Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 2915 x 1 / 3712

2915 x 1 / 3712 x 1 / 494 x 1 ~ Salmon ~ medium

3 silk on 56ct linen

2916 x 1 / 176 x 1 / 3328 x 1 ~ Salmon ~ dark

Eliza’s sweet sampler has been reproduced using Legacy Linen in 45 count Woven Sedge with one strand of Au Ver à Soie silk from their d’Alger range

Mary Wills 1750 ~ Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Needlepoint 2915 x 1 / 3712It is always a thrill to discover a Quaker band sampler and particularly so when the young girl who created the sampler can be identified. Between the linen and the backing board of the framed sampler there had been recorded a name and an address Waterfall, Gore House, Bradpole and that Mary Wills was the daughter of Mary Wilson and John Wills and the year 1738. We had a puzzle to be solved, i. e. what linked the two pieces of information? We have