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We share our homes with our samplers. My customers allowed us a glance at their beautiful sampler walls. Thank you so much. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

At Monika Schmillenkamp's Needlework Museum

EDFS 1807 by Christel Ross Jenny Haemsch 1904 by Monika Asam

Christel Ross found the pug sampler amusing. Monika Asam from Munich sent me her "debut sampler". Her Jenny is marvellous.

WCM 1820 by A. Roehringer two weeks later

Angelika Roehringer from Ziegra will finish "WCM 1820" soon. Two weeks later, it's done!

Antonie Buzzi by R. Loeschenkohl SB 1776 by R. Loeschenkohl RET 1714 by R. Loeschenkohl

Here are some reproductions worked by Rosemarie Loeschenkohl last year. She modified the Ackworth sampler. The animals are colourfully designed.

Donna Lemos' Vierlanden sampler from 1863Donna Lemos took a week off from "Mette" and worked a cute Vierlanden sampler. She used 40 ct ricamo and HDF. I like the colours. The sampler from Vierlanden region is part of the gorgeous collection of the German Sampler Museum, Celle and was published in the current magazine SAMPLER & ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK, Vol. 58.

 

 

 

 

 

Christine Mugnier finished Barber Meins Eliza Trusted 1803 worked by Margit O.

They're great, aren't they! My friend Margit Ortmann from Berlin sent a picture of her "Eliza Trusted 1803". Christine Mugnier finished "Barber Meins". Gorgeous! She stitched her on 36 ct linen 2 over 2 with 1 strand of variegated hand dyed silk (Victoria Clayton).

Dijn Duijs' Lehncke Albers Dijn at work

Dijn Duijs sent me her personal version of Lehncke Albers' sampler from Vierlanden. She works it In black and some autumn colours. She calls it "Black Magic, A Touch of Gold and a Drop of Wine". She spilled some Portwine over it. More on her blog

Rianne's Christmas present Merry Christmas! Rianne van Roozendaal presents her dad with a terrific version of "Papa".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANLT 1831 by Helga Urban-Baule reproduction of a Vierlanden sampler from the museum in Celle

Helga Urban-Baule sent me pictures of her three Vierlanden reproductions: ANLT, Becke Geller and a very early red sampler from German Sampler Museum in Celle.

M. Levy worked by Sue Hertzog Anna Schuetze 1847 worked by Sue Hertzog

Sue Hertzog has finished M. Levy. She took a break in between as she wanted to do the Anna Schuetze 1847 for her mother's 80th birthday present. The M. Levy turned out at 34cm X 27cm, the Anne Schuetze 1847 size was 23 1/2cm X 25 1/2cm. She used the same cloth as she has done for the other ones - 1cm = 7 holes. Gorgeous!!!

RET 1714 worked by Christel Ross Elisabeth Knaeble's Brandenburg 1833

Great! Christel Ross has finished the Sampler of the Month of August. RET 1714 is stitched on 36 ct linen with 1 thread of DMC. Elisabeth Knaeble finished "Brandenburg 1833" in the summer vacations and got it framed recently.

Karen's Metta 1848 is framed Karen's Vierlanden corner

Karen's Anna Schween 1853 Karen's Mary Wigham 1790

Karen's Barber Meins 1840-42 Karen's Dorothea Padies approx. 1820

Karen Bugg's "Metta 1848", "Anna Schween 1853", "Mary Wigham 1790", "Barber Meins 1840-42" and "Dorothea Padies ca. 1820" are framed! Gorgeous! Karen has expanded her Quaker Wall and made a Vierlanden Corner.

DC-CV 1844 finished and framed by Ulrike Grommisch Ulrike's wip on ANLT 1831

Ulrike Grommisch from Essen, Germany is often in the garden in the summer and she does not find plenty of time for stitching, but she still makes progress, as you see at the finished and framed Biedermeier sampler "DV-CV 1844" and at "ANLT 1831" from the Vierlanden area.

CAK 1769 Barber Meins 1840/42

Sunday is a good day to send me pictures for the gallery. Today, I’ve been receiving an image of the framed reproduction of "CAK 1769" worked by Elisabeth Knaeble. Sonngard Haag from Fleischwangen, Baden-Wuerttemberg has not come to that point yet on "Barber Meins", since she passionately does her gardening in spring. And there is an awful lot to do.

Jenny 1904Elfriede Kleiber from Hirschbach, Bavaria has not stitched the reproduction of "Jenny 1904" is, but she had made a gift of the cross stitch kit. Now she has sent me a picture of the finished sampler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Elvira Farr sent an Easter gift for the gallery: her reproduction of "AVS 1731" - the "Old Man".

Elvira Farr's "Old Man"Ursula Waldmanns "ACO 1772"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ulla Waldmann from Hamburg sent me her little mermaid "ACO 1772" in the Easter holiday .

 

Thought you may like to see Sue's three latest needlepoints. They are all done on 1cm = 7 holes. EDFS 1807 turned out to be 25.5cm x 24cm. Antonie 1845 turned out at 17.5cm x 24cm, the other one which will go to her niece Caroline for her wedding in August is 25cm x 34cm.

Antonie Buzzi 1845 replica EDFS 1807

Voilà! Christine Mugnier's Gardryth. Magnifique! Christine stitched it on 36 ct linen Edinburgh with 1 thread of Gloriana silk - colour : Rosebud. Elisabeth Aberra Guébrou from Clermont-Ferrand has finished a sampler again. She sent me a photo of her nice "Anna Schaarschmidt 1891".

Gardryth Timmans 1831 worked by Christine Mugnier Elizabeth's Anna 1891

Elisabeth Knaeble has sent her Martha Jones, Rosemarie Loeschenkohl her framed Dorothea Padies. Great!

Elisabeth Knaeble's Martha Jones 1792 Rosemarie Loeschenkohl's Dorothea Padies

before afterwards

 

samplers worked by Rosemarie Loeschenkohl a wall with originals

Karen Bugg's quaker corner Anna Schaarschmidt (Duitsland)

Elske van Kammen from the Netherlands made the webshots of her beautiful samplers available to me. Please click onto the photo to peruse her collection.

 

A bedroon wall at Margit Guerrein's home in Berlin Anita Johansen from San Antonio, Texas stitched her on 40 count Lakeside Linen Vintage Examplar with a mixture of Crescent Colours and Hand-Dyed Fibers.

Karen Novakoski's sampler walls, Maryland, USA Karen will have a third wall soon

Elvira Farr from Neu-Ulm worked Elisabeth Osterberger's remembrance of early days. Her sister sent the picture.white work in the entrance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margit Guerrein's entrance Elisabeth Knaeble from Nuremberg worked MHL 1685

finished and framed: AH 1810 and Frances Rae Elisabeth Knaeble's Frances Rae and AH 1810..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend Margit visited Francine Zeil in Gerstheim, Alsace - a collection in two barns!

Gerstheim 1 Gerstheim 2

Gerstheim 3 Gerstheim 4

Donna Lemos has built up her Quaker wall and starts with Vierlande. Wow!:

Donna's Mary Wigham 1790 Donna's ET 1803

Donnas Martha 1811 Donna's D. Cockin 1806

Donna's Rachel Wilson Anna Schween is finished!!!

Worked and framed by Rosemarie Loeschenkohl: Hannah Wallis 1802, EDFS 1807 and CSK 1680

Hannah Wallis 1802 'pug sampler' EDFS 1807

CSK 1680

Sue's NannetteMy ex-sister-in-law Sue Hertzog from Saugus, California sent me her fine version of Nannette. The needle point itself measures at 70 x 24cm.