Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks and then a mix of

and then a mix of smaller papers

but also for the fact of its "subjects" nearly disappearing amidst all those trees--good camouflage for an afternoon tryst

Her intense

and a few stains

Very Naive 19th Century New England Alphabet Sampler with Zig Zag on (Equally Expressive) Homespun collectible blocks and then a mix ofSo many different sorts of samplers to love, for different reasons. As far as alphabet samplers go (simple ones like this are also called marking samplers), I see a lot of lovely early examples around New England, with precisely embroidered, densely packed letters marching along perfectly straight lines, and I do very much admire them. But much less often do I come across an example as naive, and so, as expressive, as this one. And I think small ones