This extraordinary piece of seventeenth century needlework was originally executed with fine silks on a linen ground, in tent stitch, and is composed of many different slips" or spot motifs, cleverly fitted together. Many of these motifs have symbolic and/or heraldic significance, and they can... Read more
This can be stitched on your choice of Fabric and ct. Stitch count: 106w x 126h. Design Sizes: 14/18 Count 7.57" x 9.00", 16/32 Count 6.63" x 7.88", 18/36 Count 5.89" x 7.00". Using DMC floss (Anchor conversions provided).
Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Samplar featuring a sampler with the phrase "Please bless these seeds I sow. Keep them safe in the ground below until the rain comes tumbling down"!
Model stitched on 40 ct Antique Cotton linen from R&R Reproductions using one strand of Needlepoint Silk over 2 threads of linen. Finished size is 7 5/8" x 5 1/2". Stitch count is 156w x 114h.
Cross stitch pattern from Amy Bruecken Designs featuring 2 baby birth records! Both designs in one pattern. Includes alphabet and numbers.
Model stitched on 30 ct Linen or 30 ct Morris Blue from Weeks Dye Works using DMC thread. Stitch counts are 41 x 74 (girl) or 42 x 51 (boy).
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"
My Hometown is a modern schoolgirl sampler! The design was inspired by 11 year old Amy, and the full story is included in the book. There is an extra alphabet chart for personalization and a chart for the coordinating scissors fob!
The models are stitched on 36 count linen using 1 strand... Read more
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.
Models stitched on 16 count parchment using DMC floss.
And All At Once...: Stitch count 118 x 89.
Simple Samples Autumn: Stitch Count 111 x 139.
Welcome Fall: Stitch Count 64 x 42.
Pumpkin Patch: Stitch Count 100 x 100.
Autumn Alphabet: Stitch Count 64 x 64.
Basket of Blooms Fall: Stitch count 59 x 54.
Fall Quilt: Stitch Count 49 x 49.
About the Sampler: No name or year appears on this beautiful sampler to offer a clue about the maker. It is adorned with numerous Christian motifs and symbols. The sampler is representative of an Italian sampler style, as evidenced by the existence of other similar Italian
samplers, done in rows of... Read more
Mary Garrett stitched her fine sampler at Claverton school in 1854 at age fifteen. It is a remarkable piece of needlework, incorporating five different alphabets all stitched meticulously over two on 72 count linen. More history is included on the chart.
About the Sampler: Given the few clues provided, a scattering of initials and a year only, it is impossible to know more about the stitcher of this lovely sampler with its motifs of delicately arching floral stems, oval leafed cartouche, paired birds and potted florals. The motifs themselves are... Read more
Ann Hunt inscribed the town she stitched her sampler in as Nailsea in 1805. Nailsea is a town in Somerset, England. Research does not reveal the existence of a Quaker school there, although at least one other very similar polychrome Quaker medallion sampler has been discovered stitched a year... Read more
Lydia's sampler is an example of a more decorative Quaker marking sampler containing four different alphabets, six dividing bands, and an often seen swan and birds motif, as well as a floral spray. The colors are muted as in the Quaker style, copying those found in nature. Lydia was a talented young... Read more
The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more
Jane Hornibrook completed her sampler in March of 1806. She painstakingly stitched in cross stitch the tenets of the Catholic Faith over one and two threads of finely woven 52 count linen. The lettering for the large letters leads one to determine this to be of Irish origin, based on the Benezet... Read more
An ancestor of the stitcher placed a typewritten note on the back of the framed sampler, dated August 28, 1997. Thomasina Henrietta Jackson (nee Willis) wrote the following: "This sampler was made by Charlotte Keightley, my great aunt by marriage, circa 1840. Her married name at the time was... Read more
This sampler is an original design based on the layout of eighteenth century Irish Quaker samplers with the lettering and sampler motifs taken from a Mountmellick Irish Quaker sampler in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques, Elizabeth Martin circa 1789. The town names at the bottom are the... Read more
This sampler's appeal was its similarity to Bristol orphanage motifs, bands and alphabets. While clearly not a Bristol school sampler, as it was stitched at Daglingworth School, curiosity leads one to wonder why similar motifs? Daglingworth lies only fifty miles from Bristol, England. It has been... Read more
Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more
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
The Antique: Amelia stitched her sampler at the age of seventeen while living at the North Wing, 3 New Orphan House, Ashley Down, Bristol, in 1868. The original sampler's stitched area measures 13.5 inches wide by 15.25 inches high on a cream cotton ground fabric measuring 76 threads to the inch,... Read more
This beautiful sampler was obtained from the collection of Stephen and Carol Huber. The framed antique contained handwritten notes on the genealogy of Sarah which was written on the back in ink on the sealing paper. It contained the lineage of Sarah Hewes, and the names of her children. Extensive... Read more
This sampler was obtained from the M. Finkel and Daughter antique collectors who describe this sampler in their catalog as follows: "Documented Irish samplers are rare, and this one offers strong visual appeal with excellent color and composition. A fine, large alphabet, little house, pots of... Read more
Note from designer: This sampler features the historic home surrounded by Southern Live Oak trees and sitting on the bank of Bayou Black. The border depicts delicate cotton blossoms, another major crop grown in Louisiana. My great grandfather and his 17 children were sharecroppers who picked cotton... Read more
Bessie is grazing in the Bluebells with her little calf while their Shepherdess watches the butterflies. The chart is encircled by a delicate white rose border with a sampler of numbers at the bottom. My friend Maria from Mystic Meadow Creations turned this chart into a lovely project bag but you... Read more
"United in Marriage. Na h-uile latha sona duibha" which translates to "Happiness Every Day." Model stitched on 28 Ct. Antique White Quaker's Cloth with Dinky Dye Silks. Stitch Count: 163W x 218H. Design Size: 12" x 16" Also required, but not included in the list above - Bijoux Lacquered Jewels in #437 Sapphire, #480 Regalia, and #482 Tiger Eye.
Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Summer Khaki Belfast with Needlepoint, Inc. Silk. Also uses key, heart, acorn, scissors, and spool charms, and a 1/4" white button. Stitch Count: 108W x 204H. Design Size: 7" x 13".
"Here at the fountain's sliding foot or at some fruit trees mossy root, casting body's vest aside, my soul up to the boughs doth glide." Model stitched over 2 on 32 Ct. Antique Ivory Belfast with Needlepoint Silk, Caron Collection Waterlilies, and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 170W x 222H. Design Size: 11" x 4".
"Lord plant my feet on higher ground." Model stitched over two on 25 Ct. Natural Linen with DMC, Threadworx, and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 51W x 218H. Design Size: 4" x 17".
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Summer Khaki Belfast using Dinky Dyes Silk, Needlepoint Inc Silk and Mill Hill Beads.
Also required, but not listed above, 4mm gold star charm, 8mm gold star charm, 6mm heart charm, four 4mm burgundy buttons, four 4mm green buttons, 4mm white button, 6mm white... Read more
All models were stitched over two on 32 Ct. Amber linen using Needlepoint Silks, Dinky Dyes, and Gentle Arts Simply Wool.
Stitch count for the Pocket: 93 x 271. Design Size: 6" x 17". Stitch count for the Fob: 28 x 46. Design Size: 2" x 3". Stitch count for the Sampler: 93 x 199. Design Size: 6" x 12".