Below is a template for needlepoint canvas work. Go here to find a cross stitch alphabet template. Use it to design your own Samplers for a child's room or for a child's sewing project.
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| This needle point has upper case and lower case letters, plus numbers. |
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| Needlepoint of child with doll, not a Quaker design, not a sampler. |
"A Berlin work scene of a girl holding a doll in a garden is stitched with wool yarn on paper. The girl is wearing a green apron over a pink, and possibly white striped, skirt. White bloomers show at her ankles, with dainty black slippers on her feet. The bodice is blue with elbow length sleeves, and it hangs off of her shoulders. Her right hand is in her apron pocket and her left hand holds a doll is red and white dress. The scenery is filled with much greenery, several trees and some flowers. In the back there is also a bridge over water. The piece is in good condition. There are some areas of loss in the right, just above the bodice, the girl's left arm, pantaloons, and foot. Unstitched areas of the paper have discolored. B) A 3/4" wooden frame with a gold finish. The 1" mat is antique white.; This embroidered sampler, silk on linen, is a possible Quaker sampler. Flowers, stars, baskets, and heart motifs are commonly found on both Quaker and German samplers. While nothing is known about Zelpah Cox, the information written on the backing indicates it was framed in Rushville, Indiana, and once owned by Mrs. Ella Coffin of Carthage, Indiana, in 1924, so it is probable the sampler was made in Indiana. The sampler, featuring cross stitch, eyelet, and satin stitches, is unfinished and unsigned." included text description from Wikipedia
Above is a cross stitch alphabet for those of you who would like to recreate a sampler.
Margaret, Virginia and Orlin Donaldson have designed a new set of playmates, the Crisscross family, who live in a world of squares. You can play a great many games with them. You can cut them out, and paste them on cardboard, or you can draw new Crisscross people on the empty squares, or you can make patchwork or embroidery around the designs. Or you can copy these pictures on paper ruled in squares-your mother will help you make it. Last, but not least, you can stitch these cross stitch people on any fabric item you like: pillow cases, towels, blue jeans or for a framed picture too! Designs by the Donaldson Children - authentically 1920s!
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| Not for resale. Click to download the largest version. |
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| A nursery cross stitch sampler by Helen Grant from 1928. |
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| Embroider these 30 miniature flowers on any doll's apron or dress to embellish it for Spring! |
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