relsites

Many of the designers and manufacturers we carry have their own websites. We encourage you to browse the links below and make your wish list. Most things you see on these sites can be purchased through The Strawberry Sampler by calling us at 1-800-634-6106 or e-mailing us your request. Many of these are blogs & thus they often feature designs by others, so be aware. We'll still try & track it down though!

Designers

A Mon Ami Pierre	A wonderful French designer, with many samplers
Aury TM Designs	Lots of fun designs, several with a Quaker feel
Bent Creek	Variety of designs, with a folksy feel.
Blackbird Designs	Wonderful primitive & folk-art inspired designs
Blue Ribbon Designs	Patterns designed to incorporate ideas of historic samplers with colors and lifestyles of today.
By The Bay Needleart	Wonderful designs, many with a nautical feel
CherryWood Design Studios	Charming & fun designs for all occasions
Crescent Colours	A company specializing in overdyed cottons & silks, with wonderful frames & designs as well
Cross-Eyed Cricket	A perennial favorite design company, with loads of fun things
Country Cottage Needleworks	A Sampler company with a feel where everything that was old is new again.
Drawn Thread	Gorgeous samplers with a soft focus on up-to-date designs
Erica Michaels	Lovely designs, many stitched tiny, for all seasons
Gentle Art	Makers of Sampler Threads - wonderful overdyed threads
Glendon Place	Unique & finely detailed designs for all seasons, including great Halloween designs
Heartstring Samplery	Wonderful samplers & more.
Heart in Hand	Whimsical folk art designs on a variety of subjects
Homespun Elegance	Large selection of designs with an emphasis on folk art and traditional needlework
Ink Circles	Original Celtic & Mandala based Designs - very good blend of contemporary & traditional
Jardin Prive	One of our favorite French designers
JBW Designs	Variety of samplers, many using quilt motifs
Just Another Button Co	Huge array of buttons - packs available for designers' works
Just Nan	Gorgeous samplers and designs, many of which come with embellishment packs
Lakeside Linens	Lovely overdyed linens
Linda Myers	A lovely collection of landscapes, quilt designs & more
Little House Needleworks	A wonderful company with so many lovely samplers, this is one of our most favorites!
Lizzie Kate	A perennial favorite with lots of fun designs, limited edition kits & tons of charm!
Long Dog Samplers	A French Sampler company dedicated to bringing exclusive, high quality cross stitch charts to the stitcher
Milady's Needle	Lovely designs, samplers large & small
Mirabilia Designs	Intricate designs with brilliant colors, lots of angels, fairies & florals
Moira Blackburn Samplers	Beautiful samplers, inspired by samplers admired in museums.
My Big Toe Designs	Wonderful designs, some whimsical, some full of spirit
Picture This Plus	Fantastic selection of overdyed fabrics
Pine Mountain Designs	Primitive style designs and kits - lots of pillows
Plum Street Samplers	Lovely samplers & more - lots of fun things
Prairie Moon	Unique country designs - lots of fun skeletons
Prairie Schooler	Designer of our favorite yearly Santa & lots more country designs
Primitive Bettys	Charming primitive designs
Primitive Needleworks by Caryn	Country style designs, samplers & more
Rosewood Manor	Gorgeous designs featuring samplers & quilt designs
Shepherd's Bush	Variety of designs with distinct characteristics & loads of style
Stitch A Gift	Lots of prefinished finishing items & project packs
Stitcherhood	Fun, fresh designs - unique & creative!
Tempting Tangles	Designs featuring unusual detail, color & nostalgia
Teresa Layman	Richly detailed designs with a decidedly whimsical flair
Victoria Sampler	Stunning designs with an emphasis on band samplers & specialty stitches
Weeks Dye Works	Creators of oft-used overdyed threads, linens & wools
With Thy Needle & Thread/Country Stitches Online	Wonderful folk arty designs for cross stitch & punchneedle
Workbasket	Designs inspired from traditional needlework and nature itself

Distributors

Dinky Dyes	Creators of their own line of overdyed cottons & silks, they also distribute several of our favorite designers
European Cross Stitch	Suppliers of a large array of European designers
Hoffman Distributing	Largest distributor of cross stitch designs
Kelmscott Designs	Gorgeous mother of pearl accessories, lovely scissors & designs from several exclusive designers
Nordencrafts	Distributor of cross stitch designs, fabrics, fibers & more
Wichelt Imports	Our largest fabric distributor, they also supply many designers (including Mill Hill exclusively), beads, buttons & more
Yarn Tree	A great supplier of charts & accessories