Elizabeth Anderson 1775 by Gigi R Designs 
Present For My Sister 1823 by Needlework Press 
Au Ver a Soie 146 Soie d Alger 
Bridget Power 1840 by Gigi R Designs 
12 Berries of Christmas - 1 
Gentelman Quaker by Jardin Prive 
Jane Southward 1836 by Gigi R Designs 
The Red Deer Sampler 1861-1866 by Gigi R Designs 
Au Ver a Soie 126 Soie d Alger 
Quaker Christmas Samplers by Carriage House Samplings 
12 Berries of Christmas - 3 by Erica Michaels 
Isabella Fox 1827 by Gigi R Designs 
Description
Jane’s sampler is certainly one that catches the eye! A young Welsh school girl diligently stitched a sampler that is dominated by a decorative vase overflowing with blooms. You can almost smell the fragrant scent of the Cabbage Roses, also known as Rosa Centifolia, “the hundred petal rose”.
Nothing adorns a room like a floral arrangement. Jane should be commended for her distinctive sampler. The roses tower over the vase, then tumble over like fountains of colour. And all contained within a border of plump strawberries. Doesn’t this sampler make your fingers itch to stitch?
The original sampler was stitched on Penelope canvas with wool thread and is of Welsh origin. Whilst acquired at auction in Carmarthenshire, there is no Jane Hopkins to be found in this Welsh county in the 1871 census. We believe that the young maker was one of four Janes, who ranged in age from 8 to 13 years, that were born and living in the county of Glamorganshire, Wales.
