Cross stitch pattern from SamBrie Stitches Designs featuring the inspirational phrase "In a world of darkness be the light in times of war. Be the peace. Don't hide in the shadows. You were born to shine"!
Pattern is stitched on 20 ct using DMC floss. Stitch count is 141 x 92.
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring the phrase "It was not nails that held him to the cross. It was His love for you and me"!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct White chocolate linen using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss, as well as embellishments from Mill Hill. Stitch count is 66w x 91h.
Cross stitch pattern from Mirabilla featuring an archangel.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 count Tumbleweed Linen. Alternative fabric is 32 count Driftwood using DMC, Kreinik #4, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count: 160 x 242. Finished size: 10 x 15 1/4.
Note: (DMC 946) should be DMC 948
T symbols on the neck should be DMC 758, or the L symbol
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.
A derivative 17th-century canvas work picture. The Adam and Eve legend was a more popular theme on samplers after the early eighteenth century so this example is quite unusual. The pair are not often seen on earlier needleworks, even though most illustrated bibles of the sixteenth and seventeenth... 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 Kitty and Me featuring a bird, flowers, and bible verse "joy cometh in the morning - Psalm 30:5"
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 ct. Vintage Evenweave with Gentle Art thread (or all DMC 471, 834, 3021, 920, 590, 712, 310, 469). Stitch Count: 100w x 147h. Finished size: 7 1/8" x 10 1/2". Designed by Pamela Kellogg
"Ask and it will be given, Believer, Commit your way, Do good, Encourage, Forgive, Give joyfully ,Hope, Increase your faith, Joy, Know His love, Listen, Make peace, Never give up, Open heart, Pray without ceasing, Quiet time, Renew, Seek, Trust, Use your gifts, Virtue, Walk humbly, eXalt all the... Read more
"The last great day is drawing nigh when Christ the judge shall come with all the armies of the sky to call His children home."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Beige linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 259 x 240. Finished size: 15" x 14".
"And now, these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13 is one of the most well-known verses in the Bible for good reason.
Each of the three designs in the series uses just two colors and includes a few smyrna stitches for... Read more
"Faith - Miracles happen every day". Model stitched two over two on 28 Ct. Sapphire Green Cashel using DMC floss, Threadworx and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 105W x 133H. Design Size: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Also required, but not listed above Extra Small Left-facing Flying Bee... Read more
"Gift of Love" stitched on 16 Ct. Ocean Kiss Aida. Stitch Count: 94Wx73H. "Bless Ewe" model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Raspberry Jobelan. Stitch Count: 47W x 47H. Both models use Gentle Art Sampler threads, DMC floss, Rainbow Gallery Wisper and Nordic Gold (no longer available). Shown with dove and star buttons.
"Lord make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be... Read more
"Come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord". Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 Ct. "Natural" linen or (Portobello Linen) with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 104W x 54H. Finished size: 7" x 3.5". Comes with 2 snowflake buttons and bonus pattern.
"For we walk by Faith not by sight." Model is stitched over two threads on 30 count Lambswool linen using Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss. Comes with charm. Stitch count is 49W x 62H.
"Joyful Thankful Faithful" "Peace on Earth" "Merry Christmas" "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given" Models stitched on 40 count vintage chantilly creme by Lakeside Linens with Weeks Dye Works floss and a button from Just Another Button Company (2311T). Stitch count for each ornament is 32 X 48 and the finished sizes are 1.6" x 2.4".
"Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee - Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty. Holy, holy, holy merciful and mighty God over all, and blest eternally."
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Water Lily linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 141W x 109H.
"Disturb us Lord, when we are too pleased with ourselves. When our dreams have come true because we dreamed too little. When we arrived safely because we sailed to close to the shore. Disturb us Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess we have lost our thirst for the waters of life.... Read more
"I will bless the Lord at all times. Psalm 34:1" Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 71W x 71H. Finished size: 5"x5"
"Let us love not in word or talk, but in deed and truth. John 3:18" Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan using Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 51W x 83H. Design Size: 3" x 5"
"Blessed Assurance - This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long." Model stitched on 28 Ct. Lambswool linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 137x81.
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit for apart from me, you can do nothing. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you. John 15."
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Antique White Jobelan with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 139W x 153H.
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding. All thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy path. Proverbs 3:5-6."
Model stitched on 28 Ct. White Jobelan with DMC floss, Glissengloss Rainbow Blending thread, and Colorwash. Stitch Count:... Read more
Part 4 of an 8 part series. Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Wren by Picture this Plus using Gentle Art threads. Stitch count for each part is 170 x 100, the entire sampler is 810 x 170.
"I am the vine, ye are the branches. John 15:5"
"I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me. Philippipans 4:13" "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalms 119:105"
"Love One Another. Romans 13:8"
Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Natural Undyed Belfast using Dinky Dye Silk and Needlepoint Inc. Silk. Conversion for Gentle Art Sampler Threads and DMC also included. Stitch count: 126W x 34H. Design Size: 8" x 2".
"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 (not listed) with DMC floss, and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 100W x 145H. Finished size is 7.14 in wide X 10.36 in high.
Model stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. Linen of your choice with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count: 64W x 80H. Design Size: 4" x 5"
"Blessed are the poor in spirit fo theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for riteousness for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful for they... Read more
"And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. Genesis 2:20"
Model stitched 1 over 2 on 40 Ct. Toasted Almond using DMC floss, Classic Colorworks, and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 266W x 155H. Finished Size: 11" x 8"
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".