We are delighted to present to you one of two samplers worked by Maria. In 1832 at the age of 7 Maria diligently worked her primer paying tribute to her parents.
Stitched on 28 ct. linen using Au Ver A Soie threads. Stitch count is 220 x 210 and the finished size is 15.71" x 15".
Cross stitch pattern from Running With Needles & Scissor featuring a lovely reproduction sampler with the phrase "This is the way to know the Lord and this will please him too. To hear and read is holy word that tells us what to do"!
Stitched on 40 count fabric. Stitch count is 233 x 239. Finished size is 11.65 in wide X 11.95 in high.
Cross stitch pattern from Lila's Studio featuring a reproduction sampler with the Lord's Prayer.
The model was stitched with 1 strand of floss over 2 threads of fabric on 40 Ct. Old Massachusetts by The Primitive Hare with Gloriana Silk floss. Stitch Count: 144 x 172. Finished size: 7.2" x 8.6"
This reproduction sampler from Little Robin Designs features three alphabet styles worked in red floss.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen with Anchor floss. Stitch Count: 229W x 169H. Finished size: 11.45" x 8.45"
Two new patterns from Little Robin Design - "Charlotte McGilis is a cheery sampler" and "Posy" features beautiful pink posies.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Bramble from Picture This Plus using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 122 x 118.
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.
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring Mary Wereat, a charming sampler reproduction design from 1783.
Model stitched on your choice of 32ct Linen, although we have included our recommended fabric to match the cover art, using DMC thread.
Stitch count is 132w x 166h.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads Simply Wool. Stitch Count: 125 x 115. Finished Size: 8" x 7".
Also required, but not listed above, Simply Wool Thread - Claret.
Pattern by Blackbird Designs featuring an antique reproduction of a pattern stitched by Leona Adams in November of 1946.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Pearled Barley by Lakeside linens, using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch count: 90W x 93H and the finished size is 5.63" x 5.81".
"Hope, adore, rejoice, sing, peace, glory, joy, love, Christmas". Model stitched on 32 count Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens with Weeks Dye Works and The Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch count is 212W x 204H.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Peep's Lost Sheep fabric from the Cauldron/Dames of the needle using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 90 x 145. Finished Size: 6" x 10" Or Stitch Count: 180 x 290. Finished Size: 12" x 19"
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave to her husband to eat also."
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Pecan Butter from Lakeside... Read more
"We were more precious each to each other than any thing. Mary H Feilden - John W Whittaker Feniscowles Hall 1824."
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Heartstring Blend linen by R&R Reproductions with Weeks Dye Works floss, Classic Colorworks floss, and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 253x183. Finished Size: 16" x 12"
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Classic Colorworks Belle Soie silk floss and Gloriana Silk floss. Stitch Count: 240x247. Finished Size is 12 in wide X 12.35 in high.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads (or Gentle Arts Simply Wool). Stitch Count: 280 x 239. Finished Size: 18" x 15"
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Examplar linen with DMC floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 306 x 314 and the finished size is 19.13" x 19.63". The lower bands were stitched using DMC floss. If you want to use all Sampler threads, purchase 18 5 yard skeins of #7052.
Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Tin Roof by Weeks Dye Works using DMC, Needlepoint Inc. Silks and Avas- Soie D' Alger. Finished Size is 14.30 x 14.25. (words are stitched over one). Estimate Stitch count is 280 x 280.
Fabrics are cut and serged before dyeing. Fabric will shrink from the original cut size however the total number of stitches stays the same as the original cut of fabric.
Please note that the colors may vary from an actual image depending on the computer monitor or phone settings, which... Read more
Fabrics are cut and serged before dyeing. Fabric will shrink from the original cut size however the total number of stitches stays the same as the original cut of fabric.
Please note that the colors may vary from an actual image depending on the computer monitor or phone settings, which... Read more
This bound book is a reproduction of an antique English sampler that I purchased in Franklin during the 2025 Nashville Needlework Market. The original sampler immediately stood out to me for its beautiful balance and lettering, and especially for its timeless verse, which feels just as meaningful... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Summer House Stitche Workes. Eliza was just 17 years old when she stitched this sampler. Her sampler, with rustic elegance, features an urn with a three dimensional look. The flowers filling the urn are whimsical, each having their own "personality." Enjoy stitching... Read more
The Antique: Amelia stitched her sampler at the age of seventeen while living at the North Wing, 3 New Orphan House, Ashley Down, Bristol, in 1868. The original sampler's stitched area measures 13.5 inches wide by 15.25 inches high on a cream cotton ground fabric measuring 76 threads to the inch,... Read more
Mary and Meribah Chandler Sisters Samplers - New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay Colony Connections circa 1810.
Mary's Verse: "Tho' griefs unnumbered throng thee round, Still in thy God confide, Whose finge marks the seas their bound, And curbs the headlong tide."
Mary and Meribah Chandler Sisters Samplers - New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay Colony Connections circa 1810.
Meribah's Verse: "Let no fond love for earth exact a sigh; No doubts divit our steady steps aside: Nor let us long to live, nor dread to die: Heaven is our hope, and Providence... Read more
Little Alice, An Original Design - Taken from Alice Clark, 1844. I Had A Father Kind & True. Honor Alice and yourself as you stitch her lovely border surrounding your initials and year stitched.
Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. linen using Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silks floss. The stitch count is 89 x 85 and the finished size is 3.87" x 3.70".
The Sandery Sisters Samplers - Sarah aged 8, September 1837 and Mary aged 10, 1846. Mary Sandery Model (over one version) Graph to stitch completely over two Included in Pattern as well as Muted Color Tone Thread Legend Alternate
Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Dirty Teacup by Needle and... Read more
The Sandery Sisters Samplers - Sarah aged 8, September 1837 and Mary aged 10, 1846. Sarah Sandery Model (over two threads) Graph to stitch as antique looks over two and over one thread included in Pattern as well as Muted Color tone Thread Legend Alternate.
SS Harris is Sarah Sylyina Harris who stitched her sampler in the thirteenth year of her life. With no year and no place provided it is difficult to find out more about her. What we do know from the way she carried her thread and misspelled a word or two, perhaps even her middle name, is that she... Read more
Some time in the late 18th century 12 year old Agnes Mitchell stitched a beautiful Scottish sampler in red and green. We have reproduced her sampler as "Agnes Mitchell Aged 12." As we were working on that reproduction, we decided to create a smaller Christmas sampler inspired by Agnes, so... Read more
We don't know much for certain about Agnes. The one family that seems to ?t the the initials included in this sampler, does not have a child named Agnes. If this is truly the family that she lived with, then her sampler dates no later than 1793. It is possible that she is a niece or a ward to... Read more
Step into a quiet, mysterious evening with the Black Moon Cottage Sampler, a moody and charming design inspired by old New England homesteads, weathered willow trees, and the folklore that lingers between dusk and moonrise. A solitary cottage settles on a hill beneath a crescent black moon, watched... Read more
Note from the designer: I'm very proud of this reproduction -- it's been in progress for almost two years now, and it's finally here!!! It's suitable for all stitchers and fabrics -- no specialty stitches, no over-one, no alphabets. Just a big, beautiful, checkerboard house and lots... Read more
Under the soft gleam of a winter lamp, a square of linen lies unfurled on my worktable - its surface alive with threads of crimson and green that weave together more than just patterns. At first glance, it appears a simple sampler: a neat arrangement of alphabets, numerals, and flourishes stitched... Read more
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