Question
What is the significance of the year 1828?

Posted by: brown.valerie17 on 02/18/17
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I wonder if it just says 1828 for the demo and if you could just stitch whatever year you want using the pattern for all the numbers.
by: Rosebud on 02/18/17
I also just noticed the "s" is missing in the stitched picture.
by: Rosebud on 02/18/17
yes, of course, you could put whatever year you want. I just wondered what the significance of 1828 is to the designer.

I'm putting 1836 because that's the year of the Alamo and the defeat of the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto.
by: brown.valerie17 on 02/18/17
I'm wondering why they called the pattern Rebecca.
by: Rosebud on 02/18/17
yeah, I was trying to connect "Rebecca" to 1828 and I couldn't.
by: brown.valerie17 on 02/18/17
Could be a house address - I have seen that put on samplers
by: t0adp00p on 02/19/17
I'm wondering if this is to be reminiscent of historical samplers that are named after the original stitcher and the year it was completed?
by: MarshaR on 02/19/17
Here's your answer. The rabbit's name is Rebecca, she was born in 1838, drank from the fountain of youth and is still living. She got hungry and ate the "S".

Seriously, if you are interested maybe you could contact the designer? Samplers often have dates that hold no significance. Just a way to make them look old.

Have you noticed that this thing is stitched on 40 ct fabric?????????
by: Texas Stitcher on 02/20/17
That's a clever story. I've already stitched in 1836, and I "designed" the 3 and the 6 myself! And I'm really basic, I use 14-count for almost everything. Sometimes I go crazy and use 16-count.
by: brown.valerie17 on 02/20/17
That's what I call living on the edge. I do that a lot myself with 25 ct Lugana! Why not?

Aren't they providing an alphabet and numbers with the pattern? I hate it when I have to design as well.
by: Texas Stitcher on 02/22/17