Cross Stitch

My first cross-stitch endeavor was on printed linen as a young girl, but years later it was the designs counted on fabric that drew me back to cross-stitch. I began counting cross stitch designs on the typical 14, 16, 18 count Aida (even Fiddlers Cloth) and 22 count Hardanger, but moved on to 18 count Davos and a variety of Floba cloths, Luguna and Linen… all kinds of Linens. Sometimes I counted and stitched over two threads, yet in other pieces I counted and stitched over one thread. These are in this artist’s private collection.

Virginia (6.5″ x 13.5″) El Paso, Tx 1979

Bless this House Bell Pull (13″ x 3″) Ft. Bragg, NC 1980

Numbers 6:24-25 created for Beverly Drake (Shull) Herring – Early 1980’s

Pineapple (9″ x 8″) Mainz, FRG 1983

Noel (8.5″ x 7″) Albuquerque, NM 1987

Over the River (12″ x 14″) Albuquerque, MN 1987

Small Sampler (5″ x 3.5″) El Paso, Tx 1991

Evergreen (19″ x 10.5″) El Paso, TX 1991

Sweet Bird (15″ x 6.5″) El Paso, Tx 1991

Heart (3.75″ x 4/5″) El Paso, TX 1991

My Country Tis of Thee (5.75″ x 8.5″) El Paso, Tx 1991

Prize Your Liberty (11″ x 9.5″) El Paso, Tx 1991

Neighbors & Friends (9.5″ x 6″) 1991

One of my most treasured creations was designed with my good friend
and, then, neighbor, Nancee Groh.

Pink Sampler (9.5″ x 10.5″) 1992

Work of the Hands (8.5″ x 6.5″) 1993

Pink Will Fade (8″ x 5″) 2000

Fear Not Little Flock (6″ x 4″) 2000

A Little Lamb (10″ x 8″) 2000

Be You to Others Kind and True (11.5′ x 10.5″) 2000

Mini Sampler (3″ Sq.) 2000

I like the challenge of recreating antique samplers, awing all the while at the original artist’s creativity and expertise on the tiniest of fabric counts.

Hannah McLean (12.5″ Sq.) 1991
(40 Threads per inch, stitched both over 1 and 2 threads)

Red Sampler (5″ x 3,75″) 1991
(30 threads per inch, stitched over 1 thread)

Pink/Green Sampler (5.5″ Sq.) 1992
(30 threads per inch, stitched over 1 thread)

1803 Sampler (10″ Sq. ) 1992
2 fabrics were first sewn together then cross stitched, embroidered, and embellished. 28 threads per inch, stitched over two threads)