Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF seasonal cross stitch pattern Design Area: 143 stitches wide

Design Area: 143 stitches wide by 143 stitches high

Nor the loud Storms that rage through human life

To God the father’s love

Stitches Area:  283 W x 239 H stitches

The sampler is mostly symmetrical except for a few flower stems

Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF seasonal cross stitch pattern Design Area: 143 stitches wideIn 1828, at the young age of 12, Mary began working on a semi traditional sampler that incorporated many traditional aspects, such as several upper case alphabets but aligned vertically and horizontally in a decorative square design with the bottom rows stitched upside down. She then adds many geometric shapes; triangles, diamonds, hexagons, etc., all in bold colors that sets her sampler well apart from the more traditional samplers of her day. Mary