Award-Winning Sampler Design
Winner of two top awards at the Woodlawn Needlework Exhibit (March) and a First Place Ribbon in the Sampler / Multi-Stitch Category.
Stitched over one on 40-count Lakeside Linen "Vintage Fawn" using one strand of floss. Model stitched with Needlepoint Inc.... Read more
Antrim's Folly - A Burlington County Inspiration
Sampler No. 5 in the 13 Colonies Series
Inspired by the Mary Antrim sampler, once part of Betty Ring's collection.
Stitch Count: 257 x 355
Fabric: 36 ct Vintage Pecan Butter (Lakeside Linens)
Floss: Belle Soie, NPI (requires NPI-157), or DMC
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"With shades of silk like nature fair, I ply my needle with tender care. That with diligence and skill I'll make a pleasing sampler for posterity's sake."
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Pearled Barley from Lakeside Linens using Belle Soie with NPI or DMC with all DMC or NPI conversions available. Stitch count is 207 x 351.
A sampler from the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.
Skill and expertise in sampler-making did not necessarily peak in the mid-to-late seventeenth century and then wane during what is often called the "golden age" of English sampler-making. These skills... Read more
This 10-page booklet includes a small Welcome, plus an alphabet in case you want to change the wording or personalize your sampler, plus a small border and several BE C REATIVE! ideas! It is a fun stitch!
Pattern is stitched on 32ct Weeks Dye Works, Straw linen using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 222 x 157.
Cross stitch pattern from Heart's Ease Examplar Workes featuring a sampler with the verse "To tell the savior all my wants, how pleasing is the task. Nor less to praise him when he grants beyond what I ask"!
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens... Read more
A Sampler originally designed for the Queen City Sampler Guild's 20th Anniversary as a 5-part mystery sampler. Chart includes the full 5 part tutorial with color diagrams to stitch this sampler.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Maritime White from Lakeside Linens using Belle Soie or... Read more
Note from designer: "The verse was composed by me in remembrance of the wonderful times I spent driving through the Brandywine
Valley and admiring the beautiful old stone houses and scenery."
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Maple Sugar from Lakeside Linens using Belle Soie or NPI... Read more
"A soft wind blows through the Spanish moss that hangs from the live oak trees. The trees that line the long road home to distant memories of a fine old house with columns tall and porches all around. Where the sweet scent of magnolia blooms, in the spring abound. A lady fair in a flowery gown,... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from By The Bay Needleart featuring a sewing machine and sampler!
Model is stitched on 28ct "Star Sapphire" linen using DMC floss.
Stitch Count "Sampler" 58 x 85. Design is approx. 4.14 x 6.07
Stitch Count Sewing Machine 89 x 3. Design is approx. 2.07 x 3
Cross stitch pattern from Summer House Stitche Workes. Eliza was just 17 years old when she stitched this sampler. Her sampler, with rustic elegance, features an urn with a three dimensional look. The flowers filling the urn are whimsical, each having their own "personality." Enjoy stitching... Read more
Cross Stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring a sampler with flowers and the phrase "O, My love is like the melody. That's sweetly play'd in tune"!
Model stitched using The Gentle Arts thread, two strands over two, on 36 count Cocoa linen by Weeks Dye Works. DMC conversion included. Stitch count: 141W x 339H.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Peep's Lost Sheep fabric from the Cauldron/Dames of the needle using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 90x145. Design Size: 6" x 10" Or Stitch Count: 180x290. Design Size: 12" x 19"
"Be Ye Thankful and Good." Model stitched on 36 Ct. Stars Hollow Blend by R&R Reproductions with Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler threads, and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 161W x 139H.
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave to her husband to eat also."
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Pecan Butter from Lakeside... Read more
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Classic Colorworks Belle Soie silk floss and Gloriana Silk floss. Stitch Count: 240x247. Finished Size is 12 in wide X 12.35 in high.
Model is stitched over two on 46 Ct. Vintage Autumn Gold by Lakeside Linens using Needlepoint Inc. Silks. Stitch count 294 x 288. Finished size is 12.78 in wide X 12.52 in high.
Model stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. Antique Lambswool linen using DMC and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 87H x 87W. Design Size: 6" x 6"
Part 1 of a 3 part series. This design can be stitched alone or with the other 2 parts. Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Cream Newcastle linen with DMC floss. Stitch Count for this pattern is 100W x 104H. If stitching the entire series, the stitch count is 472W x 104H. Finished size for just this pattern is 5" x 5.2".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads (or Gentle Arts Simply Wool). Stitch Count: 280 x 239. Finished Size: 18" x 15"
Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Tin Roof by Weeks Dye Works using DMC, Needlepoint Inc. Silks and Avas- Soie D' Alger. Finished Size is 14.30 x 14.25. (words are stitched over one). Estimate Stitch count is 280 x 280.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Pearled Barley linen with Classic Colorworks floss and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 291H x 243H. Finished Size: 17" x 14"
This is a 43 page spiral bound book (5 1/2" x 8 1/2") that includes the pattern for the sampler shown on the cover and fully illustrated instructions for the specialty stitches used in the 15 stitched blocks. The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Sand linen by Picture This Plus... Read more
"Shine lovely maid in needlework. But shine not only there. Know thou that for Thyself thou must a better place prepare"
Model stitched over one on 14 Ct. Coffee-dyed Aida from Vintage NeedleArts using Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 97W x 199H. Design Size: 7" x 15"
"Lead me to heaven the seat of bliss where pleasure in perfection is" Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Parchment linen using Au Ver A Soie 100.3. We have also provided Soie d'Alger and DMC conversions. Stitch Count: 191W x 183H. Design Size: 10.61" 10.17"
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Examplar from Lakeside Linens using Soie d'Alger. Specialty Stitches Used: Algerian Eyelets, Stem Stitch & Satin Stitch. Stitch Count: 242W x 341H. Design Size: 13.44" x 18.94"
Model stitched two over two on your choice of antique linen such as: Heartland from Picture This Plus, Vintage Pecan Butter or Buttercream from Lakeside Linens or Vintage Country Mocha using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss 632, 3013, 839, 3857, 355, 936, 3041, 612, 152,... Read more
Model stitched one over two on your choice of fabric, using any floss or fiber. Specialty Stitch Used: Algerian Eyelets. Stitch Count: 118 x 88. Design Size: 6" x 5"
Larger model stitched over two on 37 Ct. Corn Tassel Legacy from Access Commodities using Soie d'Alger. Stitch Count: 288W x 314H. Design Size: 16" x 17" Thread listed above us for the larger model.
Mini Sampler Adaption stitched on 36 Ct. Wren using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 149W x 105H. Design Size: 8" x 6"
"When I was young I little thought that learning was so dearly bought. But now I by instruction find, it is not gaind by an idle mind."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 46 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silks. Stitch Count: 206 x 222. Design Size:
8.96" x 9.65".