Note from the designer: "Samplers worked with black backgrounds are unique to New England, and this one is designed after a late 18th century Massachusetts piece. A portly clergyman is depicted strolling between a fashionable lady under a parasol, and a church or meeting -house; with a frisky... Read more
This design was excerpted from the top of an early nineteenth-century English sampler. It features an unusual and amusing hunting scene with a solo hunter on horseback pursuing a single hapless stag with a pack of ten spotted hounds on its trail.
The verse reads:
Give me O Lord thy early... Read more
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
Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Samplar featuring a long sampler filled with animals and the phrase "Bless this child and keep him safe. I am Gerald Yesmyay born March 17 1995 in the town of south Kingstown state of RI. Born to Yoraine and Dennis Yesmyay"!
Pattern is stitched on 30 ct tea colored linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 85 x 257.
Wedding sampler designed by Sandra Parlow featuring the quote"As long as the sun rises, as long as the stars shine, I'll be yours and you'll be mine".Also a place to put your names and marriage date. Also includes Finished design sizes for the following Aida sizes 14ct 4.25"W x... Read more
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Clay linen with Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 139 x 65. Shown in a frame from The Family Tree - Style: Beatrice, Finish: Fleamarket, Color: Icing.
Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Straw Linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 146 x 54. Design Size: 10" x 4". This pattern uses Algerian Eyestitches and Herringbone Stitches. If you are stitching the entire alphabet, the stitch count is 146 x 470. Design Size: 10" x 32".
Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Straw Linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 146 x 54. Design Size: 10" x 4". This pattern uses Algerian Eyestitches and Herringbone Stitches. If you are stitching the entire alphabet, the stitch count is 146 x 470. Design Size: 10" x 32".
Model stitched two over two on 30 Ct. Straw Linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 146 x 54. Design Size: 10" x 4". This pattern uses Algerian Eyestitches and Herringbone Stitches. If you are stitching the entire alphabet, the stitch count is 146 x 470. Design Size: 10" x 32".
Models were stitched on 40 Ct. legacy linen in cross stitch over one & two threads using NPI Inc. silk. Stitch count for Pink Keep is 119x64 & for Fob 25x34.
"My funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine, you make me smile with my heart. Stay little Valentine stay." Model stitched on 36 Ct. Sand Linen by Picture This Plus with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 125x333. Design Size: 7" x 19"
Cross stitch pattern from Cherry Hill Stitchery featuring cupid in a valentines sampler!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Smokey White Belfast linen using Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 81 x 190. Finished size is 5" x 11 7/8".
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.
Lydia's sampler is an example of a more decorative Quaker marking sampler containing four different alphabets, six dividing bands, and an often seen swan and birds motif, as well as a floral spray. The colors are muted as in the Quaker style, copying those found in nature. Lydia was a talented young... Read more
An ancestor of the stitcher placed a typewritten note on the back of the framed sampler, dated August 28, 1997. Thomasina Henrietta Jackson (nee Willis) wrote the following: "This sampler was made by Charlotte Keightley, my great aunt by marriage, circa 1840. Her married name at the time was... Read more
This sampler was obtained from the M. Finkel and Daughter antique collectors who describe this sampler in their catalog as follows: "Documented Irish samplers are rare, and this one offers strong visual appeal with excellent color and composition. A fine, large alphabet, little house, pots of... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring a rustic house, the alphabet and the sentiment "Hope."
Model stitched oer 2 on 36ct Heartland from Picture This Plus using a mix of entle Art Threads, Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks. Stitch count is 193w x 121h.
Cross stitch pattern by Pansy Patch Quilts and Stitchery featuring the sentiment "Love" with a quaint little fountain and floral design!
Model stitched 36ct Antique Lace linen from Seraphim using a mixture of Gentle Art, Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks thread. Stitch count is 200w x 129h.
Model stitched on 32 Count Newcastle Linen, Cafe Mocha Soie d'alger and Mill Hill Petite Glass Beads. Stitch count is 110W x 80L. Finished size is 6.88" x 5".
The design is suitable for needleworkers of all abilities and contains no speciality stitches.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct linen using DMC threads. Stitch count is 100W X 90H (scissor case) and 130W X 115H (sampler). Finished size is 5" x 4.5" (scissor case) and 6.5" x 5.75" (sampler).
The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all abilities and contains no speciality stitches. It may be stitched on linen or Aida Cloth.
Model stitched on 40 ct Linen using Soie 100/3, DMC, Weeks Dye Works, or Classic Colorworks threads (Number of skeins listed is an estimate). Stitch count is 96W X 166H. Finished size is 4.8" x 8.3".
Model stitched over 2 threads on fabric of your choice with Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger silk floss (or DMC floss 833, 3746, 931, 927, 3810, 524, 834, 832, 400, 3746, 522, 3011, 3363, 760, 3722, 3726, 3042, 3041). Also required, but not listed above 1343 from Soie d'Alger. Stitch Count: 253x264. Design Size on 32 Ct. Fabric: 16" x 17"
Model stitched over 2 threads on fabric of your choice with Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger silk floss (or DMC floss 304, 815, 962, 930, 904, 733, 3821, 677, 728, 613, 3041, 3741). Stitch Count: 255x257. Design Size on 32 Ct. Fabric: 16" x 16"
A reproduction sampler from Reflets de Soie, worked all in red, featuring 6 alphabets and "Emerence Van Shembrouck Ostende 1896."
Model stitched on 16 ct. Zweigart linen using DMC and Soie d' Alger thread. Stitch count is 293 x 307.
This design by Reflets de Soie features an alphabet and number sampler with lots of flower. The bottom of the design reads "Marie Soulard Cholet Annee 1896".
Model stitched on 40ct Linen of your choice using Gloriana thread.
Stitch count: 455 x 432.
Cross stitch pattern from Rebel Stitcher featuring a reproduction of an antique British Victorian sampler.
Model stitched 1 over 2 on 40ct. Verdal in the colorway Twila by Grace Notes Fabric Charted in AlmondMnMs Studio silks. DMC conversion included. Stitch count is 150 x 160.