Cross stitch pattern from Hello From Liz Mathews featuring a small pink cottage, a floral border, and the text "Martha Padfield aged 12 years / Pink cottage School / Coleford March 17 1852"
Model stitched on 32 ct hogbristle by Fox and Rabbit using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and DMC floss. Stitch count: 180w x 73h.
Finished size: 10 x 4.05.
Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a sampler with the phrase "When house and land is gone and spent, learning is most excellent"!
Model stitched on 40 ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens using DMC thread. Stitch count is 131 x 185.
Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler from Elizabeth Garrod Wells in 1799!
Pattern is stitched on the linen of your choice using either Soie 100.3, Soie SDA or DMC floss. can be stitched on Aida or linen. Stitch count is 127 x 110.
Cross stitch pattern from Darling & Whimsy Designs featuring a lovely sampler with the phrase "When this you see remember mee and keep mee in your mind. Let the world say what it will speak of me as you find"!
Cross stitch pattern from Wishing Thorn featuring a lovely reproduction of a sampler!
Pattern is stitched on 36 Ct Cream & Sugar from Fiber on a Whim, adaptation stitched on 36 Ct Dunes from Fiber on a Whim, using DMC or Ginnie Thompson Flower threads. Stitch count is 193 x 219, adaptation is 381 x 94. Finished size is 10.72" x 12.17", adaptation is 21.17" x 5.22".
"Our life is never at a stand, Tis like a fading flower. Death, which is always near at hand, comes nearer every hour. And those who are now young and gay, like roses in their bloom, will very soon be old and grey, and wither in the tomb. Then let us all prepare to die, since death is near and... Read more about Elizabeth Biggs 1833 - Cross Stitch Pattern
Model stitched over two threads on 40 count Parchment by Weeks Dye Works using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works, and DMC Light Effects threads.
A reproduction of an antique English wool work sampler. Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Cocoa linen with Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 368W x 332H. Finished size: 53 1/2" x 48 1/2".
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. "linen" colored linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 276W x 342H. Finished size: 13 3/4" x 17 1/4".
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Cocoa linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 139x150. Finished size: 8" x 8 1/2".
Model stitched on 36 Ct. "beige" colored linen from Weeks Dye Works usong Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversions. Stitch Count: 287W x 295H. Finished size 16" x 16.5".
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
I am delighted to share this antique with you. It is from 1840 of Dutch origin. The sampler had lots of great motifs and I loved the top rows of crowns and shields, but the composition did not please me, it had large blank spots on it. I saw this piece as more enjoyable in the vertical format as... Read more about Crown Sampler Adaptation & Reproduction - Cross Stitch
M. Seckel is a sampler brimming with floral beauty. The color inspiration was taken from the unfaded back of the sampler. The second photo shows the front.
Stitched on 40 ct. linen with NPI silk floss (DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 234 x 229 and the finished size is 11.7" x 11.45".
This sampler is for all of your customers who love to stitch alphabets and who love to learn the history of a sampler. I took this as an opportunity to learn about the Hutterites and I share a bit of their interesting history in the chart as well as some details about the stitcher, Sarah.
... Read more about Sarah Hofer 1947 - Cross Stitch Pattern
My Sampler Petite line is a way for stitchers to enjoy my antique reproductions without doing the larger sampler. Antonia Pueyo showcases the larger alphabet and some of the borders, all done beautifully as a white on red sampler.
This reproduction sampler from Little Robin Designs features a vintage look, a great addition to any sampler collection
This design is stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens with AVAS and NPI silks. Stitch Count: 254 x 261. Finished size: 12.7" x 13".
Two new patterns from Little Robin Design - "Charlotte McGilis is a cheery sampler" and "Posy" features beautiful pink posies.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Bramble from Picture This Plus using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 122 x 118.
This sampler features a house, trees, flowers and the saying "In books, or work or healthful play, let my first years be past that I may give for every day some good account at last."
Pattern is stitched on 40 Count Beige, suggested fabric listed, using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 237 x 201.
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring Mary Wereat, a charming sampler reproduction design from 1783.
Model stitched on your choice of 32ct Linen, although we have included our recommended fabric to match the cover art, using DMC thread.
Stitch count is 132w x 166h.
A set of 2 antique reproductions and 2 original designs, based on tiny antique fragments sourced from Pennsylvania by an unnamed stitcher. This set is designed to honor her and all unnamed stitchers.
This lovely - quite late - antique English sampler is so pleasing with its symmetry and familiar motifs. I particularly loved recreating the look of pink bricks, making each look different through the use of softly variegated thread. The original stitcher's initials are the same as two of my... Read more about LK 1900 - Cross Stitch Pattern
Cross stitch pattern from My Sister's Samplers featuring a sampler!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Over the Moon from Colour and Cotton. Colour and Cotton threads not listed: Solstice, Spring Moss, Maize, Adobe(2), and Tusk(3). DMC conversion included. Stitch count is 211 x 228.
Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring a lovely reproduction sampler with flowers!
Stitched on your choice of fabric using Classic Colorwork Bella Soie, Gloriana, and Au Ver a Soie threads. Stitch Count is 289 x 199. Finished size is 16.05 x 11.05 inches on 36 count fabric.
The name and style of this sampler led us to investigate whether it was created in Spain or Mexico. Mexican sampler scholar Mayela Flores Enriquez, PhD, confirmed that although the name is Hispanic, the style of flower baskets and larger girl are not consistent with Mexican dechados (samplers). The... Read more about Encarnacion - Cross Stitch Pattern
Although we have been unable to identify our sampler maker, she definitely knew her geography. Harriet accurately listed the states and territories of the date she stitched in her sampler. Even though the antique sampler is in a tattered state, we are especially happy to preserve Harriet's legacy by... Read more about Harriet S. Jewett 1825 - Cross Stitch Pattern
In adapting this sampler to be stitched over one and two threads of linen - instead of 1, 2, 3, and 4 as stitched by Mary - we endeavored to remain true to her composition while creating a more "stitchable" sampler. While the antique is framed, we decided to hemstitch our sampler. We are... Read more about Mary Garton 1848 - Cross Stitch Pattern
This cute, fast stitch is new to the Willow Samplings line of our designs. It is very easy to frame yourself.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct linen using Au Ver A Soie Silk threads with DMC conversion. Stitch Count: 200 (w) x 155 (h). Finished size is 10" x 7.75".
This is a primitive stitch added to the Willow Samplings line of designs. It is very colorful and the verse is telling. Ann was 10 years old in 1824 when she stitched her sampler.
"This I have done for you to see what care my parents took of me"
A nostalgic look back to a simpler place and time. This quaint sampler shows a Swiss Shepherd and his family standing in their band-sampler garden in the shadow of the alphabet mountains. The stitch count is 194W x 245H. Choose your favorite fabric and one color of any thread (you will need 63 yards).
Hannah Alexander, a Sweet Little Sampler, is my first reproduction sampler
Hannah Alexander is stitched on 36 count Hawthorne by Needle and Flax, fabric suggestion is listed, using Au Ver A Soie threads. Stitch Count is 106 x 131
This cross stitch pattern by Quaint Rose Needle Arts is a re-imagined reproduction. The original was stitched mostly in eyelets, this designer went weight using the Smyrna cross and added motifs.
Model stitched on 36 count linen using Valdani floss. the stitch count is 211w x 211h and the finished size is 11.67" x 11.67".
A reproduction of a Quaker Sampler from Plymouth Meeting area, Montgomery County, PA.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 37 Ct. Russian Tea Cake linen by Legacy Linens with Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitches used are cross over 2 linen threads, chain, eyelet, satin, stem and straight.... Read more about Elizabeth D Righter 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern
A reproduction from an English sampler, suitable for any level. "Be Christ my pattern and my guide, His image may I bear. O may I tread his sacred steps and his bright stories share."
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."