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Cross stitch pattern from Rosewood Manor Designs featuring a lovely geometric sampler!

Stitched on 32 count PLatinum Linen using Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 215 x 247. Finished size is 13.5" x 15.5".

Ann Jefferson stitched her sampler at the age of 10. A sweet marking sampler with alphabets and sweet strawberries and pots of flowers in bold colors. The stitch count is 129 wide by 137 high and is stitched mostly in cross stitch with one band of 16-leg eyelets. This sampler can be stitched on linen or aida. Finished size on 32 Ct is 8.06" x 8.56".

It's Christmas in July at Anabella's and just in time for you to begin thinking about holiday stitching and gift giving! Can you believe it's just 6 months away?

Pattern is stitched on 16 ct Aida using DMC and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch Count 100 x 100. Finished size is 6.79" x 6.57".

Ocean Blue stocking was stitched and finished by Rindy Richards. Rindy is SO good at these stockings!! She even added tiny pearls to the very bottom of the stocking around the treasure chest. Perfect! Check out that whale!!

The stocking is stitched on 40 Ct. Arctic from Picture This Plus... Read more about Ocean Blue Stocking - Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

Santa Plate 2025 stitch count 104w x 104h approximately finished size is 7.5" x 7.5" on 14ct.
Santa's Snow Day Stocking stitch count 139w x 210h, approximately 10" x 15" on 14ct.
Christmas Peace stitch count 139w x 106h, approximately 10" x 7.5" on 14ct.

... Read more about Santa's Snow Day - Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 40 Ct.Tin Roof linen using Weeks Dye Works. Stitch count is 210W x 361H.

After 3 years in the making, this beautiful new design is ready to be yours! Perfect for all the specialty stitch lovers out there, this piece will be available for sale in 4 seasons. I'm so excited for you to see it come to life in your own hands!

As far as fabric, I entertained many... Read more about Summer - Seasons In The Garden - Cross Stitch Pattern

Bring the timeless beauty of faith and devotion into your stitching with the Franciscan Prayer Sampler from Dirty Annie's Southern Style. This exquisite sampler features the beloved Vocation Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi, accompanied by symbolic imagery deeply rooted in Franciscan tradition. ... Read more about Franciscan Prayer Sampler - Christian Cross Stitch Pattern

These three little samplers might look familiar to some of you - My House & Country and Seeds in an Apple were some of my earliest releases and have been out of print for some time.

My House is stitched on 36 count linen from (Comparable to DMC 738/739) using Classic Colorworks and Weeks... Read more about Sampler Trio - Cross Stitch Pattern

Kit Includes: Beads, JABC button, perforated paper/pvc, floss, needles, chart and instructions. Finished size: 5.25" x 5.25"

While we still have kits in stock with Perforated Paper, newer Mill Hill kits are now being made with Perforated PVC. We were skeptical at first, but here's... Read more about Garden Sampler - Beaded Cross Stitch Kit

An impressive reproduction of an antique 1826 sampler, featuring a large house, colourful motifs, and elegant details. This new pattern book includes both the full original sampler and a smaller, modern adaptation.

Thread options are provided for silks, DMC, and hand-dyed threads.

... Read more about Big House Anno 1826 - Cross Stitch Book

Stitch this sampler done in beautiful peacock colors with it's 2 fun birds plus traditional lettering and motifs.

Stitched on 32 count Winter Moon linen. Stitch count is 103w x 57h. Finished size on 32 ct is 6.4" x 3.6".

Introducing the Garden Variety series - a fresh and fruity celebration of summer! Start stitching today with limes, cherries, watermelon, and lemons, each designed to complement the fruit salad Quaker perfectly! Bright, bold, and bursting with charm - these little samplers are the sweetest way to... Read more about Garden Variety - Lemons - Cross Stitch Pattern

Introducing the Garden Variety series - a fresh and fruity celebration of summer! Start stitching today with limes, cherries, watermelon, and lemons, each designed to complement the fruit salad Quaker perfectly! Bright, bold, and bursting with charm - these little samplers are the sweetest way to... Read more about Garden Variety - Cherries - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Samplers And Primitives featuring an antique Christmas sampler design with the word "Noel".

Pattern is stitched on your choice of cream fabric with DMC, Gentle Arts, Classic Colorworks, and ThreadworX floss. Stitch count is 180 x 150. Finished size on 28 count is 12.86" x 10.71".

Cross stitch pattern from Samplers And Primitives featuring an antique sampler design with flowers.

Pattern is stitched on your choice of aged/vintage neutral fabric with DMC, Weeks Dye Works, Classic Colorworks, and Gentle Arts floss. Stitch count is 154 x 266. Finished size stitched on 28 ct is 11" x 19".

This extraordinary piece of seventeenth century needlework was originally executed with fine silks on a linen ground, in tent stitch, and is composed of many different slips" or spot motifs, cleverly fitted together. Many of these motifs have symbolic and/or heraldic significance, and they can... Read more about Spot Motif Embroidered Picture 1640 Cross Stitch Pattern

Helen's Drum is a pin drum pattern using key elements of our Helen Monro sampler.

The model was stitched on 40 ct linen using DMC floss, a conversion to Au Ver a Soie (Soie D'Alger) is also provided in the chart. Stitch count is 226 x 60. Finished size is 11.3" x 3".

Milady's Posies is a beauty, if I do say so myself. The center "posy" is a reproduction of an antique powder compact. The flowers were stitched on silk gauze which decorates the top of the compact.

Stitched on 40 count fabric using DMC threads. Stitch count is 249 x 87. Finished size is 12.45 in wide X 4.35 in high.

This charming design is a loose reproduction of an antique fraktur. I love how unusual it is and especially love the lady working on her sampler!

It is stitched on 40-Count linen using Needlepoint Silks. Stitch count is 143 x 229. Finished size is 7.3" x 11.45".

I found these sweet small frames at my local Michael's Store about a year ago and knew they needed samplers. I immediately posted a photo of them on Instagram encouraging stitchers to grab them up. I hope many of them did! In November I designed these sweet birth samplers and love how they look... Read more about Birth Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

Under the gibbous moon's cold glow,
Where darkened tides and tempests blow,
A raven black as peat and night
Set forth to call, to warn, incite.

From crag to croft, from forest den,
Through Munlochy to the Fairy Glen,
He croaked and cried, "Oh hear me all!
The... Read more about The Raven Quatrain - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Waxing Moon Designs featuring the phrase "Wintertime is a lovely sight. The sky so blue and the snow so white"!

Pattern is stitched on 30 ct Morris Blue linen from Weeks Dye Works using Weeks Dye Works and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch count is 164w x 197h. Finished size is 10.75" x 13".

Cross stitch pattern from Happiness Is Heartmade featuring a cute cat sampler!

Pattern is stitched on the fabric of your choice using DMC threads. Stitch count is 53w x 81h. Finished size on 14 Ct is 3.79" x 5.79".

Cross stitch pattern from Jardin Prive' featuring a cute garden sampler!

Stitched on 32 count Antique White using DMC threads. Stitch count is 100 x 100. Finished size is 6.25 x 6.25 for 32 count fabric.

Cross stitch pattern from Stoney Creek Collection featuring a Christian cross with the phrase "He is risen. Joy. Alleluia"!

Stitched on 28 count White Chocolate using DMC, Weeks Dye Work and Threadworx threads. Stitch count is 98w x 126h. Finished size is 7 x 9.

Note: There is no DMC conversion for Threadworx Spanish Olives.

Cross stitch pattern from La D Da featuring a vintage sampler!

Stitched on 30 count Cocoa by Weeks Dye Works, using either Weeks Dye Works or DMC threads. Stitch count is 168 x 191. Finished size is 11.2 in wide X 12.73 in high.

Cross stitch pattern from Needlemade Designs featuring a lovely sampler!

Patterns are stitched on 40 ct linen using Classic Colorworks, Gloriana, and Au Ver A Soie threads with DMC conversion.

Stitch Counts and Finished Sizes:
Many Sheep: 227 x 191 - 11.35" x 9.55"... Read more about Elizabeth Ackroyd Three Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

A Scottish reproduction sampler with an especially delightful Scotsman in the lower left-hand corner. His jumping over the roof of his blue slate roofed cottage just captivated me. I decided that in addition to the red and green tartan kilt I needed to approximate the Frasier tartan. The Frasier... Read more about Jean Walker 1812 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Sassafras Samplers featuring a lovely sampler!

Stitched on your choice of fabric using Soie Alger or DMC threads. Stitch count is 268 x 244. Finished size is 13.4 x 12.2.

This Baltimore-style sampler is a tribute to the bond of sisters. The quote reads:"Beside a well one does not thirst. Beside a sister one does not despair."

Pattern is stitched on 40 count linen using Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works, and DMC threads with a DMC conversion. Stitch Count: 215 x 241. Finished size is 10.75" x 12.05".

This sampler brings together two of my favorite themes: stitching and music. It is full of motifs such as thread spools, "loudspeaker" flowers, and hoops with music notes. It reads: "I wanna rock and roll all night and cross stitch every day"

Pattern is stitched on 36... Read more about Rock & Roll Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

A wedding signifies the start of a couple's journey together. The Wedding Sampler Cross Stitch Pattern by It's Sew Emma beautifully captures the romance and love celebrated by depicting love birds and floral garlands. The pattern also includes an alphabet and numbers chart to personalize the sampler... Read more about Wedding Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Vintage Sampler Cross Stitch by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet elegantly pays homage to the samplers of another era. This beautiful pattern incorporates all the hallmark elements of a traditional sampler designed to showcase needlework skills. This sampler can stand alongside those made long ago,... Read more about Vintage Sampler Cross Stitch - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: Combining antique motifs, borders and alphabet fonts is one of my favorites to design.

This is a monochromatic design that can be stitched on any fabric with any one color of floss. The blue model was stitched on 36 Ct. Mayflower from Fox & Rabbit with Belle Soie... Read more about Le Petite Lettres - Cross Stitch Pattern

The booklet is 8 1/2" H x 5" W and contains 10 pages, with full color pictures of each design.

There are eight baby samplers in the collection, made up of tiny motifs such as teddy bears, rocking horses, elephants, baby carriages, a stork, etc. An alphabet and number chart is... Read more about French Baby Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern

What started as a fun autumnal theme, took over and we did Christmas themed pincushions and now some Spring themed only cross stitch pincushions. Enjoy!

The pattern is stitched on 36 ct fabric using Hand dyed Floss with DMC conversion. Stitch count is 69 x 50. Finished size is 3.75 x 2.75.

The Antique: Amelia stitched her sampler at the age of seventeen while living at the North Wing, 3 New Orphan House, Ashley Down, Bristol, in 1868. The original sampler's stitched area measures 13.5 inches wide by 15.25 inches high on a cream cotton ground fabric measuring 76 threads to the inch,... Read more about Amelia Fox 1868 Bristol Orphanage Sampler - Pattern

On the back of this framed antique, was found a very aged handwritten note: "This Sampler was worked by Mary Coleby of Kelvedon, Essex when Eleven years of age at Ackworth School Yorkshire. Born 1792 - married in 1814 to Edward Gripper of Layer Breton Hall, Essex - had thirteen children - died... Read more about Mary Coleby, Ackworth School 1803 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler was obtained from the M. Finkel and Daughter antique collectors who describe this sampler in their catalog as follows: "Documented Irish samplers are rare, and this one offers strong visual appeal with excellent color and composition. A fine, large alphabet, little house, pots of... Read more about Mary Wallace 1847 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: A quick look at the original samplers and we can be quite certain Isabella and M. were sisters and may very well have stitched these together. Both marked them with their village of Eddleston(e) in Scotland, but most of all, they are so very similar in many ways - color,... Read more about Russel Sisters - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Fox and Rabbit featuring a lovely floral sampler!

The pattern is stitched on 40 ct Ballet Slippers using Colour & Cotton floss. There is also a conversion included to Weeks Dye Works and DMC. Stitch count is 297 x 365. Finished size is 14.85" x 18.25".

Vierlande is a rural area just outside of Hamburg on the river Elbe. The name "Vierlande" literally translates as "four lands" and refers to the four parishes in it (Kirchwerder, Neuengamme, Altengamme and Curslack). The area has a rich cultural tradition of dress and folk art. Girls... Read more about A Medium Vierlande Style Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

This wintertime pattern by Needle Treasures Nook features a 3 by 3 grid of sweet treats including a donut, muffin, coffee, and more!

This pattern is stitched on 32 ct. vintage mocha linen using DMC threads. Stitch count is 85w x 85h and finished size is 5.31" x 5.31".

My Hometown is a modern schoolgirl sampler! The design was inspired by 11 year old Amy, and the full story is included in the book. There is an extra alphabet chart for personalization and a chart for the coordinating scissors fob!

The models are stitched on 36 count linen using 1 strand... Read more about My Hometown - Cross Stitch Book

Enter the world of red school samplers and discover the fascinating history and tradition of this special embroidery art. Red samplers are a unique piece of cultural heritage: once a compulsory part of girls' education, now loved by embroidery enthusiasts worldwide.

The book offers 64... Read more about Connected By The Red Thread - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from NeedleWorkPress featuring a red sampler!

Stitched on 32 count Beige by Weeks Dye Works using either Weeks Dye Works Red Rocks or Classic Colorworks Cherry Cobbler. Stitch count is 179 x 148. Finished size is 11.19 in wide X 9.25 in high.

I love the sort of "chocolate box" feel of this little sampler. It's got an old fashioned feel and come on, that row of stars is so fun! It would be simple to personalize this design with different hair color for you and your sweetie. I chose a deep frame for the model to emphasize the... Read more about True Love - Valentine Cross Stitch Pattern