Birds on the Temple is a reproduction of a sweet little antique sampler. While there is a set of initials and a year on the sampler, what really stood out to me was the birds sitting on the temple. I decided to use The Gentle Arts Simply Wool again for this one. It's such a joy to stitch with.... Read more
Elisabeth LeConte, 1786 is a reproduction of an antique sampler I found here in Maryland. This was a teaching piece at the 2023 Sunshine Stitchers Retreat in Florida last spring.
My reproduction is stitched on 40-Count Hawthorne linen from Fiber on a Whim using Needlepoint Silks. The stitch count is 197 Wide by 167 High.
"If solid happiness we prize within our breast this jewel lies, and they are fools who roam the world has nothing to bestow, from our own selves our joys must flow and that dear hut our home."
Model stitched on 35 Ct. Gray linen by Weeks Dye Works with Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 286w x 257h.
Model stitched on 32 Ct. Peep's Lost Sheep fabric from the Cauldron/Dames of the needle using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 90x145. Design Size: 6" x 10" Or Stitch Count: 180x290. Design Size: 12" x 19"
"When this you see remember me and keep me in your mind. Let all the world say what they will. Speak of me as you find." Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Light Examplar from Lakeside Linens using Classic Colorworks silks. (DMC alternates are 370 730 3750 3031 3859 434 712 414 500 501 310 950 935) Stitch count 161x163.
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave to her husband to eat also." Model stitched on 40 Ct. Vintage Pecan Butter from Lakeside Linens with... Read more
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Meadow Rue by Lakeside Linen with Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk floss (Tree Trunk)& NPI. Stitch Count: 134x127. (DMC alternates are 3011 869 407 729 3022 3857 301 3021)
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Sand Dune by Lakeside Linens with Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe Deep Orange with red (not listed), Gloriana Silk, and DMC threads. Stitch Count: 88 x 58
"the Bee. The industrious bee extracts from every flower it's fragrant sweets, and mild balsamic power. Learn thence, with greatest care and nicest skill, to take the good, and to reject the ill. By her example taught, enrich they mind, improve kind nature's gift be sense refined. Be thou the... Read more
Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Beige by Weeks Dye Works using Kreinik Silk Mori (4073,4096, 4166e, 4204a, 4214, 7025 Needlepoint Inc. Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 186W x 424H. Finished size is approx 9.3 in wide X 21.2 in high.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads (or Gentle Arts Simply Wool). Stitch Count: 280x239. Design Size: 18" x 15"
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Examplar linen with DMC floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 306x314. The lower bands were stitched using DMC floss. If you want to use all Sampler threads, purchase 18 5 yard skeins of #7052.
Model stitched over two on 40 Ct. Tin Roof by Weeks Dye Works using DMC, Needlepoint Inc. Silks and Avas- Soie D' Alger. Finished Size is 14.30 x 14.25. (words are stitched over one). Estimate Stitch count is 280 x 280.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Sand Dune linen with Weeks Dye Works floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 115W x 181H
Model stitched on 36 ct. Legacy Linen from Picture this Plus using Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and The Gentle Art threads. Stitch count is 286 x 323.
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Sand Dune using Soie d'Alger. Specialty stitches used are satin stitch and eyelets. Stitch count is 333W x 386H. Design is 16.65" x 19.3"
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Sand Dune from Lakeside Linens using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss white, 221, 434, 933, 730, 823, 829, 524, 3856, 3859, 3777). Stitch count: 191W x 197H. Design size is 9 1/2" x 9 3/4"
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Doubloon using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss 3371, 3023, 433, 3011, 371, 3830, 3777, 407, 3828). Stitch count for Mat: 166 x 119, for Needlebook: 54 x 52, for Fob: 22 x 22.
Model stitched two over two on your choice of antique linen such as: Heartland from Picture This Plus, Vintage Pecan Butter or Buttercream from Lakeside Linens or Vintage Country Mocha using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC floss 632, 3013, 839, 3857, 355, 936, 3041, 612, 152,... Read more
The original sampler was stitched over two on Antique White unevenweave fabric that is 70 threads per inch using one color of red thread. Suggested threads and amounts for stitching sampler using one ply of thread are Au Ver A' Soie 2945 or 2926. Stitch Count: 406W x 443H.
Note from designer: There is no fabric available today to stitch with 70 threads per inch.
Model was reversibly stitched over two and three threads on 36 Ct. linen of your choice using Soie d'Alger. Specialty Stitches Used. Stitch Count: 258W x 304H. Design Size: 7.78" X 27.22"
Model stitched one over two on 32 Ct. Straw linen using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 141W x 139H. Design Size: 8.81" x 8.68"
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Vintage Sand Dune linen from Lakeside Linens using Au Ver A Soie. Also required, but not listed above #2578, #945 from Au Ver A Soie. Stitch Count: 249W x 250H. Design Size: 15.56" x 15.62"
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Vintage Autumn Gold from Lakeside Linens using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 100W x 231H. Design Size: 5" x 11 1/2"
Model stitched over two on 46 Ct. Parchment using Dinky Dyes Silk (or DMC floss 451, 3052, 407, 3861, 3053, 738, 3371, 3821, 746). Over dyed cotton equivalents also provided. Stitch Count: 224W x 234H. Finished Size: 9.75" x 10"
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Straw linen using Classic Colorworks (or DMC floss 3687, 3859, 3031, 3803, 935, 842, 839, 921, 356, 312, ecru, 926/927). Also required, but not listed above Tartain Plaid from Classic Colorworks. Specialty Stitches Used: Algerian Eyelet, and Continental Stitch. Stitch Count: 194W x 93H. Design Size: 10.8" x 5.2"
"I must hear the judge pronounce my fate and fix my everlasting state." Model stitched two over two on 40 Ct. Beige using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Specialty Stitches Used: Over One and Algerian Eyelet. Stitch Count: 236W x 221H. Design Size: 11 1/2" x 12 1/4"