Catharine's Bird 1848 Cross Stitch Pattern – PDF Download Alphabet sampler black & white and single

black & white and single page graphs (16 pages)

Mary was born in Pennsylvania but more about this in a blog post

Stitched in 1852 by Mary Gasgarth of Sleagill

This pattern is for personal use only and may not be reproduced

Catharine's Bird 1848 Cross Stitch Pattern – PDF Download Alphabet sampler black & white and singleA 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