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THE SAMPLER GIRL offers cross stitch designs that connect with you, embrace a thought and touch the heart. Each tells a story, graced by history and is stitched in the antique style. This is Lady Washington’s Sampler Sampler displays the beauty of the period in which Martha Dandridge Washington lived at Mount Vernon in Virginia. 1789 marks the first year of George Washington’s presidency, thus the monumental date is stitched in the roof of Mount Vernon on sampler. Special stitches include rice stitch, satin stitch and herringbone stitch. Diagrams within chart. Verse on sampler reads: STEADY AS A CLOCK, BUSY AS A BEE, CHEERFUL AS A CRICKET and was recorded in one of Martha Washington’s ledgers. Design won an "Honorable Mention Ribbon" at the 2003 Woodlawn Plantation Needlework Exhibit! FABRIC: 32ct Vintage Light Examplar linen by Lakeside Linens THREADS: DMC, Weeks Dye Works, Olde Willow Stitchery, The Gentle Art FINISHED SIZE: 5" by 17"
Stitch count: 78 x 267
Artist: Tanya marie Anderson
Manufacturer:The sampler girl
Condition: vintage new
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