Cross Stitch Pattern List

Dodge-Fernandez, El Labrador

John Wood Dodge

Kate Roselie Dodge
A watercolor on ivory of a little girl with golden ringlets and blue eyes looking at a picture book

Gustave Dore

The Empyrean
Dante's Beatrice takes her place in the highest heaven and sends the spirit of Saint Bernard to Dante. The two gaze at endless circles of angels worshipping the Queen of Heaven.

In fashion then as of a snow-white rose
Displayed itself to me the saintly host...
But mark the circles to the most remote,
Until thou shalt behold enthroned the Queen
To whom this realm is subject and devoted. - Dante, Paradiso, Canto 31

Asher Brown Durand

Kindred Spirits
Artist Thomas Cole and poet William Cullen Bryant standing on a rock outcrop in the Catskill Mountains overlooking the Clove of the Catskills and Kaaterskill Falls. The painting was commissioned to celebrate the friendship of the two men, and the title was inspired by John Keats' "Sonnet to Solitude" which praises the healing aspect of nature:

Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Those words are images of thoughts refin'd,
Is my soul's a pleasure; and sure it must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.

(Hudson River School, 1849)

The Beeches
Emerging from a dark beech grove, a shepherd and his flock head homeward at sunset

Albrecht Durer

A Young Hare
A very detailed and realistic drawing of a young hare in a crouched position on spotted parchment. Each hair and whisker seems to have been painted individually. We also offer possible companions Red Squirrel and The Little Owl in compatible sizes. (German, 1502)

The Little Owl
A watercolor of a small sad-eyed screech owl on antique paper. Its feathers, whiskers, and eyelashes are reproduced in detail. We also offer possible companions Red Squirrel and A Young Hare in compatible sizes, as well as a version of The Little Owl in which the background is not stitched, DUR003-B. (1506)

The Little Owl (without background)
A watercolor of a small screech owl. Its feathers, whiskers, and eyelashes are reproduced in detail. The background is not stitched, and the pattern is designed for ecru fabric. He makes a nice companion to the compatibly-sized A Young Hare. We also offer a version of The Little Owl in which the background is stitched for the full effect of the antique paper, DUR003. (1506)

Iris
A botanic print of a purple and lavender bearded or German iris. Several flowers are open and a bud is beginning to open. The background is not stitched, and the pattern is designed for white fabric. (1503)

Praying Hands
Albrecht Durer's beloved study of two hands pressed together in prayer. Our version is sepia-toned, and all the details of bones and veins showing through the skin are reproduced. The background is not stitched, and the pattern is designed for white fabric. (1508)

George Henry Durrie

Winter in the Country: Sleighing on Sunday
New England in the winter on a cold, cloudy day with the sun just struggling through the mist. A couple in a horse-drawn sleigh are crossing a small bridge over an icy stream. Just beyond the road is a yellow farmhouse, barn and other sheds, and behind them are rocky hills. (1858)

Autumn Cider Pressing
A perfect autumn day in the hills of New England. At a small farm, men are operating a horse-drawn cider press. Another man walks alongside an oxcart which has just crossed a rickety old bridge bringing more apples to add to the pile outside the cider shed. Other men are working nearby in a field, perhaps picking up windfall apples. Over the next hill the village can be seen, with a few houses and a white church. (1855)

Haying at Jones Inn
A summer landscape of hay being brought to a country inn. In the distance are low hills; in the foreground, large shade trees. Two children are walking past and dogs, chickens, horses, and a cow are scattered about. Two men are guiding a heavily laden hay wagon through a gap in a fence to the old three-story inn. (1854)

Gathering Wood for Winter
A man and horse leading an oxen-pulled sled filled with logs along a snowy road on a darkening winter afternoon. Two boys with a dog have been helping by gathering a pile of sticks. On one side of the road are craggy trees, large boulders, and a small pond; on the other side is a rail fence bounding a field holding a large brick house and an outbuilding. Behind that are rocky cliffs and a sky filled with wintry clouds. (1855)

Going to Church
A bitterly cold New England winter morning at a small country church in a cove surrounded by low hills. Sunday churchgoers are arriving on foot and in horse-drawn sleighs. Near the church are a brick house, farm buildings, and storage sheds. (1853)

Woodland Glade in Autumn
The boulder-studded New England farming country on a crisp, sunny fall day. The oaks have turned red. Cattle graze in a cove surrounded by hills with the farm buildings at the edges. A man working at the edge of the woods hails another who is gathering remnants of the corn into a large basket in a nearby cornfield. (1855)

Winter in the Country: Getting Ice
Men cutting blocks of ice from a frozen lake and loading them onto a large horse-drawn sled. A dog is lying on a coat that one of the men has laid on the ice. Surrounding the lake are frosty oaks which retain a few leaves, snowy meadows, and low hills can be dimly seen through a winter fog. (1862)

William Dyce

Jacob and Rachel
Jacob about to kiss Rachel at the well

Oliver Tarbell Eddy

The Alling Children
A portrait of the four oldest children of Stephen Ball Alling. From left to right, they are Stephen, Mary, Cornelia, and Emma. The children are dressed in empire-waisted dresses and pantalettes holding, variously, a hammer, a cat, a lace handkerchief, and a book. This portrait was probably painted shortly after the boy's death, indicated by his separation from his sisters, the color of his dress, and the pool of light around him. Posthumous portraits of children were common at the time, and small boys did often wear dresses. (About 1839)

Jacob Eichholtz

The Ragan Sisters
Two little girls in matching white dresses and matching flowered bonnets pose for their portrait with their arms about each other. They are framed by a column, a deep red velvet curtain, and behind them a wall and lowering sky. See EIC001-S for a smaller version (fewer stitches, slightly less detail) of this pattern, or compare them side by side. (1820)

The Ragan Sisters (smaller)
Two little girls in matching white dresses and matching flowered bonnets pose for their portrait with their arms about each other. They are framed by a column, a deep red velvet curtain, and behind them a wall and lowering sky. See EIC001 for a larger version (more stitches, more detail) of this pattern, or compare them side by side. (1820)

El Greco

View of Toledo
The old city of Toledo viewed from a distant hilltop. The stone walls of the city run up and down hill, surrounding the main city on a hilltop. Outside the walls in the foreground are green pastures and trees, with a stone bridge crossing a river. Above all are threatening stormclouds which cast strange shadows on the earth. (c. 1604-1614)

Eric Enstrom

Grace
A bearded old man wearing a plaid wool shirt bowing his head in prayer over a simple meal. The table holds a loaf of bread and knife, a bowl of gruel, and a large book and spectacles. Light from a window out of view illuminates his face and hands. This pattern is based on a hand-colored black-and-white photo of an old peddlar who visited the photographer's studio selling boot scrapers. (1918)

De Scott Evans

A New Variety, Try One
A still life of almonds in the shell in a display case cheaply made of soft wood, chipped around the edges, with a broken glass cover. A note slipped under the glass says "A New Variety, Try One". (1890)

Sheila Excell

A Somerset Village in Winter
A view of a snow-covered Somerset village at night. The sky is full of stars and strong shadows are being cast on the snow by a moon (outside the picture). A low stone wall encloses several houses surrounding a square church tower. The picture is mostly shades of blue and white, with yellow highlighting chimney pots and windows.

Juan Fernandez, El Labrador

Vase of Flowers
Roundel of a bouquet of roses, jonquils, iris, and other flowers in a worn glazed jug