Embroidery Sampler
Samantha's Embroidery Sampler is a Historical Character Craft Kit introduced to Samantha's Collection in 1991 and retired in 1996. Retail cost was $15.
The kit contains enough to make an embroidered child-sized decorative pillow.
Sampler Cloth
Pre-printed linen cloth with lines/marks for where to embroider. Text reads, in all capitals, Actions Speak Louder Than Words in pink cross stitch. Border of blue zig-zag line, and pink flowers in corners and flanking the word "Actions".
Backing Cloth
White backing linen cloth.
Embroidery Hoop
Wooden embroidery hoop.
Embroidery Thread
Four hanks of J&P Coats cotton six-strand embroidery thread:[1]
- pink (65/DMC 605)
- dark pink (598/ DMC 603)
- blue (24A/DMC 813 or 3760)
- green (603/DMC 987)
Needles
Two silver embroidery needles and standard sewing needle. Come inside wooden case.
Needle Case
Wooden needle storage case.
Thimble
White porcelain thimble with the Pleasant Company logo. Later versions had a silver metal thimble.
Thread
Spool of off-white thread.
Stuffing
White polyfil stuffing.
Trivia
- Samantha's embroidery project is actually a significant item and mentioned in Meet Samantha; she spends the majority of the book working on the design during parlor time with Grandmary.
- The Embroidery Sampler is the only craft project of its kind (as in, not included in a birthday collection) that has been explicitly mentioned in any character's story.