[Nfb-krafters-korner] Want to know Wednesday - Craft history

[Henry Osborne]

I took my Grandfathers name for my Confirmation name. And, I sometimes want 
to say that my full name is with the last surnames of both sets of 
Grandparents. I might even add my favorite Author Uncles surname or first or 
middle names plus my First Nation name for good measure.

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Dixie, back in the day up to today, to keep a family name going they often
named their children after a parent, grand parent, favorite uncle or Aunt
sir name. Freelove may have been her mother's or grand mother's maiden name.

My grandfather was named Rhea, look at spelling all. He was named after his
grandfather on his mother's side. That grandfather was an itinerant preacher
married to a Native American. My mother's middle name is Rhea, same
spelling.

In some cultures, the children carry both mother and father's sir names in
their own name. I am told it is like keeping that person's name alive
through the generations.

Hey, it just dawned on me, do I know something Dixie doesn't. Becky falls on
the floor in a faint, giggle.

Ok, back to my dunce cap I go


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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Want to know Wednesday - Craft history

                I used to do a lot of counted cross stitch in my sighted
days.  My particular favorites included antique sampler reproductions.



The samplers were ways for young girls to learn their alphabets along with
practicing the skills needed to sew their wedding linens.  Occasionally one
will find a sampler that was done by a boy.  When the boy had been confined
for reasons like illness he would be given tasks that could be done from the
confines of his bed.  One of these tasks would be learning his alphabet by
making a sampler.



Samplers also illustrated family lineage or could be done in memorial of a
deceased family member.



Samplers could have all kinds of motifs, pictures, scripts, and embroidery
techniques.



One could often tell what school a girl went to by the motifs found in her
samplers.



One of the most interesting girl's names I found in an antique sampler was
"Freelove Hazzard."  Makes one think, doesn't it?







Dixie



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