Dear friend Melinda of Merry Wind Farm reproduces antique samplers and offers them in her etsy shop. She has reproduced several of my small antique samplers, and Lauren's Memento is the most recent. Here is the original. I have it pinned to a piece of an old coverlet draped over the back of a chair . . . why it looks so wonky.
"Merry Wind Farm is pleased to present this free chart of an antique German red marking sampler as my Christmas gift to you! Thank you so much for your support of my humble little reproduction sampler business. My dear friend Lauren has generously allowed me to reproduce this sampler from her collection. Her initials are also L F so I have named this Lauren's Memento.
The German word Erinnerung translates as remembrance, memento, or souvenir. Perhaps L F stitched this as a souvenir from her school. I have used Gentle Arts School House Red which is closest to the original. I have stitched on 35 count Angel Hair linen from Weeks Dye Works with 1 strand over two threads of linen. Choose a linen and floss from your stash and have a sampler stitched in a few days! The stitch count is 125 x 162.
Enjoy this with my compliments."
I can't figure out how to attach the PDF to this post, but if you send me an email with sampler in the subject line (so I don't miss it!), I will be happy to send it to you. It is also available in her etsy shop but etsy would not allow it to be free so she has to charge $1.00 😁
Sorry, I just have to post another comment about the USPS. In yesterday's mail, I received a Kohls ad and got a 30% coupon. Please note the dates the coupon is valid ~ and I received this on January 6 😒
Thanks so much for stopping by.
Pug hugs 😊
Lauren
