Note from the designer - "Rhode Island samplers were among the first American schoolgirl embroideries to be recognized by serious collectors and textile scholars as a distinctive group with extraordinary visual appeal. The Sheffield sampler is delicately worked with an unusually pleasing... Read more
Add old world, vintage appeal to your Mantel during the holiday season with this cross stitch stocking displaying a heartwarming scene featuring this collection of Christmas Santas! 146w X 230h stitches.
Model stitched on 14 Count White Aida
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Legacy Linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 145W x 156H. Uses specialty stitches - Algerian Eyelet -Oblong Stitch and the Satin Stitch.
Pattern by The Drawn Thread featuring a tall colonial house surrounded by flowers and insects, including butterflys!
Model stitched on 34 Ct. "Wren Wing" Legacy Linen with Needlepoint Silks, Dinky Dyes, Thread Gatherer Silk N Colors, and Caron Waterlilies. Stitch Count: 355W x 59H. Design Size: 21" x 3".
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".
I love the simplicity of this little sampler. Eliza was 10 years old when she completed her sampler and beautifully hem stitched the edges.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Buttercream from Lakeside Linens using Gentle Arts threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 127 x 120. Finished size is 6" x 5.75".
Cross stitch pattern from Needlemade Designs featuring vintage geometric design!
Pattern is stitched on 28ct linen fabric using using Needlepoint Incorporated (NPI) floss. Stitch count is 75 X 75. Finished size is 5.36 in wide X 5.36 in high.
My Sampler Petite line is a way for stitchers to enjoy my antique reproductions without doing the larger sampler. Antonia Pueyo showcases the larger alphabet and some of the borders, all done beautifully as a white on red sampler.
Stitched on 37 ct. linen with Classic Colorworks floss... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Little Robin Designs featuring six petite designs inspired by Dutch imagery.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Maple Bar by Cedar River Linen with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. The stitch counts and finished sizes are;
Ship - 52 x 51; 2.6"... Read more
In adapting this sampler to be stitched over one and two threads of linen - instead of 1, 2, 3, and 4 as stitched by Mary - we endeavored to remain true to her composition while creating a more "stitchable" sampler. While the antique is framed, we decided to hemstitch our sampler. We are... Read more
Introducing a new monthly home series. These are small and fun to stitch bowl fillers. Stitch one or stitch all. These designs will be perfect to add to already stitched pieces for each month. They will use a color scheme matching the month/season of the year. Only small details will change from... Read more
Adelaide Underwood 1846 - A Norfolk Antique Sampler Reproduction
Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens with 100/3 silks. The stitch count is 300 x 462 with a finished size of 13.04" x 20.09".
Mary and Meribah Chandler Sisters Samplers - New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay Colony Connections circa 1810.
Mary's Verse: "Tho' griefs unnumbered throng thee round, Still in thy God confide, Whose finge marks the seas their bound, And curbs the headlong tide."
SS Harris is Sarah Sylyina Harris who stitched her sampler in the thirteenth year of her life. With no year and no place provided it is difficult to find out more about her. What we do know from the way she carried her thread and misspelled a word or two, perhaps even her middle name, is that she... Read more
S is for Sampler Stitcher With logo from Cross Stitch Antiques
Pattern is stitched on 46 ct. Dirty Teacup by Needle and Flax with Painters Threads Soie 100/3. The stitch count is 48 x 63 and the finished size is 2.08" x 2.74".
Pattern by Shakespeare's Peddler featuring an antique sampler design with the words "Virtues the chiefelt beauty of the mind. The Noblest ornament of human kind. Virtues our safeguard and our guiding star. That stirs up reason when our senses".
Pattern by Jeannette Douglas featuring a beautiful sampler design with the words "Beautiful things come together One Stitch at a time".
Stitched on 36 ct. Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Gloriana Silk, Classic Colorworks Belle Soie, Silk'N Colors, and Soie 100/3 floss (DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 169 x 207 and the finished size is 9.39" x 11.5".
Cross stitch pattern from Keslyn's featuring a cute pouting puppy!
Stitch count is 130w x 92h. When stitched on 40 count fabric, using one strand of floss over two fabric threads, the finished size measures 4.60" H x 6.50"
Pattern calls for Treenway silks threads: #57 Raven Black and Harmony 65 Roses: Black Roses. DMC listed is 123Stitch suggested alternative.
Long Dog's Pennance is an extremely pleasurable, if somewhat lengthy, act of self-punishment for all those wrong doings that you'd rather not talk about but which, nevertheless, weigh heavily on the mind.
It can be performed in bite sized pieces over several months or years. But, if... Read more
I was reminiscing about Christmas at my Nana's house-remembering her beautiful glass and Shiny Brite ornaments. These memories inspired me to create this colorful, retro design. Bring a nostalgic sparkle to your holiday stitching with Mid-Century Greetings! I hope you enjoy stitching it as much... Read more
Coco Chanel described simplicity as the key to elegance, and the sampler that Charlotte worked as a child is quite simply elegant. Charlotte's exquisitely laid stitches, worked in black silk, demonstrate that the seven-year-old child was skilled in marking stitch.
This pattern from By The Bay Needleart is the first in a new series called "Words of Wisdom". This design features the word "Simplicity" with a cute house.
The model was stitched on 28 ct. Springfield Sage Zweigart Lugana with DMC floss. The stitch count is 42 x 70 with a finished size of 3" x 5".
"Kind Words" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. This quick little stitch for your workbasket features the phrase "Kind Words" with an antique flower design.
Model shown stitched on 30 ct Parchment linen with Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count 120 x 28. Finished size is approx. 8" x 2".
"Homeplace at Christmas" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. A scrolling vine of berries and leaves dangle above the most primitive two-story home you would ever wish to live in. The chimney holds a tiny tannenbaum and is that Santa's magic key there on the roof? This... Read more
"Olde Mustarde Moone" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. A quiet sampler, this one depicts a beloved home at twilight when old-man moon is just coming for a visit. I love the mellow-ness of this design, a little 'out of the box' for me, but I love it still and hope... Read more
"Woodland Christmas" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. Santa & an owl, red reindeer, brown bunny, potted oak tree with acorns, berry-tipped Christmas trees, quirky squirrels gathering acorns, a potted poinsettia plant, snowballs and the date 1857!!!
"Bee Keeper" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. A sweet little lady wearing a beehive for a skirt, standing under a bower of vines & bees. Underneath her feet read the words: Clover, Honey, Smoke, Sweet, Beeswax, Hive.
Stitched on 32 ct. vintage linen using DMC... Read more
"Folk Bird Needlebook" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. A sweet little robin-bird on the cover, open up the book and her eggs will help you hold your needles!
Pattern is stitched on 30 ct linen using DMC threads. You will also need one piece of 5" x 5"... Read more
Selina is a beautiful sampler most likely in the 1860s. The quote reads "Whats in thy mind let no one see unto thy friend no secret show for when thy friend has turned thy for then all the world thy mind will know".
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Cream and Sugar from Fiber on a Whim using silk floss. Stitch count is 381 x 381. Finished size is 21.25" x 21.25".
Stitched on 36 ct Sanguine from Weeks Dye Works with one ply of sampler threads from the Gentle Art. Stitch count is 189 x 273 and the finished size is 10.5" x 15.17".
This is a reproduction of a French sampler. Little embroiderer Lucie embroidered a beautiful alphabet and then chose to embellish it with two trees with birds. She adorned her initial with two griffins.
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using Soie d'Alger, Gentle Arts, or DMC threads. Stitch count is 310 x 262. Finished size is 19.38" x 16.38".
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 Scarlett House featuring an vintage inspired sampler design with the phrase "The rhythm of my needle gently as it goes making little switches sweetly as it sews".
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen with Weeks Dye Works floss (includes DMC Conversion). Stitch count is 166 x 303. Finished size is 8.3" x 15.15".
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring an antique reproduction of a sampler, charted with original over one verse and includes an over two alternative also.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen with Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss (includes DMC Conversion). Stitch count is 241 x 260. Finished size is 12" x 13".
These three little samplers might look familiar to some of you - My House & Country and Seeds in an Apple were some of my earliest releases and have been out of print for some time.
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Cross stitch pattern by Quaint Rose Needle Arts that is a fun mash up of two antique samplers! With a stunning golden bird in the center surrounded by blue filigree.
Model stitched on 40 count linen using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. the stitch count is 211w x 204h and the finished size is 10.55" x 10.2".
A Reproduction of a Hutterite sampler from South Dakota
The pattern was stitched on 45 count Legacy linens, color - Jersey Cream using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count: 383 high x 390 wide. Finished size: 17.02" high x 17.33" wide.
The romantic alphabet of Reflets de Soie is a true blank canvas for your overflowing imagination! Select your canvas, choose your thread colors, and decide on the final support. Will you opt for miniature embroidery to create an elegant pin-keep or a charming decoration? Or perhaps you would prefer... Read more