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Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 50 x 50.

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 50 x 50.

Pattern by Shannon Christine Designs featuring a cute Thanksgiving themed sampler with the word "Thankful", pumpkins, and falling leaves.

Model stitched two over one on 14 Ct. Aida of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 100 x 100. Finished Size: 7.14" x 7.14"

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a book with 10 playful patterns!

Stitched on your choice of fabric using DMC floss. Stitch count for all patterns are 59 x 58. Finished Sizes vary on fabric used.

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "Love at frost sight" with a snowglobe!

Stitched on 'Blue Morpho' 18ct Aida by Seraphim Hand Dyed Fabrics using Weeks Dye Works and DMC. Stitch count is 173 x 65

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the phrase "When I said I do, I didn't mean the laundry"!

Stitched on 18 ct fabric using DMC floss. Stitch count is 49 x 98 and the finished size is 2.72" x 5.44".

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 about Huswife Circa 1780 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Elizabeth Gooding 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "ANN WHITTAKER created an almost comically theatrical sampler depicting Adam and Eve, angels, pious verses, and elaborate meandering vines beneath dramatic multi-colored draperies and tassels. Hovering over the verse which is framed by large columns, are two angels with... Read more about Ann Whittaker 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This sampler shows a man and a woman beneath an apple tree, reminiscent of Adam and Eve, but in contemporary dress. Possibly of New York origin (the format and background suggest this), this reproduction is stitched on linen with either cotton or silk, with the... Read more about Abigail Gould's Sampler 1796 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more about German Sampler by AEDEGNES 1746 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Amelia Pewmer 1782 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This is a very graceful and finely stitched sampler, an unusual combination for the late date. Nine ethereal female figures, like penitents in an Edward Gorey cartoon, march solemnly about the sampler, paying homage to the house. The huge house appears to be welcoming... Read more about Ann Cottee 1848 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This very delicate Scottish sampler with its bold color scheme was designed with a four sided stylized honeysuckle border surrounding horizontal rows of illuminated alphabets and double running stitch motifs. The extensive use of double running stitch lends the sampler... Read more about Ann Forrest 1757 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "As the purpose for making samplers evolved over the decades and the centuries, so did its form. This beautiful early 18th century English band sampler retains the shape of her predecessors, but has clearly changed into a form distinctly recognizable as a product of her... Read more about Ann Johnson 1729 - Cross Stitch Pattern

In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages, followed by a pious verse:

Praise the Lord enthron'd on high
... Read more about Ann Jones 1776 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Elizabeth Mansfield finished her sampler in England on 13th June 1792, during the reign of King George III (1760-1820: note the cushioned crown in the upper third, marked on either side by the initials G R for George Rex). The original sampler was stitched on a very... Read more about Elizabeth Mansfield 1792 - Cross Stitch Pattern

According to a note attached to the back of the original sampler, it was probably made near Newtown, Pennsylvania. The attribution at the center is surrounded by a typical Quaker leafy cartouche with opposing flowers and facing birds above. Other characteristic Quaker motifs include eight point... Read more about Elizabeth Mitchell 1828 - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Temperance Movement of the early nineteenth century began in the United States prior to 1808. Preachers, most notably John Bartholomew Gough, promulgated a pledge of abstinence from members of his congregation. While temperance efforts have existed as long as spirits have, the movement was not... Read more about Drunkenness by Emma George 1842 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "A gift from the collection of Rosalind and Edwin Miller to the museum. Emma Lerch was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1830, and she stitched this sampler in her thirteenth year. It is a very simple work, with a lovely meandering floral border. While perhaps... Read more about Emma Lerch 1843 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This northern German sampler consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a simple zigzag border. Religious symbols are commonly found on continental samplers. On this example, we find the wreath carried by angels (the wreath as a symbol for eternal life): the ship... Read more about FAK-MEK 1779 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sweet little American sampler features two little houses above alphabets and a short verse:

Would you be wise
Each moment prize

It is surrounded on four sides by a double sided satin stitched sawtooth border. Stitches used include cross, outline, stem filling, counted... Read more about Fanny M Forister 1828 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more about Harriet Boardman 1804 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler was made in Scotland and includes many of the traditional motifs associated with samplermaking in this region. Firstly, Janet has included many initials of family members. However the initials at the center- G R 3 -refer to the then-reigning monarch, King George III. The flowering... Read more about Janet Carsels 1787 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Rose's unusual middle name should have provided some clues about where she was born, and where she lived, but the name "Shenamon" is elusive despite my efforts to discover its origins as well as hers. It is spelled many different ways when researched (including Shinimon and Schinnamon which... Read more about Rose Shenamon Mitchell 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern

The original Scottish antique sampler had never been framed and so it was in excellent condition with the same vibrant, unfaded colors on the front as well as on the back. An unusual, elaborate four-sided undulating floral and leaf border surrounds a central reserve with a brief moral verse. Adam... Read more about Margaret Reid 1837- Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a reproduction of a Quaker sampler made in Chester County, Pennsylvania consisting of alphabets, numerals, ligatures* and lineal patterns executed in a variety of stitches. The uppermost border with the dangling central flower is often seen on American Quaker samplers of this period (see... Read more about Ann Ward 1808 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is an expansive English sampler with an unusual four-sided leafy branch and floral border, centering a very busy reserve filled with baskets of fruits and flowers, stylized trees and plants, birds, lions rampant, butterflies, rabbits, and stags. A large building/mansion/institution is at the... Read more about Sarah Elizabeth Hollings 1825 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl with holiday gifts and the word "December"!

Model stitched on 28 ct. raw natural cashel linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl knitting with her sheep and the word "March"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl on a farm with a cow and the word "August"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85. Also required dmc 3893.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a teacher in a classroom and the word "September"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl ready for Thanksgiving with a turkey and the word "November"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 82 x 85.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl holding a strawberry!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring two witches brewing a potion surrounded by black hats!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen or the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 192 x 192.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring the whole Boo Crew, pumpkins, ghosts and a black cat!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen or the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 192 x 192.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a Christmas gumdrop train!

Model stitched on 32 count Gingerbread Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61. Can also be stitched on 28 ct Raw Natural Cashel linen.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a Christmas cake train!

Model stitched on 32 count Gingerbread Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61. Can also be stitched on 28 ct Raw Natural Cashel linen.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a Christmas tree train!

Model stitched on 32 count Gingerbread Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61. Can also be stitched on 28 ct Raw Natural Cashel linen.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a bunny in an egg car!

Model stitched on 32 count African Daisy Jobelan using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring an Easter flower cart!

Model stitched on 32 count African Daisy Jobelan using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring Easter bunnies and chicks gathering outside under an umbrella!

Model stitched on 32 count African Daisy Jobelan using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring an Easter bunny with the phrase "Hop into spring"!

Model stitched on 32 count African Daisy Jobelan using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring Easter sweets with the phrase "Cottontail and Co. Cupcakes"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 94 x 98.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a girl enjoying her garden flowers with the word "Dream"!

Model stitched on 32 count Beautiful Beige Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 66 x 66.

"Candy Sticks Central Office." Tenth Annual Santa. Model stitched on 28 Ct. Summer Khaki Lugana with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 96W x 122H. Finished Size is 6.86 x 8.71.

"It's the most wonderful fright of the year!" Model stitched on 32 Ct. evenweave fabric with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 159 x 90 and the finished size is 9.94" x 5.63".

"It's the most wonderful feast of the year!" Model stitched on 28 Ct. Sage/Summer Khaki Jobelan fabric DMC floss. Stitch Count: 164W x 84H.