The Sampler Girl, Praiseworthy Stitches, Sherry Senicar Designs & With My Needle

The Sampler Girl
Inspired by Jane Austen's novels, Tokens of Visiting with the Jane Austen Girls are little 'morning call' cards that would be left by visitors in the front hall.

Tokens of Visiting with the Jane Austen Girls
Fabric: 28 ct. linen aged with walnut crystals

If you thought those calling cards were darling, you'll love this even more! The Sampler Girl is selling Pattern and Pieceworke exclusive kits on her web site. Each kit includes a Jane Austen inspired design taken from one of her existing charts, along with a piece of complementary Moda fabric. What you do with the kit is up to you! The kits are called Real Comfort, Fanny Price, To the Sea and In Bath.

Pattern and Pieceworke

Also new is Mary Davies 1769, an antique sampler with a Welsh style alphabet and motifs.

Mary Davies 1769
Fibers: DMC
Fabric: 32 ct. Butterscotch Cookie by Sassy's Fabbys
Stitch Count: 200W x 100H
Finished Size: 12.5"W x 6.25"H

Praiseworthy Stitches

The Bee Keeper's Cottage
Fibers: CC, WDW, GAST
Fabric: 32 ct. Dill Linen
by Picture This Plus
Stitch Count: 232W x 106H

Contentment
Fibers: GAST
Fabric: 32 ct. Woodsmoke
by Lakeside Linens
Stitch Count: 307W x 123H

The Visit
Fibers: GAST, WDW
Fabric: 30 ct. Pink Ladies Blend by R & R
Stitch Count: 358W x 258H

Sherry Senicar Designs

Stitching Keeps Me Sane
Stitch Count: 103W x 103H

Night Prayer
Stitch Count: 98W x 98H

With My Needle
On the inside of A Fair Maiden's Etui are a pinkeep, thread rings and two silk pockets. The finished size of the etui is almost 4 1/2" tall.

A Fair Maiden's Etui
Fibers: CC, GAST, DMC
Fabric: 36 ct. Cream Linen

Not much is known about the reproduction sampler ES's Floral Sampler, ca. 1840, except for the initials ES and that it was most likely stitched in the mid-19th century.

ES's Floral Sampler, ca. 1840
Fibers: Needlepoint Silk
Fabric: 36 ct. Light Sand Linen
Stitch Count: 114W x 164H
Finished Size: 6 1/4"W x 9"H

Have a wonderful, bright and sunny day!

Praiseworthy Stitches, Primitive Traditions, Rosewood Manor, S.P. Ink, Sam Sarah Design Studio

Praiseworthy Stitches
Arguably the most exciting release from Praiseworthy Stitches is A Petit Sampling Etui. This limited edition project was a collaborative effort between Cherished Stitches, Praiseworthy Stitches, The Stitching Parlor and With My Needle. Each outer panel of the etui is a small sampler. These samplers can be assembled into an etui, or they can be stitched and framed individually or together on a single piece of linen. How neat!

In additon to the etui, there are four other new designs from Praiseworthy Stitches. Simple Gifts - Hope is the second of four Quaker-inspired designs. Temptation is the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. A Bunny Garden Needleroll is a limited edition kit that includes a needleroll, pincushion, scissor weight, stitch counter and carrot carrying case. The smallest design is Snow Bunnies, which comes with its own frame.

Simple Gifts - Hope

Temptation

A Bunny Garden Needleroll

Snow Bunnies

Primitive Traditions
I am just tickled when I see a cross stitch project that I've never seen before. This is the case with Abigail Colby's Work Basket by Primitive Traditions. Included in this chart pack is a group of three designs that form the top, the basket fob and the interior cartouche. There is also a chart pack of six accessories that go along with the work basket - a 3" x 3" Measure, needle pocket, pin log, thread pocket, scissors pocket and biscornu scissors fob. As well, there is an extract sampler called A Cheerful Mind that is a third design element associated with the work basket.

Abigail Colby's Work Basket

Abigail Colby's Work Basket Accessories

A Cheerful Mind

Primitive Traditions has also released two new samplers. Jane Baxter is a reproduction sampler from 1824. With Joy We Greet You is a lovely reproduction of a charming motto that was fished out of a remote corner of an antique mall.

Jane Baxter

With Joy We Greet You

Rosewood Manor Designs
A birth sampler, 10 page booklet and necklace are what's new from Rosewood Manor. Watch Over Me Birth Sampler is a one of a kind sampler that can be made much larger or smaller depending on your preference. Flowers, Plants & Fishes is a 10 page booklet with six bonus charts. Heart Tree Necklace is a fun, two-sided stitched and beaded necklace design.

Watch Over Me Birth Sampler

Flowers, Plants & Fishes

Heart Tree Necklace

S.P. Ink
Birdhouse Garden by S.P. Ink is a chart of a summer garden with bright, beautiful birdhouses.

Sam Sarah Design Studio
Sam Sarah Design Studio has released Three Carrots and Doubles - Hip Hop Ewe. For Three Carrots, you can choose one carrot to stitch or you can stitch all three. Doubles - Hip Hop Ewe adds to the Hip Hop series, this time with a ewe doing the hopping.

Three Carrots

Doubles - Hip Hop Ewe

Keep on stitching!