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Attic Sampler Newsletter April 2021 Just 15 minutes fromWhere the Airport Samplers at the Rule SE CORNER OF DOBSON & GUADALUPE 1837 W. Guadalupe Rd, Suite 109 Mesa, AZ 85202 TELEPHONE (480)898-1838 1.888.94-ATTIC THE ATTIC 2021 April Issue No. 21-3 www.atticneedlework.com April Sampler of the Month BOTANY BAY from Fox & Rabbit Designs When this stunning sampler was introduced at the 2019 Nashville Market, it was a stand- out for sure among many beautiful new releases, but a discussion about its elements in a Facebook posting this past week underscored its historical significance, about a land far far away that I’d always hoped to visit someday ~ and it occurred to me that other sampler lovers like myself may have overlooked its beautiful motifs and historical significance as well. The Facebook discussion included several perspectives on what 10-year-old Margret Begbie was depicting with her beautifully executed needlework. A 10-year- old? Really? Such an accomplishment for such a tender age. On the following page is information included with the chart about this most interesting sampler. It’s such a compelling question, as to whether Margret was recording the ships landing in Australia or leaving the shores of Scotland bound for Botany Bay? After reading all that is written here about Margret’s sampler, what do you think? Another compelling question for me: Whose initials “PL” did Margret stitch beneath the beautiful crown? Sandra suggests that it is likely those of her teacher, Mrs. Lawder. * Botany Bay Sampler Chart $20, 286 x 323 I am grateful to Australian sampler devotee Sandra Moffitt, known to many * Charted for overdyed cottons (many on back order )~ so of us from her Hands Across the Sea, for her help with photos and facts. we have done an overdyed silk conversion ($111.50) or She loves her beautiful country, and especially Botany Bay, which brings Tudor silks ($115.50) forth many memories from her childhood. And her fondness for Scotland, Model stitched on 36ct Picture This Plus Legacy ~ we must * The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTICwhere (1.888.942.8842)she has visited a number www.atticneedlework.com of times, and her knowledge of Scottish suggest a substitute because that linen is still on order samplers only makes this sampler even more interesting for her. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com BOTANY BAY reproduced by Brendon Kirk/Fox and Rabbit Designs THE ATTIC Margret’s lovely sampler PAGE2 Information from the designer included in the chart: The Botany Bay sampler is currently in the collection of the National Museum of Australia. This Scottish Sampler was stitched by Margret Begbie, a 10-year-old girl from Scotland. The Australian Colony established in 1788 stopped being referred to as Botany Bay around 1830, so this sampler most likely dates from the late 1700’s to early 1800’s. The sampler was probably inspired by her geography lessons and based off a painting or illustration. There are some other Scottish Samplers with similar Botany Bay references; one was reproduced by The Essamplaire originally stitched by Euphemia Doieg, which is dated 1814 (now out of print). It is likely that they were in the same class. The sampler has 3 dark figures in the arches. Though we will never actually know the stitcher’s intention for these figures, there are a number of possibilities. These include: * That the 3 characters represent First Nation Aboriginal watchers. Though in reality the interactions between the settlers and Australia’s original inhabitants was brutal, we could be looking at a representation of co-operation, as seen through the eyes of innocence, by a girl thousands of miles away. * There is also the possibility that these represent soldiers. Despite the “red coat” image we all have of British soldiers, there are a number of regiments, including the Royal Scottish Regiment, that wear dark or black uniforms with white gun sashes. Being Scottish, this could be how she sees soldiers. * The final possibility is that the sampler does not represent the Australian settlement at all. Instead it could be showing ships There is available leaving the UK bound for Australia. These 3 characters could * an overdyed silk therefore be guards, dock workers or even British prisoners bound conversion, shown for a brutal life in the penal colonies. here, $111.50 * a T u d o r s i l k In our research, we found there was a “Margaret Begbie” who was conversion for the sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) for 7 finer linens, $115.50 years by Edinburgh Court of Justiciary and arrived on the ship Lloyds on 7th November, 1845 with 169 other female convicts. Karen and I visited the ruins of the penal colony in Tasmania a few years ago. Port Arthur was one of the most brutal and barbaric prisons in Australian history. I hope it wasn’t the fate of our Margret. The original sampler was stitched on a woollen even-weave fabric with cotton threads and is approximately 340mm wide by 395mm high. Some liberties were taken in reproducing this sampler as a number of the stitches in the original sampler were stitched across 1 thread and down 2 threads. The sampler is 286 x 323 stitches and is stitched on 36ct Legacy Linen from ThePicture Attic, This Plus Mesa, using one AZ strand Toll-Free: of overdyed threads.1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com More About the Beautiful “Botany Bay” THETHE ATTIC ATTIC PAGE PAGE3 3 This is Cheri’s stunning sampler that she stitched in 2019 as a gift for her daughter, and we are very grateful to both of them for allowing its exhibition at The Attic while it is starring as our April Sampler of the Month. So we are the fortunate ones … it’s always so much better to see the sampler in person. Thank you, Cheri and Hanah, for giving us the privilege of exhibiting your sampler. Here is something Sandra wrote about Botany Bay several years ago when she was recovering in hospital from knee replacement surgery and her hospital window gave her a view of Botany Bay: The name Botany Bay appears on a few samplers, especially Scottish ones. Botany Bay was discovered in 1770 by lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook on his first trip to the the Pacific. He landed on the right side of the Bay at Kurnell. The left hand side is Botany. There is a lot of association around here to Sir Joseph Banks the botanist who sailed with Cook. The Cape on the left hand side of the Bay is Cape Banks and the one on the right is Cape Solondar named after Forby Solander a sailor who died while the Endeavour was anchored in Botany Bay. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com More About the Beautiful “Botany Bay” THETHE ATTIC ATTIC PAGE PAGE4 4 The museum’s description of this sampler: A needlework sampler on cream woolen even weave fabric with motifs in rows as well as letters and words. The sampler stitches include cross stitch, satin stitch, couching, seed stitch, and free-style embroidery. The top contains two framed rows of letters grouped in twos, probably initials. Below this is a row of six trees with a rabbit between each one, a small house in the centre (others describe this building as a church) and a dog at each end. The house has a red door and a central chimney on a hipped roof and four flying birds above it. The segment below this has . small motifs including two insects, two birds, two lions, a crown, two flower-like motifs and a central vase with flowers. The row below the centre shows a tall ship and two smaller vessels, one of which has two people in it. At the left are building like structures with flags at the top, and three figures in three archways. Above the ship is the text ‘BOTANY BAY.’ Between this and the bottom segment is a line of words which reads ‘MARGRET BEGBIE A10 MRS LAWDER.’ The bottom segment has a rectangular house with a hipped roof and a central pointed gable, flanked by two trees, two birds, two peacocks and two flowers. The sampler has a zig-zag border with pink and white thistle motifs and a chequerboard square in each corner. Sandra sent some current photos of Botany Bay taken by her cousin, and she describes that this is the point where Captain Cook landed. The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com More Gorgeous Samplers from Fox and Rabbit Designs THETHE ATTIC ATTIC PAGE PAGE55 Clockwise from above: * M A R Y A N N SIMMONS $20, 320 x 327 * MAHALA BARBER $20, 395 x 468 * SARAH HAYWARD 1859 $20, 288 x 374 (what a beautiful border ~ and the lower central floral motif is used on “Sarah’s Pin Cushion”) * SUSANNAH LOVE 1812 $20, 284 x 290 The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com Other Samplers from Fox and Rabbit Designs THETHE ATTIC ATTIC PAGE PAGE66 Clockwise from upper left: * ELIZABETH COOPER 1866 $18, 155 x 187 * CHARLOTTE MILLS 1844 $20, 264 x 328 * REBEKAH ALDRIDGE 1816 $18, * SARAH’S PIN CUSHION $12, 138 x 62 The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com More Samplers from Fox and Rabbit Designs THETHE ATTIC ATTIC PAGE PAGE77 Clockwise from above: * MARY ANN BUSH 1838 $ 2 0 , 2 2 5 x 3 5 8 ( s o beautiful) * C H A R L O T T E HARRISS 1845 $20, 175 x 245 * JANET BURNS $20, 238 x 291 * MARGRET McNOWNS 1828 $20, 124 x 301 (love the darning stitches) The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll-Free: 1.888.94-ATTIC (1.888.942.8842) www.atticneedlework.com The Attic, Mesa, AZ Toll- ”Embroidering a sampler is embroidering the soul of the past” .
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