Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Elegance Ltd featuring a sampler for Mother's day that says "Mother, true, kind"!
Model stitched on 30 count Parchment over two using Weeks Dye Works threads. Sampler is attached to a separate stitched border on 30 count Cocoa by Weeks Dye Works.... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Erica Michaels featuring Patchwork quilt blocks and the alphabet combine for a fabulous sampler in a five-part series. This is part 2.
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Vanilla Bean linen from R&R Reproductions using Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch count is 263 x 223.
Beloved
Cross Stitch Pattern by Running with Needle and Scissors
Celebrate the timeless beauty of handwork with Beloved, a graceful sampler design filled with charm and elegance.
Stitch Count: 135w 165h
Model Fabric: 46 count Linen (stitcher may substitute fabric of choice)
Threads:... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Works By ABC featuring a beautiful sampler! "Surely he hath borne our grief and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted."
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Creek Bed Brown from R&R Reproductions using DMC floss. Stitch count is 213 x 259.
Cross stitch pattern from Quaint Rose Needle Arts featuring a sampler!
Patterns are stitched on either 36 count Seaweed or Duxbury by Fox and rabbit using Gentle Art and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch counts are 202 x 244, 150 x 150, and 88 x 59.
Cross stitch pattern from Quaint Rose Needle Arts featuring a sampler!
Model is stitched on 32 count Dirty linen and 32 count Grey Petit Point Lugana by Zweigart, using Gentle Arts threads with DMC conversions listed. Stitch count is 110 x 110.
Model is stitched on 36 count Patriot's Brew by R&R Reproductions using Classic Colorworks, DMC and Weeks Dye Work threads. Lady Dot Creates needed Brick House Pom Pom. Stitch count 83w x 79h. Finished size: 4.61 x 4.39.
Note: The DMC Conversion for Weeks Grits is listed as 117. This is incorrect. We suggest DMC Ecru.
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.
This is a set of three that all come together. Each chart has the same dimensions as "Plaid Tidings" and "United we Plaid" (the Christmas and 4th of July patterns in the same style).
Pattern is stitched on 28 count Linen in Mystic Gray using Gentle Art and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch Count: Each chart is 75 x 75
Home is stitched on 36 count Almond Milk by Grace Notes Fabrics, fabric suggestion listed, using Weeks dye Works, Gentle Arts, and Classic colorworks threads. Stitch count is 131w x 87h and the finished size is 7.28" x 4.83".
About the Sampler: No name or year appears on this beautiful sampler to offer a clue about the maker. It is adorned with numerous Christian motifs and symbols. The sampler is representative of an Italian sampler style, as evidenced by the existence of other similar Italian
samplers, done in rows of... Read more
Mary Garrett stitched her fine sampler at Claverton school in 1854 at age fifteen. It is a remarkable piece of needlework, incorporating five different alphabets all stitched meticulously over two on 72 count linen. More history is included on the chart.
The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more
No clues have been provided by the stitcher as to her name, year of origin, or place where she stitched her sampler. The only clue as to place might be in the lettering she used itself, giving one an indication it was stitched in Ireland. "A slightly surprising source of lettering which became... Read more
Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more