This cross stitch pattern is worked in one color and features a lacy border, two swans at the top and a vase with flowers in the center.
Chart recommends 36ct Ancient Blue Linen using Au Ver a Soie Soie de Paris, or Soie d'Alger thread (listed). DMC alternative is B5200. Stitch count: 257 x 349.
This design features the text "Vivez longtemps soyez heureux
Bien chers Parents ce sont mes voeux."
A wish from a child to her parents, for long and happy lives. They are surrounded by birds and flowers, while shepherding lambs in the French countryside.
This Reflets de Soie pattern, worked in red, features a bird in the center and is shown finished as a pillow.
Chart recommends 36 or 40 ct. Natural linen, using Soie d'Alger thread. DMC equivalent is 814. Stitch count is 201 x 201.
This circular design features a beautiful bouquet of red flowers.
Chart recommends 40ct Flax Linen using Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger thread. DMC alternatives also provided. Stitch count: 110 x 110.
Note from the designer - "Reproduction of a French sampler dated 1888.
Claudia was 8 years old when she embroidered her sampler. A very elegant monochrome sampler."
Model stitched on 40ct Linen using Soie d'Alger thread.
Stitch Count: 259 x 260.
Cross stitch pattern from Reflets de Soie featuring a beautiful Virgin Mary surrounded by colored motifs.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct linen using Soie D'Alger silk floss. Stitch count is 312 x 235. Required Au Ver A Soie Soie d'Alger 2928 and 3996 have been discontinued.
Cross stitch pattern from Rovaris featuring a cute beach themed pillow.
Model stitched on 32 ct. fabric of your choice using DMC thread. Stitch count is 170 x 51.
Cross stitch pattern from Rovaris featuring a cute summer themed pillow.
Model stitched on 32 ct. fabric of your choice using DMC thread. Stitch count is 195 x 85.
Model stitched on 18 Ct. Fiddler's Cloth in Lite Oatmeal with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 120W x 113H. Color chart. Shown finished in a 10" hoop. Includes a diagram of the buildings and landmarks featured.
Model is stitched on Zweigart 28 count linen in Platinum. This design will work well on many fabrics, including black. White and red fabrics are not recommended. Stitch size: 158 wide x 158 high - 11" x 11" when stitched on 14 ct fabric (or 28 ct over two threads). A 18" x 18" piece of fabric is recommended for this project.
This Satsuma Street design features a colorful house with wild animals peeking out of the windows!
Model stitched on 28 ct. Cashel linen in Raw Natural using DMC thread. Stitch count is 107 x 197.
Model stitched on 14 count fabric of your choice using DMC floss, Kreinik braid, and Mill Hill beads. Stitch Count: 50x50 each. Finished size: 3.57" x 3.5" each.
This designs is worked in red, green and white on a black background and says "We Wish You a Merry Christmas!"
Model stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss, Mill Hill beads and Kreinik very fine braids. Stitch count is 70 x 70. Finished size is 5" x 5".
Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more
Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.
The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross... Read more
This sampler features a lion, a camel, and large colorful flowers. The design was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen and is suitable for all skill levels. The stitch count for each design is 244 W x 230 H. The finished piece will measure approximately 12-1/2″ x 11-1/2″.
This 19th century American reproduction sampler features a brown bird on a tree branch. Rated for beginners. Model stitched on 35 count hand dyed linen using either cotton or silk thread. Two versions of the sampler graph have been furnished: one executed with a drawn partially freehand split and... Read more
This Irish Quaker sampler features an alphabet at the tope, verse, bands, and flowers. The verse reads "Great Almighty God above plant in my heart a fund of love, that I my mercies may adore and bless and praise thee evermore."
Model is stitched on 40 ct linen using either cotton... Read more
Note from the designer - "Typical of so many Scottish samplers, Elizabeth Masterton's features an abundance of initials (likely familial), rows of evergreen trees, peacocks with seven tail feathers, and the now famous mansion house fronted by a pillared fence and gates enclosing sheep. Apart... Read more
Note from the designer - "This picture was originally designed to be used as a cushion or footstool cover, or perhaps as a decorative vignette inserted into the top of a wooden box for storing precious objects. Executed entirely in cross stitch, its most prominent characters are a large squirrel... Read more
Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more
Note from the designer - "Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler, this piece is delightfully naive with its oversized animals, insects, and birds. Around 1760, the New-Hampshire Gazette began publishing advertisements for girls' schools, placed by female instructresses,... Read more
A unique four-sided geometric border is the highlight of this American sampler, consisting of nine rows of letters and numerals surrounded by a counted satin stitch sawtooth inner border. The design looks like something that might have inspired the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian. I have not been able... Read more
Amelia Boyce's pictorial sampler demonstrates two popular art forms of the early 19th century manifested in the sampler mode: the image of an architectural engraving, and the influence of Berlin patterns in the naturalistic (rather than nave or stylized) floral patterns. A widely mixed floral... Read more