Mary Maynard 1797 St Patrick's Day I hope you find this

I hope you find this little stitch a fun reminder of bright stars and sweet hymns of hope

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the crisp air

The model is stitched on 36 count White Clay linen by Fox & Rabbit using the called for over-dyed cotton threads

which speaks of heroes and nobleness

Mary Maynard 1797 St Patrick's Day I hope you find thisWhile I have been unable to determine with certainty who Mary Maynard was (there are at least three young ladies who could have been the Mary of our sampler), it is clear that in 1797 she stitched a beautiful sampler filled with colors, motifs, patterned dividers, and selections from section 7 of Alexander Popes An Essay on Man. Most of her sampler is executed in cross stitch over two linen threads. However, her name and date, the selections from