Scarlet Letter Sentiments Cross Stitch Patterns

This Scottish sampler features a number of stylistic devices seen on other Scottish samplers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries including the intense color palette with an emphasis on reds and greens and the arcaded pansy band in the upper third.

It has been densely stitched in a... Read more about Mary McCulloch 1763 - Cross Stitch Pattern

In the early eighteenth century samplers began to evolve from long vertical bands into more rectangular shapes. They began to incorporate more pictorial and scenic images and scenes such as those found on seventeenth century canvas and stumpwork pictures. Alphabets, numerals and verses prevailed but... Read more about Mary Hammand 1732 - Cross Stitch Pattern