Miss Mary Ann Bournes 1791 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Zodiac Love Birds includes:

Love Birds includes:

Relax as you hand stitch these folksy

The ideal shape of this needle

Hands Across the Sea Samplers are on hand to help those stitching our charts

eight decorative drawings (hearts and garlands)

Miss Mary Ann Bournes 1791 by Hands Across the Sea Samplers Zodiac Love Birds includes:An unusual and charming English Sampler stitched during the reign of George III, depicting a large central motif of a bee skep surrounded by flowers, bees, butterflies and two large doves set within leafy arbours together with a cottage in a pastoral scene. All are contained within a stunning border with several varieties of flowers including roses and carnations. The relationship between bee keeping and gardens is centuries old. Skep is derived from