We are delighted to present Jane Backhouse's beautiful and engaging sampler, worked in 1824 when Jane was just 12 years old. There is so much to enjoy in her work.
Anne Clarance stitched her beautiful sampler when she was 9 or 10 years old. . The original sampler has some linen loss, and we have done our best to ?ll in the stitching where it was missing based on Anne's stitching throughout the rest of the sampler. Anne has given us a beautiful pineapple... Read more about Anne Clarance 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern
I love the disparate elements of autumn. The crunch of fallen leaves juxtaposed with the softness of flannel shirts; the drab, brown acorns that set off the riot of yellow, orange, and red leaves; the chill in the air and the heat of the bonfire. As different as all of these elements are, they... Read more about Autumn Harmony - Cross Stitch Pattern
This Scottish sampler features a number of stylistic devices seen on other Scottish samplers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries including the intense color palette with an emphasis on reds and greens and the arcaded pansy band in the upper third.
In the early eighteenth century samplers began to evolve from long vertical bands into more rectangular shapes. They began to incorporate more pictorial and scenic images and scenes such as those found on seventeenth century canvas and stumpwork pictures. Alphabets, numerals and verses prevailed but... Read more about Mary Hammand 1732 - Cross Stitch Pattern
In the gentle days of early autumn, Victorine Hommet gathered onto her sampler everything that seems to tell of the simple happiness of home: brightly coloured birds, leafy branches, flowers and, at the heart of the design, a generous basket overflowing with fruit.