The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...

In 2003, Julie Jackson stopped by a craft store to buy a really ornate cross-stitch sampler — the kind with a guide to stitching the alphabet so it could be personalized as a wedding gift — as a kind ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A botanical alphabet blooms on this colorful cross-stitch sampler bordered in green. As early as the fifteenth century ...

Brooklyn-based artist Elana Adler has created a collection of cross-stitch samplers titled “You Are My Duchess”, combining the delicate and the crass into one project including over 40 individual ...

The first person to realize that the tiny holes in a fabric’s weave were the perfect guide for stitching precise little Xs might have trouble recognizing what is now known as counted cross-stitch. The ...