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Here are antique samplers -- all beautifully re-charted -- so we can enjoy them again for years to come! Presented in full color leaflet format, these publications are ABSOLUTELY LOVELY! The paper is glossed and heavy, the charts are printed in full color, and there is a bit of history included in each about its particular sampler. After you read the descriptions, you gain a new appreciation for the content of each piece and it's historic significance. If you can get one finished -- what a gorgeous heirloom you will have! Choose any fabrics you want -- they'll be YOUR samplers! Even if you don't stitch a single one of these -- these leaflets themselves are so beautifully done!
Anna Tench 1819 I am always thinking I am going to describe some of the history Nicola presents with each of her samplers. But this one has 4 solid pages of excellent reading about the family featured in the sampler, where they lived, and what the 'signs if the times' were then. Just fascinating, I can't even to begin to summarize! So... a beautiful sampler charted for DMC or silk threads, the stitch count is 266 x 301, so it will finish approx 15 x 17 on 36ct. Ann Forfitt 1812 Nicola writes that nothing can be found about Ann Forfitt in family records of England! She did, however, stitch this gorgeous sampler that measures an impressive 519 x 570 in stitch count! Finishing approx 29 x 32 on 36ct, the verse was first published in the 1700s. Nicola has recharted this from the original sampler, which is part of her personal collection. The booklet is lovely as always, there is a lot of fun history about the village listed on the sampler, and the chart covers several pages, and is presented in full color.
Ann Webb 1829 Finishes approx 16 x 17 on 36ct - full of balanced motifs but an very irregular strawberry border. Small spiral bound half-size pattern, but still contains 3 pages of fascinating history! Ann Roberts 1842 A Welsh Sampler - Nicola has 6 pages of history in this one! They know where Ann was born, you get tons of interesting info about motifs in here, colors... everything about her village life and times. It finishes approx 9 x 13 on 40ct. Frances Grassby 1845 Part of the verse reads 'pleasure in perfection is...' 4 Pages of history, Frances lost her mother in childbirth, I just have to stop reading all of the stories in these charts... so fascinating! This one is charming, a little over 10 x 10 on 36ct.
Hariet Hartland 1782 A favorite at 'Hands Across' this is large - about 14 x 16 on 40ct.� Lots of special stitches along the little hills - the flower chart are all really pretty in here. 6 Pages of info about Hariet, her life and life in her time, the verses she used, on and on... I think I'm going to summarize the history a little but after the first paragraph of 6 pages, I'm overwhelmed at the info Nicola has just give me! Hannah Coates 1848 A pretty 'remember me!' Finishes about 16 x 17 on 40ct. Mary Lea 1793 Finishes a generous 18 x 22-ish on 40ct! Lots of fascinating info oh who had affairs with who inside this one!
Elizabeth Beaven 1835 A very cheerful verse! 311 x 461, 14 shades of thread. Awesome history in here, along with 36 close-up pics of the Satin stitch details in the flowers. This is gorgeous! When Thou Art Rich 239 x 257, 12 shades of cottons or silks. The pic is too red, fabric is really buttercream. Jane Hopkins 1875 A Welsh sampler, when you read the history in here it is unbelievable that any children lived to be educated in the 1800's. Lots of info about child labor in the iron mines in here... and info about the roses Jane honored in her piece. Finishes approx 11 x 14� on 40ct!
Amy Cann 1831 307 x 276 Charted for silks or DMC -- 15 shades. Cross over one and two, Satin, Four Sided, Double Running and Algerian Eyelets. Hannah Gaskill 1823 Jesus on the cross in this one. 478 x 517 -- large -- 23 shades of silk or DMC for your 66,000 stitches! Sarah Borton 1815 Gorgeous inner floral border -- really! 258 x 304. 23 shades of cotton or silk, Crosses over one and two, Chain, Satin, French Knots, Four Sided and Algerian Eyelets.
Ann Gardner 1723 - A sampler from a young beginning stitcher! Finishes about 11-1/2 x 13 on 36ct linen; the birds are full of Satin Stitches as well as the border. Eliza Rule 1824 - This finishes approx 12 x 14 on 40ct