This sampler is a reproduction of one that hangs in the German National Museum in Nurnberg.

Photos from my backyard: Hooded Mergansers

Psalm 37:1-5
The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked
A Psalm of David.

Do not fret because of evildoers,
Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the Lord, and do good;
Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him,
And He shall bring it to pass.

Blessings,
Alison

A Few More Samplers

 Years ago, I needlepointed this firescreen. The needlepoint kit was put out by The National Trust. They called this "Enchanting Garden." "This design, for a firescreen, is adapted from a firescreen in the drawing room at Packard House, Lapworth, Solihull, Warwickshire." National Trust (Enterprises) Limited.

 

This sampler from North Germany shows the year 1843. I found this pattern in a book titled, Alte Mustertucher. It was written by Angelika Walter. One reason I was attracted to stitch this sampler, was because it has a ship.

 

Psalm 1 King James Version (KJV)

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

² But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
⁴ The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
⁵ Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Jane Rees Sampler 1869

This is a reproduction sampler that I stitched. Jane Rees 1869, A Bristol Orphan House Sampler. I purchased this pattern from the Scarlet Letter.

Have a great day, Alison.

Ann Rayner Sampler 1839

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The First Sampler I stitched is this Ann Rayner Sampler 1839.

This is one of my favorite samplers. I had a friend whose walls were covered with samplers that she had stitched. This sampler, at that time, was the last one that she finished, and it inspired me so much, that I knew I had to learn to cross-stitch antiques samplers.

~Alison

One of my favorite passages:

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.  And these words, which I command thee this day,  hall be in thine heart:  And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Deut. 6:4-9 KJV