Featured There'll Always be an England cross stitch sampler, 40s?60s?

Hi all! Picked up this sweet cross stitch for only $2 at a thrift store. I am wondering if you could tell if it this is a WWII piece or more modern? From research, I know that the words are based on the poem by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles and that it was popular again when sung by Vera Lynn in the early 60s. It measures 16"L x 12"W. There aren't really many online, I only found one which is the same design. Would these have been made from an at-home type kit? All info appreciated, thank you!

 

I found several online that seem identical. This one says there is something on the selvage edge reading "Patriot Series no 21 pattern" so I'd guess from a kit.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...0018/lot-d147b045-a5cf-4dcb-a274-a5320110c61e

 

Thank you, I hadn't found that listing!

 

Don't think a kit per se. More likely a pre-stamped fabric panel.

Debora

 

Hard to know. I used to do a lot of counted cross stitch but I worked from pattern books or homemade patterns with my own blank fabric and supplies.

I know there were kits for both printed patterns and for counted cross stitch. I had no experience with just printed fabric so no idea.

(Also no idea what they may have done in England if that's its origin.)

 

They were sold in dime stores. Here's another example of this one.

https://greenbriervintage.com/en-us...gland-framed-cross-stitch-needlepoint-picture

Debora

 

Thanks, this was the only listing I did find

 

I think these are World War II. If they weren't, there would be no reason for the wartime imagery -- fighter planes and battleships. It was a 1939 song that popularized the phrase. Here's the type of pre-printed panel it would have been produced from. (Seller says this one can be identified as World War II by the Utility stamp.)

Debora

 

Ah, perfect this is great info. Thank you!

 

A lot of patriotic (or not) needlework transfers were included in women's magazines back in the day, too.

My, this brought a tear to my eye. My ex-pat mother always kept a copy of that sheet music on her piano in the living room.

 

What a lovely memory, thank you for sharing!