"If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can resist boring people with your troubles, if you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it. If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, if you can take criticism and blame without resentment, if... Read more
Models stitched over two threads on 32 count linen using DMC thread. Stitch count: "Plan Ahead" - 157W x 38H; "Keep it Simple" - 160W x 38H; "Measure Twice" - 113W x 70H; "The Witch is In" - 59W x 41H. Book #130
"May your life be like good wine tasty sharp and clear and like a good wine may it improve with every passing year." Model stitched on 14 ct. Natural Aida with DMC floss. Stitch count: 112W x 140H.
"Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting holy cow what a ride". Model stitched on 14 Ct. White Aida with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 84W x 144H. Design Size: 6" x 11"
"Laundry Prayer. Grant me the serenity to accept the stains I can't get out, the courage to bleach the ones I can, and the wisdom to remove that one red sock from the load of whites." Model stitched on 14 Ct. White Aida with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 100H x 71W. Design Size: 8" x 6"
Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more
Note from the designer - "Adapted from an English sampler dated 1783. The original sampler from which this piece was adapted measures 15-1/2" x 12-1/2", and was stitched over one thread of linen on approximately 50-thread-count glazed linen. The house on the left alone, which measures 71... Read more
Adapted from an English sampler dated 1783. The original sampler from which this piece was adapted measures 15 1/2" x 12 1/2", and was stitched over one thread of linen on approximately 50-thread-count glazed linen. The house on the left alone, which measures 71 by 62 squares on the graph,... Read more
The canvaswork piece from which this bell pull was derived is a book cover, and dates to the first quarter of the 17th century. square tent stitched vignettes, reproduced here in the panels of the bell pull covered the book's spine vertically. It seems appropriate that the allegorical figures of... Read more
A red barn, horses, a cow and chickens are at the center of this sampler from The Nebby Needle.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Latte by Fiber on a Whim with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 136W x 143H. Finished size: 7.5" x 7.9"