Cross Stitch Pattern List

Smith-Stubbs

Jessie Willcox Smith

The Flowers
A young girl sitting amid flowers in an old-fashioned English garden gazing up at the many-colored flowers that tower over her. Through the flowers a bright blue sky filled with white clouds can be seen.

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock. - Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses

(The Golden Age of Illustration, 1905)

C is for Cat
A little girl in a red dress with matching hair ribbon seated on a striped stool writing Cat on a slate. Her school bag is on the floor by her feet and a fluffy brown and white cat stands on the bag patting at the moving slate pencil. The background is a red brick wall with vines growing up it and a gray door. (Golden Age of Illustration)

N is for Needle
A little girl sits stitching at cream-colored fabric with a gold design of spotted stripes. She has curly red hair and is wearing a checked jacket over an orange dress. The background is not stitched, and this pattern is designed for white fabric. (The Golden Age of Illustration)

W is for Wind
A little girl in a red spotted dress stands in a howling wind. Her dress has blown up to show the tops of her stockings and she is covering her ears to shut out the wind. Her pull toy has blown over, and her terrier dog seems to be bracing himself against the wind as well. (The Golden Age of Illustration)

B is for Basket
A little girl holding a basket of red, white, and blue flowers. She is wearing a yellow empire-style dress dotted with white and a big bonnet with a red flower on the brim, and she stands under a weeping willow tree. (About 1910)

Z is for Zephyr
A little girl in a rose-colored dress lies on a hillside at the end of summer. She is surrounded by goldenrod flowers and has picked a bouquet of them, and is holding one up to study. A red butterfly is perched on a nearby flower, and overhead, big puffy clouds roll by.

Z is for Zephyr, a warm breeze blowing by, stirring
soft scents of flowers, chasing clouds 'cross the sky.
    -- Elizabeth Allen Ashton - An Old-Fashioned ABC Book

(About 1910)

V is for Valentine
A small boy in a blue winter cap, coat, and leggings stands on tiptoe to reach a doorbell beside a paneled door. In his other hand is a valentine card.

V is for Valentine I leave at the door
To tell you I love you, each day more and more.
    -- Elizabeth Allen Ashton - An Old-Fashioned ABC Book

(About 1910)

T is for Tulips
A little girl arranging red and orange tulips in terra cotta pots on a ledge outside a window. She is wearing a blue and white dress and a blue apron and has a matching blue ribbon tying back her red hair. The white curtains are blowing in the open window.

T is for Tulips, all in a row.
Terry cares for them tenderly so they will grow.
    -- Elizabeth Allen Ashton - An Old-Fashioned ABC Book

(About 1910)

D is for Dishes
A little girl standing on a stepstool at an old-fashioned kitchen sink washing dishes in a blue willow pattern. She is wearing a white dress with red and blue flowers and a red apron which is much too large for her.

D is for Dishes, Dot's chore for the day.
Outside Dan calls, "Are you done? Come and play!"
    -- Elizabeth Allen Ashton - An Old-Fashioned ABC Book

(About 1910)

Scales
A young girl wearing a pink pleated dress and pink hair ribbon seated at a piano, practicing her scales. Her scales book is open on the music stand but she is concentrating on her hands. (1907)

George Brettingham Sowerby

Tropical Harp and Conch Shells
A print of various tropical sea shells

John Speed

Caermarden
A map of Caermarden (Carmarthen, Wales) town and shire dating from 1611

Carl Spitzweg

The Bookworm
An elderly gentleman in clothes of a bygone era standing on top of a step ladder in order to access the top shelves of the Metaphysics section of a dusty library. He is intently studying one book, holds a second, has a third under his elbow, and grips a fourth between his knees. Light coming from a window in the ceiling illuminates his books but leaves the lower shelves murky. (1850)

Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Cats
Two cats sitting together against a red-orange wall. The black cat, shown in profile and sitting up is gazing calmly into the distance. The calico is crouched down and glaring around at us. (Art Nouveau, 1910)

Chat Noir
A poster announcing a tour by the performers of the famous Parisienne nightclub Chat Noir (Black Cat). The Cat Noir operated from 1881 to 1897 in the bohemian Montmartre district and was patronized by many famous artists. The text means roughly "Coming soon -- the very illustrious troupe of the Black Cat with its famous shadow plays, poetry readings, and songs, with Rodolphe Salis". The background is not stitched; use ecru fabric. (1896)

Chat au Clair de Lune
A cat sitting on the branch of a gnarled leafless tree under a full moon. The moonlight fills the entire landscape with a ghostly light. (Art Nouveau, 1900)

Alfred Stevens

A Femme a la Poupee Japonaise
Two ladies examine a Japanese doll in a room filled with Oriental curios

Marianne Stokes

Ehret die Frauen
A medieval-style tapestry inspired by and illustrating a verse by Schiller praising the feminine virtues. The Gothic lettering at the top says

Ehret die frauen sie flechten und weben
himmlische rosen ins irdische leben

Honor to the women, they braid and weave
heavenly roses into earthly life.

From left to right, the figures represent Protection (Schutz) - a woman in armor; Nurture (Pflege) - a mother giving a bowl of milk to a wild little boy wearing only a skin; Love (Liebe) - a mother nestling a baby in her arms; Wisdom (Wissen) - a woman holding a lantern and a hornbook up to a child in a hooded cloak; and Fidelity (Treue) - a woman in chain mail. The background is rose vines and other flowers on blue with a border of laurel leaves. (1912)

Madonna and Child
A placid mother in a gold bodice with red and blue robe holds her baby against a background of arching briars and flower heads.

Robert Street

Village in Winter
A hobo resting on a stump watches children playing in the snow on the common at the outskirts of an early American village

Bernardo Strozzi

A Personification of Fame
An angel in a red bodice and yellow skirt holds a shawm and a trumpet

John Melhuish Strudwick

The Gentle Music of a Bygone Day
Three young ladies in the dress of the early middle ages. One sits on a carved marble block with a couple of books at her side, playing a kind of lute, while another seated on a low platform holds a book of music for her. A third listens, holding a psaltery in her lap. She is sitting on the bench of an ornately decorated pipe organ. (Pre-Raphaelite, 1878)

George Stubbs

Mares and Foals Beneath Large Oak Trees
Black, chestnut, and white horses standing in the shade under huge oak trees

Whistlejacket
A portrait of the famous horse Whistlejacket, the star racehorse of his day. The plain background and absence of people focusses all the attention on the horse himself, and has led to speculation that the painting is unfinished, but Stubbs specialized in painting horses and all indications are that he intended the portrait to glorify Whistlejacket without other distractions. The portrait shows the horse rearing, his mane and tail flying, capturing his personality as well as his physical beauty. (1762)

A Grey Stallion in a Landscape
A beautiful dapple-gray horse standing alertly next to a large tree, with green hills seen vaguely in the background. His neck is arched and his ears pricked, and he seems poised to dash away at any moment. (1765)

Ringwood, a Brocklesby Foxhound
A portrait of a black, tan, and white foxhound in a dark landscape. On the right, at the base of a tree, is a foxglove plant. (1792)