Carolyn's Balloons - Spring is the third in this fun series featuring hot air balloons decorated with Quaker motifs. There is a sweet village below which changes with the seasons. Tiny butterflies and bees fill in the spaces in this delightful design.
This reproduction sampler from Little Robin Designs features three alphabet styles worked in red floss.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen with Anchor floss. Stitch Count: 229W x 169H. Finished size: 11.45" x 8.45"
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".
Cross stitch pattern by Hello From Liz Mathews featuring a recipe for Apple Mint Tea - "Steep 4 mint tea bags, chill, blend with apple juice and garnish with mint sprigs."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Treenway Silks Tea Time silk collection. Stitch Count: 60x60. Finished size: 3.3" x 3.3".
This reproduction sampler from Hands To Work features "How many children in the street half naked I behind while I am clothed from head to foot, and sheltered from the cold."
This original sampler from Hands To Work features a house, flowers, and "The glow of one warm though is to me worth more than money."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Creme Brulee by R&R Reproductions with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 135W x 103H. Finished size: 6.75" x 5.15"
This reproduction sampler from Jeannette Douglas features "Let the sweet work of prayer and praise employ my youngest breath, thus I'm prepared for longer days or fit for early death. Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth. Ann Perrin finished this sampler in the 14th year of her age... Read more about Ann Perrin 1841 - Cross Stitch Pattern
This cross stitch pattern from Dirty Annie's Southern Style features 2 cactus and one "catcus" plant!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Morris Blue linen by Weeks Dye Works with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 107x86. Finished size: 6.68" x 5.37"
This design from Annie Beez Folk Art features 3 gift tag ornaments - a red cardinal, reinder and "Merry & Bright."
The models were stitched over 2 threads on 25 Ct. Raw Dublin linen with DMC floss, Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Counts: Cardinal - 35x46, Snowy Home - 40x52, Merry & Bright - 48x44. Shown with buttons from Mill Hill.
Cross stitch pattern from Bendy Stitchy Designs featuring a couple drinking tea and enjoying a bit of gossip. "Chatter-broth - gossip enjoyed by some over their cups."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. with Treenway Silks XStitch the Rainbow Pallette: 20, 47, 215, and 65 Roses Sterling Silver. Stitch Count: 60W x 60H. Finished size: 3" x 3".
This sampler pattern from Bendy Stitchy Designs features an alphabet, a house, and a Willow tree.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 25 Ct. Raw Natural linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 150W x 69H. Finished size: 12" x 5.5".
Note from the designer: You will likely need 5 skeins of Forest Glade.
A floral border surrounds a poem in the center of this design. "Flowers - We planted a garden of all kinds of flowers. And it grew very well because there were showers. And the bees came and buzzed. This garden is ours!"
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Smokey White Cashel linen with Lucien Cosmo floss. DMC conversions are provided. Stitch Count: 86W x 96H.
Cross Stitch pattern from Mani Di Dona featuring a patriotic sewing box with Uncle Sam, the American flag and "United We Stand."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Cocoa linen with Weeks dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 70x37. Finishing instructions to create box out of cardboard included.
This cross stitch pattern features a plate of pancakes and "My favorite pancake topping is two more pancakes!" Stitch Count: 81W x 116H.
|The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Shimmering Seas Jobelan from Under the Sea Fabrics with DMC floss. Stitch Count; 81W x 116H. Finished size: 5.06" x 7.25" Suggested alternate fabric is 32 Ct. Light Blue Lugana.
"Be still my soul. The hour is hastening on when we shall be forever with the Lord. When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone, sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored. Be still my soul when change and tears are past. All safe and blessed we shall meet at last."
Cross stitch design from Needle Bling featuring a bees, beehives, a beekeeper and the words "Keeper of the bees."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Shrekies Tan by Needle Bling with Weeks Dye Works floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 220H x 234W. Finished Size: 11" x 11 3/4"
Two reproduction samplers that are a collaboration between NeedleWorkPress and GigiR Designs. Note from designers: "We are happy to join together again to bring you this duo of samplers, linked together by their sweet verses. Stitch one, or both, or use them as inspiration to create your own... Read more about A Duo of Sweet Verses - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern
This alphabet design from New York Dreamer features flowers and the saying "A bloom c daisy e flowers g h ice cream j kite m n o pots q rain spring time u v w x y z."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Kenneth from Grace Notes Fabric with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count; 134 x 180. Finished size: 8.375" x 11.25"
This cross stitch design from Puntini Puntini features patterns for 4 houses: "Warm Spring", "Hot Summer", "Cozy Autumn" and "Chilly Winter."
The models were stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Cocoa linen by Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count for each season is 78 x 54, except Winter which is 78 x 56.
A reproduction sampler from Saybrook Village, Middlesex County, Connecticut. "Jannette Kirtland, aged 11 years, Remember thy Creator. Sweet is the dream, divinely sweet, when absent friends in fancy meet."