Spring Quaker: Bunnies & Chicks It's hard not to feel cheerful when spring arrives. This monochromatic quaker is sure to get you in the mood for Spring. Colorful bunnies, chicks,and floral motifs fill this quaker design. The chart stitch count is 159 x 101 stitches. The framed model was stitched... Read more about Spring Quaker - Bunnies & Chicks - Cross Stitch Pattern
Suzy's Peony Pincushion This design was inspired by stories my mother told me. My great uncle was a peony farmer, and he would bring my mom bouquets of peonies so large she could barely wrap her arms around them. These bouquets made her feel so special as a little girl, and continued to be one of... Read more about Suzy's Peony Pincushion - Cross Stitch Pattern
Let's Root for Each Other is a design with a punny and positive message. Seven root vegetables are depicted. Stitch count is 129 x 59 stitches. Model was stitched on 16 ct. aida Cauldron Spill by Laura's Fabric. Chart calls for a mix of Classic Colorworks, The Gentle Arts, and DMC floss.
This 10-page booklet includes two extra borders, a small to finish as a needlebook cover anda lovely WELCOME. The smaller "samplers" in the piece can easily be stitched separately! It also includes several BE CREATIVE! ideas.
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Grace Note Fabrics Sarah using DMC floss. Stitch count is 278 x 149.
This 14-page booklet includes two pin drum designs, plus the large alphabet for personalizing your piece! Don't miss the BE CREATIVE! ideas! It is a fun stitch!
Pattern is stitched on 28ct Sand Linen from Picture this Plus using Valdani Threads. Stitch count is 288 x 157.
Model is stitched on 40 ct. Cafe Au Lait by Zweigart using Classic Colorworks, The Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 404 x 404.
Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a campfire with the phrase "Crisp cool air, moonlit night, warm bonfire, stars so bright, dancing flames, ancient lore, embers glowing, make a smore"!
Stitched on 'Hamlet' 18ct Aida by Under the Sea Fabrics, with DMC threads. Stitch count: 73 x 189.
Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "Can recall most 1980's lyrics but still can't remember the reason I came in this room"!
Stitched on 'Cream and Sugar' 18ct Aida by Fiber on a Whim using DMC floss. Stitch count: 123 x 77.
Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a lovely needle case with the phrase "Carpe Acus. Seize the needle"!
Stitched on 'Latte' 18ct Aida by Fiber on a Whim using Treenway Silks. DMC alternatives provided. Stitch counts are 36 x 57 and 43 x 17. Finished pouch size on 18 count is 5" x 3 1/4".
This is a revised version of an old design (#113). The original 2015 design has been out of print and I decided to rework it. JABC buttons are included. A cardinal is perched atop a basket of winterberry leaves berries.
Pattern is stitched on Fog Cashel using DMC threads. Stitch count is 80 x 112.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 ct Lakeside Linens - Vintage Lentil and Vintage Light Examplar using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 142w x 50 each
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 ct Dwarf from Picture This Plus and Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch counts are 142w x 50h each.
These two little bluebirds are ready to fly! The designs are inverse images of one another - where there are stitches on one, there is empty space on the other. Both charts are included in this pattern.
Cross Stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring a sampler with flowers and the phrase "O, My love is like the melody. That's sweetly play'd in tune"!
Model stitched using The Gentle Arts thread, two strands over two, on 36 count Cocoa linen by Weeks Dye Works. DMC conversion included. Stitch count: 141W x 339H.
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 about AB 1816 Quaker Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern
Lydia's sampler is an example of a more decorative Quaker marking sampler containing four different alphabets, six dividing bands, and an often seen swan and birds motif, as well as a floral spray. The colors are muted as in the Quaker style, copying those found in nature. Lydia was a talented young... Read more about Lydia C. Mendenhall 1817, Pennsylvania - Cross Stitch
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 about Suir Island (SI) Quaker - Cross Stitch Pattern
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 about The Two Lands, Circa 1840 - Cross Stitch Pattern
This sampler is an original design based on the layout of eighteenth century Irish Quaker samplers with the lettering and sampler motifs taken from a Mountmellick Irish Quaker sampler in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques, Elizabeth Martin circa 1789. The town names at the bottom are the... Read more about Ligatures and Lettering of Irish Antique - Cross Stitch
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 about Emeline Hotchkiss, Lacolle, 1846 - Cross Stitch Pattern
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 about Annie Matilda Moss - Cross Stitch Pattern
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 about Sarah Welch 1764 - Cross Stitch Pattern
I love Roses and you can find them scattered throughout this chart. I sure did enjoy designing and stitching this one!
Model was stitched on 32ct "Sand Dollar" laguna linen from Be Stitch Me using floss from Colour and Cotton, Weeks Dye Works, Cottage Garden Threads, Classic Colorworks threads, and The Gentle Art. Stitch count is 190 x 233.
Model was stitched on 32ct "Cold Foam" linen from Be Stitch Me using threads from Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and Colour and Cotton. We trimmed the model with "Birds Nest" ric rac from Lady Dot
The handcrafted wooden star button is included with the chart. Stitch count is 119 x 119.
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 about Bessie in the Bluebells - Cross Stitch Pattern
Proverbs 31:19- "She Layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold the distaff"
A distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax and wool, but can... Read more about Proverbs 31 19 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern
This is the first in a series of 6 houses inspired by the shotgun houses found throughout New Orleans. Stitch each house separately or all together as.
We stitched them on 32ct "Pioneer Trail" linen from Mountain Aire using threads from DMC, Weeks Dye Works, and Classic Colorworks. Stitch count is 77 x 65.