This elegant Birth Sampler a variety of stitches including the Four-Sided (Pulled), Buttonhole Heart, Smyrna Cross, and Beaded Couching. The verse reads "God bless this baby, so new to the earth, what a wonderful miracle this sweet child's birth!". Two color schemes are included for your choice of boy or girl.

Our model was stitched on 28ct antique white Lugana over 2 threads with 2 strands of floss for cross stitch and 1 for back stitch, unless otherwise indicated. A variety of silks, overdyed floss, blending threads and beads are used. 

*This design was originally published in the out of print May/June 1999 issue of the Stoney Creek Cross Stitch Magazine.

Girl Materials List: ThreadWorx 1007 soft lights, Caron Waterlilies 128 sea moss, Classic Colorworks 030 spun sugar, 2mm (178) and 2.5mm (24) round white faux pearl beads, Mill Hill 02018 crystal pink seed beads (181) and 13036 small heart-crystal AB (1), Glissen Gloss Rainbow blending thread 609 iridescent pale pink (2), Kreinik #4 braid 192 pale pink and 092 star pink, and approximately 1 yard of 1/8" white Offray ribbon.

Boy Materials List:

ThreadWorx 1007 soft lights, Caron Waterlilies 128 sea moss, Kreinik Silk Mori 5071 baby blue, Mill Hill 02026 crystal blue seed beads (181), 2mm (178) and 2.5mm (24) round white faux pearl beads and 13036 small heart-crystal AB (1), Glissen Gloss Rainbow blending thread 000 bright white (2), Kreinik #4 braid 194 pale blue and 9294 periwinkle, and approximately 1 yard of 1/8" white Offray ribbon.