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Another Mary Wigham is reborn using yet another wonderful palette of colours in the hands of Nadine from Belgium - I hope you are going to give me some lessons in colour, I would love to know your sources of inspiration. What helps you to make the colour choices you make?I believe this sampler has seen some interesting whistlestop adventures on a train...maybe we shall hear more....
You are nearing the end of finishing all the sides for you project - after next week's instalment you will make the base and the week after is the thrilling time when it all comes together!
Simply print out, age if you wish, fix to thin card (or print out on thin card), then edge around the sides and base with bias binding leaving the top unfinished. The two pieces are edged individually and are not joined in any way. You can glue, slip stitch or back stitch the bias tape, then just put on one side ready for the next instalment. Click here for your download.
Here you can see Isabella Harris, Jun.,who became the recognised authority in reading at Ackworth School until she departed in 1818. Lindley Murray who wrote the Grammar for Ackworth School, considered her reading to have 'masterly rendering of the the author's meaning, and delicacy of intonation and emphasis.' She impressed the girls with her gentleness and graceful life. She is just one of the teachers who exercised a great influence over the girls at Ackworth School and you can now read more about her and other teachers who were at Ackworth School between 1779-1879 in a downloadable PDF.
Since August 2006 I have been working on my labour of love - creating a fully searchable list of the 9,486 scholars who were at Ackworth in the first 100 sampler rich years(1779-1879). A book of scholars exists, as some of you may know, and it is lovely and precious (a copy costs around $100). However, it has its shortcomings for researchers: it is not easy to reference; it is difficult to bring families together; you cannot search by place names where the scholars came from; you cannot see easily how long any scholar remained in school; it is difficult to see the girls for the boys - and it is not totally accurate. Poor Benjamina Rickman who stitched some lovely samplers is recorded in the original as Benjamin! This list of scholars is in the form of 2 Excel Spreadsheets, one partitioned for the girls only in alphabetic surname order and initials highlighted, so you can quickly find all those with the same surname, all those coming from a certain place, and see if you can identify any initials on the samplers you have seen. It is now a great information and research resource. The price to download the PDF of Teachers and the 2 Excel spreadsheet of Scholars combined is $30. Click here for more information.
Corinne in France did! And this is going to be similar to how your piece will soon look when it is up on the wall (or the headboard!). How stunning will that be? Isn't it astonishing to think that it really is not that long ago since this SAL started? Can you believe what you have accomplished, yet? I hope you are all very proud. Three cheers for the Mary Wigham SALers - hip, hip, hip hooray! (Take a bow.)
