This sampler is brought to you as part of a series of designs that are available as either a .PDF download by Hands Across the Sea Samplers or a Printed Chart.

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Nicola tells us "The moment I first saw this beautiful red sampler, I knew that it was one that I wanted to stitch. Dinah Elizabeth Disney worked her sampler in Thurlton in the county of Norfolk, England in the year 1876.

Neither Dinah nor Disney are common names, and we were able to easily locate our young sampler maker in family history records. Dinah is a Hebrew name, and the surname of Disney is one of many that the Norman Conquest brought to England in 1066. It was originally d’Isigny (“from Isigny”), coming from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer.

Dinah was 12 years old when she finished her sampler. She was born in the year 1864 in the village Terrington St Clement some 7 miles west of King’s Lynn. Dinah was one of eight children born to Frederick Disney, a miller, and his wife Mary Ann, née Reed.

Dinah’s monochrome sampler was reproduced using Soie 100.3 #664 from Au Ver à Soie, and we have included conversions for Soie d’Alger (#2924) and DMC (#304).

The sampler was executed with cross stitches laid over two threads of linen and four-sided stitch.