Long Dog Samplers Cross Stitch

There is a house upon the hill
Encircled on all sides
By hearts of many colors
And flowers of every size

Two lurchers keep a watchful eye
For ne'er-do-wells and thieves
It's rumoured that there's treasure
Hidden neath the eaves

The air is filled... Read more about House on the Hill - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Mare's Nest is possibly the first ever sampler to pay a nod to the effects of climate change. It includes thunderbolts, lightning and unpredictable downpours which necessitated the inclusion of umbrellas to keep the worst of the rain off Margaret the mare, the star of the show, and poor Dedaz,... Read more about The Mare's Nest - Cross Stitch Pattern

Wave sets are groups of up to ten large waves that seem to rise out of nowhere and then disappear just as quickly. They're the best surfing waves around.

The legendary seventh wave was said to be the biggest and best of the bunch, and the one that always comes the farthest up the beach.... Read more about The Seventh Wave - Cross Stitch Pattern

Stories Amidst Graceful Arches - or SAGA to his friends, is the largest Long Dog offering to date.

The Sage Monochromatic sampler stitch count is 389 x 504
Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice!

This design from Long Dog Samplers features fish, ships, a whale, a lighthouse, and even a sea monster.

Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice! Stitch count is 187 x 212.

An icon is a simple graphic image that resembles the object, action or concept it represents. It's a means of communicating information swiftly without words, and which is immediately recognized and universally understood. We'd be lost without them - a smiley face, directional arrows, gender... Read more about Icon Trees - Cross Stitch Pattern

Long Dog's Pennance is an extremely pleasurable, if somewhat lengthy, act of self-punishment for all those wrong doings that you'd rather not talk about but which, nevertheless, weigh heavily on the mind.

It can be performed in bite sized pieces over several months or years. But, if... Read more about Pennance - Cross Stitch Pattern

Under the gibbous moon's cold glow,
Where darkened tides and tempests blow,
A raven black as peat and night
Set forth to call, to warn, incite.

From crag to croft, from forest den,
Through Munlochy to the Fairy Glen,
He croaked and cried, "Oh hear me all!
The... Read more about The Raven Quatrain - Cross Stitch Pattern

Fisherman's Friends is packed to the gunnels with a disparate troupe of characters all with one thought in mind - to have fun in, on or beside the sea.

The owl and the pussycat have traded up their pea green boat for a fishing smack called The White Stag; Florence the Flamingo just... Read more about Fisherman's Friends - Cross Stitch Pattern

Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice! The stitch count for the amazing design is 296 x 270.

Cross stitch pattern from Long Dog Samplers featuring a animals trying to take over the bunny castle! Pattern is stitched on 14 count Aida of your choice using DMC or Gentle Arts threads. Stitch count is 265 x 265.

Model stitched on your choice of fabric and any one color of six strand floss. If stitching this design on 16 Ct. Aida or 32 Ct. linen, you will need approximately 370 meters of thread. If stitching this design on 18 Ct. Aida or 36 Ct. Linen, with one thread, you will need approximately 170 meters of thread. Stitch Count: 363 x 447.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with one color of floss (plus a short length of 6 ply white). Stitch count is 353 x 352. Floss requirements - 14/28 Ct fabric 346.8 meters, 16/32 Ct fabric 304.3 meters, 18/36 Ct fabric 137.2 meters.

This design by Long Dog features the text "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" surrounded by all kinds of flora and fauna. In the top right there is a building with two men on top, and at the bottom right a large Phoenix design.

Model can be stitched on 14ct, 16ct, 18ct Aida or... Read more about Lo & Behold - Cross Stitch Pattern

"Wisdom's an Evenness of Mind and Soul. A steady Temper which no Cares control, No Passions ruffle, no Desires inflame, still constant to itself and still the same. In doing, we learn."

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count:282 x 275. Finished size on 28 count is 20.14 in wide X 19.64 in high.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of floss. Suggestions are listed. Stitch Count:155x155

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread plus a small amount of white thread. If stitched on 14/28 Ct. fabric, the design size is 23.36" x 24.36" and you will need 311.4 meters of 6 ply floss. If stitched on 16/32 Ct. fabric, the design size is 20.44" x... Read more about Templar Prophecy - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 130 x 298.

Model can be stitched on any fabric using any thread of your choice. stitched area will be 12.5 in wide X 14.69 in high

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using the thread of your choice! Stitch count: 200w x 235h. 123 stitch recommends either of the threads or fabrics listed.

What actually is latitude? It's the complete freedom to act, think and stitch in the way you want. It's the liberty to make your own decisions and to select the colours and threads of your dreams. It's the say-so to tweak, adjust and add/subtract. Latitude is the carte blanche chart!... Read more about Latitude - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on the Aida fabric of your choice using the threads of your choice to match! Stitch count is 309 x 361.

Pattern is stitched on the fabric with the floss of your choice, suggestion is listed. Stitch count is 171 x 339.

The tweetie birds, the buzzy bees
They do everything to please
Pollinating, making honey, singing songs
Then along we humans come and by 2051
We'll have killed the poor wee buggers every one
Climate change, intensive farming, pesticides are really harming
Torn out... Read more about The Birds 'N The Bees - Cross Stitch Pattern

Why is this sampler called Love at First Sight? Well, if you look under the big old chintz tree down at the bottom you will see two young creatures gazing into each other's eyes. Long Dog fell in love with them on a recent visit to the abandoned sampler motif shelter in Little Snoring and we... Read more about Love at First Sight - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Fisher King is an undeniably enigmatic figure; mysterious and eternally difficult to interpret or, indeed, understand. He represents many things to many people.

The Grail King, Anfortas,The Angler, King Pellam, Bron, Le Roi Pcheur, The Once and Future King, call him what you will; Long... Read more about The Fisher King - Cross Stitch Pattern

This Christmas designs from Long Dog Samplers features a crossword puzzle made up of words describing the magic of Christmas!

Model stitched on the Aida or Linen fabric of your choice using the threads of your choice to match! Stitch count is 245 x 187.

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 169 x 207.

Model stitched on the fabric of your choice using the threads of your choice to match! Stitch count is 234 x 366.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 203W x 296H and the finished size is 12.69" x 18.5" on 32 count.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread. Stitch Count: 228x225. If stitched on 14/28 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 16.3" x 16.07" and you will need 150 meters of 6 strand floss. If stitched on 16/32 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 14.3" x 14.06" and... Read more about Dilemma! - Cross Stitch Pattern

This design by Long Dog features simple designs of trees, horses, birds, bees, rams, squirrels, a hot air balloon, and at the center, a house with a couple holding hands. All of these surround a cross word puzzle design with the words "love","roots", "family", "life",... Read more about Happy Ever After - Cross Stitch Pattern

Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice! Stitch count is 198 x 424.

Sampler design featuring a castle in the center, guarded by two dragons.

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 221 x 235.

"If you stroll along the Bois de Boulogne As the wind blows through your hair, I don't think that you should dare To shout "Jouissance" there. They will audibly sigh and wink their eye, It's a rude word there, oh me, oh my, And it's certainly non-pc in Monte Carlo." Jouissance is a... Read more about Jouissance - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 198 x 233. Total stitches: 18613.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread. Stitch Count: 162x266. If stitched on 14/28 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 11.58" x 19" and you will need 126.6 meters of 6 strand floss. If stitched on 16/32 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 10.12" x 16.62" and... Read more about Sans Soucis - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread. Stitch Count: 145x207. If stitched on 14/28 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 10.36" x 14.79" and you will need 61.4 meters of 6 strand floss. If stitched on 16/32 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 9.06" x 12.94" and... Read more about Forevermore - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with floss of your choice. Stitch Count: 191 x 295.

"ANSAK - Australians & New Zealanders Adore Krosssittch" Model stitched on fabric of your choice with one color of floss. Finished sizes: 14/28 Ct. fabric 16.57" x 17.36" with 150.5 meters of floss, 16/32 Ct. fabric 14.5" x 15.19" with 133 meters of floss, 18/36 Ct. fabric... Read more about ANZAK - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of floss. Stitch Count: 338x397.

"Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the mind, the noblest ornament of human kind. Virtue's our safeguard and our guiding star, that stirs up Reason when our senses err. Practice makes perfect."

Model stitched on your choice of fabric with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 282W x 275H. Finished Size is 17.63 in wide X 17.19 in high on 32 ct.

Pattern stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread. Stitch Count: 218 x 215.

"Question not but live and labour till yon goal be won. Helping every feeble neighbour, seeking help from none."

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss (or Gentle Art Sampler threads Raven, Gold Leaf, Corn Husk, Baby Spinach, Kiwi, Tropical Ocean, Tutti Frutti,... Read more about Froth and Bubble II - Cross Stitch Pattern

"None but cats and dogs may quarrel in my house - Live and let live". Stitched on your choice of fabric with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 184W x 215H. Finished Size is 11.5 in wide X 13.44 in high

Pattern by Long Dog Samplers featuring hearts, birds, and the words, "The roots of a family begin with the love of two hearts."

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss or Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 153 x 197 and the finished size is 10.93" x 14.07" on 28 count.

"Dream a little dream with me." Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of floss. If stitching on an 18 Ct. Aida (or 36 Ct. Linen), with a single thread, you will need approximately 56.6 meters of 6 ply thread. Stitch Count: 209x285.

"Close your eyes, now make a wish." Model stitched on fabric of your with DMC floss or Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 153 x 225 and the finished size is 10.93" x 16.07" on 28 count.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of threads. If using 16 Ct/32 Ct fabric, the design will measure 14.81" x 13.13" and you will need 104.3 meters of 6 ply floss plus a short length of white.

If using 18 Ct/36 Ct. fabric, the design size is 13.17" x... Read more about Krozwyrd - Cross Stitch Pattern