Model stitched one over two on 32 Ct. Straw linen using Classic Colorworks, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works (or all DMC 3863, 3033, 3031, 221, 642, 3021, 3011, 611). Stitch Count: 141W x 139H. Design Size: 8.81" x 8.68"
Antique cross stitch pattern from Mill On The Floss Samplers featuring the sentiment:
Why do we mourn departing friends
Or shake at deaths alarms
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms
Model stitched on 37 ct. Sotema "Vintage Tea Rose using Au Vers a Soie d'Algers silk. Stitch count is 199 x 217.
I am delighted to share this antique with you. It is from 1840 of Dutch origin. The sampler had lots of great motifs and I loved the top rows of crowns and shields, but the composition did not please me, it had large blank spots on it. I saw this piece as more enjoyable in the vertical format as... Read more
"Make much of precious time while in your power Be careful well to husband every hour for time will come when you sore lament The unhappy moment you have mispent"
Model stitched over two on 32 Ct. Light Examplar using Soie d'Alger. Specialty Stitches Used: Satin Stitch and Over One. Stitch Count: 178W x 252H. Design Size: 11.13" x 15.75"
"So frail is the youth and the beauty of men. Though they bloom and look gay like a rose Yet all our fond care to preserve them is vain. Time kills them as fast as he goes"
Model stitched on Weeks Dye Works 46 ct. Parchment linen from Weeks Dye Works. with a palette of 20 Au Ver a... Read more
Model stitched one over two on your choice of 36 Ct. fabric using Soie d'Alger (or DMC floss (2) 712, 775, 823, (2) 831, 321, (2) 498, 518, (2) 504, 733, 3046, (2) 677, 728, 3773, 353, 352, 3072, 3013, 3364, 524, 935, (2) 3012, 422, 648, 646, 3772, 420, 3064, 3755, 503, 502, white, 310). Also required but not listed above 163, Stitch count is 309W x 319H. Design size is 17.17" x 17.72"
Model stitched two over one and two on 40 Ct Ligonier Latte from R&R Reproductions using Gentle Art Sampler Threads and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 111W x 143H. Design Size: 6.5" x 8"
Model stitched over two on 46 ct. Straw with one strand Au Ver A Soie Silk from their D'Alger Range. There are also conversions for the Au Ver A soie 100.3 range together with DMC. Soie 100.3 #245 discontinued. Stitch count 201x246.
Jane Freebairn is another colorful Scottish sampler from approximately the same time period. Neither of the girls dated their samplers, but we can tell from the style of stitching that they were both mid to late 19th century. She is stitched on Picture This Plus Oaken using NPI silks and has a DMC... Read more
Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Vintage Examplar linen with Soie D'Alger silk (DMC conversions provided). Stitch Count: 168W x 680H. Finished size: 8.4 x 34".
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Sand Dune by Lakeside Linens with Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe Deep Orange with red, Gloriana #149, DMC #355, 420, 422 (or all DMC 920, 347, 355, 420, 422). Stitch Count: 88x58
Jane is a delightfully cheerful little sampler that I believe to be American in origin. She's one of those that jumped out and grabbed my attention the moment I saw her, and I still love her just as much. I wish we could find... Read more
Cross stitch pattern from Lila'a Studio featuring the phrase "Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them."
Model stitched on 40 ct vintage luna from Lakeside Linens using Au Ver a Soie 100.3 with full DMC conversions. Stitch count: 193w x 191h.
Cross stitch pattern from The Sampler Girl featuring the phrase from Jane Austen "They praises the morning, gloried in the sea, sympathized in the delight of the fresh feeling breeze"!
Pattern is stitched on 14 ct Doubloon Aida using Classic Colorworks and DMC floss. Stitch count is 97 x 100
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a pattern originally commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passing of one of England's most popular authors, Jane Austen. Her words on this sampler have recently resonated with a lot of stay-at-home stitchers, and this has been... Read more
Reproduction cross stitch pattern from Hands Across the Sea Samplers!
Note from the designer:
Mary stitched her delightful sampler with cross stitch over two threads of linen and four-sided stitch. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability and can be... Read more
Containing unique reproductions of samplers and smalls from private collectors and museum collections, this DVD edition features one-of-a-kind antique needlework projects from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique-inspired designs. Also featured are well-researched articles... Read more
We were so pleased to find a pair of samplers stitched by a brother and sister. The icing on the cake was the additional discovery of the Hubbards' family history and that the samplers came from Norfolk.
The dates on the two samplers are the date of birth for Emma and Martin; Emma having... Read more