Jan Hicks creates the design "CRS 1713", an antique sampler from the Saxon region of Germany. The original stitcher is known by the initials CRS.
Jan has released the sampler in three parts, making the stitching process manageable. The total stitch count for all three parts is 160 x 874.
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This sampler reproduction design is based on a 1785 sampler from Amsterdam. The original sampler had some very uneven stitching, which had to be adjusted in this re-interpretation of this design. It is for full crosses and has no specialty stitchers, and is suitable for both linen and aida fabrics... Read more
This lovely - quite late - antique English sampler is so pleasing with its symmetry and familiar motifs. I particularly loved recreating the look of pink bricks, making each look different through the use of softly variegated thread. The original stitcher's initials are the same as two of my... Read more
Celtic Snow is the fourth in the seasonal Celtic designs, and has been a long time coming. 4 years on the drawing board before I finally decided I liked it, much to the dismay of my mother! The colours are meant to evoke the feeling of a snowy winter night, the moonlight glinting off freshly fallen... Read more
Note from the designer: Alice Maud Tippett at the young age of 11 years stitched an adorable little sampler using a scrap of Penelope canvas and a beautiful palette of nine colours. The colours harmonise so well!
Alice records on her sampler that she attended St Ervan's Board School. When the... Read more
This 14 page booklet includes three smalls to finish as scissor fobs, one bookmark, four extra borders, one needlebook cover, plus one small sampler and two Welcomes! Don't miss the BE CREATIVE ideas!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Platinum linen using Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 283 x 176 stitches.
Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring an original sampler of dogs!
Pattern is stitched on 40ct. Baked Clay linen from Fox and Rabbit using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works threads with DMC conversions. Stitch count is 188 x 109.
Pattern is stitched on 40ct. Vintage Sand Dune from Lakeside Linen using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch count is 210 x 148. DMC conversion included
The models are stitched on 36 count Vintage Country Mocha linen. Stitch with one ply of thread over 2 linen threads.
Stitch counts:
One square: 53 wide by 56 high
Two squares: 109 wide by 56 high
Three squares: 165 wide by 56 high
Cross stitch pattern from Homespun Samplar featuring a sampler with an Irish prayer: "May those who love you, love you and those who don't, may God turn there heart and if he can not, turn their ankle so you will know them by their limp"!
Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Linen using DMC threads. Stitch count is 207 x 167. Finished size is 12.94" x 10.44".
A Prequel to the Carter House Sampler, Franklin, Tennessee, The Sampler of Fountain Branch Carter's Mother, For the Battle of Franklin Trust, An Antique Sampler Reproduction.
Pattern is stitched on 36 count Hemingway by Needle and Flax. Stitch Count: 171 stitches wide x 224 stitches high.... Read more
The Remember Me Tree was designed for the Delaware Valley Historic Sampler Guild and thus features a collection of animals and traditional sampler motifs from the Delaware area. I loved the tree design so much I created a sampler to accompany it for the general release!
When the traditional lyrics had me stumped for designs I decided to get creative and use the ultimate lord of Christmas- Santa, as my muse! You can see him leaping over a sleeping village as gifts and Christmas magic (represented by metallic thread) spill from his overflowing sack!
Jan Hicks creates the design "CRS 1713", an antique sampler from the Saxon region of Germany. The original stitcher is known by the initials CRS.
Jan has released the sampler in three parts, making the stitching process manageable. The total stitch count for all three parts is 160 x 874.
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Cross Stitch pattern from Lucy Beam Love in Stitches featuring a sampler with the phrase "The lord is mu shepherd, I shall not want"!
The model was stitched on 36ct. Jackalope from Lapin Loops, suggested fabric listed, using Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Work Threads. Stitch count is 124 x 152.
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
A Dutch period reproduction sampler from the province of Groningen. This richly illustrated 20-page booklet gives information on the stitcher's life and the area she grew up in.
Pattern is stitched your choice of threads and fabric
Stitch count is 271w x 222h.
Shades of Turquoise is the eleventh in a series of twelve shaded designs featuring bands and motifs shaped into geometric patterns. Because this design is entirely cross stitch, any type of fabric is suitable.
Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Icon from Picture This Plus using Gloriana, Dinky Dyes, or DMC threads. Stitch count is 249 x 249.
It's been a while since I did a design that is all cross stitch. No beads, no specialty stitches, just relax and stitch. Tapestry in Teal was an idea that grew, and grew, to extreme proportions, but I loved the border I'd laid out so much I had to keep going. It's big, but it's only... Read more
You know how much I like diagonals. It was inevitable this would happen someday. This actually started as a stocking, but I figured there would be those who didn't care about stockings but wanted to stitch it as a sampler, so I took the liberty of getting ahead of the request. :)
Cross stitch pattern from From The Heart featuring a sampler with the phrase "Cast but a smile on this my mean endeavor. I'll strive to mend and be obedient ever."
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Fog from Picture This Plus with conversions for Gloriana(not listed), Weeks Dye Works, and DMC threads. Stitch count is 145 x 214. Finished size is 8" x 11.88".
Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring an adorable sampler for mom!
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct White Jobelan using DMC and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stoney Creek buttons not listed: SB142, SB170AQS, and SB170RDXS. Stitch count is 125w x 81h.
Germaine Villeret stitched her large colorful sampler in 1925. The colors are as beautiful front as back. You can stitch it in either Soie d'Alger, 1003 silk or DMC. Stitch count is 308 x 320.
Madeleine stitched her little sampler in 1904. This model is stitched on a Zweigart linen 40ct color 323, with Soie 1003 Au Ver Soie, Conversion in Soie d'Alger and DMC is included in the booklet. Stitch count is 244 x 253.
This 10-page booklet includes two extra borders, a small to finish as a needlebook cover anda lovely WELCOME. The smaller "samplers" in the piece can easily be stitched separately! It also includes several BE CREATIVE! ideas.
Pattern is stitched on 28 ct Grace Note Fabrics Sarah using DMC floss. Stitch count is 278 x 149.
Model is stitched on 40 ct. Cafe Au Lait by Zweigart using Classic Colorworks, The Gentle Arts, Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 404 x 404.