Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Holiday Patterns and linen and stitched this

and linen and stitched this sampler signing her name in silk thread

instructions

The reproduction shows what the sampler would have looked like back in the day

giving the design a soft

The verse used was a favorite for this era

Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Holiday Patterns and linen and stitched thisIn 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