Agnes Platt's Strawberry Sampler, a Loose Feathers Spring 2013 book from Blackbird Designs!
The patterns are stitched on 30 ct Vintage Gray by R&R Reproductions using Gentle Arts floss. Strawberry Sampler stitch count is 279 x 197. Summer Berry Pincushion stitch count is 56 x 64. Bee Skep... Read more
"This design is a combination of cross stitch and many specialty stitches, with stitch diagrams and instructions provided for all stitches."
Model stitched on 32 count Bisque from Lakeside Linens, using Soie d'Alger silks. Dinky Dyes and DMC conversions are also provided. Stitch count is 144w x 288h.
Note from the designer: "Between Friends - A Summer Sampling is the 2nd of 4 seasonal books from Hands On Design & Summer House Stitche Workes. Beautiful photographs, detailed finishing instructions, with 8 projects to inspire."
Stitch counts and Finished sizes:
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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.
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.
Cross stitch pattern from Needle Work Press featuring a sampler with the phrase "Glory to god in the highest and on earth peace goodwill towards men. -St. Luke 2:14. And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another, let us now go even unto... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Mojo Stitches featuring a sampler with the phrase "Who seek to be first must rank himself last and learn with confidence to wait on the least"!
Model stitched on 36 ct. 'Toasted Mallow' using Gentle Art, Classic Colorworks, and Weeks Dye Works thread. Stitch count is 111 x 221.
Model stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. Antique White Belfast linen with Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss(or all DMC 818, 962, 600, 3053, 3052, 469, 935, 862, white). Stitch Count: 86W x 133H. Finished size: 5.4" x 8.3".
Cross stitch pattern from La d Da featuring Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Aspen by Weeks Dye Works with Classic Colorworks, DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 152W x 158H. Finished size: 8.4" x 8.7"
This design from Annie Beez Folk Art features a lovely red house and the saying "Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show that mercy show to me."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Summer Khaki linen with DMC floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 163X196. Finished size: 9" x 10.8"
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 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
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 Little House Needleworks with a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" theme!
Model stitched on 32 ct. Silkweaver, Tuscan Clay Linen using Classic Colorworks thread. Stitch count is 131 x 122. Finished size is 8" x 7.5".
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.
Who was Mrs Campbell? Without a first name for Mrs Campbell, it has proved impossible to trace her. We believe that Mrs Campbell was most probably a needlework teacher and that her colourful sampler was used as a teaching tool.
Model was stitched on Woodsmoke by Tabby Cat Linens. Stitch... Read more
Model Stitched on 36 count Veldt by Picture this Plus using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. DMC alternatives provided. Stitch count is 234W x 189H
A cross stitch pattern from Tellin Emblem featuring two birds, a beautiful pink flower with greenery, butterflies, and stitching supplies! Model stitched on 32 count Regency by Picture This Plus, using DMC and Weeks Dye Works Threads. Stitch count: 102W x 131H
Cross stitch pattern from Annie Beez Folk Art featuring three pear shaped designs with various Redwork designs!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Antique Cotton linen from R & R Reproductions using the red thread of your choice. The pattern recommended #258, Cranberry Cocktail from Dinky Dyes.... Read more
"Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed by thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and... Read more
Chart suggests 40 ct. linen in the color of your choice. Thread suggestion for both samplers: Soie d'Alger Rouge 946 (6 meters each). Stitch counts are 139 x 100 and 123 x 91.
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 - "In 1779, the Quaker Friends School at Ackworth, Yorkshire, was established for the purpose of educating young people of both sexes, and instilling the values of their Society; equality, simplicity, peace. Girls received nearly the same instruction as boys. Out of this... 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 - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more
This is a pleasantly quirky, colorful sampler likely stitched in the north of England judging by some of the Scottish influences in the design. A four sided strawberry border surrounds an alphabet and a pious verse above a geometric pattern band. Below this is a scenic register with trees, birds,... Read more
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.
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