and her name was Mildred...

and

 she has come to grace a nook or cranny of my house

or maybe a wall...

 she's not too big,

no fancy borders,

no frame,

just edges that are simply

 turned under...

See the urn?

I love it's delicate little handles...

The sampler isn't without imperfections.

She has a couple holes 

and

 her dark green threads

have bled overtime...
Fairly common

 with this floss color

in antique samplers.

Simple little motifs worked in rows.

See the little man with the walking stick?

I love him too...

Eyelet stitches worked in magenta silk floss.

See the crown? 

It too,

 seems so delicate to me.

The verse reads,

 in old English alphabet,

This I have done that you might see

what care my parents took of me.

and her name was Mildred...

my mother's name.

That's why I really really love this sampler,

a

must have.

Mildred Brown Fotherb, age 18 

1815

X X X X 

In response to emails

 and 

blog comment questions

 in regards to the photo in the blog banner...

this is a new pattern that will be part of a 3 new pattern release

coming in early June.

  July Word Play,

 Strawberry Hill Sampler

 & 

Thimble Purses, a stitcher's necklace,

charts will release together

 at that time. 

With thy Needle & Thread,

Brenda