SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red Wayne B. Blouch drawing One finger fits inside the

One finger fits inside the head

where I could look at it while having a soak--though it would be great in a farmhouse style kitchen too

orange and yellow where the circles intersect

large-ish folk art ship in a bottle

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1878 Linen Mending and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Red Wayne B. Blouch drawing One finger fits inside theIt's hard to tell scale from photos, I know, but the red darned square on this small 1878 schoolgirl sewing sampler is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and it's really a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seam work, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very unusual variety) as these feel so crisp and contemporary; so often white on white and all