Reproduction Samplers Page 6

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 about Bird in Bough - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Typical of so many Scottish samplers, Elizabeth Masterton's features an abundance of initials (likely familial), rows of evergreen trees, peacocks with seven tail feathers, and the now famous mansion house fronted by a pillared fence and gates enclosing sheep. Apart... Read more about Elizabeth Masterton 1838 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This finely stitched German sampler begins with a single row of alphabets above an immensely intricate collection of symbolic cross stitched motifs, including battling angels, the figure of Justice with her scales, the spies of Canaan, the crucifixion, Adam and Eve... Read more about Hanna Katerina 1734 German Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more about Sarah Dutnel 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more about Elizabeth Gooding 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

A RED BRICK MANSION HOUSE is at the center of this wildly engaging English sampler featuring a small zoo/conservatory/aviary of flora and fauna as interpreted by an exceptionally talented young woman of the early nineteenth century. The verse is common enough on nineteenth-century samplers, unlike... Read more about Jane Moore 1820 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more about German Sampler by AEDEGNES 1746 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Elizabeth Gray 1832 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Adapted from an English sampler dated 1783. The original sampler from which this piece was adapted measures 15 1/2" x 12 1/2", and was stitched over one thread of linen on approximately 50-thread-count glazed linen. The house on the left alone, which measures 71 by 62 squares on the graph,... Read more about Country Life Sampler 1783 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Elizabeth Topham 1727 - Cross Stitch Pattern

"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."

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 about Grazing Sheep circa 1810 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more about Harriet Boardman 1804 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Harriot Ringrose 1852 - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler was made in Scotland and includes many of the traditional motifs associated with samplermaking in this region. Firstly, Janet has included many initials of family members. However the initials at the center- G R 3 -refer to the then-reigning monarch, King George III. The flowering... Read more about Janet Carsels 1787 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Katharine Mitchel circa 1785 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This small and brilliantly preserved band sampler demonstrates a wide variety of stitches found on many seventeenth century samplers. The beautifully shaded flower heads and leaves are filled in with connecting tiers of trellis stitch."

Finished size on 35... Read more about Judeth Payne 1668 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Hannah Cummins stitched her sampler in Stockton, England in 1828 when she was 9 years old. A photo of the antique sampler is included in the package. "My thoughts before they are my own are to my God distinctly known. He knows the words I mean to speak ere from opning lips they break.

... Read more about Hannah Cummins - Cross Stitch Pattern

All that is known of the sampler are the stitcher's initial - ES. The sampler appears to be English and from around the mid 19th Century.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Light Sand linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks (DMC conversions are provided). Stitch Count: 114W x 164H. Finished Size: 5 5/8" x 8 1/8"

Model stitched on 28 Ct. Ale by Picture This Plus with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 180 x 188. Design Size: 13" x 13".

"Perfect love casteth out fear - I wish I was a little seed, I'd grow & grow & grow, I'd twine myself around your heart & never let you go".

Model stitched on 35 Ct. Cream Linen with Gentle Arts Sampler Threads, and Weeks Dye Works thread. Stitch count is 201 x 228. Finished Size: 12" x 14"

Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Espresso Linen by R&R using Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 147W x 192H. Design Size: 7" x 10".

Pattern by Lila's Studio featuring an antique inspired design with birds, flowers, and the words "Be Mine."

Model stitched on 36 Ct. Sand Edinburgh linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 165W x 81H and the finished size is 9.17" x 4.5".

"A Yuletide Welcome to Thee." Model stitched on 36 Ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Needlepoint Inc Silks. Stitch Count: 333W x 172H.

Model stitched on 35 Ct. Beige Linen by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 115x115.

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

"Mary Cotton Her Work in the year 1827." Model stitched over two threads on 40 Count Light Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Needlepoint inc Silks. Stitch Count: 213W x 195W.

Model stitched on 40 Ct. Maritime White using Needlepoint Inc & Thread Gatherer Silk n Colors Silks. Stitch count 131x174.

Model stitched on 36 Ct. fabric of your choice with Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler threads, and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 154 x 83. Finished Size is 8.56 in wide X 4.61 in high.

Model stitched on 35 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Work with Needlepoint Inc silk and DMC. Stitch Count: 114 x 151. Finished size is 6.33 in wide X 8.39 in high.

Stitch Count: 127W x 102H. Model stitched on 35 Ct. Beige Linen by Weeks Dye Works. Stitched over 2 using DMC floss.

Model stitched on 36 Ct. Ligonier Latte by R&R Reproductions with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 67W x 65H. Design shown finished in a 4.75" min tart pan tin.

Model stitched on 28 Ct. Wren by Picture this Plus. Stitched using Gentle Arts Threads. Stitch Count: 50x50. Design Size: 3" x 3".

Model stitched two over two on 28 Ct. Wren by Picture This Plus with Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 50 x 50. Design Size: 4" x 4".

Pattern by Stacy Nash Primitives featuring a woman standing by a beehive with a vine of flowers.

Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Beige by Weeks Dye Works using Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 83 x 102. Finished Size: 5" x 6".

"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.

"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 30 Ct. Parchment by Weeks Dye Works over two using Gentle Arts Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss, and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 134W x 66H. Finished size: 8 3/4 x 4 1/4. Alphabet provided for personalization.

"I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. 1843."

Model is stitched on 36 count Vintage Meadow Rue using Gentle Arts and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch Count: 193W x 181H.

Model is stitched on 32 Ct. Straw linen by Weeks Dye Works using one strand over two of Needlepoint Silk. Stitch Count: 116W x 146H

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Classic Homespun linen using Classic Colorworks floss over two. Stitch Count: 72W x 60H

"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.

Model stitched on 40 Ct. Meadow Rue by Lakeside Linen with Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk floss & NPI. Stitch Count: 134x127.

Also required but not listed is Classic Colorworks Bella Soie Tree Trunk.

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 on 32 Ct. Dirty Belfast linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 112x82. Design Size: 7" x 5".

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Murkey by Picture This Plus with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 153x95. Design Size: 10" x 6".

Model stitched on 36 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue by Lakeside Linen using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 95W x 109H and the finished size is 5.28" x 6.06".

Model stitched on 32 Ct. Old Farmhouse linen by Notforgotten Farm. Stitch counts are 46 x 37 (x2) and 35 x 43. Approximate sizes are 3" x 2.5" (x2), 2.25" x 2.75". Stitch using DMC floss.