I Had a Father Kind and True Alice Clark 1844 Cross Stitch Chart by Cross Stitch Antiques Ships Kit includes:

Kit includes:

and the accompanying CD offers yet more possibilities

colourful crash-course

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Worked in brightly coloured silks the sampler clearly shows the influence of the Berlin woolwork patterns which became so popular in Victorian England

I Had a Father Kind and True Alice Clark 1844 Cross Stitch Chart by Cross Stitch Antiques Ships Kit includes:This amazingly beautiful sampler was purchased from an auction dealer in Yorkshire, England. Since only the name and year are provided, it is unfortunately difficult to find out anything about the original stitcher. The beautiful red and green tones and many motifs of florals and fruitful trees symmetrically surround Adam and Eve, a snake and the Tree of Life. The stitcher tells us she was fourteen when she stitched her sampler and charmingly