Mary, Mary & Mary...

FLOSS KEEPS
coming soon!

Choose from 9 different designs,
available November 1st. These will be offered in a very limited supply,
made by myself,
as time permits...
a Country Stitches online exclusive.

The 3 floss keeps shown
are color prints
of snippets
from samplers
from
my personal collection.
I have 5 Mary samplers,
2 being stitched by the same Mary!

Mary Murgatroyd 1842Floss Keep

This sampler happens to be my personal favorite. I'm lucky to own two samplers stitched by this Mary and they compliment each other beautifully. Both are stitched with lots of reds and faded robin egg blues. Both samplers are dated 1842. The age of Mary is unknown, but by the stitching/spelling errors, it is safe to assume the stitching was done by a young hand.

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Mary Ann Moore 1833 Floss Keep

Lovely verse sampler, beautifully stitched on about a 45, maybe even a 50 count linen...need to get my magnifier out and count! The verse is worked over 1, with the motifs worked over 2. Lovely shades of mellow yellows, mossy greens, drab browns and pink flosses are used in this piece. Sampler was completed in 1833 by 11 year old Mary Ann Moore. In looking at the stitching on this piece, you get the feel that this Mary was a perfectionist at the early age of 11...her stitching is nothing less of perfect!

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Mary Wrigley 1834 Floss Keep

This sampler was the beginning of my antique sampler collecting days. It was purchased from an antique dealer here in Iowa. The sampler was completed on April 13, 1834 by Mary Wrigley of Clearfield, PA. A full family history accompanies this sampler...this is always considered an added bonus...

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Have a good week,
Brenda