Samantha's 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.