#needlework sampler

[heaveninawildflower]

Sampler (England, late 17th century).

Signed 'Margaret Collier Aged Eight Years.'

Linen and silk.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Wikimedia.

[thackeroy]

We're super close y'all! Yep this wedding gift is almost 3 years late but my sister doesn't care because she knows she'll get it eventually XD

I could finish stitching it today but I might not as I have my stream over on Twitch, my name on there is JZsketch and I'll be doing a craft stream so feel free to drop a follow and come along, and my current set up isn't cross stitch friendly so I might be doing something else. But I also need to decide how I want to finish this, I was initially going to frame it but depending how difficult it is to find a frame in my very small budget I may make a pillow, suggestions are welcome!

[holliano]

I bought a quarterly needlepoint magazine from 1991 today for $1 at an op shop, and there’s a four page spread about a woman who completely faithfully remakes samplers from the 1600s and the part that blows me away is that she was keeping women in history alive.

The original sampler maker was a teenaged girl called Loara she’s the only one known of seven siblings in that family. She was born approximately 1632 and had passed before her father had in 1656 which they know because it was mentioned in his will.

So in the 1630-40s a girl made a sampler, in 1991 a woman had put in years of research before recreating the sampler as Loara had 350 years earlier , and I’m reading about it in 2024.

Embroidery keeps women alive in history, and it’s part of why I love samplers so much.

Here’s a quote from samplers that I think about often:

[laurakwatson]

SAMPLER

Little embroideries of little things.

[crisscrossserenity]

Go with the flow + Grow through what you go through = Grow with the Flow!

Check out my new pattern on Etsy!

[badstitched]

I love harvest mice so much, and I wanted to try making a sampler and here we are! I really enjoyed designing and stitching this! Harvest mice are the cutest little critters! They can perch on the more delicate of plants! Find this design on my (extremely affordable) patreon until September 15, 2024. I hope you check me out! https://www.patreon.com/badstitch

[lostsometime]

[ravelingbolero]

Back at the sampler tonight!

[samanthalanetextiles]

monstera plant cross stitch pattern!

you can find this cute plant cross stitch pattern on my etsy shop if you're interested! perfect for cross stitchers of all levels, you can find the pattern here >

[max-de-robespierre]

Young women with beef today:

“You ready to catch these hands?”

Young women with beef in the 18th century:

“Wait til that bitch sees this needlework sampler”

No, seriously, go check out needlework samplers: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/embroidery-a-history-of-needlework-samplers

[heaveninawildflower]

Embroidery Sampler (Ireland, 1852) by Elisha Ryan (Irish, born 1837-38).

Cotton, cutwork embroidered with wool.

Image and text information courtesy Art Institute Chicago.

[thackeroy]

Needs a good wash but the stitching is finished! Yes it's almost 3 years late but my sisters knows and doesn't care about having to wait.

[somediyprojects]

Pieces stitched by Stephanie Hughes Colton

“My work that is hanging on my walls. The English cottage and the house sampler were chosen by my husband!”

Poppies

English Cottage

Fantasy Garden by Needle Treasures

Flowers

Autumn Gifts by Plum Street Samplers. I made this one for myself. Just a couple of weeks after I finished, our pastor preached on this scripture, and said it was one of her favorite verses. So I stitched it again for her!

Little House Neighborhood by Little House Needleworks

[shellyreneef]

Finished!!!!!

Super happy…. taking it to Michael’s Craft Store today to pick out frame, etc. & leave it for them to professionally frame.

* Notice I personalized it with my initials & year completed*

Can't wait to give it place of honor on one of my living room walls in my new home!

[crisscrossserenity]

I splurged on a free Canva trial so I could re-vamp my Etsy shop listings!

(i also added two new patterns!)

[louisfoxe]

The APL is such an amazing resource.

if you like crafting and also free things, might i suggest the antique pattern library?

it’s a not for profit that’s gathering books, patterns, and other materials related to crafting that are out of copyright (or getting permission from copyright holders in some cases) in order to share them online. they scan items, clean them up, then make everything available for free!

free things are great, especially when you’re just starting to get into something. like oh, i’m supposed to spend money on this hobby i just picked up 20 minutes ago???

the first time i ended up on the site, i seriously spent hours just trawling through everything. there’s the usual suspects like knitting, crochet, embroidery, but there’s also woodwork, calligraphy, and books on things like how to mount and frame pictures. with cross stitch patterns, they also make modern charts with the dmc colour codes available.

links to their webbed site and instagram:

https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/

https://www.instagram.com/theantiquepatternlibrary/

behold, a glorious cat cross stitch pattern (link goes to antique pattern library page):

[image id: Multicolour charted cross stitch design of a cat sitting on a red pillow with tassels, holding a green ball]