Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine featuring a Halloween theme and the phrase "Witch way the to candy? Happy Halloween."
Model stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss, Kreinik braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 50 x 50. Finished size is 3.5" x 3.5".
Model stitched on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss, Kreinik #4 Braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 131x207. Finished sizes: 9.36" x 14.79".
Model stitched two over one on 14 Ct. Aida of your choice using DMC floss, Kreinik #4 Braid and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch Count: 51x54. Design Size: 3.64" x 3.86"
Model stitched two over one on 14 Ct. Aida of your choice using DMC floss, Kreinik #4 Braid and Mill Hill Beads. Stitch Count: 51x55. Design Size: 3.64" x 3.93"
Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine Designs featuring a gorgeous blue mermaid, collecting extravagant jewels!
Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC and Kreinik threads and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 95 x 194. Finished size is 6.79" x 13.86".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 14 Ct. fabric of your choice with Dinky Dyes Silk floss. Stitch Count: 72 x 53. Finished size: 5.14" x 3.79".
Also required but not listed is size 15 Silver lined Light Topaz seed beads, silver lined green seed beads, opaque white seed beads, and 5 4mm Crystal Swarovski Bicone beads.
Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a lovely needle case with the phrase "Carpe Acus. Seize the needle"!
Stitched on 'Latte' 18ct Aida by Fiber on a Whim using Treenway Silks. DMC alternatives provided. Stitch counts are 36 x 57 and 43 x 17. Finished pouch size on 18 count is 5" x 3 1/4".
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
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 - "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 - "A sophisticated painterly use of perspective distinguishes this pictorial English sampler. An idealized rural scene with a thatched cottage nestled in a fertile valley, with white misted hills rising in the distance, also features a windmill, a flock of sheep,... Read more
Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... 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
This letterndoek (lettering) form of Dutch sampler appears from the late 17th through the early 19th century. It is easy to recognize by its horizontal shape, and beautifully illuminated lettering, interspersed with various symbolic shapes and Biblical motifs. The color scheme used on so many of... Read more