Cross Stitch Edition 4

 This is a sampler reproduced by NeedleWork Press. It is actually two samplers stitched together. One end was done in 1836 and the other side was the following year.  Stitch count is 194 by 93, $31.

This book also contains two samplers. Pictured at left is THE DUTCH STEPS OF LIFE 1790. The steps of life are frequently pictured in Dutch samplers and each step represents 10 years. They are pictured in the bottom level of this sampler. There is a human figure on each step that pictures a different age.  The stitch count is 286 by 384.

This second sampler in the book features a house with a stepped gable or roofline. This is the SARA WISSE 1797. The sampler has a count of 122 by 158.  The book is $31.00

 This book also contains two samplers. Deventer is a city in the Netherlands. The town's museum contains 18 samplers, all made by girls coming from one family. The sampler pictured on the cover of the book was made by Ida Dorothea Lamberts in 1806.
The count is 398 by 315.

They don't have information about EH, the maker of the 1811 sampler, but you can see that she stitched many of the same or similar figures. It might be a case of school girls attending the same school where the instructor presents some generalized patterns and the girls color at will the figures as suggested and then embellish with other motives.
The count is 437 by 334. The book is $31.

 This is a great design created by Riverdrift House to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the passage of the Mayflower from Plimouth, UK carrying 102 passengers. The back sheet of the pattern is a very thorough annotation of what all the motives in the pattern represent. It is very interesting! The stitch count is 217 by 217 and the pattern is $14.50.

Last year, Samplers Not Forgotten presented us with the ENGLISH GARDEN and this year we could fall in love with the FRENCH GARDEN.  This is an original sampler. The stitch count is 271 by 351.
$24.50

The Scarlett House had three pieces that I brought back. I have reordered SEEKING REFUGE. We still have the charming ornament, BRINGING HOME THE TREE which is 103 by 61, $12.25.

MARY KEMP 1862 is the other one on the right. There is a bit of over one stitching so this is not suitable for Aida fabric. The stitch count is 155 by 130, $18.50.


(Below - Blogger is being stubborn which is why I gave up last night and went to bed!)This sweet piece is STABLES AT HOLLYBERRY FARM. What a pretty house!  This counts 327 by 239 and is $14.50.