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Herring Sampler
Västerbotten cheese and dill potatoes. ($12)
Fore right to left:
Vodka Lime, Salmon Roe, Dill: Fairly clean. the salmon roe, as you can see, was on its last leg. That made me sad.
Matjes, Red Onion, Sour Cream: Perhaps my favorite. It's a bit sweet (from the red wine and this version probably some added sugar). I like the tangy cream and the use of red onion.
Back right to left:
Curry, Apple, Chives: Interesting. I like it because the curry masks any potential fishiness the herring might have.
Pickled, Horseradish, Black Pepper: Traditional. This one had a touch of fishiness to it.
Sampler, 1816
Made by Ann Hopkins
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Silk and linen
The birds on this sampler are doves. In some religions, doves are seen as spiritual messengers and represent peace and goodwill. The long verse about life, death, sorrow and healing is enhanced by the presence of these birds. The doves fly with two angels, reinforcing the centrality of religious motifs to schoolgirl needlework samplers.
Museum Purchase
CH1987.3
Framed sampler made by Lydia Andrew (1794-1892) of Hingham. Silk and probably linen cross-stitched sampler, worked in black with multi-colored border. Alphabet and two verses. Signed "Lydia Andrews Age 10 - 1804"
Inscription:
"Happy the child whose green unpractis'd years
The guiding hand of parent fondness rears
To rich instruction's ample field removes
Prunes every fault and every worth improves
Till the young mind unfolds each secret charm
With genius bright, with cherish'd virtue warm
Like the springs boast the lovely plant shall rise
In grateful odors to the nurturing skies
The heart that bleeds for other's woes
Shall feel each selfish sorrow less
His breast, who happiness bestows
Reflected happiness shall bless."
Gift of A Louise Andrews and Ellen F. (Andrews) Bllings.
In the collection of the Hingham Historical Society [T-EMB13].
DMC Floss and Crafty Kitten Opalescent Aida in Latte. Starting the Frosted Pumpkin Springtime Sampler :)
Caroline’s patriotic theme honors both her home state of Georgia and George Washington. Her verse reads:
Columbia’s fair daughters forever shall mourn
While genius stands weeping at Washington’s urn
Let hope still support you / Fair daughters arise
In faith that your Washington’s soard to the skies
Where still as your guardian he’ll ever preside
To virtue and goodness the Pole star and guide
Caroline (born c. 1793) was most likely the daughter of Jonathan Fabian who purchased Broughton Island on the Altamaha River prior to 1802.
From the collections of the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina
Just a little something from the kitchen, featuring oka cheese (I believe), aged gouda, chef's truffled-style pecorino (sheep and cow milk), grapes, fig, Saskatoonberry coulis, and organic honey tower. It was paired with slices of DW's raisin walnut bread and pain de Campagne.
Unlike the shaved sampling, I was really able to appreciate the silky texture and musty truffle scent imparted into the the semi-firm, salty, paper-thin slices of Chef Thuet's home made pecorino. It was my favourite item on the plate beside the delicious crisp, clean honey gelée, whose floral aromas reminded me very much of elderflower.
This is a sampler worked by Mary Ann Tidye in 1813, aged 11 years. It is worked in fine silk thread and the work is of high quality. It reads
An Address to God
O Power - Supreme! To Thee My Thoughts I Turn,
Thou Only Comfort, When We Truly Mourn,
The Orphan's Parent, & The Widow's Friend,
To Thee, My Trembling Knees I Humbly Bend,
O Arm My Soul, The Stroke Of Fate To Bear,
And Check Th' Impetuous Torrent Of Despair,
Teach Me Submission To Thy Awful Doom,
To See Thy Mercies Thro' Misfortune Gloom.
Still With Thy Sacred Truth My Mind Inform,
To Guide My Steps Thro' Life'S Uncertain Storm,
For Thou Who Dost In Nought But Good Delight,
Hast Order'd All, And Therefore All Is Right
SH.1976.36
Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.
Beer sampler at Stadium Brewing, Aliso Viejo, CA
The blueberry ale is pretty good for a fruit beer. The Hefeweizen uses Bavarian yeast, which is a nice change from the usual wheat ales. Other than that, everything was okay - not bad, but nothing great.
Sampler, signed AB or RB 1669. Linen with silk threads in a design of alphabets, geometric patterns and flower motifs in a wide variety of stitches. 89x17 cm.
From my Sampler 1 collection, a scan of my Ditsy Green Vine. I'm in the process of combining it with another fabric to make little flower appliques and bookmarks!
Little House Needleworks Summer Splendor pattern. Gorgeous enough for year-round display, not just summer!
One of five Vogart colonial samplers listed in F.W. Woolworth Co. advertising pamphlet promoting its Vogart Needlecraft Novelties line for the spring of 1940. The copy describes them as 'charming and quaint samplers - size 12 x 15 - stamped on good quality pure linen.'
My sampler quilt finished!! Just don't look to at the corners too closely! Will have to find someone to show me how to do them properly at some stage.
Hand embroidery on hand painted cotton.
I made this embroidery for BeeFranck. I saw an exhibition of colonial samplers and it made me think of Bridget so I sewed her a little sample :-)
This is a sampler worked by Harriet Hales aged 14 and finished on 26th March 1840. Although it is hard to tell from this photograph, but at 47cm wide this is one of the largest samplers in the Herbert's collection.
SH.1963.88
Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.
Vogart colonial sampler stamped on pure linen. Listed in S.S. Kresge Co. advertising pamphlet promoting its Vogart Needlecraft Novelties line for the spring and summer of 1935. States that Vogart NY is a N.R.A [National Recovery Act] member No. 31-29. Instructions suggest the use of six strand cotton floss for embroidering the crosstitch pattern.
This is a sampler worked by Elizabeth Newsome in about 1809. Elizabeth later became Mrs Lomas and was the sister of Samuel Newsome, Mayor of Coventry in 1853. We have three of Elizabeth's samplers in the Herbert's collection, you can see the others here and here.
SH.1949.17.2
Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.
You can download this starter template from our gallery at lineweaving.com/forums.
Print it out - add your doodle marks inside and around the shapes. I'd love to see what you do with it!
Winterwoods Sampler from Alicia Paulson. Such a beautiful pattern, cloth, and hand-dyed yarns.
More here: lizzieville.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/knits-and-cross-stitch/
This is a sampler worked by Jemima Shakespear in 1804. It charts the births and deaths of her brothers and sisters, possible at Coventry Workhouse. Jemima's parents were married in 1773 and over the next 25 years had 18 children, 7 of whom were still alive in 1804.
This sampler demonstrates the all too common tragedy of infant mortality and is made more poignant that some of the names - David, Hannah, Mary and Martha - have been used for more than one child.
You can see a similar sampler here.
Jemima was the 14th child to be born (in 1791) but at that time only had 4 surviving brothers and sisters. It is not surprising then when, at 14, Jemima came to work a sampler she chose to record her family history rather than a religious or moral verse.
This sampler is currently on display in the Hazards of Life section of our History Gallery.
SH.A.410
Samplers were first made in the 1400s or 1500s as a way of remembering different types of stitches or patterns. Over time they evolved into pieces of work made by young girls, proving their knowledge and patience.
The Herbert has over 60 samplers in its collection. With volunteers from NADFAS we have recently completed a project to improve their storage and to make them more accessible. You can see some of the samplers on display at the Herbert in the History Gallery, Connected and in What's in Store.