Model stitched one over two on your choice 36 Ct. fabric using Needlepoint Inc (or DMC floss (2) 223, 310, 422, 500, (3) 501, (2) 502, 611, 612, 838, 869, 924, 927, (2) 3047, 3052). Stitch count is 307W x 276H. Design size is 17.06" x 15.33"
"The busy tribes of flesh and blood With all their cares and fears Are carried downward by the flood And lost in following years Time like an ever rolling stream Bears all its sons away They fly forgotten as a dream Dies at opening day"
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Vintage Meadow Rue from Lakeside Linens using Soie d'Alger (or DMC floss 321, 371, 420, 422, 434, 498, 501, 610, 645, 677, 712, (4) 730, 841, 921, 932, 937). Also required, but not listed above 615 and 516 from Soie d'Alger. Stitch Count: 254W x 273H. Design Size: 14.11" x 15.17"
"How good is God to me though he denies me wealth. He gives me still a greater gift, the precious gift of health. My health I would devote to spread his praise abroad and would my youthful powers employ To Love and Serve My God. Sarah Podd Aged 12 years 1844." Model stitched over 2 threads on 40 Ct. Vintage Pear by Lakeside Linens with Gloriana Tudor Silk (218), Classic Colorworks (Sandy Beach), and Gentle Art Sampler threads (Old Gold - need 2, Elizabethan Green, Olive Grove, Birch Brown, Thistle Green - need 2) Stitch Count: 304W x 294H
"Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand; As the first efforts of an infant hand And while her fingers on the canvas move Ingage her tender Thoughts to seek thy love With thy dear Children may she have apart And write the name thyself upon her heart"
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Sand Dune using Soie d'Alger (or all DMC floss 310, 352, 368, 369, 370, 437, 500, 520, 597, 611, 677, 738, 780, 832, 869, 898, 3011, 3045, 3052, 3362, 3712, 3790, 3822). Specialty stitches used are chain stitch, satin stitch, French knot, four sided stitch and Algerian eyelets. Stitch count is 258W x 304H. Design is 12.9' x 15.2"
"When I was young I little thought that learning was so dearly bought. But now I by instruction find, it is not gaind by an idle mind." Model stitched over 2 threads on 46 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with Au Ver a Soie 100/3 silks (34, 142, 160, 278, 356, 425, 523, 580, 621, 673, 697, 707) or DMC floss. Stitch Count: 206x222.
Model stitched one over two on 36 Ct. Examplar from Lakeside Linens using Soie d'Alger (or DMC floss (4) 3831, (2) 3768, (3) 501, 3822, (2) 739). Specialty Stitches SUed: Algerian Eyelets, Stem Stitch & Satin Stitch. Stitch Count: 242W x 341H. Design Size: 13.44" x 18.94"
An accurate reproduction of a Quaker sampler from Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery Co., PA. Model stitched on 32 Ct. Vintage Examplar by Lakeside Linens with NPI Silk (or DMC 310). Stitch Count: 135x200.
Model stitched over 2 threads on 36 Ct. Vintage Pearled Barley linen with Classic Colorworks floss and Weeks Dye Works. Stitch Count: 291H x 243H. Design Size: 17" x 14"
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"
Model stitched on 40 Ct. Pearled Barley from Lakeside Linens using one strand of Needlepoint Inc. Silk over two threads of linen. DMC color equivalents (3830, 738, 729, 898, 829, 3857, 919, 920, 922, 3021, 310, 221, 781). Stitch Count: 181W x 125H. Design Size: 10" x 7"
"I sigh not for beauty nor languish for wealth but grant me kind Providence, virtue and health. Then richer thankings and more happy than they, my days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away. Elizabeth Hancock 1831." Model stitched on 30 count Straw Linen with Crescent Colours Bell Soie Silk floss. Stitch count is 271 x 237. Alternate thread choices are overdyed cotton (Crescent Colours: Caterpillar, Wild Oats, Jakey Brown, Eggshell, Ginger Snap, Hazelnut and Weeks: Seagull, Brick, Palomino, Bark) or DMC (3781, 950, 3372 or 632, 648, 355, 420 or 869, Ecru, 3011, 3046, 3828)
"See the kind shepherd Jesus stands and calls his sheep by name gathers the feeble in his arms and feeds each tender lamb. Sarah Stewart Hardman Work Age 7 1824" Model stitched on 28 Ct. Vintage Light Examplar using Classic Colorworks (or All DMC floss 523, 612, 452/407, 436, 434, 3857, ecru, 336, 779, 838, 602-815, 3726, 355, 730, 3051, 498, 904). Also can be stitched with Tudor Silk. Stitch count is 236W x 256H.
Model stitched over one and two on 40 Ct. Cocoa using Neeplepoint Inc Silk (or DMC floss 611, 830, 931, 3371, (2) 3363, 500, 729, 3688, 780, (2) 712). Stitch Count: 180W x 415H. Design Size: 10" x 23"