If you enjoy stitching samplers, you’re going to love the new book Quaker Samplers by needlework expert Lesley Wilkins.

Published by Search Press and billed as the ultimate collection of beautiful Quaker embroidery designs, inside you’ll find a treasure trove of samplers, motifs, alphabets and even a couple of projects, all created using just two simple stitches: cross stitch and backstitch.

Lesley has done an amazing job curating designs that are in keeping with original samplers that she sourced and referenced.

To help explain why this publication is so alluring, here is our favourite quote from the book:

'There is something quite mysterious about Quaker samplers: who created all of these different patterns which for 60 years were worked by the pupils in the Quaker schools in England and America?

To this day it remains an unanswered question and, in a way, adds to the samplers’ charm and beauty.'

Immerse yourself in the intrigue of Quaker samplers and enjoy stitching your way through history with this perfect blend of tradition meets modern.

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