Catharine's Bird 1848 Cross Stitch Pattern – PDF Download Alphabet sampler It’s a design meant to

It’s a design meant to be stitched slowly

Classic Colorworks over-dyed cotton and Kreinik braid

This sampler tells a gentle story of a secret place

Stitched in 1852 by Mary Gasgarth of Sleagill

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Catharine's Bird 1848 Cross Stitch Pattern – PDF Download Alphabet sampler It’s a design meant toA Tiny Sampler with a Big Story In 1848, nine year old Catharine Elizabeth Corse picked up her needle in New York City and stitched a sampler that would survive nearly two centuries. She was a true Brooklyn girl; born, married, raised four children, and lived her entire life in New York until her passing in 1907. This charming mini sampler is a faithful bird adaptation drawn entirely from the original Catharine Corse Sampler. Every motif carries the