Samplers

I am sure that we have all been to one home or another and seen a Sampler crosstitch. It generally has the alphabet and maybe numbers also along with some type of picture. I was never even curious about why these samplers are so common. Then today I was looking at antique crosstitches on the internet and came across the history of Samplers. I never would have known they went so far back in time. One of their uses was to practice different forms of stitching. To read about the history go to www.greencastlemuseum.org