The late 1800’s sampler was found in an online auction. It is unmarked, undated, missing a lot of stitches, and has an odd color scheme. I found it irresistible regardless, as I am rather fond of samplers with a jumble of motifs squished together. I placed it on my mantle for a few months, and found myself looking at it often, thinking it looked Christmas-y, despite its clashing lavender, circus red, and chartreuse threads, and that empty cartouche was just begging me to fill it. And so I reworked the colors, filled in missing stitches as I saw fit, and placed the word “Noel” and the year onto it. I had another antique sampler with an alphabet very similar to the single letter “N” at the top, so I dusted it off to include with the chart. If “Noel” isn’t your Christmas word, please feel free to change it out for another. I had just enough room on the alphabet page to chart the word “Peace”, but others such as “Joy” or “Hark” would work as well.
Stitch Count: 155 x 129
Model stitched with one thread over two
xJuDesign: Marbled Pointer, 36ct.
Classic Colorworks: Colonial Rose, English Ivy, Gingerbread, Honeycomb
Weeks Dye Works: Baked Apple, Chestnut, Grasshopper, Merlot
DMC conversion included
