Samplers Cross Stitch Patterns Page 32

Stitched on your choice of fabric with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 263W x 263H. Finished size on 32 count is 16.44" x 16.44".

Model can be stitched on any fabric of your choice using thread of your choice. Stitch count: 163 x 207.

Model can be stitched on any fabric of your choice using two thread colors of your choice. Stitch count: 169 x 275.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with Gentle Art Sampler threads (DMC Conversion included). Stitch Count: 211 x 220 and the finished size is 15.07" x 15.71" on 28 count.

The collective noun for swans is "game", a term which dates back to at lease 1554 when William Romsey of Bieton left his game to "my wyffe Elizabeth during her lyffe and at her decease, at the marking time next after, to remain Anne Bartilmew and Kunegunde Dix and the heirs of their... Read more about Game of Swannes - Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with any one color of thread. If stitched on 14 Ct./28 Ct. fabric, you will need 60 meters of 6 ply floss. Design size:11.5" x 11.5". Fabric size: about 18" x 18". If stitched on 16 Ct./32 Ct. fabric, you will need 53 meters of 6 strand floss.... Read more about Bloo Boo Kay - Cross Stitch Pattern

Note from the designer: "The mini kit is like our others....a nice computer image, readable chart, and six full skeins of thread to complete the design. The pattern is free with the purchase of the threads. We are recommending a tan or neutral fabric to contrast with the lightest stitching. The... Read more about Seasonal Sampler Autumn (Chart Included)

This chart was orignially released at Nashville in 2020 and used with the 3 Classic Colorworks thread colors Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, and Mariner's Compass. Stitch count is 59 x 83. We recommend 32 count Smoky Pearl linen from Wichelt to complement the three Classic Colorworks threads!

Note from the designer: "The mini kit is like our others....a nice computer image, readable chart, and six full skeins of thread to complete the design. The pattern is free with the purchase of the threads. We are recommending a tan or neutral fabric to contrast with the lightest stitching. ... Read more about Summer Floss Pack (Chart Included)

Cross stitch pattern from Lila's Studio featuring a reproduction sampler with the Lord's Prayer.

The model was stitched with 1 strand of floss over 2 threads of fabric on 40 Ct. Old Massachusetts by The Primitive Hare with Gloriana Silk floss. Stitch Count: 144 x 172. Finished size: 7.2" x 8.6"

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 65W x 192H.

"Peace, Love, Joy, Warm Winter Wishes". Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 53W x 253H and the finished size is 3.79" x 18.07" on 28 count.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 121W x 179H.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 121W x 179H.

Model stitched with two strands on your choice of taupe, natural or beige fabric using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 121x179. Design Size: 8.75" x 12.75"

Model stitched on 14/28 Ct. grey fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 121x179. Finished size: 8 3/4" x 12 3/4".

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

Model stitched on fabric of your choice with DMC floss. Stitch Count: 180 x 180.

Model stitched on fabric of your choice using DMC floss. Stitch Count: 141 x 135 and the finished size is 10.07" x 9.64" on 28 count fabric.

"Forever Be True - Love" Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Putty Cashel linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 49W x 97H. Comes with charms.

Model stitched over 2 threads on 28 Ct. Raw Natural Cashel linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 51W x 98H. Comes with charms.

Lizzie Kate ushers in the Christmas season with this darling Santa Claus! This special treat features an adorable Santa Claus surrounded by vintage sampler motifs. As an extra bonus, a second pattern is included that is guaranteed to bring lots of joy! The models were stitched on 32 Ct. Natural... Read more about Sampler Claus - Lizzie Kate Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

Model stitched on 32 Ct. fabric of your choice with DMC floss, Needlepoint Inc Silks, Thread Gatherer Silk N Colors and Dinky Dyes Silk, Caron Waterlilies, Gloriana Silk, and Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid. Stitch Count: 344H x 344W. Finished Size: 22" x 22"

Also required... Read more about Hawaii Garden Mandala - Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross Stitch pattern from Cosford Rise Stitchery featuring a sampler with flowers and the phrase "O, My love is like the melody. That's sweetly play'd in tune"!

Model stitched using The Gentle Arts thread, two strands over two, on 36 count Cocoa linen by Weeks Dye Works. DMC conversion included. Stitch count: 141W x 339H.

About the Sampler: No name or year appears on this beautiful sampler to offer a clue about the maker. It is adorned with numerous Christian motifs and symbols. The sampler is representative of an Italian sampler style, as evidenced by the existence of other similar Italian samplers, done in rows of... Read more about Viva Gesu Viva Maria, A Sampler of Italy - Cross Stitch

Mary Garrett stitched her fine sampler at Claverton school in 1854 at age fifteen. It is a remarkable piece of needlework, incorporating five different alphabets all stitched meticulously over two on 72 count linen. More history is included on the chart.

Pattern is stitched on 46 count... Read more about Mary Garrett, Claverton School 1854 - Cross Stitch Pattern

About the Sampler: Given the few clues provided, a scattering of initials and a year only, it is impossible to know more about the stitcher of this lovely sampler with its motifs of delicately arching floral stems, oval leafed cartouche, paired birds and potted florals. The motifs themselves are... Read more about AB 1816 Quaker Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Lydia's sampler is an example of a more decorative Quaker marking sampler containing four different alphabets, six dividing bands, and an often seen swan and birds motif, as well as a floral spray. The colors are muted as in the Quaker style, copying those found in nature. Lydia was a talented young... Read more about Lydia C. Mendenhall 1817, Pennsylvania - Cross Stitch

The initials appearing on the sampler, SI, in two places, may perhaps indicate the school where the sampler was stitched, and not the initials of the stitcher. The Suir Island Quaker School (SI) was a boarding and finishing school for girls established in 1787 in Clonmel in County Tipperary by... Read more about Suir Island (SI) Quaker - Cross Stitch Pattern

An ancestor of the stitcher placed a typewritten note on the back of the framed sampler, dated August 28, 1997. Thomasina Henrietta Jackson (nee Willis) wrote the following: "This sampler was made by Charlotte Keightley, my great aunt by marriage, circa 1840. Her married name at the time was... Read more about The Two Lands, Circa 1840 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This sampler is an original design based on the layout of eighteenth century Irish Quaker samplers with the lettering and sampler motifs taken from a Mountmellick Irish Quaker sampler in the collection of Cross Stitch Antiques, Elizabeth Martin circa 1789. The town names at the bottom are the... Read more about Ligatures and Lettering of Irish Antique - Cross Stitch

This sampler's appeal was its similarity to Bristol orphanage motifs, bands and alphabets. While clearly not a Bristol school sampler, as it was stitched at Daglingworth School, curiosity leads one to wonder why similar motifs? Daglingworth lies only fifty miles from Bristol, England. It has been... Read more about Annie Matilda Moss - Cross Stitch Pattern

Several girls named Sarah Welch appear in the historical records born in the year1756, in Devon and Berkshire, England, and so without more information it is hard to say which Sarah stitched this sampler at the age of eight in 1764. History does chronicle what was happening in England at that time:... Read more about Sarah Welch 1764 - Cross Stitch Pattern

This chart contains all sixteen pattern pages from a tiny paper pattern album passed out as a souvenir in 1851 at Prince Albert's Crystal Palace Great Exhibition. They were mass produced inexpensively but are rarely found today due to the nature of the flimsy paper and the effects of time. Other... Read more about Prince Albert's Exhibition 1851 - Cross Stitch Pattern

A Prequel to the Carter House Sampler, Franklin, Tennessee, The Sampler of Fountain Branch Carter's Mother, For the Battle of Franklin Trust, An Antique Sampler Reproduction.

Pattern is stitched on 36 count Hemingway by Needle and Flax. Stitch Count: 171 stitches wide x 224 stitches high.... Read more about Sarah Holcombe Anderson, 1789 - Cross Stitch Pattern

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

This page from an Antique Pattern Album made in Germany contains common motifs used in Bristol samplers and English day schools. These pattern booklets from France, England and Germany were published widely and used for embellishing samplers. The motifs on this particular page appear on The Amelia... Read more about Bristol Pattern Page - Cross Stitch Pattern

Inspired by a Bristol Orphanage Sampler, Amelia Fox 1868

Pattern is stitched on 46 ct linen using Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silk. Stitch counts is 121 wide x 135 high. Finished size is 5.26 x 5.87 inches.

This beautiful sampler was obtained from the collection of Stephen and Carol Huber. The framed antique contained handwritten notes on the genealogy of Sarah which was written on the back in ink on the sealing paper. It contained the lineage of Sarah Hewes, and the names of her children. Extensive... Read more about Sarah A. Hewes 1826 - 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

Ireland: Elizabeth Martin, circa 1789, a Mountmellick Irish Quaker Sampler Guernsey: Julia Rachel De La Mare, 1849, A Guernsey, Channel Island Sampler
Wales: Sarah Williams, Holyhead, Wales 1864 Scotland: Jean Donaldson, 1826, a Scottish Sampler and Anne Phillip, Edinburgh 1818
... Read more about British Isles Band Sampler - Cross Stitch Pattern

Catharine Shenaman, Cumru Township, c. 1840 - A Berks County, Pennsylvania Sampler

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. linen with NPI silk floss. The stitch count is 274 x 234 and the finished size is 13.7" x 11.7".

When stitching with Au Ver A Soie silk floss, you will also need 705, 661, and 607.

Caroline Branch, 1831, a Norfolk Sampler

Pattern is stitched on 40 ct. Dirty Teacup by Needle and Flax with 100/3 silks by Au Ver a Soie. The stitch count is 145 x 173 and the finished size is 7.25" x 8.65".

Cross stitch pattern from Dirty Annie's Southern Style featuring a sampler with two sisters and the phrase "Two are better than one....for if they fall, one will pick up the other"!

Model was stitched on 32ct Gray linen from Weeks Dye Works. Due to "one over one" stitching on the wording, this design is not suitable for Aida. Stitch count is 76 x 140.

I love Roses and you can find them scattered throughout this chart. I sure did enjoy designing and stitching this one!

Model was stitched on 32ct "Sand Dollar" laguna linen from Be Stitch Me using floss from Colour and Cotton, Weeks Dye Works, Cottage Garden Threads, Classic Colorworks threads, and The Gentle Art. Stitch count is 190 x 233.

Model was stitched on 32ct "Cold Foam" linen from Be Stitch Me using threads from Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and Colour and Cotton. We trimmed the model with "Birds Nest" ric rac from Lady Dot

The handcrafted wooden star button is included with the chart. Stitch count is 119 x 119.

Bessie is grazing in the Bluebells with her little calf while their Shepherdess watches the butterflies. The chart is encircled by a delicate white rose border with a sampler of numbers at the bottom. My friend Maria from Mystic Meadow Creations turned this chart into a lovely project bag but you... Read more about Bessie in the Bluebells - Cross Stitch Pattern

Celebrate the beauty of gratitude and the warmth of the harvest season with Give Thanks - a charming sampler-style cross stitch design perfect for autumn decor. Featuring a lovely alphabet, a traditional border of fall florals, and a sweet pilgrim couple holding a harvest pie and basket, this piece... Read more about Give Thanks - Thanksgiving Cross Stitch Pattern