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Wednesday 16 January 2008

Loara Standish and Elizabeth Kensington Samplers

This is the Loara Standish Sampler which I referred to in my post yesterday. I had forgotten how lovely it is and how much I enjoyed stitching it at the time. I cannot remember when I started it or why I gave up stitching it but it was probably because it needs a lot of concentration with all the double running stitches. Anyway, now that I have re-discovered it I am going to make a start on it and maybe put it in a rotation. It is stitched on 36ct hand dyed linen with silk floss. OMG I have just found a working copy of the first part of the chart and written on it is 29.01.1999!! That must have been my start date so I am going to set myself a target finish date of 29.01.2009 - 10 years for one sampler - that really will be a record for me!! LOL

This sampler is the antique one that was stored with the Loara one. This was stitched, as you can see, by Elizabeth Kensington, aged 9 years, in 1843! It's in a fairly good condition with only a couple of tiny holes which I hope will not be too noticeable when backed with raw linen and framed but even if they do show what the heck, the piece is 165 years old and I doubt I would look that good at that age!

I will be making the draw for the scissor fob later today and will post the winner tomorrow.

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Carol

Labels: Antique samplers, Loara Standish

10 Comments:

On 16 January 2008 at 20:15, BeckySC

WOW is all I can say!!!
On 16 January 2008 at 21:48, Edgar

What beautiful samplers!!!!!
On 17 January 2008 at 13:58, Karoline

Loara is stunning, she should definitely see the light of day again.

Elizabeth is a lovely sampler.
On 22 January 2008 at 00:50, Dani - tkdchick

Those are both beautiful samplers. I hope you keep plugging away at that WIP!
On 22 January 2008 at 15:21, Jennifer

I would have to say that sampler is WELL WORTH the 10 year wait. It's absolutely stunning.
On 22 January 2008 at 15:32, Jennifer

I would have to say that sampler is WELL WORTH the 10 year wait. It's absolutely stunning.
On 11 February 2008 at 17:21, Lelia

Lovely L.Standish sampler. I admit having that kit someplace in my closet -- I never started it!!!
On 6 March 2011 at 22:07, Patti-Rocky Mtn Stitcher

Any tips? I started this as part of a stitch a long and any help will be great!
On 16 March 2011 at 17:11, Patti-Rocky Mtn Stitcher

.did you skip 6 between row 1 and 2?
On 12 January 2013 at 15:37, Patti-Rocky Mtn Stitcher

Did you ever complete yours. I finally finished mine.
http://loarastandishsampler.blogspot.com/