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The 'Milverton Sampler' by Doreen Holmes of Needlelace
This sampler belonged to the Somerset County Museum Education Service. When they were reviewing the collections it was transferred to the Curator of Costume and Textiles at Glastonbury Museum. It is now part of the Somerset Heritage Service. Glastonbury Rural Life Museum is well worth a visit to see how people lived and worked all those years ago and there is a delightful Tea Shop as well.
The original was worked with a brown
thread on linen. Unfortunately we have no information about the girl who worked
the original, just initials and a date...but of course they may not be her own
initials. I am not sure that she enjoyed working her sampler because, there
are so many mistakes that one is left with the impression that she 'lost heart'.
I have included most of the mistakes in this reproduction, only correcting those
that were such a muddle that they were undecipherable.
Milverton School was a privately run Quaker school in the Friend's Meeting House,
situated in the high street in Milverton near Taunton, Somerset. . Sadly the
school is no longer there.
This reproduction sampler has been worked using :
slate blue spun silk 100/2, on 40 count,
cream linen and dark green spun silk 100/2, on 40 count flax linen
The sampler measures 17 ½ inches wide, x 11 inches long and is worked
with a single strand over two threads.
The kit includes, chart, photograph and 200m spun silk.
The 'Milverton Sampler' kit is priced at £22.00 plus p & p.
Please contact Linda to order.
To see more of Doreen's work please visit www.needlelace.com
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The 'Martha
Gilbert Sampler' This is a copy of the Martha Gilbert Sampler held in the Taunton Museum. It is a faithful copy with her mistakes included. She improved as she worked because there are fewer mistakes towards the bottom of the sampler, either that or someone else helped her! We have no information about Martha Gilbert, so we would be very grateful if anyone out there could throw some light on her. Available immediately. The 'Martha Gilbert Sampler'
is available at £9.50 plus p & p. To see more of Doreen's work please visit www.needlelace.com
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The
'Mary Busby Pattern Book'
The inspiration for the, long awaited, Mary Busby Pattern Book, was the old, card and paper, pattern books. The kit includes some of the medallion patterns from the Mary Busby Sampler, printed onto a zig zag of card and already scored for you, charts and instructions for the putting together. Available from 22nd February 2008. The 'Mary Busby Pattern Book'
is available at £12.00 plus postage & packing. To see more of Doreen's work please visit www.needlelace.com
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Mary Busby Pattern Book - Front
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Mary Busby Pattern Book - Back
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Back End
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Linda
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E-mail: linda@thesamplerguild.co.uk
Telephone: +44(0)1628-634274
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