This is a reproduction of a French sampler. Little embroiderer Lucie embroidered a beautiful alphabet and then chose to embellish it with two trees with birds. She adorned her initial with two griffins.
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct linen using Soie d'Alger, Gentle Arts, or DMC threads. Stitch count is 310 x 262. Finished size is 19.38" x 16.38".
Design stitch count is 119w x 119h, finished size is approximately 8.5" x 8.5" on 14ct. fabric. Our model is stitched on 28ct. Vintage Smokey White Cashel linen over 2 threads using DMC and Weeks Dye Works threads.
This fun Halloween party features two toads about to kiss with the phrase "I find you very bewitching, warts and all".
28ct Oracle Cashel Linen by Picture This Plus. Requires 9 colors (10 skeins) of Weeks Dye Works floss and 1 colors of Sullivans/DMC/Anchor for attaching buttons.... Read more
Introducing Percy the Pelican. A Companion piece to Summers at the Beach, a retreat exclusive for Barefoot Needlearts. Percy is a perky pelican who is patiently waiting for his next meal.
Stitched on 32 count fabric using DMC and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 56w x 86h. Finished size is 3" x 5.43".
The romantic alphabet of Reflets de Soie is a true blank canvas for your overflowing imagination! Select your canvas, choose your thread colors, and decide on the final support. Will you opt for miniature embroidery to create an elegant pin-keep or a charming decoration? Or perhaps you would prefer... Read more
A modern, fun, and charming design to celebrate the seaside. Each block could be adapted as a pincushion, needlebook, or fob. I added 2 additional charms in the center square to be used for such a purpose. The individual blocks would make a cute ornament set as well. 10 Charms included!
Cross stitch pattern from Quaint Rose Needlearts featuring a bird for the month of August in the Feathered Friends series!
Model stitched on 32 count Beautiful Beige by Wichelt using DMC floss. Stitch count is 56w x 56h. Finished size is 3.5" x 3.5". Sign stitch count is 50 x 10. Finished size is 3.13" x 0.63".
A total of 10 colors of Sullivans floss, 7 colors of Rainbow Gallery Petite Silk Lame' Braid, and 5 colors of Mill Hill Beads were used in the model. Stitched on 28ct Spice Cashel Linen by Picture This Plus (1/6 yard - 18" X 18"). Stitch Count: 168w X 128h. Design Area: 12" X 9-1/8".
Also required but not listed is Rainbow Gallery Petite Silk Lame Braid SP128.
My version of a witchy garden, this design is a quick stitch for Halloween. I designed it to showcase the beautiful Cottage Garden Threads Mary Shelley' Stitcher's Palette - a coordinated set of flosses perfect for the season. However, this design takes on a completely different look if you use any... Read more
A warm Christmas bouquet inspired by the colors I envision when sitting at a holiday table with a cup of coffee. All full stitches. Stitched on 14 ct Light Mocha Aida. Project finishes at 149w x 149h stitch count with pletny of motifs that can be pulled to use in other holiday stitching. Charted with 10 DMC colors.
Patriotic designs are some of my favorites. This one was worked on #32 Vintage Country Mocha Belfast using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count: 71 W x 79 H
Model can be stitched on 14 or 28 count fabric of your choice (originally on 28 ct Cracked Ice Lugana from Polstitches) using DMC floss. Stitch count is 176W x 135H.
Daisy is the third in a series of geometric floral designs, inspired by flowers from my mother's garden. Because the design is entirely full cross stitch, any type of fabric can be used.
Pattern is stitched on 40 count Magnolia using Crescent Colours Belle Soie or DMC threads. Stitch count is 237 x 237.
Iris is the seventh in a series of geometric floral designs, inspired by flowers from my mother's garden. This one has been a long time coming, I designed it way back in 2011 when I was working on the others in the floral series, but I'm just finally getting around to releasing it. Because... Read more
Cross Stitch pattern from Mani Di Dona featuring an elegant sewing box!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on n 32 ct Frog Gray by Mani di Donna using Belle Soie Classic Colorworks with DMC Conversions. Stitch Count: : Lid 63 X 63, Drawer 59 X 24
Featuring three designs for moms - "Moms, makers of all the difference", "Sometimes when I open my mouth, my mother comes out" and "Mother." Models are stitched 1 over 2 on 37ct Russian Tea Cake legacy linen from Access Commodities (comparable to DMC ecru), using Weeks Dye... Read more
This sampler's appeal was its similarity to Bristol orphanage motifs, bands and alphabets. While clearly not a Bristol school sampler, as it was stitched at Daglingworth School, curiosity leads one to wonder why similar motifs? Daglingworth lies only fifty miles from Bristol, England. It has been... Read more
Eugenie Eudocxie Duval 1860 is not new, but I stitched it again over the Christmas holidays. Now the pattern is proposed with this new picture because the original was really very damaged. Stitch count is 368 x 265.
Sampler design from Teresa Kogut featuring the phrase "Remembrance is the sweetest flower of all this world's perfuming. Memory guards it sun and shower. Love keeps it blooming"!
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Legacy by Picture This Plus using Classic Colorworks and DMC threads. Stitch Count 173 x 193.
Cross stitch pattern from Vals Stuff featuring an pumpkin scarecrow with the phrase "Ghosts and goblins and creatures of fright; I just can't wait for Halloween night"!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Guacamole from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works and DMC threads. Stitch count is 85w x 110h.
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring three designs, one for January, February, and March!
Patterns are stitched on 28 ct Touch of Blue, 28 ct Tropical Pink, and 18 ct Tropical Green using DMC, Classic Colorworks, Threadworx, and Glissengloss threads. Stitch count... Read more
The stitch count measures 32 h x 227 w. When stitched with two strands of floss over two fabric threads, the finished design will measure approximately 1.78" h x 12.61" w. Design top of the drum measures 30 h x 40 w. (1.67" h x 2.22" w.)
Cross stitch pattern from Dirty Annie's Southern Style featuring sunflowers over a beehive!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Beige using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works floss. Finished with Dirty Face Lace from Lady Dot. Stitch count is 96 x 113.
A small number of colors can pack a visual punch when arranged in this starburst fashion!
Model stitched on 36 count Grace Notes linen in Black Licorice using 4 colors of Sulky Petites Cotton. Stitch count: 69 x 69. Finished size is 3.8" x 3.8".