Mary Briggs, 1806
I love my antique marking samplers and Mary’s is a personal favorite because she is my third great-grand-aunt. Mary was never married and her sister, my third great-grandmother, must have packed this with her personal belongings when she moved from Pennsylvania to Kansas in 1887.
Two charts are included here. One for the adaptation with the quote: The greatest thing in the world is the alphabet as all wisdom is contained therein. The second chart is the accurate reproduction of the antique.
Cross stitch pattern from Erica Michaels with alphabets and "The greatest thing in the world is the alphabet as all wisdom is contained therein."
Pattern is stitched on 36 ct Wren from Picture This Plus using Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works and DMC floss. Stitch count is 148 x 146.