Click on each picture to see a larger version of the picture. The Mary Campbell Sampler is an exact reproduction of an antique sampler in the collection of McIntosh Samplers. It is believed that Mary was stitching on the third row in 1841 and didn't finish the sampler until 1844. Colors are brown, blue-green, green, olive, dark gold, and garnet. Elizabeth Edgars From the collection of McIntosh Samplers, this work was originally stitched in England in 1868.
Stitches used are cross stitch, four-sided stitch, and Algerian eye.
Please specify linen choice when ordering. The original Jane Harris sampler, dated 1827, is in the private collection of my girlhood best friend, Jacquelyn Bradley in North Carolina. She discovered it neatly folded in the back of a desk drawer in the antique shop owned by her aunt, Mrs. Hattie Batts. While red is the dominant color, a total of sixteen different colors are used. Please specify sandstone linen or ivory linen when ordering.