Samplers Cross Stitch Page 19

Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a festive holiday sampler, Christmas town shows a north pole village with some of Santa's deer and a very large Christmas tree.

Stitched on 32ct linen (or 16ct aida) it would measure approximately 28.5 by 20.5cm. This chart... Read more about Christmas Town - A Holiday Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Madame La Fee featuring the French sentiment "Un Noel Enchante (Enchanted Christmas), with teddy bear, toy train, Christmas ornaments, and more!

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 192 x 192. Finished size on 32 count is 12" x 12".

Reproduction sampler from NeedleWorkPress "Jane Bowen her Sampler aged 13 1837. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them."

The Model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct.... Read more about Jane Bowen 1837 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler celebrates the wonderful peacock motifs found on antique samplers, and gives them a modern twist. The sampler sparkles with plenty of metallic thread and two different colors of beads.

Pattern is stitched on 28 or 32 count fabric using DMC floss or The Gentle Art Sampler... Read more about Birds of a Feather - Cross Stitch Pattern

The model was stitched on 30 count Old Salem Linen by The Primitive Hare using Gentle Arts Sampler Thread. The stitch count is 136 x 193. The recommended fabric allows for a 2 inch border. Cross Stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring the phrase "My soul is fed with needle and thread"!

Model stitched on the color of your choice 16 ct. Zweigart linen using Soie d'Alger thread. Stitch count is 213 x 213.

Model stitched on Zweigart 16 ct. linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 384 x 308.

Model stitched on 40 ct. Lakeside Linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 337 x 188.

A reproduction sampler from Reflets de Soie with a large house in the center and various motifs surrounding.

Model stitched on 16 count Aida fabric of your choice using Au Ver A Soie threads. Stitch count is 271 x 388. Finished size is 17" x 24.25".

This design by Reflets de Soie features an alphabet sampler and several geometric border samplers.

Model stitched on 32ct Vintage Light Examplar Linen by Lakeside Linens, using Soie d'Alger thread. DMC alternative is 902. Stitch count: 188 x 288.

This design features the text "Vivez longtemps soyez heureux Bien chers Parents ce sont mes voeux." A wish from a child to her parents, for long and happy lives. They are surrounded by birds and flowers, while shepherding lambs in the French countryside.

Stitch count is 339 x 402.

This design from Reflets de Soie has lots of bright pink roses, an alphabet sampler, and the text "Heloise Cornu 1896".

Model stitched on your choice of 16ct Linen by Zweigart using Soie d'Alger thread. Stitch count: 283 x 320.

Cross stitch pattern from Reflets de Soie featuring a beautiful Virgin Mary surrounded by colored motifs.

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct linen using Soie D'Alger silk floss. Stitch count is 312 x 235. Required Au Ver A Soie Soie d'Alger 2928 and 3996 have been discontinued.

This 18 page booklet from Rosewood Manor includes a sampler, a lovely Welcome, and four fun royal smalls.

The sampler model was stitched over two threads on 32 Ct. White or Antique White linen with DMC floss and Rainbow Gallery threads. Stitch Count: 367x217. Finished size: 23" x 13.5"

A cross stitch pattern by Shannon Christine Designs with a bluebird, blue flowers, and blue motifs.

Model stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss and Mill Hill beads. Stitch count is 143 x 124. Finished size is 10.21" x 8.86".

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 86 x 106.

Cross stitch pattern from Shannon Christine Designs featuring a large white house, keys, and beautiful morning glory flowers!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch count is 226 x 127.

Note from the designer - "This sweet English sampler is the first I've ever seen with a border made up of flying cherubs. It also features a "geode" (mosaic) parrot- a distinctively stylized bird that appears on other samplers made in England, New England, and the Netherlands throughout... Read more about Elizabeth Eyles 1799 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Elizabeth Sheffield 1784 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This reproduction sampler is from the Ackworth Quaker School and is dated 1800. It is rated for beginners.

Linen count and finished size: 35 or 40 count using either cotton or silk floss, 19" x 21" or 17" x 18-1/2"

Chart only.

Note from the designer - "The design of this piece was inspired by fine examples of early eighteenth century American and English needlework pictures. A picture like this would have been stitched as a painting, with great attention to detail, shading, color, and composition." The design... Read more about The Huntsman - Cross Stitch Pattern

A derivative 17th-century canvas work picture. The Adam and Eve legend was a more popular theme on samplers after the early eighteenth century so this example is quite unusual. The pair are not often seen on earlier needleworks, even though most illustrated bibles of the sixteenth and seventeenth... Read more about And All Was For An Appil - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler features a lion, a camel, and large colorful flowers. The design was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. linen and is suitable for all skill levels. The stitch count for each design is 244 W x 230 H. The finished piece will measure approximately 12-1/2″ x 11-1/2″.

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 - "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 about Elizabeth's Squirrel - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Mary Bailey stitched this sampler in England and finished it in 1818. It demonstrates an advanced level of skill given the symmetry of the design and its many diverse elements: a red brick mansion house with four chimneys- a sign of wealth in early 19th century England,... Read more about Mary Bailey 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "Several band samplers very similar to this one are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as well as in other important collections. This particular sampler came from the collection of The Scarlet Letter, and is now in a private collection. A... Read more about Ann Scutt circa 1675 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - This is the most symmetrical, balanced, counted thread sampler that we have ever charted from. It is also one of the most satisfying, challenging, and beautiful samplers in the world. Originally worked on a fine wool ground, the colors of our reproduction have been matched... Read more about Dorcas Haynes 1720 - 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

Note from the designer - "Elizabeth Eaton finished her sampler on the 21st of July in 1712. She used bold, primary colors suggestive of Scottish influence. The original sampler was stitched with both silk and fine wool threads on linen using cross, eyelet, rice, queen, herringbone, double... Read more about Elizabeth Eaton 1712 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a reproduction of an English sampler that features a four-sided carnation border, centering many intricate organic petit point motifs. The large mansion house dominates the central reserve, standing above an extensive pasture occupied by two very large and cockeyed sheep. These imaginative... Read more about Elizabeth Lilly 1801 - 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

Note from the designer: "Adapted from a mid eighteenth century English sampler. The combination of several unusual stitch techniques with bold primary colors, makes this sampler outstandingly beautiful and a rewarding project to stitch.
While the majority is done in cross stitch, large... Read more about Emily Lucille - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Frances B Jones 1817 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This sampler was probably made in Rhode Island, a poor sister, perhaps, to the magnificent creations coming out of the girls' schools in Newport, Providence and Bristol at this same period, but bearing some similar "signatures". The squat, long-tailed bird at the... Read more about Freelove Hazard 1792 - 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: "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

Note from the designer: "German and Dutch samplers are known for their iconography, especially the symbolic religious motifs. This piece, reproduced from the collection of the Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania, portrays many of these motifs. Adam and Eve, in particular, are often... Read more about IAMEK 1801 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This Scottish sampler features many distinguishing characteristics of samplers made in that country, most notably the arcaded pansy band across the top third, the four-sided floral border with double running stitch flourishes, and the famous mansion house. Of this large... Read more about Isabella Robeson circa 1809 - 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

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a snowman in winter and the word "January"!

Model stitched on 28 ct. raw natural cashel linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a valentines themed monthly sampler for February!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a house, sheep and the words "Irish Blessings" and "March"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a chicks, Easter eggs and the words "Welcome Spring" and "April"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a schoolhouse, crayons and the words "Back to School" and "September"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a Thanksgiving celebration with pilgrims and the words "Harvest Blessings" and "November"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.

Cross stitch pattern from Sugar Stitches featuring a Holiday celebration with a snowman and the words "Happy Holidays" and "December"!

Model stitched on 28 count Raw Natural Cashel Linen using DMC floss. Stitch count is 117 x 111.