LE ROY — In October 1834, 10-year-old Jane Boyer of Le Roy finished her cross stitch sampler. Now, 190 years later, her work will be shown at a cross stitch retreat. It’s set for Oct. 19 at St. Mark’s ...
The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...
A simple guide to cross stitching for beginners.
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The first person to realize that the tiny holes in a fabric’s weave were the perfect guide for stitching precise little Xs might have trouble recognizing what is now known as counted cross-stitch. The ...