The Scarlet Letter | Ann Anthony 1838 Tilda Au Ver à Soie Silk

Au Ver à Soie Silk – 4534 (DMC 167)

17″ Fabric: 15

Sarah’s stunning sampler is now available as a repeated design on a quality 156gsm cotton fabric

Filled with close-up photos of Lisa's hands working her magic

The Scarlet Letter | Ann Anthony 1838 Tilda Au Ver à Soie SilkThis amazing, unprecedented English sampler illustrates so many unique and bold elements of design, stitched in a balanced way inside a four sided strawberry border. In all my decades of study Ive never seen an antique sampler with quite this much bizarre personality. At the top is a two storied red house flanked on either side by handsomely dressed couples posed beneath leafy bowers. Below the house, Adam and Eve stand alongside the Tree of Life with