Cross Stitch Patterns Page 138

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a dinosaur in a tea cup and large letters spelling out "Tea Rex."

The model was stitched on 18 Ct. Cappuccino Aida by Fiber on a Whim with DMC floss. Stitch count is 178 x 53.

Note from the designer - "This sweet English sampler is the first I've ever seen with a border made up of flying cherubs. It also features a "geode" (mosaic) parrot- a distinctively stylized bird that appears on other samplers made in England, New England, and the Netherlands throughout... Read more about Elizabeth Eyles 1799 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Rhode Island samplers were among the first American schoolgirl embroideries to be recognized by serious collectors and textile scholars as a distinctive group with extraordinary visual appeal. The Sheffield sampler is delicately worked with an unusually pleasing... Read more about Elizabeth Sheffield 1784 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This reproduction sampler is from the Ackworth Quaker School and is dated 1800. It is rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count using either cotton or silk floss, 19" x 21" or 17" x 18-1/2"

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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 about The Huntsman - Cross Stitch Pattern

A derivative 17th-century canvas work picture. The Adam and Eve legend was a more popular theme on samplers after the early eighteenth century so this example is quite unusual. The pair are not often seen on earlier needleworks, even though most illustrated bibles of the sixteenth and seventeenth... Read more about And All Was For An Appil - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - This needlework was designed after an English sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. The lush border flowers are similar to those on a sampler made by Sarah Brignell from around the same period, suggesting the existence of a school or teacher whose... Read more about Jane Atkinson circa 1780 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Bird in Bough - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Eleanor Parr created this amazing and unique sampler some time before 1835. The border of birds encircled by vines and leaves is unprecedented. Fleurs de lys embellish each of the four corners surrounding a central reserve containing a traditional verse, floral sprays... Read more about Eleanor Parr 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This finely stitched German sampler begins with a single row of alphabets above an immensely intricate collection of symbolic cross stitched motifs, including battling angels, the figure of Justice with her scales, the spies of Canaan, the crucifixion, Adam and Eve... Read more about Hanna Katerina 1734 German Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Sarah Dutnel 1818 - 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 - "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 - "Samplers depicting children - particularly such large children - are uncommon. Not only the children make this an outstanding sampler, but also the multi-floral border, the charming verse, the scene at the top with its menagerie of creatures, and the beautiful... Read more about Amy Ball 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This wonderful English sampler has to be an original inspired composition by a very clever young girl with a singular artistic vision! Potbellied cherubs fly trumpeting alongside a doughy, asexual Adam and Eve, beneath whom perch an enormous plumed Bird of Paradise on a... Read more about Ann Hall 1812 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

This English sampler was made in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, featuring the Sheffield General Infirmary, a verse, a fashionably dressed man and woman, and a collection of animals in the lawn in front (sheep, fox, squirrels, rabbit, dog), all surrounded by a four sided berry border.

The... Read more about Elizabeth Gray 1832 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This English sampler combines embroidered pictorial, alphabetic, and upholstery techniques, becoming in every sense a sampler of Ms. Topham's best work. Bargello work (also known as canvaswork, Irish stitch, flamestitch, or Florentine stitch) appeared on the earliest seventeenth century samplers,... Read more about Elizabeth Topham 1727 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more about Fanny Peachey Circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "The characteristic that readily identifies the origin of this sampler is the distinctive vine and rose border, configured such that a leaf on one side and a rosebud stem on the other give the illusion of a double vine. It is almost always found executed in cross stitch... Read more about Frances B Jones 1817 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Jesus permit thy Gracious name to stand as the first effort of an infant hand. And while her fingers on the canvas move, engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love. With thy dear children, let her have a part and write thy name thyself upon her heart."

Note from the designer: "This finely worked sampler features pastoral scenes above and below a lovely verse about friendship. A four-sided honeysuckle border surrounds large baskets of fruits and flowers, a fenced pasture with seven large lazy sheep and an architectural folly in the background.... Read more about Grazing Sheep circa 1810 - 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

Note from the designer: "The flight into Egypt is a biblical event described in the Gospel of Matthew. Soon after Mary and Jesus were visited by the Magi, who had learned that King Herod intended to kill the male infants in that region, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee... Read more about Harriot Ringrose 1852 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more about IAMEK 1801 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This Scottish sampler features many distinguishing characteristics of samplers made in that country, most notably the arcaded pansy band across the top third, the four-sided floral border with double running stitch flourishes, and the famous mansion house. Of this large... Read more about Isabella Robeson circa 1809 - 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

Note from the designer: "This Scottish sampler is a riot of brilliant color and intricate motifs, from the Scotsman in his kilt playing a traditional dulcimer (which looks like a butter churn) in the upper left, to an elaborate mansion house fronted by a three dimensional turkeywork lawn in the... Read more about Katharine Mitchel circa 1785 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a snowman in winter and the word "January"!

Model stitched on 28 ct. raw natural cashel linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring bees, a beehive and the words "Welcome Summer" and "June"!

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 a girl selling lemonade and the word "June"!

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 girl celebrating the 4th of July and the word "July"!

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 girl ready for Halloween and the word "October"!

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 spooky boutique shop! BOOville Series Chart #8.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring two ghost and a black cat celebrating Halloween with a pumpkin! BOOville Series Chart #12.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring The old boot, a spooky restaurant! BOOville Series Chart #9.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a ghost holding balloons with a pumpkin! BOOville Series Chart #7.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a pumpkin farm ready for Halloween! BOOville Series Chart #4.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a tea shop shaped like a teapot with the words "Boo Brew Tea Room"! BOOville Series Chart #6.

Model stitched on 32 count Raw Natural Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 60 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a home decorated for Christmas! Holiday Cheer Series Chart #3.

Model stitched on 32 count Gingerbread Belfast Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 61 x 61.

Victorian paper ornament designs from Summer House Stitche Workes. Can be personalized with family photos, old cards, etc. There are 3 patterns in this chart and there will be two more charts in the series.

The models were stitched on 14 Ct. Antique Brown perforated paper (one package should be enough for 9 ornaments) with any one color of floss.

Cross stitch pattern from Stacy Nash Primitives featuring a sweet litle drum and needle kep with lots of specialty stitches.

Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Winter Wren from Fox and Rabbit using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 160 x 67 and 67 x 67. Finished sizes are 8.89 in wide X 3.72 in high and 3.72 in wide X 3.72 in high

Cross stitch pattern from Stacy Nash Primitives featuring a drum that says "It's a Wonderful Life!"

Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Beige from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 88x298.

Cross stitch pattern from Stacy Nash Primitives featuring a cute little tangerine shaped needle book.

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Paperbark from Fox and Rabbit using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 96 x 96. Finished size is 4.25 diameter.

Model stitched over two on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave using Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 251x63. Design Size: 18" x 4.5".

Stitch count: 70x98. Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 count Black Evenweave fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count: 70x98. Finished size: 5"x7"

A patriotic design from Stitching with the Housewives featuring an American flag, sunflowers, stars, the back of a car with a license plate that reads "Patriot" and "Proud to be American" at the bottom of the design.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Black Evenweave with Classic Colorworks or DMC floss. Stitch Count: 98X112. Finished size: 7" x 8".