Mary Barr 1828 by The Wishing Thorn

In 1828, at the young age of 12, Mary began working on a semi-traditional sampler that incorporated many traditional aspects, such as several upper-case alphabets but aligned vertically and horizontally in a decorative square design with the bottom rows stitched upside-down. She then adds many geometric shapes; triangles, diamonds, hexagons, etc., all in bold colors that sets her sampler well apart from the more traditional samplers of her day. 

Stitched Area: 283 W x 239 H stitches. The center is stitched solid, but there are many overdyed fabrics that would allow the negative space to shine instead of filling it with stitches. Also, variegated threads would look fantastic. Let your imagination go wild just like young Mary! Stitched in DMC floss on your choice of fabric.