Kathy Barrick Cross Stitch

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a stocking and sampler design inspired by Noah's Ark filled with animals.

Our stocking is stitched on 40-Count Paperbark from Fox and Rabbit using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count for the stocking is 172 x 447. Finished size is 8 1/2" x 22 1/4". Stitch count for the sampler is 81 x 443. Finished size is 4" x 22 1/8".

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a cute springtime Quaker design with butterflies, hearts, and more!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Thornfield from Needle and Flax with NPI silk floss. The stitch count is 172 x 155 and the finished size is 8.6" x 7.75".

I was invited to join the XStitch the Rainbow team and design a piece using the Night Garden palette. Each designer was assigned the same ThreadworX colors and a maximum size piece to design. And this is what I designed!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Wheat from Fiber on a Whim using Threadworx threads. Stitch count is 59 x 60. Finished size is 2.95" x 3".

Note from the designer: As you can see from the photo of the cover sheet, I've only stitched the stocking. The sampler version image was created in my designing software. I wanted to include a sampler version to give stitchers another option for stitching this design. I LOVE anything Quaker and... Read more about Quaker Christmas Stocking & Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a brown fish owl with the alphabet!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Parchment from Weeks Dye Works using DMC floss. Stitch count is 147 x 223.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a white moth!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Sand from Fiber on a Whim using NPI floss. Stitch count is 197 x 110.

Model stitched two over two on 36 Ct. Legacy Linen using Needlepoint Inc. Silk and Silk N Colors. Stitch Count: 145W x 139H. Design Size: 8" x 7 5/8"

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Straw by Weeks Dye Works with Needlepoint Silks. Stitch Count: 152W x 143H.

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a Christmas themed stocking and sampler design. Note from the designer, "I love this design! One thing Marty has taught me about designing is to always try to incorporate movement in a piece. She certainly did that well here! (I, on the other hand, am not... Read more about Skating Santa Stocking & Sampler - Christmas Cross Stitch

While the sampler version of this design has not been stitched, I've inserted an image produced by my designing software to the cover sheet of The Embroideress Stocking. This image gives you a clear idea of what to expect in your finished sampler.

Stitched on 36 count Beige by Weeks Dye... Read more about Embroideress Stocking & Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

I found these sweet small frames at my local Michael's Store about a year ago and knew they needed samplers. I immediately posted a photo of them on Instagram encouraging stitchers to grab them up. I hope many of them did! In November I designed these sweet birth samplers and love how they look... Read more about Birth Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a beautiful floral plant!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Seaweed from Fox and Rabbit using DMC and Gloriana floss. Stitch count is 143 x 208.

Model stitched on 40ct. Cocoa from Weeks Dye Works using Needlepoint Silk. Stitch count is 106 x 89.

Model stitched on your choice of fabric using either Needlepoint Silks or DMC. Stitch count of larger sampler 119 x 116 with a finished size of 8.5" x 8.29" on 28 count fabric. The smaller sampler has a stitch count of 55 x 55 with a finished size of 3.93" x 3.93" on 28 count.

Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Shadow by Picture this Plus using NeedlePoint Inc Silks. Stitch count 123x186

"Repeat the sounding joy."

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Fossil linen by Picture This Plus with NPI Silks. Stitch Count: 200 x 162 and the finished size is 10" x 8.1".

Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Havana by Weeks Dye Works with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 133W x 74H.

Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Beige linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 156W x 164H. Design Size: 8 5/8" x 9"

"And Heaven and Nature sing." Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Pecan Butter Linen from Lakeside Linens with Needlepoint Inc. Silk thread. Stitch count is 186W x 153H.

Pattern by Kathy Barrick featuring a sampler themed stocking patter originally designed in 2004.

The stocking was just stitched on 40-Count Thornfield Linen from Needle and Flax using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count for the stocking is 172 x 447. Finished size is 8 1/2" x 22 1/4". Stitch count for the sampler is 83 x 446. Finished size is 4 1/8" x 22 1/4".

Housetops and stars on a night sky linen!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Twilight from Picture This Plus using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch Count: 225 Wide by 93 High. Finished size is 11.25" x 4.65".

Santa took off his boots before standing on his reindeer's back to hang the moon for the evening!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Wheat from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch Count: 99 Wide by 169 High. Finished size is 4.95" x 8.45".

Note from the designer: Since I'm now a resident of Baltimore County, Maryland, it felt totally appropriate that I design a Baltimore Album Quilt Sampler. This was such a fun piece to design! It took lots of research and the more I researched the more I loved the entire concept!

Our model... Read more about Baltimore Album Quilt - Cross Stitch Pattern

I honestly wasn't planning to do another tombstone angel design, but when I saw an image of an early tombstone with the phrase "Nip't in the Bud" on it, I knew I had do another. It truly touches my heart.

Both are stitched on 40-Count linen using one strand of Needlepoint Silk... Read more about Nip't in the Bud - Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern

This is another Christmas collaboration by Liz and me!

This design is stitched on 40-Count linen Weeks Dye Works threads. The Stitch Count is 114 Wide by 143 High.

This design uses the same cat shape as I used in my Cat & Mouse design a long time ago! This cat, however, is all dressed up for Halloween!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit using one strand of Needlepoint Silk over two threads of linen. Cross stitch is used throughout with the exception of one French Knot. Stitch count: 131x145.

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a Christmas tree and the phrase "Merry Christmas Wishes"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Boardwalk from Colour and Cotton using Gloriana silk floss or Belle Soie or Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count is 129 x 171. Finished size is 6.45" x 8.55".

Cross stitch pattern from Kathy Barrick featuring a regal version of the alphabet!

Model was stitched on 40-Count Shiloh from Needle & Flax using DMC floss. Stitch count is 111w x 163h.

Model stitched two over two on 36 Ct. Legacy using Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 147W x 187H. Design Size: 8 1/8" x 10 3/8"

"This I have done to let you see how my parents did educated me. Amelia Prescott in the year 1824." Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Dapple using Needlepoint Inc. Silk. Stitch Count: 260W x 212H. Design Size: 13" x 10 1/2".

Model stitched on 40 ct Maritime White from Lakeside Linens using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count 106x153.

"Weep not for me my children dear. Angels weep when children mourn."

Model stitched on 36 Ct. Buttercream by Lakeside Linens with NPI Silks. Stitch Count: 419W x 269H.

Model stitched on 40 ct. Buttercream linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 77W x 97H.

"I cannot count my day complete until needle, thread, and fabric meet."

Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Maple Sugar from Lakeside Linens using Needlepoint Inc. Silks. Stitched over two using one strand.
Stitch count 117x175.

Model worked on 40 Ct. Ale from Picture this Plus using one strand of Needlepoint Inc. Silk over two threads of linen. Stitch count 186x156.

Model stitched over two threads on 40 Ct. Heritage by Picture This Plus using Needlepoint Silk and Thread Gatherer Silk n Colors. Stitch count 145x136.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Legacy linen from Picture This Plus with Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 155W x 146H.

Model stitched two over two on 36 Ct. Heartland using Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch count: 150W x 172H. Design size: 8 1/4" x 9 1/2"

Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Heartland using Needlepoint Inc. Silk. Stitch Count: 140W x 192H. Design Size: 7" x 9 1/2"

There are two versions of this fun Halloween designs! The larger model is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit and the smaller was stitched on 40-Count Seaweed, also from Fox & Rabbit. Both were stitched over two threads of linen using Needlepoint Silks and included DMC conversions.... Read more about Haunted - Cross Stitch Pattern

This fun design centers around the 1929 song, Dance Around in Your Bones. I couldn't resist! This design is stitched on 40-Count Ancient Ruin from Fox & Rabbit using Needlepoint Silk. Cross stitch, French Knots and straight stitches are used in this design, as are a bit of cross stitch over one thread. The stitch count is: 129 Wide by 178 High.

I so loved the verse on the original Good Intentions design, I wanted to use it again! And I wanted it to be entirely different, and this one is! Ive designed two versions of the same design. One is a sampler stitched on 40-Count Seaweed linen from Fox and Rabbit, and the other is a pin drum... Read more about Good Intentions Revisited - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Cookie Cutters 1 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Cookie Cutters 2 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design was inspired by the many farms in Pennsylvania and the utter peace you feel just gazing at them from afar.

This piece is stitched on 40-Count Thornfield from Needle & Flax using Needlepoint Silks. The Stitch Count is: 197 Wide by 165 High.

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 about Caught in the Swirl - Cross Stitch Pattern

This was a fun piece to design! I'm all about animals and can't seem to use them enough!

This design is stitched on 40-Count Thornfield from Needle & Flax using Needlepoint Silks. The Stitch Count is: 112 Wide by 143 High.

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.