A yummy box of chocolates with an optional saying - "Momma always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get!" For the boxed model, you will need to use 18 Ct. Aida or 36 Ct. linen to make it fit. The model was stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC... Read more
Design stitched on fabric and DMC floss of your choice. If stitching it in monochrom, 6 skeins of floss are needed. If stitching it with a different color for each season, 2 skeins of each of the four colors are needed. Stitch count is 255W x 255H.
"The Hour of Prayer - Hail; peaceful hour supremely blest amid the hours of earthly care: the hour that yields the spirit rest that sacred hour_ the hour of prayer. And when my hours of prayer are past, oh, may I leave these Sabbath days to find eternity at last a never ending hour of praise." Model stitched on 18 count Aida with DMC floss. Stitch count: 364W x 400H.
"I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them: God hath no better praise, and man in his hasty days is honoured for them. I too will something make and joy in the making: Altho' tomorrow it seem like the empty words of a dream, remembered on waking. When this you see, remember me." Model stitched on 18 count Aida with DMC floss. Stitch count: 333H x 251W.
"Always keep a green tree in your heart so that the singing bird may come." Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 233H x 107W and the finished size is 16.64" x 7.64" on 28 count.
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
"The Nantucket Girl's Song 1821. Then I'll haste to wed a sailor and send him off to sea, for a life of independence is the pleasant life for me. But every now and then I shall like to see his face, for it always seems to me to beam with manly grace. With his brow so nobly open and his dark and... Read more
"Behold the Winter is past, the rain is over and gone, the flowers appear on the Earth. The time of singing has come and the voice of the Turtle Dove is heard in our land. The fig tree puts forth it's figs, and the vines are in blossom. They give forth fragrance. Arise my love, my fair one,... Read more
"Twins - double the blessings, double the joys, two times more loving and diapers and toys."
Model stitched on 28 ct White Jobelan over one square using DMC floss, DMC Color Variations & Glissengloss Rainbow Blending thread. Stitch count 99x113.
Also required but not listed are Buttons by Stoney Creek.
"Have communion with few, be familiar with one. Deal justly with all and speak evil of none. Hannah Carter December 8th, 1898."
Model stitched on 30 ct Crme Brulee linen with Gloriana Silk floss and Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch count 208 x 255 and the finished size is 13.87" x 17".
Model stitched on 35 Ct. Creek Bed Brown Linen by R&R Reproductions with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 215W x 177H. Design Size: 12" x 10".
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. Stitch Count: 292W x 388H and the finished size is 14.6" x 19.4".
Models were stitched on 28 ct Antique White Jobelan and on 28 ct White Evenweave fringed banner using DMC floss, DMC Color Variations, and Glissen Gloss. Stitch Count: 149W x 217.
Note: Buttons by Stoney Creek (SB060GDM, SB080WGXS,SB455XS, SB481M, SB537DRM) are not listed.
Reproduction sampler from NeedleWorkPress. The Model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Ale linen by Picture This Plus using Dinky Dyes, Gloriana, and Classic Colorworks Bella Soie silks. Stitch Count: 242 x 164.
Finished size: 13.5 x 9.25.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads Simply Wool. Stitch Count: 125 x 115. Finished Size: 8" x 7".
Also required, but not listed above, Simply Wool Thread - Claret.
"Snowman, Snowflake, Snowbird." Model stitched on 32 Ct. Raw/Silver linen using DMC and Gentle Arts Sampler threads. Stitch count 82x125. Design Size: 6" x 8"
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Winter Brew from R&R Reproductions using Classic Colorworks. Stitch count 55 x 55. Finished Size is 3.44 in wide X 3.44 in high.
Pattern by Blackbird Designs featuring an antique reproduction of a pattern stitched by Leona Adams in November of 1946.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Pearled Barley by Lakeside linens, using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch count: 90W x 93H and the finished size is 5.63" x 5.81".
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.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Winter Brew from R&R Reproductions using Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count 57 x 41. Finished Size is 3.56 in wide X 2.56 in high.
"If solid happiness we prize within our breast this jewel lies, and they are fools who roam the world has nothing to bestow, from our own selves our joys must flow and that dear hut our home."
Model stitched on 35 Ct. Gray linen by Weeks Dye Works with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 286w x 257h.
"When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep."
Model stitched with one thread over two on 28 Ct. Wren by Picture this Plus using Classic Colorworks. Frame was thrifted and refinished by designer. Stitch count 130 x 121. Finished Size: 10" x 9"
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Peep's Lost Sheep fabric from the Cauldron/Dames of the needle using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 90 x 145. Finished Size: 6" x 10" Or Stitch Count: 180 x 290. Finished Size: 12" x 19"