Hannah Rider 1781 Sampler Pattern

A darling George III sampler dated 1781 from Cumbria, worked by Hannah Rider. Several beautiful alphabets, numbers, and some imaginative animals are at the bottom. Hannah was a very accomplished stitcher. The soft pastel colors and pleasing composition make it such a charming sampler. On the last page of the chart, I added images of the back of her sampler you can hardly tell it is the back. 

This model was stitched on 32ct hand-dyed gray linen and stitched with Belle Soie Silk thread by Classic Colorworks. See the image for thread colors and fabric sizes

Design Area: 125 stitches wide by 201 stitches high.

Use two strands of DMC or Silk. On larger count fabric I would only use one thread. The large alphabet can either be stitched with eyelets like the original sampler or all in Smyrna cross, or a combination of both.

This pattern consists of 18 pages of color and black/white charts. 
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