Cream square with cross stitch design, floral design (inside), scrolled design (outside), Brown (Dark and Light), Green, Blue (Dark and Light), Yellow, Pink, and Red. There is a pink and red flower as well as a blue flower in every corner. On the left of the pink flower and the right of the blue flower, there are yellow flowers connected by a stem. Below the yellow flowers, there is a rectangle of lattice-like design in a tan color. Between the yellow flowers on the side, there is an alternating pettern of five petaled blue flowers and tulip shaped pink and red flowers connected by a vine, until it reaches the other end. Outside of this flower border, there is a border of a scroll sewign in brown.

Cross stitch is a type of counted stitch embroidery. It is the oldest form of embroidery. The cross stitch is usually called a sampler, because it was usually made by young girls learning how to sew.

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