Vintage samplers

I mentioned yesterday that you could read Marcus Huish's book on Samplers on-line - and now you have enjoyed that, here are another set o...

Sampler, 1821. Italy, 19th century. Embroidery; silk on cotton; overall: 73.7 x 73.7 cm (29 x 29 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy...

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Counted cross stitch chart Norfolk Diligence with lots of interesting details: a nice house, Sun and Moon, flowers, verse, butterfly, hearts, crowns. Stitch count: 207 x 351

This is a sampler based on an American sampler from the school of Polly Balch, Providence, R.I. as published in Treasures in Needlework. These samplers have become well known as coming from one of …

Where did the week go??? I think of myself as a retired fuddy duddy who should be sitting at home knitting and stitching and sewing but somehow I end up running here and there and don't get nearly as much crafty time as I would like...but then I would like a 36 hour crafty day so it probably isn't ever gonna happen...sigh... Anyway this week saw several new cross stitch squirrels enter my home via the mail box and I have to say I'm really liking all of them! First was this little project and…

"Vanity Sampler - two patterns included Stitch Count: 240 x 286 Fabric: 40 count \"Affogato\" linen from Fiber on a Whim Threads: NPI 901, 902,332, 761, 694, 747, 957, 321, 156, 867, 642 DMC conversion: 612, 167, 370, 3864, 680, 336, 838, 169, 500, 739, 3362 The model was stitched one over two using cross stitch. A second chart combines a collection of the motifs from the large sampler as well as two alphabets and a set of numbers allowing this piece to be personalized using the smaller…

18th Century American Samplers In America, many distinct regional styles of sampler making evolved in the eighteenth century, molded by a combination of social, political, aesthetic and cultural influences. English work of this century tended to be more technically correct, precise and polished. American schoolmistresses, perhaps more tolerant of their students’ flights of fancy, and…