Designer's Note: In late 2022, seemingly out of nowhere, I started seeing a family of cardinals in our yard. Soon after, I learned about the legend of the cardinal and how cardinals are loved ones visiting after they have passed on. My husband and I experienced three significant losses in our... Read more
Continuing the Tudor Menagerie series, the Tudor Hound is racing in to your stash! This design features a greyhound (beloved by Tudor monarchs) surrounded by an elaborate border of spring flowers.
The model is stitched on 40 count "Cocoa" linen from Fiber On A Whim. Stitch count... Read more
This is a celebration of the unique flora and fauna of Australia! Bring a little bit of Aussie flavor into your home with your stitching.
The model is stitched on 40 count linen. Stitch count is 101 wide x 80 high. The model is backed with "Polar Ice" velveteen and trimmed with... Read more
I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more
I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more
The final design in my Seasonal Trio Series is here! It's a celebration of iconic American symbols: the Statue of Liberty, Old Glory, and the Great Seal.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 count Milk & Honey linen by Fiber on a Whim. Stitch Count: 160H x 60W.
This pattern from Little Robin Designs features two elements from an old sampler by Grace Gill in 1838.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Tobias from Seraphim using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch counts are 65 x 57 and 71 x 65.
This sampler features a house, trees, flowers and the saying "In books, or work or healthful play, let my first years be past that I may give for every day some good account at last."
Pattern is stitched on 40 Count Beige, suggested fabric listed, using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 237 x 201.
The Queen of Thread stitches in red! This adorable cross stitch pattern would look great personalized to any queen and hung in the craft room! Quick to work up with some gorgeous overdyed flosses on polka-dot linen!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 count Mini Dots Basalt on... Read more
This is a set of three that all come together. Each chart has the same dimensions as "Plaid Tidings" and "United we Plaid" (the Christmas and 4th of July patterns in the same style).
Pattern is stitched on 28 count Linen in Mystic Gray using Gentle Art and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch Count: Each chart is 75 x 75
Cross Stitch pattern from Mani Di Dona featuring an elegant sewing box!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on n 32 ct Frog Gray by Mani di Donna using Belle Soie Classic Colorworks with DMC Conversions. Stitch Count: : Lid 63 X 63, Drawer 59 X 24
Cross Stitch pattern from Mani Di Dona featuring the phrase "I have made up my mind now to be a sailors wife, to have a purse full of money and a very easy life, but when he says goodbye my love, I'm off across the sea"!
The model was stitched on 32ct Hand Dyed Linen by Mani di Donna "burnt sand" using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 123 x 49.
This cross stitch pattern from Monticello Stitches features a heart with floral design and the saying "For this child I prayed and the Lord has granted me the desires of my heart"
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Count Cream linen. Stitch Count: 200 x 200, Design Area 11.11" x 11.11".
Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring a cheerful 19th century sampler!
Model is stitched on 32 count "Linen" linen by Weeks Dye Works with one strand over 2 threads using Classic Colorworks. Stitch count is 123 x 119. Finished size: 7.7 x 7.4.
This cross stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare features the saying "Cross Stitch Queen".
Pattern is stitched on 30 ct Old Salem Linen using Weeks Dye Works floss with DMC and Kreinik braids. Stitch count is 309 x 56. Finished size is 20.6 in wide X 3.73 in high.
Gather Wildflowers features three adorable little patterns for Spring! They feature a cozy cottage, flowers, and the saying "Gather Wildflowers."
The models were stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Platinum Belfast linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count for each design: 53x52. Rick rack on model is Country Rust by Lady Dot Creates.
The Remember Me Tree was designed for the Delaware Valley Historic Sampler Guild and thus features a collection of animals and traditional sampler motifs from the Delaware area. I loved the tree design so much I created a sampler to accompany it for the general release!
Spring House is stitched on two different color pieces of linen and framed together as one. If you choose to do the same it is imperative that you choose the same count fabric for both. Alternatively, the entire piece could be stitched on a single piece of fabric.
When the traditional lyrics had me stumped for designs I decided to get creative and use the ultimate lord of Christmas- Santa, as my muse! You can see him leaping over a sleeping village as gifts and Christmas magic (represented by metallic thread) spill from his overflowing sack!
Jan Hicks creates the design "CRS 1713", an antique sampler from the Saxon region of Germany. The original stitcher is known by the initials CRS.
Jan has released the sampler in three parts, making the stitching process manageable. The total stitch count for all three parts is 160 x 874.
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Cross Stitch pattern from Annie Beez Folk Art featuring a patriotic truck with the phrase "Every heart beats true".
Model stitched on 32 count Ice Blue linen using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and DMC floss, using 2 strands of floss over 2 linen threads. Stitch count: 74w X 66h.
Note: DMC 3881 has been discontinued. We suggest DMC 3364.
About the Sampler: Given the few clues provided, a scattering of initials and a year only, it is impossible to know more about the stitcher of this lovely sampler with its motifs of delicately arching floral stems, oval leafed cartouche, paired birds and potted florals. The motifs themselves are... Read more
The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more
No clues have been provided by the stitcher as to her name, year of origin, or place where she stitched her sampler. The only clue as to place might be in the lettering she used itself, giving one an indication it was stitched in Ireland. "A slightly surprising source of lettering which became... Read more
An ancestor of the stitcher placed a typewritten note on the back of the framed sampler, dated August 28, 1997. Thomasina Henrietta Jackson (nee Willis) wrote the following: "This sampler was made by Charlotte Keightley, my great aunt by marriage, circa 1840. Her married name at the time was... Read more
Now in a private collection, this sampler was stitched in Lacolle, a southern municipality in Quebec, Canada in 1846 by Emeline Hotchkiss, aged 11. Research reveals an Emeline Hotchkiss was baptized in nearby Laprairie St. Luke's Anglican Church in 1834, around the year our stitcher would have been... Read more
This sampler's appeal was its similarity to Bristol orphanage motifs, bands and alphabets. While clearly not a Bristol school sampler, as it was stitched at Daglingworth School, curiosity leads one to wonder why similar motifs? Daglingworth lies only fifty miles from Bristol, England. It has been... Read more
Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more
The proud image of the lion is everywhere in Venice; gazing down from buildings, looking out from the keystone of an archway, or standing on fluted columns. The more you look, the more you see: no one knows how many there are. There are plenty of Lions throughout Venice for Leo lovers to enjoy. Best... Read more
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