Lilies and Alphabet Sampler

Long ago, before photographs, an embroidered "sampler" was your calling card.  It demonstrated your skills in more ways than one.  Besides showing that you could embroider, how well it was done (or not) said a lot about you.  In some families, these have been handed down through generations!

I love Asiatic Lilies, not only for their beauty and their heavenly scent, but for the fact that if they are grown naturally outdoors in my corner of the world, they are in full bloom when it is my birthday!