Elizabeth Furniss 1836 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Designer Stitch Count: 65 W x

Stitch Count: 65 W x 96 H

and a train racing across the bottom make up this unique sampler

The Twelve Days of Christmas song was published around 1780 and has been popular at Christmas time ever since

This was Modern Folk Embroidery's 2018 Mystery SAL

Elizabeth Furniss 1836 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Designer Stitch Count: 65 W xThis is on my short list of "must make samplers". I love the gorgeous border, those big cabbage flowers, the patchwork front lawn, and the polka dotted and striped animals. I also don't see many samplers that have Adam and Eve active under the tree that's kind of interesting, too. Stitch Count: 347 x 358 Threads: AVAS Soie d'Alger: 2946, 2914, F2 (x 2), 2225, 1421, 3725, 935, 4244, 3435, 944, 4513, 1846, 3833 (x 2), 1723, 1721, 2643, 2931, 3715 (x 2),