Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 3 silk on 56ct linen

3 silk on 56ct linen

Sue has designed a bright

including lovely framed pictures and a pot lid

The sampler has been reproduced with Au Ver à Soie d’Alger silks and the skein quantities calculated based on 1 strand on 36ct fabric

Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 3 silk on 56ct linenIt is always a thrill to discover a Quaker band sampler and particularly so when the young girl who created the sampler can be identified. Between the linen and the backing board of the framed sampler there had been recorded a name and an address Waterfall, Gore House, Bradpole and that Mary Wills was the daughter of Mary Wilson and John Wills and the year 1738. We had a puzzle to be solved, i. e. what linked the two pieces of information? We have