Welcome!

We are delighted to welcome three new shops as customers:

Gypsy Wools of Boulder, CO is adding cross stitch to her shop. We are pleased that some of our designs are helping this expansion!

Cross Stitch & Crafts from Johnson City, TN stocked up on Sarah Rogers 1803 Sampler.

Two The Point Needlearts from Overland, KS couldn't resist our German Sampler Series.

Should you find yourself near any of these shops, stop in for a little stash enhancement!

Theresa and Cynthia

A Stroll With The Queen

This is our newest design in our German Sampler Series: The Queen's Garden. It features many floral and bird motifs such as carnations, iris, primroses and storks that are reminiscent of what a queen would have in her private garden.


I stitched the model using Pearsall's Silks on Lakeside Linen 32 Ct. Meadow Rue, although conversions to DMC, Soie D'Alger and Needlepoint Silks are provided. The water in the fountain is stitched with the herringbone stitch, but all the rest is cross stitched over two.

We already have the next three designs in this series charted. Our goal is to release them during the next year. While you wait, enjoy stitching your way through The Queen's Garden.


Theresa

Sarah Rogers 1803 Sampler

Our latest release is this adaptation of one of the antique samplers in my collection. Originally stitched on a very high count fabric in 1803 by 12 year old Sarah Rogers, we elected to brighten its colorway and stitch it over two on 28 Ct Wichelt linen using Threadgather Silk'N Colors. Besides cross stitch, there are some eyelets and satin stitches. Our instructions provide dimensions for stitching it on higher counts of fabric and we are working on a DMC conversion that will be published at our website. The model dimensions are 27-1/4" x 27". It's not a small piece!

Filled with many charming bird, insect, animal, tree and flower motifs, the verse is as follows:

All you my friends who now expect to see

A piece of work thus performed by me

Cast but a Smile on this my mean endeavor
I will strive to mend and be obedient ever

***

Sarah Rogers her work in the year of

Our lord 1803 in the 12th year of her age

Despair of nothing that you would attain

Unwearied diligence your point will gain.

We wish to mention two people whose contributions helped bring Sarah Rogers 1803 Sampler to life for us:

• Lil for so beautifully stitching the model for us

• Don at Where Victoria's Angels Stitch for providing the perfect green frame

We would also like to give a special thanks to Dawn at Needle's Work Antiques for enticing me into purchasing the original sampler in the first place!

Sarah Rogers 1803 Sampler is available from Norden Crafts and Hoffman Distributing.

Theresa