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When Anne Thruckston stitched her sampler, she followed in the footsteps of other Quaker girls whose stitch and motif choices were similar to hers. We will look at some of those samplers later, but today, let’s focus on Anne’s work. To understand the fine work Anne did, you need to know that her entire sampler…
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How do we look at a work of art, a landscape, a garden, or a sampler? What do we see first? Is it an impression of the whole? Or are there colors that stand out and catch our eye? Is it the composition of what we are viewing? Do we seek symmetry and balance, or…