Sampler (needlework)
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A needlework sampler is a piece of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement', demonstration or a test of skill in needlework. It often includes the alphabet, figures, motif
![An American sampler: "Margaret Barnholt her sampler done in the twelth [sic] year of her age 1831".](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Sampler_%28USA%29%2C_1831_%28CH_18564023%29.jpg/500px-Sampler_%28USA%29%2C_1831_%28CH_18564023%29.jpg)
An American sampler: "Margaret Barnholt her sampler done in the twelth [sic] year of her age 1831".
English band sampler featuring 'boxers', c. 1650
'Biblical' sampler by Elizabeth Ross dated 1786
Berlin work sampler by Sarah Littleton, 1868
Balanced fabric
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A balanced fabric is one in which the warp and the weft are of the same size. In weaving, these are generally called "balanced plain weaves" or just "balanced weaves", while in embroidery the term "ev
Cross-stitch on even-weave fabric, Hungary, mid-20th century.
Odo bayeux tapestry detail
Kaitag
Swedish weaving