These are in alphabetical order by last name (which is a very diplomatic way to list them, don't you think?) You can click on each of the pictures to make them larger (all the better to SEE you with, my dear!)
Mary Bate 1796
VERSE:
THE human soul without Education
is like marble in the quarry which shows
none of its inherent beauties until
the skil of the polisher fethes out
the colours makes the surface shine
and discovers every ornamental cloudy
spot and vein that runs through the
body of it Education after the same
manner when it works upon the mind
draws out to view every latent virtue
and perfection which without such
helps are never able to make their
appearance
Keep such Company as you may im
prove or that may improve you and
if you or your Companions cannot
make one another better rather leave
than grow worse by them
MARY BATE
Her Work In The Year Of
Our Lord 1796 B Oct 29 83
Strait School
Eleanor Hawkesford 1838
VERSE:
Lord Jesus guide me day by day
And lead me in thyself thy ways
Preserve me from each dangerous snare
And make me thy peculiar care
Thy wisdom gracious Lord impart
And take possession of my heart
Work in me all thy sovereign will
And guide me safe to Zion's Hill
Eleanor Hawkesford
Her Work Aged 11 years 1833
Ann Womack 1838
VERSE:
Time is always moving on,Voting will close June 29th in the evening.
Time, we soon may say is gone,
Time, is fleeting, and we know,
Time, at last, will disappear.
Ann Womack, Aged 8 Years
1838
By the way, voting for one sampler does NOT mean that I won't reproduce the other two. I am just trying to decide ... what's next! Thanks for your help.
I'm voting for.... hmmm...this is tough... I say Ann Womack :)
ReplyDeleteI say Eleanor Hawkesford!! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWanda
No. 1 Really like that one.
ReplyDeleteWhichever has the least over one... all are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove Ann Womack, though the others are nice as well.
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Eleanor Hawkesford!
ReplyDeleteKathy
Mary Bate is beautiful
ReplyDeleteI vote for Eleanor Hawkesford!
ReplyDeleteI like Mary Bate the most!
ReplyDeleteI would vote for Ann Womack...I like the little dog motifs
ReplyDeleteI would like Ann Womack 1838.
ReplyDeleteMary Bate, please!!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack!
ReplyDeleteMary Bate - love the borders!!
ReplyDeleteHawkesford without a doubt!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the verse of Ann Womack 1838. It gets my vote.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack 1838.
ReplyDeleteI like all of the different motifs and the verse.
Marilyn
cannot decide I like them all So there now you have to do the three ::))
ReplyDeleteGIGI
They're all so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Eleanor.
I vote for the 2nd one - Eleanor
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack 1838 for sure!! I love the motifs and the red thread!
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford, please.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Eleanor Hawkesford!
ReplyDeleteMary Bate, definitely! - Anna from Poland
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack gets my vote! Thank you for all you and your family do for the critters.
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford 1838
ReplyDeleteI love it but only if the colour is made more vibrant
wow that is a hard one no wonder you are having us vote,,I would say Ann Womack,,good luck..
ReplyDeleteDevon
My vote is for Mary Bates - but I look forward to stitching all three :-)
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack 1838
ReplyDeletei too like the dogs!
joann in tx.
I vote for Eleanor Hawkesford.
ReplyDeleteCindy
I like Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack!!
ReplyDeleteMary Bate.......please!!!
ReplyDeleteWithout a doubt Ann Womack please!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack. I have never done an all red sampler, and I like how young she was.
ReplyDeleteMelinda
Mary Bate please! As much as it's a lot of wording to stitch I love that border! Thanks Theresa!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack, please.
ReplyDeleteEaleanor is postively beautiful.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
Eleanor Hawkesford 1838
ReplyDeleteis my favorite!
Barbara
Mary Bate! Amazing border on it!
ReplyDeleteOh it has to be Eleanor or Mary --- Ohhhh the torture of choosing. ......... Eleanor!
ReplyDelete(Argh -- don't hate me, Mary!)
I choose Eleanor Hawkesford 1838.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack.
ReplyDeleteI like Eleanor Hawkesford.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack also....love it!
ReplyDeleteHawkesford
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteI like Ann Womack the best in verse especially.
ReplyDeleteMary Bate gets my vote!
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford! What a gorgeous piece with that garland detail. I hope you chart this one first. Thanks for sharing! Kate
ReplyDeleteI probably should choose the first one, inasmuch as it has my family name in it, but no--Ann Womack wins for me! Love the dogs, trees, hearts, and redwork always appeals. Such a happy sampler to speak about the end of time!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack is my pick!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack. So pretty
ReplyDeleteall in red.
Mary's. I love the verse and her fetish for borders.
ReplyDeleteTough one! But, I'll vote Mary! : D
ReplyDeletePlease, Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteThanks, Helen
Ann Womack - a difficult decision for sure.
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford, please, as it's very different from most other sampler designs.
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ReplyDeleteI'd choose Ann Womack!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is Eleanor Hawkesford. Love the bottom section. Truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMary Bate, but all 3 of them are beautiful in their own way.
ReplyDeleteAnn is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI like the Ann Womack sampler
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack definitely!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack
ReplyDeleteOf these three, Mary Bate, but I thought you recently acquired an adorable sampler with cats on it? That's the one I really want to see reproduced!
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Mary Bate 1796. A wonderful verse!
ReplyDeleteI love the verse and the alphabets of Ann Womack.
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack. Love the verse and motifs.
ReplyDeleteI would vote for Ann 1st, Eleanor 2nd and Mary 3rd, with the understanding that they are all lovely.
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack 1838, although they all have great points of interest.
ReplyDeleteI love those little dogs, birds and trees at the bottom. And the rows of alphabets is really nice too.
Good luck!
PS...sorry about your little kitten, so sad.
Judy in Kansas
Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteMary Bate sampler - please!
ReplyDeleteI love Ann Womack. The verse is a reminder to live each day to the fullest. They are all beautiful though!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack has my vote....Trudy
ReplyDeleteEleanor for me!
ReplyDeleteMy vote has to be for Eleanor......so elegant! But all three are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm voting for.... Ann Womack !!!
ReplyDeleteI love all 3 I love the verse and simplicity of Ann, but my vote has to go for the elegance of Eleanor.
ReplyDeleteMeryl in England
I choose 'Mary Bate 1796', but I hope you will eventually do all of them! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford FTW! All are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI like Eleanor Hawkesford , the colour palette is lovely .X
ReplyDeleteMary Bate would be wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack!
ReplyDeleteMy vote is for Mary Bate
ReplyDeleteMary Bate's with that wonderful border........
ReplyDeleteMary Bate, without a doubt! She's awesome.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteDefinitely would like to stitch Eleanor Hawkesford. Lovely
ReplyDeleteI like Ann Womack
ReplyDeleteI love all of them but I am most interested in stitching Ann Womack.
ReplyDeleteTough choice. I like Ann Womack because of the cute brown dogs at the bottom, and they remind me of my dogs! But I like the verse on Mary Bate and the fact that it is an older sampler. Can't decide!
ReplyDeleteI like them all but Eleanor is my favorite because it is just beautifully different.
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford! Those motifs are so unique and pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! The border on Mary Bate is wonderful! She gets my vote.
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawksford is my vote!!!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack !!! Love it !!
ReplyDeleteEleanor Hawkesford...They are all gorgeous in their own way, but the floral swag in Eleanor's just draws me right into the verse. All winners! Enjoy the process!
ReplyDeleteSince I just turned 60 years young yesterday, the verse in Ann Womack struck a chord -- she gets my vote!
ReplyDeleteJoan
Love too much "Mary Bate"! but they are all gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteFrançoise
I vote forEleanor's sampler. Absolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteall beautiful but I would never stitch all that wording on the first one (shrieking in horror) and I am really attracted to Ann Womack - so that gets my vote. Mel
ReplyDeleteI vote for Ann Womack! Have loved it since way back when you first showed her to us!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder you needed help!
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack 1838
I vote for Ann Womack.
ReplyDeleteI choose Ann Womack!!!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Eleanor Hawkesford please! It is so unique!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the tiny kitten!
Debbie in Kansas
I would vote for Ann Womack 1838. I think that this is my favorite out of the 3.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Alicia
I love Eleanor. She's special.
ReplyDeleteThey are all lovely but I would vote Eleanor first then Mary & Anne a close third.
ReplyDeleteI love the Mary Bate because I am a teacher and I love the look of the sampler. Different and unusual. O will be waiting for this one whenever it comes out
ReplyDelete!!! Love it. Jo
I would go for the first one = Mary Bate (verse is different than usual).
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day!
Ann
je vote pour Eleanor Hawkesford 1838
ReplyDeletemerci
I prefer the Ann Womark sampler but all are nice
ReplyDeleteAnn Womack for me
ReplyDeleteTina
Eleanor
ReplyDeletePlease,please, please. Mary Bates! Please do it for ALl of uthe teacher and principal stitchers. . Education!!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to see Mary Bate as a reproduction; am absolutely taken with that one! Good luck making the decision. : )
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ReplyDeleteI say Eleanor Hawkesford! But I'll take one of each!
Hawkesford
ReplyDeleteI vote for Mary Bate.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear that you won't be at TNNA in St. Charles, MO in Aug.
I haven't been there in 3 years and am going this year and was so looking forward to seeing you.