Modern Folk Embroidery Samplers Cross Stitch Patterns

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a sampler that was based on an antique alphabet sampler which is believed to be a Quaker design.

Model stitched on your choice of fabric using DMC thread. Stitch count is 197w x 423h.

This design was a journey where, quite organically, a small pattern grew into my largest pattern to date. Whilst working on the pattern I was reminded of Lao Tzu's words: "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving". This seemed to be very true for this design... Read more about The Good Traveler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a festive holiday sampler, Christmas town shows a north pole village with some of Santa's deer and a very large Christmas tree.

Stitched on 32ct linen (or 16ct aida) it would measure approximately 28.5 by 20.5cm. This chart... Read more about Christmas Town - A Holiday Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folk Embroidery featuring a vase of carnations - perfect to be stitched as a pincushion or a little framed piece.

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 83w x 75h.

This is the sampler of Lammegien Pot, a girl born in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. Drenthe samplers are relatively unknown, so to have one in my personal collection is quite special. The pattern features only full crosses and can be stitched on any counted material. Stitch count is 193 x 137. Finished size on 28 ct is 13.79" x 9.79".

Celebrating Jane Austen's 250th birthday with this release, a fictitious sampler stitched on by Anne Elliot, the protagonist of her 1818 novel "Persuasion". This monochrome design features only full crosses and can be worked on any counted material. Stitch count is 215 x 247. Finished size on 28 count is 17 5/8 times 15 3/8.

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a sampler inspired by the Fraktur art by the Pennsylvania Dutch.

Worked over two threads on 32ct linen it would measure approximately 6 3/4" by 14 1/5" (17 x 36.5cm). This design has a total of 8894 crosses. On average,... Read more about A Fraktur Love Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design uses patterns charted from an antique cushion from Marken, which is in my personal collection. I rearranged the elements so it forms a pleasing design, but the individual parts can be used to create a different piece also. It comes with two alphabets and a number chart to personalise... Read more about The Riders of Marken - Cross Stitch Pattern

Vierlande is a rural area just outside of Hamburg on the river Elbe. The name "Vierlande" literally translates as "four lands" and refers to the four parishes in it (Kirchwerder, Neuengamme, Altengamme and Curslack). The area has a rich cultural tradition of dress and folk art. Girls... Read more about A Medium Vierlande Style Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

A Dutch period reproduction sampler from the province of Groningen. This richly illustrated 20-page booklet gives information on the stitcher's life and the area she grew up in.

Pattern is stitched your choice of threads and fabric Stitch count is 271w x 222h.

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring an English period sampler based on the stitching of Ellen Hooker in 1843. The sampler features full crosses, crosses over 1, Algerian eyelets and four-sided stitches (which. an be replaced by simple backstitches if desired).

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Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a small sampler featuring Adam and Eve, a series of plants and ornaments, and a beautiful set of Algerian eyelet letters.

The sampler features Algerian eyelets and full crosses. If you stitch the eyelets, I would recommend... Read more about Ann Flatt, 1828 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a design that was based on a Quaker sampler made by Sarah Storrs in 1795 from my personal collection. Sarah did not finish her work, so I used all of the elements of her original sampler, and added a few new ones to finish it as a new... Read more about Sarah Storrs, 1795 - A Quaker Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

The four designs in this pattern booklet can be stitched on their own, or can be stitched as a replacement of the circular design of the 2023 SAL "Reaching Skyward".

Stitch count is 123w x 133h.