c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary and clearly that would be

and clearly that would be 1869

or perhaps to stick like a post into a bowl full of pretty rocks and pebbles

Husband and wife duo Edwin and Mary Scheier enjoyed a prolific and prodigious career that spanned nearly six decades

so it's not that

very striking

c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers drawing on bank stationary and clearly that would beOne of two Dutch darning samplers just in, arrived straight from Holland. Of course I'm forever on the hunt for exquisite 18th and early 19th century Dutch darning samplers, but those are very few and far between (and usually exorbitantly expensive). In the meantime, I'll always say yes to a nice younger one, this c. 1900, red and blue and white thread on white cotton cloth. I love the neat gridded organization (so Dutch!) and the progression of the