Quaker Samplings VI

By: With My Needle

 Model : This little Quaker sampler can be attached to an antique wooden bobbin, framed, or made into a pillow. Perhaps you have other ideas.

Charts are included for three different sampler versions of various dimensions. The bobbin used on the model is 8 inches tall. The bobbin barrel (rod) is 7 inches long and has a circumference of 5-3/8 inches, but bobbins of other dimensions can be used.)

The model was stitched on 36-count Meadow Rue linen from Lakeside Linens & Designs, Inc. using silk thread 505 from Needlepoint, Inc. A DMC substitution is given.

Stitch Counts:
Bobbin Version 1 is 95 wide x 120 high
Bobbin Version 2 is 87 wide x 120 high
Bobbin Version 3 is 87 wide x 104 high

Stitches Used: cross stitch and four-sided (optional). If attaching your sampler to a bobbin, you will also use eyelet and nun's stitches.

Stitch diagrams, detailed stitching directions, and bobbin assembly directions are provided.