The model was stitched on 30 count Old Salem Linen by The Primitive Hare using DMC thread. The stitch count is 108 x 108.
Cross Stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring Saint Lucy (Lucia), a patron saint of light!
This beautiful Diane Jourdan redwork sampler was stitched with two colors of Vikki Clayton Hand Dyed Fibers (10 skeins of Diane's Rouge and 10 Skeins of Heartwood) on 36 Ct. Magnolia Linen. Stitch Count: 181W x 284H. Instructions for specialty stitches are included. ( DMC alternates are 814 & 85 not an exact match)
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a quote by the Sufi mystic & poet Rumi: "This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment".
Stitched on 32 count linen (or 16 count aida) it would measure approximately 45 by 40 cm. W... Read more
The model was stitched on 30 count Old Salem Linen by The Primitive Hare using Gentle Arts Sampler Thread. The stitch count is 136 x 193.
The recommended fabric allows for a 2 inch border.
Cross Stitch pattern from The Primitive Hare featuring the phrase "My soul is fed with needle and thread"!
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Parchment by Weeks Dye Works with Gentle Art Sampler threads. Stitch Count: 93x240. Finished size: 5.16" x 13.33".
This is a reproduction of a lovely English wool-work sampler. The model was stitched over 2 threads on 35 Ct. Mocha linen with Gentle Art Sampler threads, Weeks Dye Works floss, and Classic Colorworks floss (or DMC 3011, 3064, 3013, 3047, 926, 3777, 712, 739, 224, 927). Stitch Count: 115W x 105H. Finished size: 6 1/2" x 6".
"When wealth to virtuous hands is given it blesses like the Jews 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
Cross stitch pattern from Kitty and Me featuring the phrase "1 Corinthians 13. But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three: and the greatest of these is love"!
Recommended fabric is 28ct Cream Lugana. Model stitched with DMC floss. Stitch count: 101w x 151h. Designed by Pamela Kellogg.
Cross stitch pattern from Jan Hicks Creates featuring an original sampler that started with the quote. The quote was built on, using traditional sampler motifs and decorative border designs, making this into a band sampler! "What is a home without a sampler"
Cross stitch pattern from Kooler Design Studio featuring a butterfly covered sign that reads, "Give your children two things~ One is roots... the other, wings".
Model stitched 14 count White Aida. Stitch count: 148w x 106h
"To love and be loved is the greatest joy" and "The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent from one another." Both models were stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Maritime White from Lakeside Linens with Needlepoint Inc silks. DMC conversions are provided. Stitch Count: 73W ... Read more