In a few minutes, I'll be loading some antique samplers for sale on my Etsy shop.  Here's a preview!


Those of you who stitch reproduction samplers will recognize this as The Goode Huswife's 1809 Quaker Sampler.  I lent her my antique sampler before I had started designing myself.  This is the original!


It's a gorgeous sampler!  The colors are amazing.  The condition is good, although there are worn spots in a line across the middle.  It had obviously been folded for quite a while before it was ever framed.


It also has a stain, a very dark stain.


The motifs are wonderful!


The frame is from Olde Colonial Designs.





Ok, here's the next one:


Anne (The Goode Huswife) also reproduced this Quaker Sampler.  She called it Little Red R because of the tiny red R in the upper right hand corner.


I've never seen another Quaker sampler quite like this one. 


See the red R above?


I had a custom frame made for it and it's stunning and looks very old.  It has never been reproduced.




This one has been reproduced.  It's Anne's "Sally Weed" sampler.  I LOVE this one!  It's very unusual.


Sally stitched it in 1851 and she was born January 4, 1837.


The frame is one I had made, then grained it myself.



So there you have them!  I'll be posting them HERE in a few minutes. 

Have a great weekend!