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
Note from the designer - "Abigail Ann was born October 27, 1799, in East Caln, Chester County Pennsylvania. Her parents were Joseph and Ann (Wells) Fleming, the fourth generation of Flemings living in the East Caln area. Abigail Ann attended one of the Quaker schools in Chester County but we are... Read more
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 sampler was made in St. Albans, Vermont. A naturalistic four-sided floral border surrounds a central reserve with alphabets and a pictorial scene. The house is so distinctive that it is probably a depiction of Amanda's own home. Made under the tutelage of B.... 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
Note from the designer: "This sampler is a fine example of work done by Pennsylvania German girls in the early-to-mid nineteenth century. Similar motifs appear on the show towels that decorated kitchen and bedroom doors in these immigrant German households. It is thought that while the show... 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
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 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
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
A patriotic design from Stitching with the Housewives featuring an American flag, sunflowers, stars, the back of a car with a license plate that reads "Patriot" and "Proud to be American" at the bottom of the design.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave with Classic Colorworks or DMC floss. Stitch Count: 98X112. Finished size: 7" x 8".
A patriotic design from Stitching with the Housewives that features Uncle Sam, fireworks, American flags, a mason jar, "Hello America, Land of the Free, 4th of July, Liberty, USA."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave with Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 84x111. Finished size: 6"x8".
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring a red, white and blue bicycle and a patriotic train!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. black evenweave fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 98 x 70 each. Finished size: 7" x 5" each.
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring a patriotic couple celebrating the Fourth of July next to a summer door.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 98 x 70 each. Finished size: 7" x 5" each.
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring Uncle Sam holding a flag on the Fourth of July!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 98 x 70 each. Finished size: 7" x 5" each.
Zinnia Lane is the July monthly for the Blooming Roots Series.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. White Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count is 84 x 28 and 83 x 83. Finished size approx 6" x 2" and 6" x 6".
"The best thing about the future is it comes one day at a time." Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Bramble linen with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 137W x 137H. Design Size: 9.25" x 8.75"
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa Weeks Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 193W x 153H. Finished size: 12" x 10".
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Tin Roof Weeks Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 89 X 121. Finished size: 5 x 7".
Patriotic designs are some of my favorites. This one was worked on #32 Vintage Country Mocha Belfast using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count: 71 W x 79 H
Celebrate America's Semiquincentennial with this sweet little pincushion.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Crypt Cloth from Lapin Loops using Au Ver A Soie silks. The stitch count is 80 x 80 for the top/bottom with a finished size of 4" x 4". Each side has a stitch count of 80 x 20 with a finished size of 4" x 1".
This patriotic design is worked all in red, says "Liberty" and features and eagle.
Stitched on 30 count Cocoa using DMC threads. Stitch Count: 119W x 132H. Finished size is 8 x 9 for 30 count fabric.
It is the perfect time of year to celebrate the American spirit with this crossover design inspired by the charm of gingerbread houses and the 4th of July. It features a patriotic gingerbread cottage adorned with classic red, white, and blue accents, complete with a welcoming front porch, a tiny... Read more
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