The Eighteenth Century revisits a multitude of needlework adaptations, techniques, stitch methods, and necessaries. The hornbook was used by school children for several centuries, starting in the Mid-15th century, in Europe and America. It consisted of a wooden paddle with lessons tacked on and covered by a piece of transparent horn. Maureen’s husband Dennis joined THC a few years ago from the historic and picturesque Door County, Wisconsin, home of the largest cherry producing region in the States. He has handcrafted this natural cherry hornbook from trees he and his father cultivated, and now brings it to you for your completion of this charming school girl sampler.      First in a Series

Complete Kit Includes:

• 40-count lambswool linen

• gentle manuscript

• 26 & 28 gauge tapestry needles for fine linen count

• colored photograph

• laundering and finishing suggestions 

• solid cherry hardwood hornbook with vintage hornbook image                
• Stitch Count: 100(H) x 256(V)