BOX OF DELIGHTS

riends of many years, Joanne and Suzanne started The Historical Sampler Company as mums of young children, over 20 years ago! “Joanne and I both enjoyed cross stitch but couldn’t find very many designs that we liked,” recalls Suzanne. “Sitting at Joanne’s kitchen table we started to design our first sampler using a piece of charting paper and pencil. We initially used original samplers as inspiration, with their beautiful motifs and borders, we both admired that