Samplers Cross Stitch Page 18

Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a sampler from Martha Evans with the phrase "Learn to know Christ. Thou needst no more obtain not knowing him. All knowledge else is vain"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Hemingway from Needle and Flax using AVAS 100.3 silks with DMC conversions available. Stitch count is 260 x 258 and the finished size is 13" x 12.9".

Cross stitch pattern from CM Designs featuring a fun geometric design inspired by stained glass windows!

Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Dark Grey using DMC floss. Stitch count is 171h x 171w and the finished size is 12.21" x 12.21".

Cross stitch pattern from Lila's Studio featuring five floral samplers!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Cappuccino from Fiber on a Whim using AVAs 100.3 silks or DMC floss. Stitch count varies.

Cross stitch pattern from Cross Stitch Antiques featuring a sampler with a homely scene!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Vintage Pecan Butter from Lakeside Linens using DMC or Needlepoint silks. Stitch count is 259 x 265.

Cross stitch pattern from Needlemade Designs featuring a lovely sampler with a house!

Pattern is stitched on 45 ct Duxbury linen from Fox and Rabbit using AVAS, Belle Soie, and Gloriana floss. Stitch count is 198 x 234.

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 about Crowns & Shields - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a sampler with animals!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Dirty Teacup from Needle and Flax using AVAS 100.3 Silk floss with DMC conversions. Stitch count is 160 x 199.

Cross stitch pattern from Scarlett House featuring a sampler with the phrase "Be ye therefore ready alfo for the son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not"!

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct Hemingway from Needle and Flax using Classic Colorworks Belle Soie with DMC conversions. Stitch count is 136 x 156.

Cross stitch pattern from Erin Elizabeth featuring a fun sampler with a classic farmhouse!
Model stitched on 14 ct. Aida using DMC thread. Stitch count is 177 x 96.

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"

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

We never get tired of patriotic designs because patriotism is always in style! This sampler has the Pledge of Allegiance beautifully framed by an American flag motif and at the center a glorious eagle, stars and a classic red, white and blue color scheme.

Stitch count 120w X 162h. Finished size on 14-ct fabric 8-1/2" X 11-1/2"

This design from Long Dog Samplers features three Queens, birds, flowers and more - all worked in blue.

Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice! Stitch count is 157 x 197.

Pattern is stitched on the Aida or linen of your choice using the threads of your choice! Stitch count is 198 x 424.

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"

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.

Cross stitch pattern featuring a sampler from Moira Blackburn with the phrase "To every thing there is a season and a time."

Model stitched on your choice of fabric using DMC floss. Stitch count is 325 x 205 and the finished size is 23.21" x 14.64" on 29 count.

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

Model stitched on the color of your choice 16 ct. Zweigart linen using Soie d'Alger thread Soie Surfine thread. Stitch count is 213 x 213.

Note: Needed Soie 4135 required but not listed.

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 16 ct. Zweigart linen using DMC thread. Stitch count is 319 x 412. Finished size is 20" x 25.75".

This cross stitch pattern is worked in one color and features a lacy border, two swans at the top and a vase with flowers in the center.

Pattern is stitched on 36ct Ancient Blue Linen using Au Ver a Soie Soie de Paris, or Soie d'Alger thread (listed). Stitch count: 257 x 349. Finished size is 14.3" x 19.4".

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 features the months listed in French along with different flowers.

Model stitched on 40 ct. Zweigart linen using Soie Gloriana thread. DMC alternatives listed. Stitch count is 279 x 367. Finished size is 14" x 18.35".

Cross stitch pattern from Relets de Soie with a winding ribbon border, alphabet, roses in the center, and "Marthe Salle 1912."

Model stitched on 40 ct. Zweigart linen using Soie d'Alger thread. DMC alternatives also provided. Stitch count is 299 x 323.

A Rovaris design featuring French Christmas sampler with the alphabet!

Pattern is stitched on 32 ct Sand linen using Weeks Dye Works, Valdani, and DMC floss. Stitch count is 197 x 148.

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

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

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 about Elizabeth Masterton 1838 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Mary Bailey 1818 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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 about Susan Singleton - 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

A RED BRICK MANSION HOUSE is at the center of this wildly engaging English sampler featuring a small zoo/conservatory/aviary of flora and fauna as interpreted by an exceptionally talented young woman of the early nineteenth century. The verse is common enough on nineteenth-century samplers, unlike... Read more about Jane Moore 1820 - 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

Adapted from an English sampler dated 1783. The original sampler from which this piece was adapted measures 15 1/2" x 12 1/2", and was stitched over one thread of linen on approximately 50-thread-count glazed linen. The house on the left alone, which measures 71 by 62 squares on the graph,... Read more about Country Life Sampler 1783 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "This band sampler was designed after a piece in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, most remarkable for the colorful, solidly filled geometric and floral sections. It also features double running stitch sections found on Italian embroideries of the sixteenth and... Read more about Elizabeth Pain 1667 - 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: "This sampler is a fine example of work done by Pennsylvania German girls in the early-to-mid nineteenth century. Similar motifs appear on the show towels that decorated kitchen and bedroom doors in these immigrant German households. It is thought that while the show... Read more about Elizabeth Wisler 1845 - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "Adapted from a mid eighteenth century English sampler. The combination of several unusual stitch techniques with bold primary colors, makes this sampler outstandingly beautiful and a rewarding project to stitch.
While the majority is done in cross stitch, large... Read more about Emily Lucille - Cross Stitch Pattern

The Temperance Movement of the early nineteenth century began in the United States prior to 1808. Preachers, most notably John Bartholomew Gough, promulgated a pledge of abstinence from members of his congregation. While temperance efforts have existed as long as spirits have, the movement was not... Read more about Drunkenness by Emma George 1842 - 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: "This original design blends a mid-18th century floral sampler border with a late 18th century lettering and cartouche style, and a mid-19th century sentiment. Instructions are provided for working the sampler in a different color scheme (red, blues, greens) on a neutral... Read more about Home Sweet Home Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern