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Sampler Craft Books - Lerner Publishing

Sampler View Of Colonial Life by Mary Cobb 64 pages - Millbrook Press (September 1, 1998) ISBN-10: 0761303723 ISBN-13: 978-0761303725

Ingram Annotation: Describes the samplers stitched by girls in colonial America and explains what these samplers tell about the lives of their makers. Includes simple projects. Awards: Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Honor Book When buying used books you sometimes have to take a leap of faith and just order a book. I was talking to a used book distributor in the UK and she had a listing for this title. She was offering it pretty cheap, so I figured I would take a chance for my mom. The book looks at craft projects a young colonial American girl would have done; learning to weave, doing a sampler of stitches, making a wall pocket for the back parlor, and many others. The projects have been updated. The cross-stitch sampler was to be printed out for example. The stitches were very basic. But, I totally loved the book and think it would be a great book to introduce kids to crafting. Nothing like mixing a little bit of history with decades of history of crafting. The drawings are also pretty adorable.