Models stitched on fabric of your choice with Classic Colorworks floss, Gentle Art Sampler threads and Weeks Dye Works floss (or DMC 3859, 610, 829, 3808, 842, 3364, 3818, 3781, 3740). Stitch Counts: Big Eyed Deer - 103x83, Dear Sister - 81x60, Little A&E - 73x65, Love the Giver - 81x70, Tiny Token - 38x56.
Model stitched over two on 28 Ct Raw Natural Cashel using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, Gentle Art Sampler Threads and DMC floss. Stitch Count: 395W x 249H. Design Size: 28" x 18"
Cross stitch pattern from Modern Folkart Embroidery featuring a small sampler featuring Adam and Eve, a series of plants and ornaments, and a beautiful set of Algerian eyelet letters.
The sampler features Algerian eyelets and full crosses. If you stitch the eyelets, I would recommend... Read more
Note from the designer - "So many unusual and enigmatic features were left by Ann Carbutt on her sampler, made when she was sixteen years old, very likely in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The surname "Carbutt" is first found in Cheshire after the... Read more
Note from the designer - "In the upper register of this finely stitched English sampler there is featured an unusual vignette of Adam and Eve beneath the tree of life (with a menacing black faced serpent) flanked by mirror image brick cottages (his and hers?), followed by a pious verse:
Note from the designer: "This naive Adam and Eve sampler might have been made in Maryland around 1810. At first I believed that the sampler was either English or Irish, judging by the unusual surname, until, in my research, I came upon the gravestone of a Fanny H. Peachey, born 24 November 1799,... Read more