In learning to embroider, young girls learnt to stitch decorative motifs of trees, flowers, images of places and maps as well as numbers and the letters of the alphabet. These elements on their embroidered samplers may not only pique our curiosity, but also supply us with historical information.
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| Margret Begbie Sampler, Courtesy National Museum of Australia |
Mary McGillivray, in this ABC News article, discusses a couple of samplers held in Australian museums. She raises the question, Why would a ten year old Scottish girl, Margret Begbie, embroider a sampler of Botany Bay, Australia? The possible answers are fascinating.
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