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.
Designer's Note: In October 2022, I became a mom to a beautiful baby girl and now she is quickly growing into an independent toddler who is inquisitive, charming, and sassy! My darling daughter has taught me how to have unconditional love for another person and inspires me to seek out joy in the... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring a lovely sign with the words "Home Sweet Home"!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. White Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 259 x 33. Finished size: 18.5" x 2.36".
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring birds and flowers on the scale in this May themed weigh in!!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Tea Dyed Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss, DMC conversions listed. Stitch count is 84 x 98. Finished size: 6" x 7".
Cross stitch pattern from Stitching With The Housewives featuring two bunnies and the word "Rabbits"!!
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. White Monaco fabric with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count is 175 x 41. Finished size: 12.5" x 3".
Even a greenhouse needs pollinators! This piece was inspired by the idea of peering through the windows of an elaborate white-framed greenhouse. The finish offers a great opportunity for stitchers to build on their skills to create a new shape.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 ct Dwarf from Picture This Plus and Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch counts are 142w x 50h each.
This is the latest in what I refer to as my "repeating motif" series. The same motif is stitched over and over, but, with a planned placement of colors within those motifs, an image of cherry blossom trees on a spring day emerges.
Model stitched 1 over 2 on 32 count white Jobelan using 7 Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count: 96 x 64
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
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.
Mousy is very excited to welcome you to his little corner of the forest, Strawberry Cottage! He has his basket, a sign to let his woodland neighbors know when strawberries are ripe, and of course a sweet strawberry for himself.
Model is stitched on 28 count Green Sapphire Cashel Linen... Read more
This booklet from Blackbird Designs features 3 projects.
Stitch Counts and finished sizes:
- Thy Love More Strong - 141w x 178h (7.83" x 9.89")
- On the Alder Bough - 61w x 61h (3.39" x 3.39")
- The Strawberry Jar - 59w x 53h (3.28" x 2.94")
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Note from the designer: A Collection of Petite Samplers includes five samplers which were stitched from the years 1828 and 1894. The collection includes two small red samplers and another sampler worked in pastels. One of the most interesting samplers is worked in blue and was originally part of... Read more
Note from designer: My Heart To You Is Given is a collection of seven designs , using the most universal sign for love - a heart. The designs could be used for so many occasions, including a wedding shower or a wedding gift, as a birthday gift, for a friend, for an anniversary, or as a Christmas... Read more
This pattern was stitched on 36 ct Dead Sea Scroll by Seraphim Fabrics. Finished Size: 7.75" x 7.75" and Stitch Count: 140 x 140. This piece was stitched with silk threads, introducing the stitcher also to some Silk Lame by Rainbow Gallery.
This pattern was stitched on 40 ct. Old Stationary by Seraphim Fabrics. This piece is part of a greater series, the first being Joy Be Thine, now this one and one still in teaching circulation Stitches Be Sweet, there will be another teaching piece in this set called Count Be Correct with a short saying with it like the others. Finished Size 8 x 9 3/4" on 40 ct Stitch Count 163 x 195.
I am delighted to share this antique with you. It is from 1840 of Dutch origin. The sampler had lots of great motifs and I loved the top rows of crowns and shields, but the composition did not please me, it had large blank spots on it. I saw this piece as more enjoyable in the vertical format as... Read more
So fun to do these pieces, my continuing love affair with flower bouquets! Enjoy the summer blues and of course can be stitched on any count, any color that pleases the stitcher. Model is stitched on 36 ct. Up in the Attic by Fox & Rabbit comes out approx. 4 x 4". Stitched using Weeks Dye Works... Read more
Laura Vorgensen 1853 is a reproduction of a gorgeous antique German sampler. Laura was a very skilled stitcher, using multiple specialty stitches and a variety of colors to create her beautiful sampler. I have provided stitch diagrams for the specialty stitches. The sampler is stitched in Hand-dyed... Read more
Arabesque is my Art Deco-ish contribution to the world of red samplers. This design started with the alphabet and it was so fun finding and developing motifs that had the same general feel. I love the slightly asymmetrical look of the mandala on the bottom left and the fan in the upper right. But... Read more
Florigraphica 2 - African Daisy is the third in my Florgraphica 2 series which features Cottage Garden Threads for the flowers. Where my other designs used two colors of CGT threads for the flowers, this one uses only one, Viola. I have also provided a DMC conversion in the chart. You can also find... Read more
Follow the Sun is a bright, tropical postcard-size piece sure to bring a smile to your customers' faces. Stitched in fun Weeks Dye Works colors, it's the perfect small design for your customers to kit up for vacation, stay-cation, or whenever they need to brighten the dark days of winter. As always,... Read more
I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more
I'm always inspired by designs with large areas of solid stitching and spent some time trying to figure out a way to use those areas in a new way. I had the idea of cookie cutters and how fun it would be to "cut out" cookie cutter shapes of solidly stitched areas of some of my older... Read more
Years and years ago, I designed a piece called Pennsylvania Pinwheel. It was a Carriage House samplings design and a few months ago I saw a photo of it on someone's blog and loved the motion I saw in the design. I just had to recreate that feeling!
The sampler version of this design is... Read more
Originally, I planned for these to be included in the Animals sampler design above, but the project quickly grew into something to big to be included in that chart pack.
These designs are so fun and can be stitched in any color, on any linen, and finished in any way possible! Each pincushion has a Stitch Count of: 74 Wide by 52 High. FOr Camels and Tigers needs DMC0313.
Cross Stitch pattern from Lucy Beam Love in Stitches featuring a sampler with the phrase "The lord is mu shepherd, I shall not want"!
The model was stitched on 36ct. Jackalope from Lapin Loops, suggested fabric listed, using Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Work Threads. Stitch count is 124 x 152.
Cross Stitch pattern from Lucy Beam Love in Stitches featuring a sampler with the alphabet!
The model was stitched on 36ct. Small Potatoes from Lapin Loops, fabric suggestion listed using Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 139 x 245.
Note from the designer: To go along with the new Classic Colorworks threads, London Fog, Weathervane, and Misty Mauve, I've created a design that can be stitched in different color ways.
Nashville 2024 New Classic Colorworks Thread Pack includes three 5-yard skeins of Classic Colorworks... Read more