Reproduce a wealth of historic antique samplers -- simple schoolroom motifs, intricate band samplers, and charmingly personalized handwork to commemorate every

Presents thirty American samplers and their patterns from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

-40 easy-to-stitch alphabet and sampler designs in cross stitch and other counted techniques-Features celebratory projects for births, weddings, and Christmas-A

Samplers were traditionally used to teach young girls a variety of skills: darning samplers improved mending skills, alphabet samplers helped with literacy, and