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A reproduction sampler from Montgomery County, PA.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct. Golden Brown linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 240H x 232W. Finished size: 15" x 14.5". Stitches used are cross over 1 and 2 linen threads. Suitable for any level.

The item is embroidered on a Zweigart 16 Thread 3077 or 323 linen using DMC threads. Stitch count is 262 x 242.

Model stitched on Zweigart 16 ct. linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 384 x 308.

This pattern features 5 reproduction samplers worked in red.

"Germaine Besse 1905" model stitched on Zweigart Natural Linen using Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger 946. DMC alternative 814. Stitch count: 244w x 193h

"M. Parot 1886" model stitched on Zweigart Natural... Read more about Abecedaires Rouges 2017 - Five Cross Stitch Patterns

This design from Reflets de Soie has lots of bright pink roses, an alphabet sampler, and the text "Heloise Cornu 1896".

Model stitched on your choice of 16ct Linen by Zweigart using Soie d'Alger thread. Stitch count: 283 x 320.

This 18 page booklet from Rosewood Manor includes a sampler, a lovely Welcome, and four fun royal smalls.

The sampler model was stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. White or Antique White linen with DMC floss and Rainbow Gallery threads. Stitch Count: 367x217. Finished size: 23" x 13.5"

Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. moss colored linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 172x58. Finished size: 10.75" x 3.6"

Cross stitch pattern from Rovaris featuring 3 little ornaments for your Christmas tree, little strawberries with Christmas pattern!

Model stitched on 32 ct Antique Pink linen using DMC floss.

The best friends bring you flowers! This sweet turtle design from Satsuma Street will add a burst of color to your stitching and a smile to your face!

Model stitched on 28 ct. Flax Cashel linen using Cosmo thread with DMC equivalents listed. Stitch count is 66 x 65. Finished size is 4.75" x 4.75".

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine featuring a Halloween theme and the phrase "Witch way the to candy? Happy Halloween."

Model stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss, Kreinik braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 50 x 50. Finished size is 3.5" x 3.5".

Part 1 of Shannon Christine Design's Christmas Club series featuring a partridge in a pear tree and two turtle doves.

Model stitched on 14 ct. Aida using DMC thread. Stitch count is 54 x 54. Finished size is 3.86" x 3.86".

Shannon Christine Design featuring a mandala in shades of blue.

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct. Aida of your choice using DMC thread. Stitch count is 67 x 67.

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 65 x 90.

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine featuring a barn in the winter time!

Model stitch on 14ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 65 x 65.

Shannon Christine Design that says "Have a Cup of Cheer" on the top with colorful Christmas mugs of hot chocolate below.

Model stitched on 14 ct. Aida using DMC thread. Stitch count is 173 x 62.

This Shannon Christine Design features postage stamps with Christmas scenes!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 90 x 59.

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 86 x 106.

The Easter bunny, colorful flowers and eggs are featured in this Shannon Christine Design.

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 126 x 91. Finished size on 28 count is 9 in wide X 6.5 in high.

A St. Patrick's Day cross stitch pattern by Shannon Christine featuring a rainbow, shamrocks and the saying "Irish at Heart."

Model stitched on 14 count Aida of your choice with DMC threads. Stitch count is 62 x 74.

This designs is worked in red, green and white on a black background and says "We Wish You a Merry Christmas!"

Model stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss, Mill Hill beads and Kreinik very fine braids. Stitch count is 70 x 70. Finished size is 5" x 5".

Shannon Christine Design, worked on black fabric, with the words "Old-Fashioned Cocoa served daily".

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 114 x 160. Finished size is 8" x 11.4"

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine featuring a peacock decorated in paisley!

Model stitched on 14 ct. fabric using DMC thread. Stitch count is 110 x 133. Finished size is 7.8" x 9.5".

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a dinosaur in a tea cup and large letters spelling out "Tea Rex."

The model was stitched on 18 Ct. Cappuccino Aida by Fiber on a Whim with DMC floss. Stitch count is 178 x 53.

Note from the designer - "This sweet English sampler is the first I've ever seen with a border made up of flying cherubs. It also features a "geode" (mosaic) parrot- a distinctively stylized bird that appears on other samplers made in England, New England, and the Netherlands throughout... Read more about Elizabeth Eyles 1799 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Rhode Island samplers were among the first American schoolgirl embroideries to be recognized by serious collectors and textile scholars as a distinctive group with extraordinary visual appeal. The Sheffield sampler is delicately worked with an unusually pleasing... Read more about Elizabeth Sheffield 1784 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This reproduction sampler is from the Ackworth Quaker School and is dated 1800. It is rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count using either cotton or silk floss, 19" x 21" or 17" x 18-1/2"

Chart only.

Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more about The Huntsman - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - This needlework was designed after an English sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. The lush border flowers are similar to those on a sampler made by Sarah Brignell from around the same period, suggesting the existence of a school or teacher whose... Read more about Jane Atkinson circa 1780 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.

The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross... Read more about A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern

This 19th century American reproduction sampler features a brown bird on a tree branch. Rated for beginners. Model stitched on 35 count hand dyed linen using either cotton or silk thread. Two versions of the sampler graph have been furnished: one executed with a drawn partially freehand split and... Read more about Bird in Bough - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Eleanor Parr created this amazing and unique sampler some time before 1835. The border of birds encircled by vines and leaves is unprecedented. Fleurs de lys embellish each of the four corners surrounding a central reserve containing a traditional verse, floral sprays... Read more about Eleanor Parr 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This finely stitched German sampler begins with a single row of alphabets above an immensely intricate collection of symbolic cross stitched motifs, including battling angels, the figure of Justice with her scales, the spies of Canaan, the crucifixion, Adam and Eve... Read more about Hanna Katerina 1734 German Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more about Sarah Dutnel 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more about Elizabeth Gooding 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

A RED BRICK MANSION HOUSE is at the center of this wildly engaging English sampler featuring a small zoo/conservatory/aviary of flora and fauna as interpreted by an exceptionally talented young woman of the early nineteenth century. The verse is common enough on nineteenth-century samplers, unlike... Read more about Jane Moore 1820 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Ann Hall 1812 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

This English sampler was made in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, featuring the Sheffield General Infirmary, a verse, a fashionably dressed man and woman, and a collection of animals in the lawn in front (sheep, fox, squirrels, rabbit, dog), all surrounded by a four sided berry border.

The... Read more about Elizabeth Gray 1832 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This English sampler combines embroidered pictorial, alphabetic, and upholstery techniques, becoming in every sense a sampler of Ms. Topham's best work. Bargello work (also known as canvaswork, Irish stitch, flamestitch, or Florentine stitch) appeared on the earliest seventeenth century samplers,... Read more about Elizabeth Topham 1727 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Elizabeth Wisler 1845 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Jesus permit thy Gracious name to stand as the first effort of an infant hand. And while her fingers on the canvas move, engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love. With thy dear children, let her have a part and write thy name thyself upon her heart."

Note from the designer: "This finely worked sampler features pastoral scenes above and below a lovely verse about friendship. A four-sided honeysuckle border surrounds large baskets of fruits and flowers, a fenced pasture with seven large lazy sheep and an architectural folly in the background.... Read more about Grazing Sheep circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Harriet Boardman 1804 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Harriot Ringrose 1852 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This Scottish sampler is a riot of brilliant color and intricate motifs, from the Scotsman in his kilt playing a traditional dulcimer (which looks like a butter churn) in the upper left, to an elaborate mansion house fronted by a three dimensional turkeywork lawn in the... Read more about Katharine Mitchel circa 1785 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This small and brilliantly preserved band sampler demonstrates a wide variety of stitches found on many seventeenth century samplers. The beautifully shaded flower heads and leaves are filled in with connecting tiers of trellis stitch."

Finished size on 35... Read more about Judeth Payne 1668 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a snowman in winter and the word "January"!

Model stitched on 28 ct. raw natural cashel linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl selling lemonade and the word "June"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85. Also required dmc 3893.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl celebrating the 4th of July and the word "July"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85. Also required dmc 3893.