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

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From: Dixie via Nfb-krafters-korner
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Sent: January 25, 2018 at 8:49 AM
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 @->+<-@ _______________________________________________ Nfb-krafters-korner 
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