This design from Glendon Place features a colorful sugar skull.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Chalk Board linen with Rainbow Gallery Petite Silk Lame Braid, DMC floss and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch Count: 104W x 141H. Finished size: 7 3/8" x 10".
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Helix linen with Dinky Dyes silk floss, Mill Hill Beads, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 80W x 80H. Finished size: 5 5/8" x 5 5/8".
This design is stitched in two different versions:
Color Version - Stitched in 4 colors of Dinky-Dyes Silk Floss and 3 colors of Mill Hill Beads on 28ct Ivory Jobelan by Wichelt Imports.
Monochromatic Version - Stitched all in 1 color of Dinky-Dyes Silk Floss and 3 different colors of... Read more
The center of this design says "Happy Valentine's Day" and is surrounded by conversation heart candies with sweet heartfelt sayings!
Stitched on 28 count fabric using Sulky threads. Stitch Count: 151W x 149H. Finished size is 10.75 x 10.65.
Love Minis features three designs that would be perfect for Valentine's Day: "You & Me", square pillow with hearts, tiny heart shaped pillow.
The pattern is stitched on 14 ct pink coffee/tea dyed Aida using DMC floss. Stitch counts are 37 x 35, 28 x 24, and 87 x 38. Finished sizes are 2.64" x 2.5", 2" x 1.7", and 6.2" x 2.7".
"Let is Snow (somewhere else), Stay Warm!" Model stitched on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss, Kreinik #4 Braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 50x50 each. Finished size: 3.5" x 3.5" each.
Model stitched on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss and Kreinik #4. Also calls for Kreinik very fine braid #9400 and beads. Stitch Count: 43W x 52H. Design Size: 3" x 4".
Model stitched on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss and Kreinik #4. Also calls for Kreinik very fine braid #9400 and beads. Stitch Count: 43W x 52H. Design Size: 3" x 4".
Model stitched on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss and Kreinik #4. Also calls for Kreinik very fine braid #9400 and beads. Stitch Count: 43W x 52H. Design Size: 3" x 4".
Note from the designer - "Acquired in England, one might assume that this classic Quaker motif sampler was made at the Ackworth School in Yorkshire. However the influence of the designs promulgated by the Quaker School needleworkers stretched far beyond the confines of the school's walls. This... Read more
This 19th century American reproduction sampler features a brown bird on a tree branch. Rated for beginners. Model stitched on 35 count hand dyed linen using either cotton or silk thread. Two versions of the sampler graph have been furnished: one executed with a drawn partially freehand split and... Read more
Note from the designer - "In 1779, the Quaker Friends School at Ackworth, Yorkshire, was established for the purpose of educating young people of both sexes, and instilling the values of their Society; equality, simplicity, peace. Girls received nearly the same instruction as boys. Out of this... Read more
Note from the designer - "An intensely stitched and well-planned sampler, this unusual piece probably originated in Pennsylvania. The allegorical figure hovering over the house could represent Liberty. The unconnected border of floating honeysuckle is unique, as well as the little pastoral vignettes in the lower register." Rated for beginners.
Note from the designer - "This little needlework was likely made as a panel of a "huswif"/aka a "housewife", which was an embroidered, double-sided vertical series of pockets made to hold needleworking supplies. It could be folded up or hung from a peg for swift access to the... Read more
This American sampler was stitched on a loosely woven homespun linen with vegetable-dyed silk threads. Despite its size and simplicity, the design is striking, delicate, and well-balanced. Eunice Morton was born in 1783 in Gorham County, Maine. Sometime in 1809-1810, she married Jesse Harding, and... Read more
A unique four-sided geometric border is the highlight of this American sampler, consisting of nine rows of letters and numerals surrounded by a counted satin stitch sawtooth inner border. The design looks like something that might have inspired the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. I have not been able... Read more
This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more
Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... Read more
Note from the designer - "At the age of fourteen, Mary Lee stitched this beautiful band sampler with a good assortment of flowers, birds, swans, squirrels, and other traditional motifs. Worked into the center of a band in tight, precise stitches, is the cautionary aphorism "In thy youth... Read more
Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more
Note from the designer - "Although there has not been the extensive research and study of English Quaker samplers as there has been of their American counterparts, we believe that this sampler was created under the tutelage of a Quaker sewing instructress in England. The fine bleached linen and... Read more
Note from the designer - "Samplers depicting children - particularly such large children - are uncommon. Not only the children make this an outstanding sampler, but also the multi-floral border, the charming verse, the scene at the top with its menagerie of creatures, and the beautiful... Read more
Note from the designer - "As the purpose for making samplers evolved over the decades and the centuries, so did its form. This beautiful early 18th century English band sampler retains the shape of her predecessors, but has clearly changed into a form distinctly recognizable as a product of her... Read more