Ann Gardner 1723 by Hands Across The Sea Samplers Thimbles 28CT Seraphim hand dyed cashel

28CT Seraphim hand dyed cashel linen Ancient Mahogany

a scarf and a cushion

This is the flipped version of The Common Thread released in 2014 it has all new stitches and colours

Australian Design

This Book Contains Over 54 Cross Stitch Motifs

Ann Gardner 1723 by Hands Across The Sea Samplers Thimbles 28CT Seraphim hand dyed cashelThe year of our Lord seventeen hundred and twenty three was such a long time ago. Almost three hundred years have passed since Ann Gardner of Pilerton Priery (sic) completed her sampler on the eighteenth day of Desember (sic). Ann did not record her age, but we suspect that she was a very young child and that this was her first attempt at stitching a sampler. She diligently recorded the alphabet although her spelling certainly needed improvement. She