![]() ![]() ‘‘I'm entering my double wedding ring quilt, and a couple of blouses that I embroidered and my new sampler,’ Teresa said.’.‘Keep your stitch sampler for future reference.’.‘Each year for the past eight years they have mounted an exhibition devoted to samplers and embroideries.’.‘The alphabets that embellished schoolgirl samplers signified both a girl's literacy and her future role as keeper of household textiles, which before industrialization were far more valuable than furniture.’.‘A sampler in wool, embroidered by Mary aged ten in 1871, put us all to shame by the intricate work she had done.’.‘The Philosopher's Room is a heady mix of high art and popular culture, decorated with samplers embroidered with witty, mock-homespun proverbs.’.‘Included are samplers, embroidered pictures, portraits, sewing implements and patterns, quilts, clothing, linens, fabric swatches, photographs, and other documents.’.‘The works recall stitched samplers that proclaim folksy mottoes, like ‘Home Sweet Home.’’.‘Although from very modest circumstances, a number of students acquired needle skills and worked samplers that were the equivalent in style and expertise to those worked in the most fashionable schools in Baltimore.’. ![]() ‘Many gifts were hand-made embroidered handkerchiefs and samplers, home-made peppermints or sugared almonds wrapped in hand-decorated paper.’. ![]()
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