This category contains Early Americana ABC school girl samplers as well as the wonderful cross stitched samplers from the 1920s through the 1950s.   Or if you have a love for the embroidery and elaborate Berlin work that is so Victorian that dates from the Civil War to 1890 you will find it in this category area.   

You will find book marks also done in Berlin work or punched  paper as it is sometimes called.  I am told that many of these book marks were practice pieces done by children.  

Not to be forgotten, and  included in this category are plain sewing and practice samplers.  Many ladies wanted to create and save small samples of crochet and knitting to refer to again.  Some samples were stored loose  inside a small box but many were stitched to either cloth or paper pages and made into a book  form. 

Today a sample book or even the loose samples are a delight to find .  Certainly a testament to the skill of the needle worker.

So spend some time searching through this category.  You just may find something you can't live without.

Image	Name	Price
	Vintage 1920 Swedish Embroidery Sampler Stitches An interesting presentation of Swedish embroidery dating from the 1920's.  The sampler measures 15" long x 12" wide with the stitches embroidered on huck or huckabee toweling. This measurement includes the plain huck border. …	$15.00	Buy More
	Victorian School Girl ABC Red Stitch Sewing Sampler A  nice ABC school girl sewing sampler done in red stitch.  Judging from the background material and believing the thread may be a cotton I would date this piece later Victorian.  Unfortunately no date or name.  The background f…	$185.00	Buy More
	Antique 1900s 6 Sampler Crochet Lace In Booklet Antique 1900s 6 Sampler Crochet Lace In Booklet I found this sampler book a bit of a mystery ~ mystery to its orginial location ~ the island of Jamaica or a town here in the U.S. such as Jamaica, N.Y.?  This wonderful book was found in the stat…	$50.00	Buy More
	Dated 1902 Red And White Schoolgirl Practice Sewing Stitches Sampler Dated 1902 Red And White Schoolgirl Practice Sewing Stitches Sampler Dated 1902 and initialed M R this schoolgirl sewing practice stitches sampler comprises of a variety of stitches, correct attaching of hook and eye as well as button. On the rever…	$30.00	Buy More
	Vintage 1930 Swedish Embroidery Huck Towel ~ Practice Sampler Stitches Vintage 1930 Swedish Embroidery Huck Towel ~ Practice Sampler Stitches A very interesting vintage 1930 practice sampler of Swedish Embroidery stitches on huck toweling. Seven different embroideries plus drawn thread hemstitching and a lovely tatted …	$20.00	Buy More
	Victorian Framed Berlin Work Forget Me Not Sampler Bookmark Victorian Framed Berlin Work Forget Me Not Sampler Bookmark Forget Me Not ~ a lovely saying for a lovely Victorian bookmark. The Berlin work or punch paper bookmark dates from the 1880s. Professionally framed about 12 years ago this is a perfect p…	$95.00	Buy More