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Introverted - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Silver Creek Samplers

$13.00 $1169

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring the saying "Introverted but will eagerly discuss everything cross stitch."

The model was stitched on 18 Ct. Brown Sugar Aida by Fiber on a Whim with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch count: 70x154

Jurassic Perk - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Silver Creek Samplers

$12.00 $1079

Cross Stitch pattern from Silver Creek Samplers featuring a dinosaur and the saying "Jurassic Perk Coffee Co. - Brewed to Extinction"

The model was stitched on 18 Ct. Milk and Honey Aida by Fiber on a Whim with DMC floss. Stitch count is 90 x 66. Finished Size is 5 x 3.625.

Tea Rex - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Silver Creek Samplers

$13.00 $1169

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.

Elizabeth Eyles 1799 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$21.00 $1973

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

Elizabeth Sheffield 1784 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$23.00 $2161

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

Sarah Tatum - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$22.00 $2067

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"

Chart only.

The Huntsman - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$21.00 $1973

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

And All Was For An Appil - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$29.00 $2725

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

Camel and Lion - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$25.00 $2349

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″.

Bird in Bough - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$12.00 $1127

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

Elizabeth's Squirrel - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$26.00 $2443

Note from the designer - "This picture was originally designed to be used as a cushion or footstool cover, or perhaps as a decorative vignette inserted into the top of a wooden box for storing precious objects. Executed entirely in cross stitch, its most prominent characters are a large squirrel... Read more

Mary Bailey 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$22.00 $2067

Note from the designer - "Mary Bailey stitched this sampler in England and finished it in 1818. It demonstrates an advanced level of skill given the symmetry of the design and its many diverse elements: a red brick mansion house with four chimneys- a sign of wealth in early 19th century England,... Read more

Amelia Boyce 1829 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$22.00 $2067

Amelia Boyce's pictorial sampler demonstrates two popular art forms of the early 19th century manifested in the sampler mode: the image of an architectural engraving, and the influence of Berlin patterns in the naturalistic (rather than nave or stylized) floral patterns. A widely mixed floral... Read more

Ann Hall 1812 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$15.00 Sale $1244

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

Ann Scutt circa 1675 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$22.00 $2067

Note from the designer - "Several band samplers very similar to this one are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as in other important collections. This particular sampler came from the collection of The Scarlet Letter, and is now in a private collection. A... Read more

Dorcas Haynes 1720 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$28.00 $2631

Note from the designer - This is the most symmetrical, balanced, counted thread sampler that we have ever charted from. It is also one of the most satisfying, challenging, and beautiful samplers in the world. Originally worked on a fine wool ground, the colors of our reproduction have been matched... Read more

Elizabeth Gray 1832 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$29.00 $2725

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

Elizabeth Eaton 1712 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$25.00 $2349

Note from the designer - "Elizabeth Eaton finished her sampler on the 21st of July in 1712. She used bold, primary colors suggestive of Scottish influence. The original sampler was stitched with both silk and fine wool threads on linen using cross, eyelet, rice, queen, herringbone, double... Read more

Elizabeth Lilly 1801 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$27.00 $2537

This is a reproduction of an English sampler that features a four-sided carnation border, centering many intricate organic petit point motifs. The large mansion house dominates the central reserve, standing above an extensive pasture occupied by two very large and cockeyed sheep. These imaginative... Read more

Elizabeth Topham 1727 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$9.00 $845

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

Emily Lucille - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$18.00 $1691

Note from the designer: "Adapted from a mid eighteenth century English sampler. The combination of several unusual stitch techniques with bold primary colors, makes this sampler outstandingly beautiful and a rewarding project to stitch.
While the majority is done in cross stitch, large... Read more

Fanny Peachey Circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$15.00 $1409

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

Frances B Jones 1817 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$18.00 $1691

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

Freelove Hazard 1792 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$12.00 $1127

Note from the designer: "This sampler was probably made in Rhode Island, a poor sister, perhaps, to the magnificent creations coming out of the girls' schools in Newport, Providence and Bristol at this same period, but bearing some similar "signatures". The squat, long-tailed bird at the... Read more

Grace Kemish circa 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$26.00 $2443

"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."

Grazing Sheep circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$18.00 $1691

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

Harriot Ringrose 1852 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$20.00 $1879

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

IAMEK 1801 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$8.00 $751

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

Isabella Robeson circa 1809 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$9.00 $845

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

Katharine Mitchel circa 1785 - Cross Stitch Pattern

by Scarlet Letter

$25.00 $2349

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