Colonial Williamsburg sampler

This morning as I think of Colonial Williamsburg, I started a sampler design to remember our visit in the next couple of weeks. I will gradually add other motifs to it.

This is my first thought and starting point.  The two colors here are Gentle Art Liberty (blue) and soot (key). Fabric, any vintage and count of choice. I hope to visit a needlework shop on the trip and pick out some pretty, pretty Williamsburg colors and linen to add motifs of my experience on the trip. You can stitch alone on a smaller piece of fabric or start with a larger one and add the other motifs later.   

 

Colonial Williamsburg

design by Feathers in the Nest

copyright 2011

 

I think I've posted this poem before but for all newbies or if you haven't seen it before, it's pretty neat and is folded and put in my personal journal.

The Sampler

by Lynda D. Prouse

Rummaging around a junk shop

One lazy summer day,

I stumbled across a treasure.

It was a delicate piece of embroidery,

Called a "sampler" long ago,

Made by a young seamstress

While learning how to sew.

Though the edges were worn and faded,

The tiny stitches remained intact,

Each one vividly portraying

A pictorial of interesting fact.

It showed her house and garden,

A delightful scene from yesterday,

Birds flew across the fabric

All stitched in a magical way.

Flowers sprouted around the borders

In rows of sparkling hues

And in the bottom left-hand corner

Was the date of 1882.

I took in all its features

with eager and appreciative eyes

And couldn't believe my good luck

At discovering this wondrous prize.

It was like gazing through a window

To a place I imagined to be,

A simpler time to live in~~~

Just right for a dreamer like me.

Enjoy your Sunday afternoon!