Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Red sampler I was a young child

I was a young child when she was still alive and such a fun and goofy lady

The original stitched area is 12" wide by 11

Jane stitched this at a time when the Poor Law was instated and right before the Great Hunger in 1845

Fabric Size: 25 inches wide by 13 inches high

Fabric size: 17 inches (43cm) wide by 15 inches (39cm) high

Mary Barr 1828 Sampler Pattern PDF Red sampler I was a young childIn 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