Susanna Millne 1843 ~Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers applique hover over the house

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Weeks Dye Works -Brick (2 skeins)

2212 / 734 x  1  Olive green ~ light

(2002) features a traditional Shepherd's Bush lady standing sentinel over the village at her feet

9mm black lead for marking on lighter cloth

Susanna Millne 1843 ~Reproduction Sampler Pattern by Hands Across the Sea Samplers applique hover over the houseSusanna finished her beautiful sampler on July 24, 1843 when she was ten years old. Queen Victoria had only been on the English throne for six years and married to Prince Albert for three. Susanna was born in Faversham in 1834 to Joseph Millne, a school master, and his wife Mary. She was their second youngest of 11 children and went on to live to sixty nine years of age. Hops feature profusely in the meandering border of Susannas sampler together with