This design by Reflets de Soie features an alphabet and number sampler with lots of flower. The bottom of the design reads "Marie Soulard Cholet Annee 1896".
Model stitched on 40ct Linen of your choice using Gloriana thread.
Stitch count: 455 x 432.
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
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
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 stitch,... Read more
This Irish Quaker sampler features an alphabet at the tope, verse, bands, and flowers. The verse reads "Great Almighty God above plant in my heart a fund of love, that I my mercies may adore and bless and praise thee evermore."
Model is stitched on 40 ct linen using either cotton or silk floss. Stitch count is 181 x 477.
Note from the designer - "Typical of so many Scottish samplers, Elizabeth Masterton's features an abundance of initials (likely familial), rows of evergreen trees, peacocks with seven tail feathers, and the now famous mansion house fronted by a pillared fence and gates enclosing sheep. Apart... Read more
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
Note from the designer - "Designed after a mid-eighteenth century New Hampshire sampler, this piece is delightfully naive with its oversized animals, insects, and birds. Around 1760, the New-Hampshire Gazette began publishing advertisements for girls' schools, placed by female instructresses,... Read more
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
Note from the designer - "This sampler was made in St. Albans, Vermont. A naturalistic four-sided floral border surrounds a central reserve with alphabets and a pictorial scene. The house is so distinctive that it is probably a depiction of Amanda's own home. Made under the tutelage of B.... Read more
Note from the designer - "This very delicate Scottish sampler with its bold color scheme was designed with a four sided stylized honeysuckle border surrounding horizontal rows of illuminated alphabets and double running stitch motifs. The extensive use of double running stitch lends the sampler... Read more
Note from the designer - "As the purpose for making samplers evolved over the decades and the centuries, so did its form. This beautiful early 18th century English band sampler retains the shape of her predecessors, but has clearly changed into a form distinctly recognizable as a product of her... Read more
Note from the designer - "This Quaker sampler came from the vicinity of York, England, where a Quaker school existed at the same time as the more famous Ackworth School, not far from there. The Parnell name is still fairly common in the district, and the family was Quaker.
Linen count and finished size: 35-count 18-3/4" x 24"; or 40 count 16-1/2" x 21"
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
This is a pleasantly quirky, colorful sampler likely stitched in the north of England judging by some of the Scottish influences in the design. A four sided strawberry border surrounds an alphabet and a pious verse above a geometric pattern band. Below this is a scenic register with trees, birds,... Read more
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
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
Band samplers of the 17th century exhibit the widest range of stitches and techniques. Counted thread stitches on linen were artfully combined with panels of floral, geometric, or figural cut and drawn work- a technique where the background threads of linen are carefully bound, then cut and pulled... Read more
What makes this early Victorian English sampler so intriguing are the wonderfully naive figures of Adam, Eve and St. Michael flanking the Tree of Life. St. Michael's sword is drawn to slay the serpent, but he hardly looks formidable with his large feet and doughy body. Playskool-like Adam and Eve... 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
Note from the designer: "Hannah Mosher was born March 12th, 1786, in Hollis, New Hampshire, the fourth and last child of Abijah and Hannah Mosher. On March 7, 1813, she married the Rev. Walter Chapin of Woodstock, Vermont. Apart from this sketchy biographical information, found in the History of... Read more
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
Note from the designer: "This intricate and involved sampler features many traditional German sampler motifs dating from the sixteenth century including a large parrot, a peacock with silver tips on its wings, the Lamb of God, as well as a depiction of the Crucifixion flanked by Mother Mary and... Read more
Displaying the traditional color scheme of Scottish samplers, this beautiful and delicately stitched piece also employs a variety of interesting counted thread stitches including queen, doublerunning, four-sided, back, counted satin filling, cross, Algerian eyelet, and cross over one (petit... Read more
Sampler Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Dirty Linen with Dinky Dyes Silk thread, or Gentle Arts Sampler Threads. Also needed are four 4mm Black Buttons. Stitch Count: 35W x 177H. Design Size: 2" x 11". Options for the small "Boo" patterns are also included.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Natural linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks and Dinky Dye Silks. Stitch Count: 315W x 63H. Design Size: 19 1/2" x 4"
A reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. All models stitched over two threads on 32 Ct Sage Jobelan using DMC floss. Maximum Stitch count 185x82. Finished size is 11.56 in wide X 5.13 in high.
Model stitched two over two on 29 Ct. Cottonfields Glenshee Line from The Hearts Content using DMC floss. Stitch count: 96W x 674H. Design size: 44 2/3" x 6 3/8"
Reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. All models stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Lambswool using DMC floss. Stitch Count for Sampler: 151H x 70W. Finished Size: 9 5/8" x 4 3/8". Stitch Count for Summer Foursome: 74H x 72W. Finished Size: 4 5/8" x 4 1/2". Stitch Count for Individual Ornaments: 30W x 34W. Finished Size: 1 7/8" x 2 1/8"
A reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. Model stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Lambswool using DMC floss. Sampler Stitch Count: 151H x 70W. Finished Size: 9 5/8" x 4 3/8". Summer Foursome Stitch Count: 74H x 72W. Finished Size: 4 5/8" x 4 1/2" Individual Ornaments Stitch Count: 30H x 34W. Finished Size: 1 7/8" x 2 1/8"
Reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. "March brings breezes loud and shrill to stir the dancing Daffodil." Stitch Count: 90x145. "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." Stitch Count: 90x73. Both models stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Lambswool linen with DMC floss. Finished sizes are 5.63 in wide X 9.06 in high and 5.63 in wide X 4.56 in high.
Model stitched on 36 count Vintage Tarnished Silver using 1 strand of cotton over two linen threads. Uses Classic Color Works. Stitch count: 101W x 104H.
"Love Spoken Here." Stitched on 35 Count Parchment Linen by Weeks Dye Works using one strand Needlepoint Silk. DMC alternative: 612, 646, 869, 3032. Stitch Count: 127W x 126H.
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Straw Linen using Classic Colorworks, DMC floss, and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 264W x 320H. Design Size: 13 1/4" x 16"
"Jesus, My God to thee I fly. Thou art a refuge ever nigh when heart shall fail. When life is past, thou wilt receive my soul at last." Model stitched 28 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue with DMC floss. Also required, but not listed above, DMC 3880 (can be found in the DMC 2013 New Colors Floss Pack). Specialty Stitches: One over One, Satin. Stitch Count: 172W x 281H. Design Size: 13" x 21"
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue linen with Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss (or all DMC 646, 310, 610, 632, 3781). Stitch Count: 149W x 138H.
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