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
Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more
Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.
The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross stitch,... Read more
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″.
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
Note from the designer - "This finely stitched German sampler begins with a single row of alphabets above an immensely intricate collection of symbolic cross stitched motifs, including battling angels, the figure of Justice with her scales, the spies of Canaan, the crucifixion, Adam and Eve... Read more
Note from the designer - "Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler, this piece is delightfully naive with its oversized animals, insects, and birds. Around 1760, the New-Hampshire Gazette began publishing advertisements for girls' schools, placed by female instructresses,... Read more
Note from the designer - "Designed after an early eighteenth century tent stitched picture, this expansive needlework scene depicts many episodes in the life of an affluent English family including its elaborate parterre and gardens, a stately brick and stone house, domestic, exotic and wild... Read more
Note from the designer - "This beautiful. petite, energetic sampler expressed three fine verses and, at the end, one of the truest "signatures" I've ever read on a piece of needlework:
By this ingenous Maids
may see what by the
needl wrought
may be
This is a reproduction of an English sampler that features a four-sided carnation border, centering many intricate organic petit point motifs. The large mansion house dominates the central reserve, standing above an extensive pasture occupied by two very large and cockeyed sheep. These imaginative... Read more
Note from the designer: "This band sampler was designed after a piece in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, most remarkable for the colorful, solidly filled geometric and floral sections. It also features double running stitch sections found on Italian embroideries of the sixteenth and... Read more
Note from the designer: "Our own original design created in collaboration with Terry Meinke, draws upon the needlework traditions of two centuries, in both England and America. The idyllic landscape and more naturalistic figures (as opposed to the blocky shapes of later figures on American... Read more
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
Note from the designer: "A beautiful meandering four-sided floral border in an unusually rich color palette surrounds this traditional Scottish sampler, also featuring a beautiful arcaded floral band at the top and a substantial mansion house in the lower register. Trees, tulips and flying birds... 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 densely worked sampler displays exquisite detail and contains many of the most popular needlework motifs of the seventeenth century. The flowers are realistically shaded to achieve a natural look."
Finished size on 35 count linen is 7 1/4" x 25... Read more
This collection by Teresa Kogut has 3 different designs! Each design features a different gathering of flora and fauna, and uses the same color threads and symbols. "ABC 123" and "Sally Emerson" do not use DMC 435, 611, 822, and 3781.
Model stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Cornsilk using DMC floss, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 198x198. Design Size: 12 3/4" x 13".
Note from the designer - This sampler takes its name from the town of Blairgowrie, located in the region of Perthshire in the center of Scotland. The town, with its red stone buildings, grew rapidly due largely to the town's location on the banks of the River Ericht. In the 18th century the... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Calico Confectionery featuring this vintage look, all in red sampler with lots of reindeer and Christmas trees, to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.
Pattern is stitched on 16 ct Tea-Dyed aida using DMC floss. Stitch count is 203w x 61h.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Beige linen with DMC, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 313W x 212H. Finished Size: 17 3/4" x 12 1/4".
Part 1 of a 4 part series. "Do a deer, a female deer." "Re, a drop of golden sun."
The model was stitched on a long piece of 32 Ct. Light Sand linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 383 x 73. Design Size: 24" x 5". Each design could also be stitched individually.
Part 2 of a 4 part series. "Mi, a name I call myself", "Fa, A long long way to run".
The model was stitched on a long piece of 32 Ct. Light Sand linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 383 x 73. Design Size: 24" x 5". Each design could also be stitched individually.
Part 3 of a 4 part series. "SO a needle pulling thread, LA a note to follow SO."
The model was stitched on a long piece of 32 Ct. Light Sand linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 383 x 73. Design Size: 24" x 5". Each design could also be stitched individually for ornaments, pink keeps or bowl fillers.
Models were stitched on 40 Ct. legacy linen in cross stitch over one & two threads using NPI Inc. silk. Stitch count for Pink Keep is 119x64 & for Fob 25x34.
Stitch Count: 292W x 388H. Model stitched on 40 ct Autumn Gold from Lakeside linen using Gloriana's, Dinky Dyes and Classic Colorworks silks. Shown on an Ackfeld Manufacturing hanger.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads Simply Wool. Stitch Count: 125x115. Design Size: 8" x 7".
Also required, but not listed above, Simply Wool Thread - Claret.
"O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, how lovely are your branches. In Beauty green will always grow through Summer sun and Winter snow. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches." Model stitched on 36 Ct. Meadow Rue by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 183W x 200H Does contain specialty stitches with instructions.
Model stitched on 32 ct. Flax Belfast linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads (or DMC 498). Shown with buttons (four 1/4", one 1/2", six 3/8"). Stitch Count: 235W x 89H.
A compilation of wholesome samplers that make you feel right at home with the classic antique aesthetic you know and love!
Honeycomb Basket stitched on 32 count Light Khaki by Weeks Dye Works using Classic Color Works, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count 45w x 41h.... Read more