic Blue fabric using Sullivans threads, with a DMC conversion provided. Stitch count: 61 stitches wide 65 stitches high. Finished... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring a vase of flowers and flags!
Stitched on 32 count linen Grey using Classic colorworks threads with Dmc conversion listed.
Stitch Count: 100 X 152