​I came home from the Nashville Needlework Market yesterday evening.  It was wonderful to share a show room with my precious friends Pat and Peggy of Fern Ridge Collection.  Being with friends of long standing, making new ones, and talking with linen dyers and shop owners from across America, Australia, and Canada was a special treat. 

I met Simone de Jong of Atelier Soed Idee in England in October, 2023. It was a delight to room with her in Nashville and get to know her better. 

My designs are available in the shops that purchased them in Nashville. Check with your favorites to see if they are available. If not, I have just posted my six new designs in hard copy on this website and if all goes as planned, I will create and post the PDFs tomorrow.

The new designs are: 1779 Queen Stitch Sampler, 1814 Scottish Call To Arms Sampler, the Ellen M. J. Murray Sampler, MESDA's Eliza Baynard Sampler, Ellen's Pin Drum, and Fit For a Queen Pin Cushion.

Jenny Garwood of MESDA has written the story of the Eliza Baynard sampler. It was stitched by a young Cherokee girl who attended the Valley Towns Baptist Mission School for the Cherokee Nation. The approval of the Grand Council of Chiefs to establish the school for the benefit of the Cherokee Community was reeived in 1819. The boarding school included a farm, gristmill and blacksmith shop situated within eighty enclosed acres. The Cherokee language was adopted for instruction and preaching. 

Valley Towns School became an important center of Cherokee scholarship and resistance to Indian removal policies.  All profits from sales will go to MESDA and the charts will be available in the MESDA gift shop, on my website, and in shops who purchased them in Nashville. 

I hope that you will like my new designs and will support MESDA with a purchase of the Eliza Baynard sampler. The model stitcher has included stitching tips for the lovely Chain and Satin Stitch bow.

Warmest regards,

Cissy


(Contact me at Cissy2449@gmail.com if you would like to discuss interactive lecture options, available classes, and dates.
Shops - please email me about wholesale orders.)
 
 
 
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