Note from the designer - "Eleanor Parr created this amazing and unique sampler some time before 1835. The border of birds encircled by vines and leaves is unprecedented. Fleurs de lys embellish each of the four corners surrounding a central reserve containing a traditional verse, floral sprays... Read more
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
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
Note from the designer - "This is a beautifully balanced, intensely stitched transitional sampler. Worked originally in brightly colored silk threads on a fine tammy (wool) ground, it features a repeating, four-sided carnation border, surrounding five horizontal bands interspersed by lines of... 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
Note from the designer: "This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, a peacock with silver tips on its wings, the Lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the Crucifixion flanked by Mother Mary and... Read more
Note from the designer: "This densely worked sampler displays exquisite detail and contains many of the most popular needlework motifs of the seventeenth century. The flowers are realistically shaded to achieve a natural look."
Finished size on 35 count linen is 7 1/4" x 25... Read more
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 over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Onyx linen by Weeks Dye Works with Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 89W x 81H. Finished size is 4.45 in wide X 4.05 in high.
Models stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Light Examplar by Lakeside Linens with DMC floss. Stitch count for each design is approximately 43x49.
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. Aspen linen by Picture This Plus with Classic Colorworks floss and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 123H x 255W. Finished Size: 7" x 15"
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Beige linen with Needlepoint Inc Silk. Stitch Count: 172W x 447H. Finished size is approx 10.75 in wide X 27.94 in high.
"Next unto God Dear Parents I address Myself to you in Humble Thankfulness For all your care and Charge on me bestowed The means of Learning unto me Allowed Go on I pray and Let me still Pursue Those Golden Arts the Vulgar never knew."
Model stitched one over two on your choice... Read more
Model stitched one over two on your choice of 36 Ct. fabric using Soie d'Alger. Also required but not listed above 163, Stitch count is 309W x 319H. Design size is 17.17" x 17.72"
Model stitched on 36 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue using Soie d'Alger. Specialty stitches used are satin stitch, four sided stitch and 2 different variations of a rice stitch. Stitch count is 240W x 271H. Finished Size is 13.33" x 15.06" Color Chart.
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. Finished size is 16.65" x 19.3"
Model stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Colonial Parchment using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Classic Colorworks. Also required for the chenille trim, but not listed above Lady Dot Creates Thundercloud. Stitch Count: 51W x 51H. Design Size: 3" x 3".
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Wren using Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: Front 74W x 88H, Back 77W x 106H. Finished Size: 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" Finishing Instructions Included.
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"
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord ever. Charlotte Frost's work aged 11 years 1846".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 37 Ct. Corn Tassle linen with Needlepoint Inc silk. Stitch Count: 275W x 249H. Finished size: 15" x 13.5".
Pattern by Needlework Press featuring a vintage sampler reproduction with a floral border.
Model stitched over two on 46 Ct. Parchment using Dinky Dyes Silk. Over dyed cotton equivalents also provided. Stitch Count: 224W x 234H. Finished Size: 9.75" x 10"
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".
Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers featuring an antique reproduction originally from 1835.
Model stitched over two on 46 ct. Straw with one strand Au Ver A Soie Silk from their D'Alger Range. There are also conversions for the Au Ver A soie 100.3 range together with DMC. Soie 100.3 #245 discontinued. Stitch count 201 x 246 and the finished size is 8.74" x 10.7".
"Learn little Maid, each useful Art, Which may adorn thy Youth; Learn to improve thy tender Heart, In virtue Grace and Truth; Shun every vice with studious care, Each Female folly flee, fair That ev'ry grace which Crown the May all attend on the. Mary Ann Diaper is my Name, and in this wrought... Read more
Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Creme Brulee from R&R Reproductions using Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 87W x 87H. Fabric Size: 11" x 11". Finished size is approx 4.83 in wide X 4.83 in high.