What is a band sampler?
Summer Sampler from Prairie Schooler
A Band sampler is a long narrow sampler, where designs are stitched in rows or bands across the width of the fabric. This type of sampler was popular in the 17th century. Some of my favorites to stitch are those done by Prairie Schooler. This particular sampler hangs in our kitchen. It is from the Summer Samplers Book 77. All of them were worked on 14 cont Fiddlers Lite and use the brass bell pull hardware available from Nordic Needle.
I’ve woeked a number of these as gifts for family and friends but failed to take pictures of them which is my loss. The ones I have stitched include :
- Band Samplers – Book 40
- Garden Samplers – Book 45
- Garden Verses – Book 49
- Spring Samplers – Book 60
- Christmas Samplers – Book 63
- Summer Samplers – Book 77
Hi! Do you by any chance want to sell me a copy of your prairie schooler spring samplers #60? My mother wants it so badly and i would love to find it for her. Please e-mail me @ the above mail address. Thankyou so much!