"Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Angels guard me through the night & keep me safe 'til morning light." Model stitched on 40 count Antique Cotton Linen with Gentle Art Sampler Threads. The stitch count is 104W x 144H. (DMC alternates are 3777 310 3012 831 535)
"Kindness warms the heart, Prayer warms the soul."
Cute Ursula Michael design featuring quilts hanging on a clothesline. Stitched on 14 Ct. White Aida with DMC floss. Finished design size: 17 1/2W x 6H. Cut size piece is 24 x 12.
"Softly walk and wisely speak lest you harm the strong or wound the weak"
Model stitched on 36ct. Pear Linen using The Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. DMC alternative: 501, 315, 975, 407, 3011, 844, 869. Stitch count is 118W X 95H.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Mystic Cashel linen using DMC floss, Kreinik #4 braid, Mill Hill beads and Mill Hill Treasures. Stitch Count: 198w x 235h. Design Size: 15" x 17".
This Diane Arthurs design was stitched on 14 Ct. Smoketone Aida with just one color of DMC floss - #550 Very Dark Violet. The stitch count is 42H x 282W for a finished size of 3" x 20 1/4"
Model stitched on 36 count Heritage linen by Picture This Plus using Needlepoint Silk (or DMC alternative: 950, 730, 833, 3023, 844, 502, 632). Stitch count: 143x143.
Book includes 5 patterns. "Nativity Sampler Stocking" model stitched on 28ct. White Jobelan. Stitch count: 154w x 243h. "Sleepy Santa Plate" model stitched on 28ct. Antique White Jobelan. Stitch count: 100w x 100h. "Peace of Christmas" model stitched on 28ct. Clear Sky... Read more
Model stitched on 28ct. Denim Blue Jobelan using DMC floss. stitch count: 189w x 160h. Note: Mill Hill treasure #13093 listed on the pattern is no longer available.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Model stitched on 28 Ct. Summer Clouds fabric by Stoney Creek with Anchor or DMC floss, and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 100W x 145H.
A large sampler inspired by Berlin woolwork and other antique sampler motifs. It contains a quote from the Bible, various animal motifs and floral ornaments. An alphabet chart is added for personalization. "He will alson send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground and the food that comes... 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 - "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 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
In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:
There is so much going on in this fascinating English sampler that it's hard to know where to begin looking. Apart from the somewhat conventional Adam and Eve at the top center, adorable flying cherubs flank them and the apple tree, bearing gold rings and sprays of flowers. The verse is as... 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: "The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew. Soon after Mary and Jesus were visited by the Magi, who had learned that King Herod intended to kill the male infants in that region, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee... Read more
Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Reflets de Soie featuring a beautiful Virgin Mary surrounded by colored motifs.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct linen using Soie D'Alger silk floss. Stitch count is 312 x 235. Required Au Ver A Soie Soie d'Alger 2928 and 3996 have been discontinued.
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Cocoa using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and Southern Fried floss. Stitch count is 199 x 201.
Recommended Southern Fried Floss:Bay Leaf and Spiced Cider
This cross stitch pattern from Sweet Wing Studio features a woman with a sheep and "She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. Proverbs 31:13."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Flax linen with DMC and Forbidden Fiber Co floss. Stitch Count: 141W x 109H. Finished size: 8.8" x 6.8"
"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. 2 Corinthians 9:15"
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Icelandic Beige by Wichelt using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works and DMC threads. Stitch count is 97 x 54.
Be Ye Ready by Teresa Kogut is a single chart in a full color 8.5" x 11" booklet. Part of her Faith in Stitches series, this pattern features the verse Matthew 24:44 "Be ye also ready. The son of man cometh at an hour ye not think."
This model was stitched on 40 count linen with DMC thread. The stitch count is 185 x 180 and the finished size is 9 1/4" x 9".
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring the bible sentiment "a house divided cannot stand"! Stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. Cocoa linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 187W x 83H. Finished size: 12 1/2" x 5 1/2".
Model was stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Tin Roof Weeks Dye Works linen with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 180W X 129H. Finished size: 11 x 8".
Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring adorable foxes in a circle with the phrase "Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Matthew 8:20"
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Steinbeck from Needle and Flax using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 175 x 173.
A cross stitch pattern featuring the Madonna and child. The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. (or fabric of your choice) with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 126W x 165H. Finished size: 6.25" x 8.25".
This cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut features rows of flowers, houses, a church, a woman and the saying "Youth is fleeting and beauty fades, but a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Mocha linen by Weeks Dye Works with DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count 134 x 298. Finished size: 6 3/4" x 14 7/8"
This Christian cross stitch pattern features the phrase "The Angel Did Say" with a border of angel wings and harps. This pattern will make a beautiful Christmas ornament.
Stitched on 36 ct. Flax by Zweigart with assorted threads. Stitched with 1 strand over 2 linen threads. Stitch Count: 69 x 57. Finished size is about 4.4" x 3.6".
"Make me, dear Lord, polite and kind to everyone, I pray. And may I ask you how you find Yourself dear Lord, today? Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you." Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Picadill White using DMC floss, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 209x184. Design Size: 10" x 9".
Model stitched on 28 count Ivory using DMC floss. Stitch count 63x90. Cross stitch pattern from Kays Frames and Designs to jointly celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah!
The sampler model is stitched on 45 ct. Jersey Cream Legacy linen using Au ver a Soie 100/3 silk #SMS-241. Stitch count is 129 x 124. Oranments are shown on 32 count Cream Belfast linen using Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk Floss. Stitch counts vary. Finished with Lasy Dot Creates Modtherlode rayon ribbon.
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek featuring lyrics to the hymn "How Great Thou Art" accompanied by a majestic landscape!
Model stitched over two on 28ct White Lugana linen using Anchor thread (with DMC conversion 155, white, 208, 210, 333, 341, 436, 437, 452, 453, 500, 501,... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring the sentiment "Glory to the newborn king / The hope and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight"!
Model stitched on 28 ct. lambswool linen using DMC threads. Stitch count 99w x 174h.
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek featuring woodsy designs with the sentiment "Welcome to my neck of the woods" and the scripture "The whole Earth is full of His glory / Isa 6:3"!
Model stitched on 28 ct. dense fog using Anchor, and Weeks Dye Works thread. Stitch count 159w x 126h.
Reproduction cross stitch pattern from Lila's Studio featuring the scripture "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life"! Stitch count 188w x 221h.
This design by Lindy Stitches reads, "My God, why would you shed your blood - so pure and undefiled to make a sinful one like me your chosen, precious child?" bordered by small blue flowers.
Model stitched on 40ct Cafe Au Lait Linen by Zweigart using CLassic Colorworks.
Stitch count: 173w x 116h.
Model stitched on 20 ct Ivory lugana over 2 threads. Stitch count: 100w x 105h. Design size is 7 1/4" x 7 1/2" on 14 count fabric. The model is displayed on a 12" x 14" scroll single stand faric holder. Item #AM87747 (not available).