New Reproduction Samplers Cross Stitch Patterns

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.

Jane used her sampler to demonstrate an impressive range of needlework skills. The sampler is worked mainly in cross stitch... Read more about Jane Backhouse 1824 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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.

It has been densely stitched in a... Read more about Mary McCulloch 1763 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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.

Grapes, plums, figs,... Read more about Victorine Hommet 1893 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Magazine is the first needlework publication dedicated to those stitchers who are avid cross stitch and punch needle enthusiasts. Designs are in the primitive, folk, and whimsical styles.

2026 Fall Issue Contributors:Aunt Susie's House, Bird in the... Read more about Punch Needle & Primitive Stitcher Fall 2026 Magazine

This stocking design underwent some major changesI literally doubled the number of motifs used and added birdsmany birds! And, I added a sampler version.

The model was stitched on 40 ct. Wheat linen from Fiber on a Whim with Needlepoint Silk floss. The stitch count is 172 x 438 and the finished size is 8.6" x 21.9".

Cross stitch pattern from Niky's Creations featuring an antique reproduction sampler.

Pattern is stitched on 36 ct linen using DMC floss. The stitch count is 208 x 229 with a finished size of 11.56" x 12.72".