English Redwork Sampler from 1808 easy cross stitch an enchanting cross stitch pattern

an enchanting cross stitch pattern that celebrates nature’s tiny pollinator wrapped in floral beauty

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Nor the loud Storms that rage through human life

The pattern consists of a color image of the finished design

12 Ginnie Thompson Flower Threads 40 yds each

English Redwork Sampler from 1808 easy cross stitch an enchanting cross stitch patternA delicate and beautiful redwork marking sampler from 1808! This is one of the earliest red marking samplers. I know Bristol samplers did not appear until the 1860s. The pattern of Mary Purdye in my store is from 1815. Lydia was a very accomplished stitcher and the back is almost as perfect as the front. There is an upper and lower case alphabet with the "J" omitted. The lower case alphabet uses the old English long "s" in the shape of an "f". There