Sarah Macgregor's Sampler | Shakespeare's Peddler

Sarah Macgregor's Sampler | Shakespeare's PeddlerThis reproduction was fun to work with the motifs are very prim and soft. It's considered a vanity sampler, as at some point, Sarah picked out the year she worked her sampler, so people could not know her age as an adult. Stitched in Weeks Dye Works (or DMC) flosses on 40 count Mushroom Light Mocha Newcastle by Zweigart, but it lends itself well to many neutral hand dyed linens, too

Tennessee Red Clay

Tree- 36 count "linen" linen from Weeks Dye Works

Finished size: 2

This is third in a line of Ragamuffin reproductions -- samplers that I own that needed a bit of sprucing up in order to become reproduction samplers

Aquamarine Shimmer 9mm Pear Cut (7)

acid-free circle tape adheres to art boards

Thread: DMC 310 (6 skeins needed)

custom amounts

Stitch Count: 90 x 77

Designer's Note: A large nature-centered design combines four pieces which can also be stitched individually

the happy thoughts summer conjures up in our memories

Peach Fuzz