Mary Davis' Early Sampler with Flame Stitch, Alphabets, Flower and Verse Charles lindbergh " If just reading the

" If just reading the list of 253 patterns doesn't inspire you to think more critically and creatively about your own domestic and work spaces

to my mind

Two pieces of cut tin for the front fins

on the underside of the lid

and with these almost wave-like patterns of decoration animating the rest of it

Mary Davis' Early Sampler with Flame Stitch, Alphabets, Flower and Verse Charles lindbergh " If just reading theAnother example of the sort of sampler I love, which would definitely benefit from a better frame, but I'm very glad it's been kept safe as it is an early and delicate one. Part of what makes it especially special is the passage of flame stitch filling the top quarter, surely faded and clearly showing loss but very beautiful still. Then this verse under the alphabet and numbers, with long "s" 's everywhere, signed by Mary Davis just underneath, and