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19th century reproduction cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers! The model was stitched on 53/63 count "Sycamore Seedpod" by Legacy Linen, using Au Ver A Soie 100.3 threads. Use the Au Ver A Soie conversion we have provided for 46 or 40 count linen. Use the DMC conversion we have provided for 40 count linen. Stitch count: 589 x 270.

Cross stitch pattern from Shakespeare's Peddler!

Note from the designer:

I am so proud of this book! The culmination of a year of effort, this book includes 5 reproduction sampler graphs and one supplemental project, articles and thoughts about the samplers included and other... Read more about Red Letter Day - Cross Stitch Pattern

Reproduction cross stitch pattern from Hands Across the Sea Samplers! Mary stitched her delightful sampler with cross stitch over two threads of linen and four-sided stitch. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability and can be stitched on Aida, Linaida or linen.

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Stitch count 94w x 100h.

Note from the designer:

I fell in love with the unique border on this diminutive antique sampler the moment I saw it. I've modified the border from the antique to bring what I loved most about it - the subtle gradation of greens - into greater... Read more about Sampler in Blue & Green - Cross Stitch Pattern

"When time who steals our years away
Shall steal our pleasures too
The memory of the past will stay
And half our joys renew
Then think no more of future gloom
These joys will always last
For hope will brighten days to come
And memory guild the... Read more about Memories of the Past - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 32 ct. Antique Ivory Belfast linen using DMC thread. Stitch count: 187w x 200h

A cross stitch sampler featuring flowers, birds, rabbits & more! Stitch count: 140w x 159h

Model stitched on 36 ct Vintage Light Examplar linen from Lakeside Linens using Weeks Dye Works, The Gentle Arts and DMC thread (with full DMC conversion available). Stitch count is 65 x 86.

A banner from Needlework Press featuring alphabets! Model was stitched on 40 count Paperbark hand dyed linen from Fox & Rabbit and stitched with silks from Soie 100/3. DMC conversion is included in the chart. Stitch count is 436 x 40. Finished size is 21.8" x 2".

The model was stitched using Foxtail Millett by Legacy Linen which is available in 45ct. The comparable colours in Legacy's Linen's range are Victoria Sponge Cake in 30ct, Corn Tassel in 37ct and Sycamore Seedpod in 53/63ct.The model was stitched using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver Soie. We have included below conversions for Soie d'Alger and DMC.

This is a reproduction of an unfinished German sampler which bears typical characteristics of Saxon samplers. Uses cross stitch, back stitch, a few Algerian eyes, and Satin stitch.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. "linen" colored linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 237W x 670H. Finished size: 11.85" x 33.5".

Model stitched on 36 Ct. "beige" colored linen from Weeks Dye Works with DMC threads. Stitch Count: 286W x 324H. Finished size 16" x 18".

Antonia Rosel y Garcia 1886 is a reproduction of an antique Spanish sampler.

The Faded model is stitched on 40 ct Antique Lace by Seraphim Hand-dyed Fabrics using one strand of the silks over two linen threads.

The Bright is stitched on 36 ct Affogato by Fibers on a Whim using... Read more about Antonia Rosel y Garcia 1886 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This reproduction sampler from Little Robin Designs features a vintage look, a great addition to any sampler collection

This design is stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens with AVAS and NPI silks. Stitch Count: 254 x 261. Finished size: 12.7" x 13".

Model stitched on the color of your choice 16 ct. Zweigart linen using Soie d'Alger thread. Stitch count is 213 x 213.

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

A reproduction sampler from Reflets de Soie with a large house in the center and various motifs surrounding.

Model stitched on 16 count Aida fabric of your choice using Au Ver A Soie threads. Stitch count is 271 x 388. Finished size is 17" x 24.25".

This design by Reflets de Soie features an alphabet sampler and several geometric border samplers.

Model stitched on 32ct Vintage Light Examplar Linen by Lakeside Linens, using Soie d'Alger thread. DMC alternative is 902. Stitch count: 188 x 288.

This design features the text "Vivez longtemps soyez heureux Bien chers Parents ce sont mes voeux." A wish from a child to her parents, for long and happy lives. They are surrounded by birds and flowers, while shepherding lambs in the French countryside.

Stitch count is 339 x 402.

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.

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.

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.

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 about And All Was For An Appil - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler features a lion, a camel, and large colorful flowers. The design was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen and is suitable for all skill levels. The stitch count for each design is 244 W x 230 H. The finished piece will measure approximately 12-1/2″ x 11-1/2″.

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 - "This picture was originally designed to be used as a cushion or footstool cover, or perhaps as a decorative vignette inserted into the top of a wooden box for storing precious objects. Executed entirely in cross stitch, its most prominent characters are a large squirrel... Read more about Elizabeth's Squirrel - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Mary Bailey stitched this sampler in England and finished it in 1818. It demonstrates an advanced level of skill given the symmetry of the design and its many diverse elements: a red brick mansion house with four chimneys- a sign of wealth in early 19th century England,... Read more about Mary Bailey 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Amelia Boyce's pictorial sampler demonstrates two popular art forms of the early 19th century manifested in the sampler mode: the image of an architectural engraving, and the influence of Berlin patterns in the naturalistic (rather than nave or stylized) floral patterns. A widely mixed floral... Read more about Amelia Boyce 1829 - 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

Note from the designer - "Several band samplers very similar to this one are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as in other important collections. This particular sampler came from the collection of The Scarlet Letter, and is now in a private collection. A... Read more about Ann Scutt circa 1675 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - This is the most symmetrical, balanced, counted thread sampler that we have ever charted from. It is also one of the most satisfying, challenging, and beautiful samplers in the world. Originally worked on a fine wool ground, the colors of our reproduction have been matched... Read more about Dorcas Haynes 1720 - 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

Note from the designer - "Elizabeth Eaton finished her sampler on the 21st of July in 1712. She used bold, primary colors suggestive of Scottish influence. The original sampler was stitched with both silk and fine wool threads on linen using cross, eyelet, rice, queen, herringbone, double... Read more about Elizabeth Eaton 1712 - 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 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 about Fanny Peachey Circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "The characteristic that readily identifies the origin of this sampler is the distinctive vine and rose border, configured such that a leaf on one side and a rosebud stem on the other give the illusion of a double vine. It is almost always found executed in cross stitch... Read more about Frances B Jones 1817 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This sampler was probably made in Rhode Island, a poor sister, perhaps, to the magnificent creations coming out of the girls' schools in Newport, Providence and Bristol at this same period, but bearing some similar "signatures". The squat, long-tailed bird at the... Read more about Freelove Hazard 1792 - 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: "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 features many distinguishing characteristics of samplers made in that country, most notably the arcaded pansy band across the top third, the four-sided floral border with double running stitch flourishes, and the famous mansion house. Of this large... Read more about Isabella Robeson circa 1809 - 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

Hannah Cummins stitched her sampler in Stockton, England in 1828 when she was 9 years old. A photo of the antique sampler is included in the package. "My thoughts before they are my own are to my God distinctly known. He knows the words I mean to speak ere from opning lips they break.

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Rosa's sampler has been reproduced on 56 fabric of your choice with Au Ver A Soie - Silk 100/3. Stitch count is 126x170. Finished size on 40 count is 6.3" x 8.5". Stitched on fabric of your choice.

Also required, but currently out of production - Au Ver A Soie Silk 100/3 #410. ... Read more about Rosa Sugars 1881 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model was stitched on 52/60 Ct. Sycamore Seedpod linen by Legacy Linen, using Soie Surfine 2681. You can use whatever fabric you prefer, with whatever shade of red you'd like! The chart recommends Soie d'Alger 936 or 945, Soie 100.3 335 (previously 2646), 499, 500 or 779 OR Soie Surfine 2681... Read more about Mary 395-1869 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Beige by Weeks Dye Works using Kreinik Silk Mori (4073,4096, 4166e, 4204a, 4214, 7025 Needlepoint Inc. Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 186W x 424H. Finished size is approx 9.3 in wide X 21.2 in high.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Examplar linen with Needlepoint Inc silks. Stitch Count: 230W x 379H and the finished size is 14.38" x 23.69".