Stitched on your favorite fabric.The embroidery cover was stitched on 32 ct. cream belfast by Zweigart with DMC thread 2 over 2. Stitch counts are 100 x 100 (big square), 45 x 45 (small square), 177 x 122 (All three with border). Finished size on 32 ct is 11 5/8" x 8".
Reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. "March brings breezes loud and shrill to stir the dancing Daffodil." Stitch Count: 90x145. "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." Stitch Count: 90x73. Both models stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Lambswool linen with DMC floss. Finished sizes are 5.63 in wide X 9.06 in high and 5.63 in wide X 4.56 in high.
Model stitched over two threads on 28 Ct. Amber/Toasted Almond Cashel linen with DMC floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch count 158x166. Finished size is 5" wide by 11 1/2" tall.
Model stitched over two threads on 30 count Straw Linen by Weeks Dye Works with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Color Works, And Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch count: 65W x 43H.
These three little samplers might look familiar to some of you - My House & Country and Seeds in an Apple were some of my earliest releases and have been out of print for some time.
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Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a patriotic alphabet with the phrase "My home sweet home!"
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen using Classic Colorworks and DMC threads with DMC conversions. Stitch count is 79 x 110. Finished size is 3.95" x 5.5".
From the French Country Collection. A beautiful Christmas stocking composed of an alphabet and Christmas motifs. A full alphabet is provided so you can replace the word Noel with a name.
Pattern is stitched on 25 ct Light Mocha Lugana using The Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works, or DMC floss.... Read more
Elizabeth finished her stunning sampler on Wednesday, February 1, in the year 1854. The sampler would have been worked as part of her education. It would have taken many hours to complete and is an amazing achievement. A bobby dazzler of a sampler! Elizabeth created a cohesive, engaging, and... Read more
On the back of this framed antique, was found a very aged handwritten note: "This Sampler was worked by Mary Coleby of Kelvedon, Essex when Eleven years of age at Ackworth School Yorkshire. Born 1792 - married in 1814 to Edward Gripper of Layer Breton Hall, Essex - had thirteen children - died... Read more
Inspiration comes, sometimes, from unusual places. I had this frame I picked up a few years back, and actually designed it to fit the frame! (I believe it's still widely-available at custom frame shops). The verse is from an old sampler I saw years ago, and because I was constrained by space, I just... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring a lovely sampler with bees!
Honey Bee Sampler is stitched on 36 count linen, one strand of floss over two linen threads with the following floss: Creme Brulee by Roxy Floss Co. (8 yard skeins) - requires 3 skeins. Stitch count is 179w x 187h. Finished size is 9.94 in wide X 10.39 in high.
Cross stitch pattern from Prairie Schooler featuring a patriotic sampler!
Models stitched on 16 count fabric using 2 strands of DMC floss. Stitch count: Double Eagle - 52H x 145W; Elephant - 38H x 54W; Donkey - 41H x 50W; Uncle Sam & Lady Liberty - 82H x 54W. Finished sizes are Double... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Blackbird Designs featuring a lovely sampler!
Model stitched over two threads on 30 count linen using The Gentle Arts floss with DMC conversions. Stitch count 127w x 131h.
This chart contains all sixteen pattern pages from a tiny paper pattern album passed out as a souvenir in 1851 at Prince Albert's Crystal Palace Great Exhibition. They were mass produced inexpensively but are rarely found today due to the nature of the flimsy paper and the effects of time. Other... Read more
Note from designer: & Stripes is a collaboration with Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers. This chart includes the ampersand AND my Stripes chart. We each designed half of the ampersand.
Pattern is stitched on 40 count Graham Cracker Linen or 40 count Mushroom/Light Mocha Newcastle... Read more
This pattern from JBW Designs features a beautiful floral alphabet worked in two shades of blue.
The model was stitched over 1 threads on 36 Ct. Antique White Edinburgh linen with Classic Colorworks Morning Glory and DMC #3747. Stitch Count: 239W x 77H
One of my most popular releases of the past year, this was originally designed for a retreat.
The design is published as full-sized 8 page booklet, and includes the charts and finishing directions for four smalls. The original was worked on #32 R & R Linen (French Vanilla).
This sampler design from Teresa Kogut features flowers, a house and "When this you see, remember me."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Ballet Slippers by Fox & Rabbit with Classic Colorworks, DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 229x264. Finished size: 11 1/2" x 13 1/4"
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
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a pattern originally commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passing of one of England's most popular authors, Jane Austen. Her words on this sampler have recently resonated with a lot of stay-at-home stitchers, and this has been... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Artful Offerings featuring rabbits decorating a Christmas tree with a deer and a cardinal!
Model stitched on 36 ct. Antique Lace linen using DMC and Gentle Art threads. Stitch count 199w x 136h.
Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring a lovely reproduction sampler with flowers!
Stitched on your choice of fabric using DMC or Classic Colorwork,Gloriana, and Au Ver a Soie threads. Stitch Count is 289 x 199. Finished size is 16.05 x 11.05 inches on 36 count fabric.
"Now in my early days, Teach me thy will to know." Model stitched 1 over 2 on 36 Ct. Vintage Beeswax using DMC floss and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 215W x 213H. Design Size: 12" x 12"
This classic sampler by Sandy Orton, titled Speak To The Earth has been highly sought after and we are pleased to be bringing it back by popular demand. This detailed and delightful sampler features fish, fowl and many of God's creatures depicting the classic quote from Job 12:7, 8, which declares... Read more
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Beach Brew from R&R Reproductions using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 313W x 370H. Design Size: 16" x 19".
Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Linen using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Farm House Design is 75H x 75W. Sampler Size is: 5" x 5 2/3". If the entire series is stitched on one piece, the stitch count is 387W x 261H. Finished size is: 26 6/8" x 17 1/2".
Note: to achieve the variegated look of Fool's Gold use DMC 833/371.
Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Dirty Belfast with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, and DMC floss. Also required, but not listed above one 4mm Black Button, and Rainbow Gallery Wisper thread (W107). Stitch Count: 53W x 93H. Design Size: 3" x 6".
Note: Rainbow Gallery Wisper thread W107 is not available at this time. We suggest W88.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Legacy Linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 145W x 156H. Uses specialty stitches - Algerian Eyelet -Oblong Stitch and the Satin Stitch.
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring an antique inspired sampler design that can be completed as a needlebook. Includes the sayings, "In my garden you will find me with the chickens pulling weeds happily or maybe gathering eggs and stitching merrily".
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This Christian sampler features the verse 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, "Praise be o the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. Who comforts us in all our afflictions, so that we may be able to comfort those in any affliction with the comfort with which... Read more
Pattern is stitched on 30 ct Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using Valdani threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 133 x 133. Finished size is 9" x 9".