Sarah Mary Larkworthy 1727 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Gloriana Silk Ribbon 4mm (or Mill Hill Beads 00330

(or Mill Hill Beads 00330

Using Just A Needle And Thread

And Badgers

Palomino & River Rock

28ct linen from Semco

Sarah Mary Larkworthy 1727 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Gloriana Silk Ribbon 4mm (or Mill Hill Beads 00330Sarah Mary Larkworthy was featured in the 2016 exhibition Now Whilst My Hands Are Thus Employed Three Centuries Of Historic Samplers and is held in the private collection of Nicola Parkman. Sarahs exquisite sampler is a wonderful example of the legacy left behind by long forgotten school girls and their needlework teachers. The original sampler was finely embroidered in silk with a palette of only five colours using cross stitch over two threads,