Pattern by Jeannette Douglas featuring a fun drum design with flowers, bees, scissors, and more.
Stitched on 36 ct. Dolley Madison by Needle and Flax with Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss (includes DMC conversion). The stitch count is 326 x 46 with a finished size of 18.11" x 2.56".
Cross stitch pattern from Little Robin Designs featuring a vintage sampler reproduction.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Mica by Cedar River Linen with Classic Colorworks floss. The stitch count is 117 x 198 and the finished size is 5.85" x 9.9".
This antique sampler immediately caught my eye simply because it was stitched in purple, my favorite color. There is something about a sampler worked in one solid color that I find so beautiful and timeless.
Model is stitched on 36 ct. linen with Gloriana silk floss. The stitch count is 116 x 116 and the finished size is 6.44" x 6.44".
This original adaptation includes some of my favorite elements and motifs from the oversized sampler stitched in 1854. Most notable are the strawberries, blue rabbits, and colorful star flowers! This piece was designed for those stitchers who wanted a quicker finish while keeping the charm of Mary... Read more about Strawberry Sampler Fragment - Cross Stitch Pattern
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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Cross stitch pattern from JEDxStitch featuring a retro sketches straight from a 90s journal! This piece was inspired by the designer's daughter and is packed with fun, bright motifs centered around two central hearts.
Stitched on 40 ct Fiber on a Whim "Hibiscus" linen using all DMC floss 1 strand over 2. Stitch count is 91 x 140 with a finished size of 4.55" x 7".
As seen in the 2021 Just Cross Stitch special Halloween Issue! This pattern uses the DMC Etoile floss! The pictures don't show it's true beauty....it adds just the right amount of sparkle and in person is seriously stunning
Pattern by Plum Street Samplers featuring a colonial house with deer, sheep, flowers, and the words, "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 and the finished size is 11.94" x 11.83".
Pattern by Gigi R featuring an antique sampler reproduction from 1864 which has the words, "Little deeds of kindness, little words of love make our earth an Eden like to heaven above. Elizabeth A Wenden October 1864."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Beige linen with Weeks Dye Works floss (or DMC 939). Stitch Count: 170W x 187H. Finished size: 8 1/2" x 9 1/4".
Quilting Bee by The Blue Flower features a large ornate bumblebee design reminiscent of a vintage quilt design.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Sheep's Straw Linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Classic Colorworks (includes DMC conversion). The stitch count is 133W x 110H and the finished design size is 7" x 6".
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".
Characteristically ornate illuminated alphabets are featured on this classic Scottish sampler. Other stylistic elements indicating its origin include the peacock with seven tail feathers and three rows of initials of the maker's family. The illuminated alphabets on this particular sampler are... Read more about Margret Lawrance 1823 Scottish Sampler - Cross Stitch
Collected from German, Italian, Scottish, Dutch, English, and American samplers, this book of alphabets takes off from where the previous edition, Alphabets from Early Samplers, ends. The alphabets have been fastidiously reproduced from samplers dating from 1530, to 1868. Over 80 alphabets are charted, as well as two complete alphabet samplers, one of them dating from 1725.
Celebrate American history with this bold patriotic design featuring a rustic-style flag and the dates 1776-2026. With its distressed flag effect and classic red, white, and blue palette, this striking pattern is perfect for honoring America's upcoming 250th anniversary.
Cross stitch pattern from Samplers And Primitives featuring a beautiful rose sampler design.
Pattern is stitched on your choice of aged/vintage neutral fabric with DMC, Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and ThreadworX floss. The stitch count is 157 x 118 and the finished size is 11.21" x 8.43" on 28 count fabric.
As children, we all had a treasure box, didn't we? We'd put our most cherished possessions inside - our memories, secrets, loves, everything precious. Every time we felt pain, seeing what we'd put inside would surprise us and bring us even more joy.
Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring an antique sampler reproduction. Ellen's sampler brings to life a variety of flora and fauna that an 11-year-old might have observed in her surroundings back in 1870. You will delight in stitching the birds, dogs, and deer that join the plants,... Read more about Ellen Franklin - Cross Stitch Pattern
This addition to the Tudor Menagerie series was inspired by medieval illuminated manuscripts. This features a red fox and a surround of bleeding heart flowers.
A MISCELLANY: A Collection of Seventeenth Century Canvas work Elements from the Natural World
The subjects in this needlework design are taken from a seventeenth century canvas work, formerly in the collection of The Scarlet Letter, consisting of nine panels stitched primarily in shades... Read more about A Miscellany - Cross Stitch Pattern
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring an antique reproduction of a sampler from the "Wesleynn School".
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen with Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss (includes DMC Conversion). Stitch count is 167 x 162. Finished size is 8.35" x 8.1".
Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across the Sea Samplers dated 1882!
Model is stitched using Zweigart based linen that was overdyed to the shade Marbled Khaki by xJuDesigns. The sampler is suitable fro stitching on aida, linen, and linaida. Stitch count is 145 x 105.
Cross Stitch Nation by Heartstring Samplery features a row of vintage inspired people with the phrase "I belong to the cross stitch nation." written above.
Model stitched on your choice of 32 ct. linen using Weeks Dye Works, Gentle Arts Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss (DMC Conversion included). Stitch Count: 200W x 83H. Finished Size: 13" x 6".
Glee's Sampler is a beautiful piece from the collection of renowned needlework collector Glee Kreuger. Upon Glee's passing her daughter sought new homes for some of the samplers from Glee's collection and I am honored to be the guardian of this beautiful and primitive piece likely dating... Read more about Glee's Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern
Cross stitch pattern from Shakespeare's Peddler featuring a beautiful sampler. Originally designed for The Silver Needle's Friendship Circle.
Model is stitched on 36ct Light Mocha linen using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Week Dye Works with DMC Conversion.
Stitch Counts: 90 x 90. Finished size is 5 in wide X 5 in high
Cross stitch pattern by Teresa Kogut inspired by an 1802 Irish sampler by Elizabeth Band. Featuring the verse, "Virtue soft balm of every woe of every grief the cure. Tis thou alone that canst bestowe. Pleasures unmixed and pure. The shady wood the verdant mead are virtues flowery road. Not... Read more about Divine Abode - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern
I am pleased to introduce a new pattern! A French redwork marking sampler stitched by Rosalie Amphoux Vauvert. I love it for its small size and simple alphabets and numbers, some worked rather plainly and others quite prettily.
Pattern was stitched on 36 Alabaster from Weeks Dye Works using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count is 127w x 130h. Finished size is 7"w x 7.25"h.
Memorial Day was established on May 30, 1868 following the Civil War to honor fallen soldiers. It later evolved after World War I to honor all American military service members who died in war. This design is a small way to give honor to those who fought for our country and did not make it home.... Read more about Always Remember - Patriotic Cross Stitch Pattern
Matilda loves all things sewing. Fabric and floss. Pins and needles. Old and new. There is room for everything in her sewing room and always room for more stash. This drum celebrates those who are much like Matilda and their crafts cross over from one to the other and the sky is no limit when... Read more about Matilda's Sewing Drum - Cross Stitch Pattern
Cross stitch pattern from Little Robin Designs featuring a beautiful bird with the words "Pretty Polly".
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Antique Lace by Seraphim with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. The stitch count is 239 x 240 and the finished size is 11.95" x 12".
Note from the designer, "We were so excited to discover this clever way to mark a sampler! Motifs are borrowed from an antique alphabet pattern book in our ephemera collection. The entire alphabet is included and can be mixed and matched to mark your initials or those of a friend."