Cross stitch pattern from Artmishka featuring an adorable Easter sampler filled with chicks!
Model stitched on 32ct murano evenweave from Zweigart on the color of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is approximately 230w x 158h. Designed by Anna Gutova.
Stitch this patriotic sampler, designed in marking sampler style. "America" is repeated in several different alphabets in patriotic colors to honor our country with a prayer for God's grace. Fits in 8x10" standard picture frame.
Model stitched on 32 ct Latte Linen using DMC thread. Stitch Count: 112w x 146h.
"With shades of silk like nature fair, I ply my needle with tender care. That with diligence and skill I'll make a pleasing sampler for posterity's sake."
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Pearled Barley from Lakeside Linens using Belle Soie with NPI or DMC with all DMC or NPI conversions available. Stitch count is 207 x 351.
"A soft wind blows through the Spanish moss that hangs from the live oak trees. The trees that line the long road home to distant memories of a fine old house with columns tall and porches all around. Where the sweet scent of magnolia blooms, in the spring abound. A lady fair in a flowery gown,... Read more
This sampler from Rosewood Manor features the following saying - "What a desolate place would be a world without flowers. It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not flowers the stars of the earth and are we not stars in the flowers of heaven." The booklet also... Read more
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
Note from the designer: "This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, a peacock with silver tips on its wings, the Lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the Crucifixion flanked by Mother Mary and... Read more
This sampler was made in Scotland and includes many of the traditional motifs associated with samplermaking in this region. Firstly, Janet has included many initials of family members. However the initials at the center- G R 3 -refer to the then-reigning monarch, King George III. The flowering... Read more
This is a very finely stitched classic Scottish sampler featuring three complete rows of beautifully illuminated letters, an arcaded floral band as well as other traditional motifs including peacocks, birds drinking at the fountain of life, feather trees and family initials. A four sided berry... Read more
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
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."
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House.
"No glory I covet no riches I want
Ambition is nothing to me
The one thing I beg of good Heaven to grant
Is a mind independent and free"
Sarah Elizabeth Brooke's Work in the 11th year of her age
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Summer Khaki linen with Soie d'Alger silks and silk chenille. Stitch Count: 204W x 278H. Finished size: 12 3/4" x 17 3/8" Stitches used: cross stitch, satin stitch, queen stitch, double running stitch, outline stitch, chain stitch, and stitching over one. Stitch diagrams are included.
A collection of traditional Quaker motifs are scattered across this berry design. The silk berry's central motif includes a monogram (alphabet included), and is stitched in a multi-colored palette. The linen berry motifs are stitched in a single color, although a multi-colored color key is... Read more
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Murky Linen using DMC floss, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. DMC floss 3371 or 310 can be used for conversion.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Ancient Linen using DMC floss, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 160W x 160H. Design Size: 8" x 8". DMC 3865 or white can be used for DMC conversion.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Buttercream from Lakeside Linens using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss 3772, 3371, 501, 3821, 833, 934, 3816, 3781, 840). Stitch Count: 205W x 270H. Design Size: 10.25" x 13.50"
Part 4 of a 5 part sampler. Entire series stitched two over two on 28 Ct. Dusty Green Jobelan using DMC floss, Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks (or all DMC floss white, 945, 728, 352, 816, 435, 954, 986, 3371). Stitch Count for Series: 167W x 215H. Design Size: 12" x 15.5" Color Chart. Materials needed listed on Part 1. Must purchase all 5 parts to complete the design.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Sandcastle from Seraphim Fabrics or 40 Ct. Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 234W x 246H. Design Size: 11 5/8" x 12... Read more
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Chocolate Milk from Fabric by Stephanie using DMC floss and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 221W x 219H. Design Size: 12 1/4" x 12 1/8"
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Vintage Luna from Lakeside Linen using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 206W x 140H. Design Size: 10 1/4" x 7".
Model stitched one over two on 35 Ct. Onyx linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss 433, 935, white, 934, 817). Stitch Count: 81W x 86H. Design Size: 4.75" x 5"
Model stitched two over two on 28 Ct. Lambswool Linen using DMC floss, Weeks Dye Works and Mill Hill Beads (or all DMC floss white, 3031, 932, 471, 729, 3790, 3031, 935, 815). Optional Antique Gold Cross Charm #03557 from By Jupiter. Stitch Count: 41W x 151H. Design Size: 3" x 10 3/4". Frame and Bell Pull from Stoney Creek.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Aztec Red Linen using Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk (or DMC floss 310, 3787, 640, 822). Conversion for Classic Colorworks Cotton also included. Stitch Count: 140W x 192H. Design Size: 7" x 9.5".
Model stitched over 2 threads on a 56 Ct. linen with Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silks. Stitch Count: 266x273. Conversions are provided for Soie d'Alger silk and DMC floss. The design is suitable for stitching on linen or Aida. Spiral bound booklet.
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Vintage Country Mocha linen using DMC (or Anchor 275, 281, 1015, 393, 152, 862, 914, and 907). Stitch Count: 95W x 380H. Finished size is 5.28 in wide X 21.11 in high.
"Plying our needle on linen with thread, our work with live on long after we're dead. Our gentle art gives us such pleasure. The stitchers before us we truly do treasure, for we are the sampler makers." Model stitched on 36ct. Mocha linen from Weeks Dye Works threads (DMC Conversion provided as an alternative). Stitch count is 167 x 106.
"So frail is the youth and the beauty of men. Though they bloom and look gay like a rose Yet all our fond care to preserve them is vain. Time kills them as fast as he goes"
Model stitched on Weeks Dye Works 46 ct. Parchment linen from Weeks Dye Works. with a palette of 20 Au Ver a... Read more
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.
Cross stitch pattern from Tiny Modernist featuring ice skaters on a frozen pond, a horse drawn carriage, and other festive imagery accompanied by the following adaptation of "The Garden Year"!
Winter brings the snow
Makes our feet and fingers glow
Model stitched on 16 ct. Aida White Chocolate using DMC thread. Stitch count 120w x 180h.