Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Red sampler She used eyelet and cross

She used eyelet and cross stitches

cut fabric 17" x 17"46ct 9

I was a young child when she was still alive and such a fun and goofy lady

The original stitched area is 12" wide by 11

Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Red sampler She used eyelet and crossIn 1828, at the young age of 12, Mary began working on a semi traditional sampler that incorporated many traditional aspects, such as several upper case alphabets but aligned vertically and horizontally in a decorative square design with the bottom rows stitched upside down. She then adds many geometric shapes; triangles, diamonds, hexagons, etc., all in bold colors that sets her sampler well apart from the more traditional samplers of her day. Mary