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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This Charming design from With Thy Needle and Thread features Regina Haible Sampler and Birds In The Bouch. It is stitched with a lovely earth-toned Color Palette.
Model stitched on 40 ct. Antique Lace using DMC thread. Stitch count is 213 x 220.
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
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
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
"When time who steals our years away
Shall steal our pleasures too
The memory of the past will stay
And half our joys renew
Then think no more of future gloom
These joys will always last
For hope will brighten days to come
And memory guild the... Read more
Model stitched on your choice of fabric using Soie d'Alger (or DMC floss 3753, 931, 3743, 155, 372, 524, 522, 3052, 3772, 223, 778, 316, 3726). Also required, but not listed above #3712 from Soie d'Alger. Stitch Count: 232x228.
Model stitched over 2 threads on fabric of your choice with Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger silk floss (or DMC floss 223, 3721, 221). Stitch Count: 402x309. Design Size on 32 Ct. Fabric: 25" x 19"
Larger model stitched on 40 Ct. Autumn Gold from Lakeside Linens using one strand of Needlepoint Silk over two threads.
Smaller sampler is worked on 40 Ct. Ink Spot Black from R & R Reproductions using one strand of Needlepoint Silk over two threads.
Stitch count: 155 x 151. Design Size: 8" x 8"
This exquisite Victorian sampler was stitched in Norfolk, England by Rosa Gromett when she was just twelve years old. Renowned for their beauty, Norfolk samplers are celebrated for rich color and intricate design-and Rosa's is a particularly fine example.
Reproduction of a French Sampler. In 1861, Mademoiselle Leroux let a delicate vase of flowers bloom beneath her needle, a gift for her uncle and aunt. A timeless bouquet, suspended in the grace of passing day.
Stitched on 16 count Zweigart linen. The stitch count is 271 x 206 and the finished size is 16.94" x 12.88".
Note from the designer: I'm very proud of this reproduction -- it's been in progress for almost two years now, and it's finally here!!! It's suitable for all stitchers and fabrics -- no specialty stitches, no over-one, no alphabets. Just a big, beautiful, checkerboard house and lots... Read more
We are pleased to present to you this charming sampler worked by Emma Wright in 1904 when she was 9 years old. There were many Emma Wrights born in England in the year 1895 so we are not able to pinpoint our Emma with any certainty.
Emma's sampler has been reproduced using a palette of... Read more
This timelessly elegant alphabet sampler takes you on a journey to the heart of the alphabet, where rows of darning stitches mingle with traditional motifs.
Discover the reproduction of a French sampler embroidered by Zephirine in 1876. This classic alphabet book invites you to explore... Read more
"Sepia Sampler" by Notforgotten Farm was designed by Lori Brechlin. This sweet and simple sampler design inspired by vintage designs.
Stitched on 30ct Parchment linen from Weeks Dye Works using two strands of floss over two threads of linen, using all DMC threads. Stitch count is 82 x 121. Finished size is approx. 5.4" x 8".
Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a design that was released at a 2025 workshop for Mrs Parkman's Academy of Needlework. The text reads: "How sweet to wait upon the Lord while he fulfills his gracious word. To seek his face and not in vain. To be belov'd... Read more
Note from the designer: A quick look at the original samplers and we can be quite certain Isabella and M. were sisters and may very well have stitched these together. Both marked them with their village of Eddleston(e) in Scotland, but most of all, they are so very similar in many ways - color,... Read more
This sampler is an adaptation from a sampler in my collection. This chart contains the pattern for the scissor fob shown along with all finishing instructions.
Model stitched over two threads on 36 ct Straw from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 204w x 76h. Finished size is 11.33" x 4.22". Finished Size of Pinkeep: 5"w x 3.50"h.
The original sampler, made in England in 1848, was stitched with cross, counted satin, petit point, and eyelet stitches on an extremely fine glazed linen of approximately fifty threads per inch.
It is unusual to find such a meticulously and finely stitched sampler at this late date, when... Read more
Armande stitched her sampler from 1888 to 1891, it is actually very finely stitched and the original measures only 37 cm x 34 cm (14.6 inch x 13.4 inch). Multiple motifs are inserted among the alphabets. Stitch count is 491 x 439.
This booklet from Blackbird Designs features 4 projects.
Moments of Glad Grace, Button Box, and Sing the Joyful Birds are stitched on 36 count Legacy by Picture This Plus using Classic Color Works, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads
Moments of Glad Grace stitch count 183w x... Read more
This pattern from La D D features a reproduction sampler with a large white house, flowers, birds and "Mary Collier, her work in the 9th year of her age, the year 1814."
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Spiced Honey from Color and Cotton. Stitch count is 222 x 268.
Cross stitch pattern from Reflets De Soie featuring a booklet of 6 little french school samplers!
Patterns are stitched on the fabric of your choice using Soie D'Alger threads with DMC conversion.
Stitch counts are:
Helene Chazard:200 x 171
Vicrotine Dupin 1908:168 x... Read more
This sampler is an adaptation of an undated and unsigned antique in my collection. I made minor changes to a few of the motifs, and I changed some of the thread colors. However, the spirit of this lovely sampler remains the same as the antique. I hope you'll... Read more
Who was Mrs Campbell? Without a first name for Mrs Campbell, it has proved impossible to trace her. We believe that Mrs Campbell was most probably a needlework teacher and that her colourful sampler was used as a teaching tool.
Model was stitched on Woodsmoke by Tabby Cat Linens. Stitch... Read more
A cross stitch sampler featuring flowers, birds, rabbits & more! Stitch count: 140w x 159h
Model stitched on 36 ct Vintage Light Examplar linen from Lakeside Linens using Weeks Dye Works, The Gentle Arts and DMC thread (with full DMC conversion available). Stitch count is 65 x 86.
Cross stitch pattern from Hands Across The Sea Samplers featuring a sampler with a young girl!
Model can be stitched on 28 ct. or 32 ct. linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 153 x 220. Finished size on 28 ct is 10.93" x 15.71" and on 32 ct 9.56"x 13.75".
Antonia Rosel y Garcia 1886 is a reproduction of an antique Spanish sampler.The Faded model is stitched on 40 ct Antique Lace by Seraphim Hand-dyed Fabrics using one strand of the silks over two linen threads. The Bright is stitched on 36 ct Affogato by Fibers on a Whim using one strand of silk over... Read more
Note from the designer - "Acquired in England, one might assume that this classic Quaker motif sampler was made at the Ackworth School in Yorkshire. However the influence of the designs promulgated by the Quaker School needleworkers stretched far beyond the confines of the school's walls. This... Read more
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
Note from the designer - "Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler, this piece is delightfully naive with its oversized animals, insects, and birds. Around 1760, the New-Hampshire Gazette began publishing advertisements for girls' schools, placed by female instructresses,... Read more
Note from the designer - "A sophisticated painterly use of perspective distinguishes this pictorial English sampler. An idealized rural scene with a thatched cottage nestled in a fertile valley, with white misted hills rising in the distance, also features a windmill, a flock of sheep,... Read more
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
What makes this early Victorian English sampler so intriguing are the wonderfully naive figures of Adam, Eve and St. Michael flanking the Tree of Life. St. Michael's sword is drawn to slay the serpent, but he hardly looks formidable with his large feet and doughy body. Playskool-like Adam and Eve... 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.
This is a reproduction of a Dutch Sampler. It depicts a red stag, a number of flower pots and four rather inconspicuous birds.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Gray Linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads and DMC floss. The stitch count is 264W x 260H and the finished size is 15" x 14 3/4".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Light Examplar with DMC floss (conversions provided for AVAS silk). Stitch Count: 281W x 380H. Finished size: 15.61" x 21.11".
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Heartland using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 185W x 145H. Design Size: 9.25" x 7.25"
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