Samplers Page 19

Model stitch on 30 count Linen using Gentle Arts and Weeks Dye Works threads. Stitch count is 75w x 85h. Finished size is 5" x 5.67".

If the entire collection is stitched on one piece of linen the model will be stitched on 30 ct. Olde Town Blend. Stitch count is 387 x 261. Finished size is 25.8" x 17.4".

Mother's Garden, full of flowers and blackbirds! Suggested fabric is 30ct Irish Cream. Stitch count: 119w x 201h. Finished size is approx. 7.93 in wide X 13.4 in high on 30 ct.

Model stitched on 35 Ct. Abcedarian Blend by R&R Reproductions with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 77W x 140H. Design Size: 5" x 8"

Agnes Platt's Strawberry Sampler, a Loose Feathers Spring 2013 book from Blackbird Designs!

The patterns are stitched on 30 ct Vintage Gray by R&R Reproductions using Gentle Arts floss. Strawberry Sampler stitch count is 279 x 197. Summer Berry Pincushion stitch count is 56 x 64. Bee Skep... Read more about Agnes Platt's Strawberry Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Birds of a Feather - Cross Stitch Pattern

This cross stitch pattern features large puzzle piece shapes with animals inside the borders.

Design is stitched on your choice of fabric using The Gentle Arts floss with DMC alternatives (310,3863, 3712, 3727, 210, 676, 415). Stitch count is 170 x 256. Finished size is 10.6" x 16" on 16/32 count.

Cross stitch pattern from La d Da featuring Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Aspen by Weeks Dye Works with Classic Colorworks, DMC and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 152W x 158H. Finished size: 8.4" x 8.7"

Cross stitch pattern from La d Da featuring a sweet scissor mat.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Flax linen with Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 15W x 113H. Finished size: 8 1/4" x 6 1/4". Finishing instructions included.

Model stitched two over one 14 Ct. Lilac Aida using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 180x180. Design Size: 13" x 13"

This classic Lizzie Kate design says "Bless the Baby" and has room for the name and date of birth.

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Lambswool linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads or DMC floss. The stitch count is 31W x 97H. Finished size is 2" x 7". Comes with an alphabet and number chart and shown with a bunny button from Just Another Button Company.

"It is a dear thing, Friendship. A sweet balm, a fast elusive bird of calm that flutters o'er life's tumultuous ocean." Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 89W x 146H.

Cross stitch design from Needle Bling featuring a sailing ship, lighthouse, mermaids and "Bound to your mind, sirend by your voice. You look at me like I'd have a choice. But I'm a sailor and you are the sea. Give me your storms, don't stop singing to me."

The model was stitched... Read more about Siren of the Sea Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

This cross stitch sampler from NeedleWorkPress features alphabets, a house, "Be a Friend" and "Without a friend the world is but a wilderness."

The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Beige linen by Weeks Dye Works with Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 221x177.... Read more about Be a Friend Sampler - 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

Cross Stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring a Christmas night and the phrase "Merry Christmas London. God bless us everyone."

Model is stitched on 30ct Old Salem Linen using DMC and Gentle Arts thread. Stitch count: 179 x 201.

The item is embroidered on a Zweigart 16 Thread 3077 or 323 linen using DMC threads. Stitch count is 262 x 242.

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

This pattern features 5 reproduction samplers worked in red.

"Germaine Besse 1905" model stitched on Zweigart Natural Linen using Au Ver a Soie Soie d'Alger 946. DMC alternative 814. Stitch count: 244w x 193h

"M. Parot 1886" model stitched on Zweigart Natural... Read more about Abecedaires Rouges 2017 - Five Cross Stitch Patterns

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.

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"

Shannon Christine Design featuring bees, beehives and sayings such as "Always bee humble", "Create lots of buzzz" and "Stick with your honey."

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct. Aida of your choice using DMC thread. Stitch count is 90 x 115.

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

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

Note from the designer - This needlework was designed after an English sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. The lush border flowers are similar to those on a sampler made by Sarah Brignell from around the same period, suggesting the existence of a school or teacher whose... Read more about Jane Atkinson circa 1780 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This design was inspired by an early eighteenth century English picture executed in tent stitch." The designs features a lion, a leopard and a parrot surrounded by bright flowers.

The design is stitched over one thread on 35 Ct. linen. It uses cross... Read more about A Parrot, A Leopard, A Lion - 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 - "Eleanor Parr created this amazing and unique sampler some time before 1835. The border of birds encircled by vines and leaves is unprecedented. Fleurs de lys embellish each of the four corners surrounding a central reserve containing a traditional verse, floral sprays... Read more about Eleanor Parr 1816 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "This finely stitched German sampler begins with a single row of alphabets above an immensely intricate collection of symbolic cross stitched motifs, including battling angels, the figure of Justice with her scales, the spies of Canaan, the crucifixion, Adam and Eve... Read more about Hanna Katerina 1734 German Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "At age nine in 1818, Sarah Dutnel created this unusual "tree of life" sampler. A traditional carnation and tulip border in subtle, earthy shades of gold, brown, and cream surrounds the tree. Dogs, deer, birds, stars, potted plants, trees and flowers flank the... Read more about Sarah Dutnel 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This is a beautiful sampler from Norwich (Norfolk, United Kingdom), possibly stitched at a school run by one Mrs. Wright or her descendent (hence the initials "MW" below Elizabeth's name in the attribution). A list of teachers in Norwich in 1783 includes Wright, Massey, and Cheetleburgh. The... Read more about Elizabeth Gooding 1790 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer - "A characteristically northern German sampler, this example from Hamburg consists of random symbolic spot motifs, with a unifying central scene and borders. Religious symbols are commonly found on almost all continental samplers, and Adam and Eve in particular is often... Read more about German Sampler by AEDEGNES 1746 - 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

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: "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

"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: "From Dover, Massachusetts, comes Harriot Boardman's sampler, originally worked on a distinctive green linsey-woolsey found only on some North Shore samplers. A three-sided sawtooth border surrounds alphabet and numeral tests with geometric cross bands, two deer with... Read more about Harriet Boardman 1804 - 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

This sampler was made in Scotland and includes many of the traditional motifs associated with samplermaking in this region. Firstly, Janet has included many initials of family members. However the initials at the center- G R 3 -refer to the then-reigning monarch, King George III. The flowering... Read more about Janet Carsels 1787 - 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