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
Stitch this patriotic sampler, designed in marking sampler style. "America" is repeated in several different alphabets in patriotic colors to honor our country with a prayer for God's grace. Fits in 8x10" standard picture frame.
Model stitched on 32 ct Latte Linen using DMC thread. Stitch Count: 112w x 146h.
Cross stitch pattern from Calico Confectionery featuring this little red schoolhouse, ready for its pupils. Stitch this nostalgic sampler with its alphabets, numbers, and fun motifs.
Pattern was stitched on 16 ct Cream Aida with DMC floss. Stitch count is 98w x 98h.
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a reproduction sampler chart!
Pattern is stitched on 40 Ct Dusty Road from Seraphim using Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk with DMC conversions. Also required but not listed: Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk:Tree Trunk. Stitch count is 144 x 136.
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a sampler that is charted with the original version of family alphabets, but also includes an alphabet to personalize and make it your own!
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Cocoa linen from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversions. Stitch count is 148 x 204.
Cross stitch pattern from Heart's Ease Examplar Workes featuring a home with the phrase "But oh...to live in a rose covered cottage on a hill overlooking the sea, Where I'd patiently watch the tall ships sailing by "til my love returns safely to me"!
Cross stitch pattern from Tiny Modernist featuring ice skaters on a frozen pond, a horse drawn carriage, and other festive imagery accompanied by the following adaptation of "The Garden Year"!
Winter brings the snow
Makes our feet and fingers glow
Model stitched on 16 ct. Aida White Chocolate using DMC thread. Stitch count 120w x 180h.
A timeless reference for needleworkers, The Red Book of Sampler Stitches is an indispensable guide to classic and decorative embroidery stitches used in traditional samplers. This beautifully organized book offers:
Clear diagrams and instructions - each stitch is illustrated for easy learning,... Read more
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".
Cross stitch pattern from Lila's Studio featuring a reproduction sampler with the Lord's Prayer.
The model was stitched with 1 strand of floss over 2 threads of fabric on 40 Ct. Old Massachusetts by The Primitive Hare with Gloriana Silk floss. Stitch Count: 144 x 172. Finished size: 7.2" x 8.6"
Cross stitch pattern from Needle Work Press featuring a sampler with the phrase "Glory to god in the highest and on earth peace goodwill towards men. -St. Luke 2:14. And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them into heaven the shepherds said one to another, let us now go even unto... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Shakespeare's Peddler featuring a fun Quaker sampler!
Model stitched on 40 ct. Brown Paper using Soie d'Alger threads. Stitch count is 268 x 283.
Cross stitch pattern from Blackbird Designs featuring a collection of cartouches!
In The Pink stitched on 36 count Sanguine by Weeks Dye Works using Classic Colorworks Belle Soie Silk Floss. Stitch count 417 x 113
Thinking of thee stitched on 32 Count Heartland using Gentle Arts,... Read more
This design from Annie Beez Folk Art features a lovely red house and the saying "Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show that mercy show to me."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Summer Khaki linen with DMC floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 163X196. Finished size: 9" x 10.8"
This is a reprint of a previously discontinued pattern from Blackbird Designs and features birds as well as "lollipop" style flowers.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on coffee-stained 32ct Olde Town Blence from R&R Reproductions with Needlepoint Inc silks. Stitch Count: 170W x... 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
"Plying our needle on linen with thread, our work with live on long after we're dead. Our gentle art gives us such pleasure. The stitchers before us we truly do treasure, for we are the sampler makers."
Model stitched on 36ct. Mocha linen from Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 167 x 106.
Note: The DMC conversion for Weeks Dye Works Occar is not listed.
Cross stitch pattern from Little House Needleworks with a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" theme!
Model stitched on 32 ct. Silkweaver, Tuscan Clay Linen using Classic Colorworks thread. Stitch count is 131 x 122. Finished size is 8" x 7.5".
Model Stitched on 36 count Veldt by Picture this Plus using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Arts, and Weeks Dye Works threads. DMC alternatives provided. Stitch count is 234W x 189H
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.
The model was stitched on Zweigart-based linen overdyed. We recommend that you stitch Amelia on your preferred colour, fabric, and count of fabric. Aida, Linaida, or linen can be used. Amelia's cheery sampler has been reproduced with a palette of only 8 colours from Au Ver Soie's range of Soie... Read more
Antique reproduction sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers! Note from the designer:
I have been looking for a "Home Sweet Home" sampler to stitch since the beginning of my needlework journey with samplers. Whilst I like the "motto" needleworks so popular with the... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a Scandinavian inspired pattern with multiple language greetings (English, Spanish, Italian, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, and Finnish).
Stitched on 32ct linen (or 16ct aida) it would measure approximately 44 by... Read more