Elegant Antique Monogrammed Linen Darning and Mending Sampler antique wooden house making for quite a strange

making for quite a strange image indeed

but I closed those holes in the interest of preventing beading loss

I'd guess it was done by a street artist at a fair or tourist destination

I think these are amazing

Elegant Antique Monogrammed Linen Darning and Mending Sampler antique wooden house making for quite a strangeI love a mending sampler, and a darning sampler, and what a crisp, elegant one this one is, white linen, late ish 19th c., Dutch I believe. The mending is white on white (two linen squares sewn on as second layers plus a double border square sewn in white thread), the darning stitiches a pretty soft blue. Detail photos give the best sense, including for being able to see where the linen was pierced in order to be darned. To my eye minimalist