The model stitched on 28 Count Zweigart Parchment Linen as 2 over 2 (except the figures stitched with DMC 310 Black,stitched as 3 over 2). There is a pincushion pattern within the main design. There are 17 different colors on the pattern and all called for DMC. DMC 931 Antique Blue - MD and DMC Ecru... Read more
Patriotic Ornament Book filled with 14 Patriotic patterns. Models stitched on 16 ct. Aida Vintage Country Mocha using DMC thread. Stitch count is 40 x 62.
Stitch Counts:
4th of July Fireworks: 107 x 92
America The Beautiful: 61 x 53
American Eagle: 111 x 102:
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This design was excerpted from the top of an early nineteenth-century English sampler. It features an unusual and amusing hunting scene with a solo hunter on horseback pursuing a single hapless stag with a pack of ten spotted hounds on its trail.
The verse reads:
Give me O Lord thy early... Read more
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
Rose's unusual middle name should have provided some clues about where she was born, and where she lived, but the name "Shenamon" is elusive despite my efforts to discover its origins as well as hers. It is spelled many different ways when researched (including Shinimon and Schinnamon which... Read more
Note from the designer: "A beautiful meandering four-sided floral border in an unusually rich color palette surrounds this traditional Scottish sampler, also featuring a beautiful arcaded floral band at the top and a substantial mansion house in the lower register. Trees, tulips and flying birds... Read more
Try as we might, we cannot find another sampler to compare with this one by Sarah Brignell. It is a sampler unto itself: truly an original piece of folk art. The tiny central cartouche with the densely stitched scene floats like a little world unto itself in the midst of the exuberant garden of... Read more
You will find 9 cross stitch patterns which are inspired by the Fraktur Folk Art. As the fan of Fraktur drawings, we always wanted to create a
cross-stitch pattern related by Fraktur Folk Art, and instead of one, here is nine of them.
We wanted to designed Frakturs because it is a common... Read more
This wonderfully symmetrical English sampler features a pair of silky floating swans and large twin sunflowers, executed in a rich natural palette of color. Birds fly over the tops of three flower-trees in the top third. A sumptuous basket of fruit is stitched between the golden swans, and towering... Read more
This is a reproduction of an English sampler made in Bradford, Yorkshire, that shows distinct influences of Scottish needlework traditions, particularly in the illuminated alphabets. The bold primary colors were reproduced from the front of the original sampler, which retains its amazing... Read more
The original sampler, made in England in 1848, was stitched with cross, counted satin, petit point, and eyelet stitches on an extremely fine glazed linen of approximately fifty threads per inch.
It is unusual to find such a meticulously and finely stitched sampler at this late date, when... Read more
This English sampler comes from the collection of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jarrett, who established Witney Antiques. It was featured in one of their exhibition catalogs in December 1996 titled "All Creatures Great and Small."
The work is extremely fine and accomplished,... Read more
This mid-eighteenth-century Scottish band sampler features many classic seventeenth-century patterns, executed in cross, eyelet, double running, counted satin, back, and queen stitches.
The virtually unfaded color was reproduced from the front of the sampler. Six pattern bands precede... Read more
Capture the light and brilliance of summer fireworks with July's Fireworks Shelf Life. This month's cross stitch pays tribute to summer nights watching fireworks on a picnic blanket. Stitched in red, white, and blue threads for the perfect Americana color palette! Get ready to stitch a year's worth... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Twin Peak Primitives featuring a patriotic sampler with the phrase "American 'tis of thee, sweet land of Liberty, of thee I sing, Land where my fathers died, Land of pilgrims pride. From ev'ry mountainside let freedom ring"!
Pattern is stitched on 16 or 32 ct Dirty Brown using DMC floss. Stitch count is 191 x 263.
Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Wonders featuring a beautiful design to show your patriotism. "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America & to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty & justice for all".
Note from the designer - "Abigail Ann was born October 27, 1799, in East Caln, Chester County Pennsylvania. Her parents were Joseph and Ann (Wells) Fleming, the fourth generation of Flemings living in the East Caln area. Abigail Ann attended one of the Quaker schools in Chester County but we are... Read more
Note from the designer - "This sampler shows a man and a woman beneath an apple tree, reminiscent of Adam and Eve, but in contemporary dress. Possibly of New York origin (the format and background suggest this), this reproduction is stitched on linen with either cotton or silk, with the... Read more
Note from the designer - "This sampler was made in St. Albans, Vermont. A naturalistic four-sided floral border surrounds a central reserve with alphabets and a pictorial scene. The house is so distinctive that it is probably a depiction of Amanda's own home. Made under the tutelage of B.... Read more
Note from the designer - "This Dover, Massachusetts, sampler features an unusual border surrounding alphabetical and numerical tests, and a four-line verse often found on early 19th century American samplers. The colors are remarkably well preserved. The maker, Ann Harding (who was actually... Read more
This sweet little American sampler features two little houses above alphabets and a short verse:
Would you be wise
Each moment prize
It is surrounded on four sides by a double sided satin stitched sawtooth border. Stitches used include cross, outline, stem filling, counted... Read more
Fanny Hancock's father, Ebenezer Hancock, was cousin to the famous John Hancock. Born in 1785, Fanny sewed her sampler at age 11. She married Nathaniel Parker of Boston in 1803, and died in 1834. The colors on the back side of her sampler retained much of their original brilliance, and are... Read more
Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more
Note from the designer: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more
"The bell proclaims on Liberty Hill, freedom reigns & always will."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 135x65. Design Size: 8" x 4".
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Wren Cashel Linen using Classic Colorworks floss, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count is 23W x 31H. Design Size: 2" x 3"
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Lambswool using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss, ( or all DMC 321, 310, 3347, 803, 517, B5200, 498, 745, 414, 869). Stitch count is 77W x 73H. Design size is 5.50" x 5.21"
Cross stitch pattern from Les Petites Croix De Lucie featuring a gnome in New York City, complete with Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, yellow cab, hot dog, and "I love NY" baseball cap!
Model stitched on 18 ct. Aida using DMC thread, stitch count is 80 x 85.
Cross stitch pattern designed by Les Petites Croix de Lucie, featuring a gnome enjoying all things Texan! Bring your ten-gallon hat, grab a tasty taco, and tour the Alamo all at once!
Model stitched on 14 count Aida of your choice using DMC threads with a stitch count of 80 x 80.
This design by Twin Peak Primitives features the text "Philadelphia/ Liberty Throughout All The Land" above a city hall with the cracked Liberty Bell. The Bottom reads "Independence Hall".
Model stitched on 28ct Light Mocha Cashel Linen using DMC thread.
Stitch count: 119w x 104h.
This design by Madame Chantilly features four small patriotic cushion designs! One features the text "Be Brave", another reads "Land of Liberty", one says "Home of the Free" and the last is the date 1776 surrounded by red white and blue stars.
Cross stitch pattern from Romy's Creations featuring a ship on the sea with the phrase "I need vitamin sea"!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Belfast using Romy's Creations and DMC threads with a full DMC conversion. Stitch count is 100 x 100.