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
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 - "This picture was originally designed to be used as a cushion or footstool cover, or perhaps as a decorative vignette inserted into the top of a wooden box for storing precious objects. Executed entirely in cross stitch, its most prominent characters are a large squirrel... Read more
Note from the designer - "This is a beautifully balanced, intensely stitched transitional sampler. Worked originally in brightly colored silk threads on a fine tammy (wool) ground, it features a repeating, four-sided carnation border, surrounding five horizontal bands interspersed by lines of... Read more
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
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 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
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
Note from the designer: "This densely worked sampler displays exquisite detail and contains many of the most popular needlework motifs of the seventeenth century. The flowers are realistically shaded to achieve a natural look."
Finished size on 35 count linen is 7 1/4" x 25... Read more
This collection by Teresa Kogut includes 9 different designs! They all feature lovely images of homes, flowers, trees, and pets.
"This Small Sampler" model stitched 1 over 2 on 56 count Little Bunny by XJuDesigns, using DMC and Classic Colorworks threads. Stitch count: 148w x... Read more
"Come to the Garden. Thy senses shall be overjoyed."
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. Colonial Parchment Linen from Handmade by Stephanie using DMC floss, Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 225x295. Design Size: 11.25" x 14.25".
All that is known of the sampler are the stitcher's initial - ES. The sampler appears to be English and from around the mid 19th Century.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Light Sand linen with Needlepoint Inc Silks (DMC conversions are provided). Stitch Count: 114W x 164H. Finished Size: 5 5/8" x 8 1/8"
"Adorn they heart, adorn they mind with knowledge of the purest kind."
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Summer Khaki with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 111W x 349H. Finished size: 7" x 21.8".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Dirty Cashel linen with Weeks Dye Works floss and Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 80W x 119H. Finished size approximately 5 3/4" x 8 1/2".
Reprint of a previously discontinued pattern. Models stitched on 32 Ct. Lambswool Jobelan with DMC floss. Sampler stitch count: 153H x 70W. Winter Foursome Stitch count: 74H x 72W. Individual ornaments Stitch count: 30H x 34W. Finished size is 9.56 in wide X 4.38 in high, 4.63 in wide X 4.5 in high, and 1.88 in wide X 2.13 in high.
Model stitched on 28 ct. Linen. Models stitched using Weeks Dye Works (choose one of the three options, DMC conversion included). The stitch count is 49 x 84 and the finished size is 3.38" x 5.79".
Model stitched over two on 30 Ct. Linen using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 75W x 85H. Finished Size: 5" x 5 2/3"
Model stitched one over two on 40 Ct. linen using Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Specialty Stitch Used: Satin Stitch. Stitch Count: 160x210. Design Size: 8" x 10 1/2"
Model stitched on 28 Ct. Vintage Buttercream from Lakeside Linens with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 61W x 149H.
Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Navy Bean from Lakeside Linens using Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art Sampler Threads. Stitch Count: 170W x 147H. Design Size: 9.5" x 8.2"
"Learn little Maid, each useful Art, Which may adorn thy Youth; Learn to improve thy tender Heart, In virtue Grace and Truth; Shun every vice with studious care, Each Female folly flee, fair That ev'ry grace which Crown the May all attend on the. Mary Ann Diaper is my Name, and in this wrought... Read more
Model stitched over two on 36 Ct. Winter Brew using DMC floss and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 185W x 116. Finished Size: 10 1/4" x 6 1/2". Finishing Instructions Included.
"Dark the night and wild the wave, Christ the boat is keeping, Trust in Him and have no fear, Though he seemeth sleeping." Included with the pattern are four color ways of floss that you can mix to get your perfect palette and four linens for you to choose from (not listed above: 28 count Cocoa, Cappuccino, and Mocha from Weeks Dye Works). Stitch Count: 155x193
Model stitched two over two on 32 Ct. Beautiful Beige Linen using Classic Colorworks. Stitch Count: 45W x 125H. Design Size: 2 3/4" x 7 3/4". Frame from Family Tree Frame Company 4" x 9" June in Fleamarket Icing.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Cocoa linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 257W x 237H. Finished size: 14 3/4" x 13 1/2".
This is a reproduction of an antique English sampler made by Hannah Hammond in 1845. Model stitched over 2 threads on 32 Ct. Cocoa linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss. Stitch Count: 192W x 206H. Finished size: 12" x 12 3/4".
"When wealth to virtuous hands is given it blesses like the dews of Heav'n. Like Heav'n it hears the orphan's cries and wipes the tears from widow's eyes. Jane Southward wrought this in the eleventh year of her age. A.D. 1846".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Cocoa linen with... Read more
Pattern by Gigi R featuring an antique sampler reproduction from 1864 which has the words, "Little deeds of kindness, little words of love make our earth an Eden like to heaven above. Elizabeth A Wenden October 1864."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Beige linen with Weeks Dye Works floss (or DMC 939). Stitch Count: 170W x 187H. Finished size: 8 1/2" x 9 1/4".
This is an adapted reproduction of an antique English sampler, dated 1790. The sampler was embroidered by Maria Cooper in Hambledon.
The model was stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Grey linen by Weeks Dye Works with Weeks Dye Works floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Classic Colorworks floss. Stitch Count: 361W x 405H. Finished size: 18" x 20 1/4".
"The last great day is drawing nigh when Christ the judge shall come with all the armies of the sky to call His children home."
Model stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Beige linen from Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 259 x 240. Finished size: 15" x 14".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct. "linen" colored linen with Weeks Dye Works Pea Coat or DMC 336. Stitch Count: 290x277. If stitched on 30 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 19.5" x 18.5" and will required 10 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 6 DMC. If stitched on 35 Ct.... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct. Gray linen with Weeks Dye Works Whitewash or DMC white. Stitch Count: 339x400. If stitched on 30 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 23" x 27" and will required 14 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 8 DMC. If stitched on 35 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 19.5" x 23" and will require 13 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 7 DMC.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct. "linen" colored linen with Weeks Dye Works Crimson or DMC 902. Stitch Count: 450x355. If stitched on 30 Ct fabric, the finished size is 31" x 24" and will require 18 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 10 skeins of DMC. If stitched on 35... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct. "linen" colored fabric with Weeks Dye Works floss Twilight or DMC 823. Stitch Count: 308x308. If stitched on 30 Ct fabric, the finished size is 21"x21" and will require 12 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 7 DMC. If stitched on 35 Ct... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct. "linen" colored linen with Weeks Dye Works floss Bordeaux or DMC 814. Stitch Count: 341x311. If stitched on 30 Ct fabric, the finished size is 23"x21" and will required 13 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 8 skeins of DMC. If stitched on... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads 30 or 35 Ct. Onyx linen with Weeks Dye Works Dolphin or DMC 928. Stitch Count: 338x319. if stitched on 30 Ct. linen, the finished size is 23" x 22" and will required 13 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 7 skeins of DMC. If stitched on 35 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 20" x 19" and will require 12 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 7 skeins of DMC.
Model stitched over 2 threads 30 or 35 Ct. "Hunter Shirez" from Stitches and Spice (or fabric of your choice) with DMC B5200. Stitch Count: 444x358. If stitched on 30 Ct fabric, the finished size is 30"x24" and will require 10 skeins of DMC floss. If stitched on 35 Ct. fabric, the finished size is 25.5" x 20.5" and will require 9 skeins of DMC.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 30 or 35 Ct "linen" colored Linen with Weeks Dye Works Williamsburg Blue or DMC floss 3835. Stitch count: 377x385. If stitched on 30 Ct fabric, the finished size is 25.5" x 26" and you will need 15 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss or 8 of DMC. If... Read more