Nashville Needlework Market 2024 Cross Stitch Page 4

A woman greets deer in the forest with a wreath of flowers as birds fly above.

The model was stitched on 36 Ct. Mayflower by Fox and Rabbit with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 61W x 66H.

Two deer stand facing each other as a large flower grows between them, birds fly above and an American flag waves nearby.

The model was stitched on 36 Ct. Eucalyptus linen with Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 61W x 66H.

This designs from Plum Street Sampler features Proverbs 31:13 - "She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands."

The model was stitched on 36 Ct. Ligonier Latte by R&R Reproductions with Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 115W x 115H

This cross stitch design from Puntini Puntini featuring the alphabet letters a through d!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Veldt from Picture This Plus using DMC threads. Stitch Count: W 45 x H 45 for each letter

This cross stitch design from Puntini Puntini features the word flowers and flowers!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha using DMC threads. Stitch Count: W 101 x H 62

This cross stitch design from Puntini Puntini features the word fruits and fruits!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha using DMC threads. Stitch Count: W 101 x H 62

This 10-page booklet includes two extra borders, a small to finish as a needlebook cover anda lovely WELCOME. The smaller "samplers" in the piece can easily be stitched separately! It also includes several BE CREATIVE! ideas.

Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Grace Note Fabrics Sarah using DMC floss. Stitch count is 278 x 149.

Model is stitched on 36 ct. Tango by Picture this Plus using Hand Dyed Fiber by Vikki Clayton. Stitch count 75 x 178.

Threads used: 1441 Mauve, Dove Morning, Darkness Restored, Gyred, 3471 Umbrage, Early Stuff, Tisk Tisk, Junket, 1405 Quince, Edge of Chaos, Deceiving Dreams, Zoom and Gloom.

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine Designs featuring Easter eggs with the phrase "Hippity hoppity Easter's on its way"!

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Aida in the color of your choice using DMC threads. Stitch count is 177 x 49.

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine Designs featuring a home in every season!

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Aida in the color of your choice using DMC threads. Stitch count is 140 x 140.

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a campfire with the phrase "Crisp cool air, moonlit night, warm bonfire, stars so bright, dancing flames, ancient lore, embers glowing, make a smore"!

Stitched on 'Hamlet' 18ct Aida by Under the Sea Fabrics, with DMC threads. Stitch count: 73 x 189.

Note from designer: I bought the original sampler two years ago at market from Dawn Lewis of The Needle's Work Antiques. I fell in love immediately with the organic nature of the sampler. My reproductions come with a page inside where I talk about the sampler, things I noticed, elements that are... Read more about A Natural Beauty Elizabeth Hannell 1840 - Cross Stitch

Note from designer: The chart is in full color and features buttons by The Bee Company.

Pattern is stitched on 40 count Graham Cracker Linen or 40 count Mushroom/Light Mocha Newcastle with Gentle Arts and DMC threads. Full DMC conversion provided (3888 discontinued). The Bee Company button not listed. Stitch count is 120 by 120.

Fabric is 40 count Flax by Zweigart using Classic Colorworks. Stitch count: 90 x 127. This piece will fit in a 5 by 7 frame, if the rabbet is shallow enough.

This design from Summer House Stitche Workes features a quilt design worked in Spring colors and surrounded by vines.

The model was stitched on 40 Ct. Milk & Honey linen from Fiber on a Whim with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 89W x 89H.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct Coconut Solid evenweave by Fabric Flair. Stitch Count: 97 w x 93 h. Size: 6.1" w x 5.8" h

"Perhaps your were created for such a time as this. Esther 4:14"

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct Lambswool Jobelan by Wichelt. Stitch Count: 104 w x 57 h. Size: 6.5" w x 3.6" h

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis."

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 ct Artichoke linen by Wichelt. Stitch Count: 108 w x 89 h. Size: 6.75" w x 5.625" h

It is a 'Two Ways' design: a single design (chart) with two colorways (color keys). The use of two different fabric colors (as well as different thread colors) gives the design a dramatically different look. Two (gray or beige) birdies are surrounded by colorful wildflowers.

Model is stitched on 16 count Regency or Black Aida using DMC threads. Stitch count is 123 x 75

Cross Stitch pattern from Thistles featuring a lovely sewing basket with all your sewing essentials!

Pattern is stitched on 36 count Zweigart Edinburgh 323 using The Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count is 389 x 68.

Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring a spring rabbit and bird with the phrase "Spring is hope"!

Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Coffee/Tea dyed Monaco using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 90 x 74.

Cross stitch pattern from Teresa Kogut featuring a sheep with a strawberry plant!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Patina from Lakeside Linens using Ginny Thompson Flower Thread with DMC conversions. Stitch Count: 59 x 82.

This sweet little patriotic design was worked on #30 Old Salem from The Primative Hare using Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count: 72w x 65h

This design from Running with Needles and Scissors features a tombstone that says "Maker of Samplers - her life was told with linen & thread, they speak still though she be dead. Died June 5, 1812."

Pattern is stitched on 40 count Needle and Flax Eastwick, fabric suggestion listed, using Gentle Art threads. Stitch count is 100 x 140

This design from Running with Needles and Scissors features deer, snow covered trees, snowflakes and a red cardinal.

Pattern is stitched on 36 count Stormy Night, suggested fabric listed, using DMC and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 73 x 65.

The Queen of Thread stitches in red! This adorable cross stitch pattern would look great personalized to any queen and hung in the craft room! Quick to work up with some gorgeous overdyed flosses on polka-dot linen!

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 count Mini Dots Basalt on... Read more about Queen Of Thread - Cross Stitch Pattern

Two sitting skeletons eating worms in a cemetery amongst gravestones. Their picnic blanket has colorful stylized tombstone print.

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Dark Gray/Brushed Silver Belfast Sparkle by Wichelt using DMC and Sulky Poly Sparkle 30 weight thread (0514 not listed). DMC 3894 sub. 907. Stitch count is 63 x 60.

Cross stitch pattern from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers featuring a sampler!

Pattern is stitched on 37 ct Russian Tea Cake Linen by Legacy Linen using Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 189w X 138h.

Cross stitch pattern from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers featuring a sampler!

Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Mocha by Weeks Dye Works using Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 217w X 189h.

Cross stitch pattern from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers featuring a sampler!

Patterns are stitched on 40 ct Parchment by Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 118w X 170h and 107w X 161h.

Cross stitch pattern from 1897 Schoolhouse Samplers featuring a sampler!

Pattern is stitched on 35 ct Tin Roof from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 187w X 145h.

Cross Stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring a joyful spring scene with frolicking rabbits!

Model stitched using Roxy Floss, two strands over two, on 32 count Panettone linen by Roxy Floss Co. DMC conversion included. Stitch count is 130W x 162H

Cross Stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring two adorable spaniel dogs!

Model stitched using DMC, two strands over two, on 36 count linen. Stitch count: Two Charts: 67W x 78H

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.

Cross Stitch pattern from Cotton Pixels featuring an adorable floral pillow!

Model stitched on 32ct.Cappuccino' by Fiber On A Whim using The Gentle Arts and DMC floss. Stitch count is 51 X 51.

About the Sampler: Given the few clues provided, a scattering of initials and a year only, it is impossible to know more about the stitcher of this lovely sampler with its motifs of delicately arching floral stems, oval leafed cartouche, paired birds and potted florals. The motifs themselves are... Read more about AB 1816 Quaker Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Ann Hunt inscribed the town she stitched her sampler in as Nailsea in 1805. Nailsea is a town in Somerset, England. Research does not reveal the existence of a Quaker school there, although at least one other very similar polychrome Quaker medallion sampler has been discovered stitched a year... Read more about Ann Hunt Nailsea 1805 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Lydia C. Mendenhall 1817, Pennsylvania - Cross Stitch

The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more about Suir Island (SI) Quaker - Cross Stitch Pattern

No clues have been provided by the stitcher as to her name, year of origin, or place where she stitched her sampler. The only clue as to place might be in the lettering she used itself, giving one an indication it was stitched in Ireland. "A slightly surprising source of lettering which became... Read more about Benezet Alphabet Irish Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about The Two Lands, Circa 1840 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler is an original design based on the layout of eighteenth century Irish Quaker samplers with the lettering and sampler motifs taken from a Mountmellick Irish Quaker sampler in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques, Elizabeth Martin circa 1789. The town names at the bottom are the... Read more about Ligatures and Lettering of Irish Antique - Cross Stitch

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 about Annie Matilda Moss - Cross Stitch Pattern

Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more about Sarah Welch 1764 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This chart contains all sixteen pattern pages from a tiny paper pattern album passed out as a souvenir in 1851 at Prince Albert's Crystal Palace Great Exhibition. They were mass produced inexpensively but are rarely found today due to the nature of the flimsy paper and the effects of time. Other... Read more about Prince Albert's Exhibition 1851 - Cross Stitch Pattern

I love Roses and you can find them scattered throughout this chart. I sure did enjoy designing and stitching this one!

Model was stitched on 32ct "Sand Dollar" laguna linen from Be Stitch Me using floss from Colour and Cotton, Weeks Dye Works, Cottage Garden Threads, Classic Colorworks threads, and The Gentle Art. Stitch count is 190 x 233.

Model was stitched on 32ct "Cold Foam" linen from Be Stitch Me using threads from Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and Colour and Cotton. We trimmed the model with "Birds Nest" ric rac from Lady Dot

The handcrafted wooden star button is included with the chart. Stitch count is 119 x 119.

Bessie is grazing in the Bluebells with her little calf while their Shepherdess watches the butterflies. The chart is encircled by a delicate white rose border with a sampler of numbers at the bottom. My friend Maria from Mystic Meadow Creations turned this chart into a lovely project bag but you... Read more about Bessie in the Bluebells - Cross Stitch Pattern