Louisa Coulimore A Bristol Orphanage Sampler by Hands Across the Sea Samplers 18CT Aida Stitch an heirloom stocking or

Stitch an heirloom stocking or use the same design

Clive the Chameleon by Hazel Blomkamp – a fabulous chameleon with opulent beaded camouflage

Wildflowers

Katrina Witten

has a rich and fascinating tradition

Louisa Coulimore A Bristol Orphanage Sampler by Hands Across the Sea Samplers 18CT Aida Stitch an heirloom stocking orLouisa was born on July 4 1861 in Weymouth Dorset, the daughter of William Coulimore, a shoe maker, and Louisa Beard. Her mother died in May 1867 of typhoid fever which was rife, particularly in Victorian industrial cities, due to infected water. Louisa, one of her two brothers and two younger sisters, Alice and Matilda, were given into the care of their Aunt Jane Chivers, a laundress living in Melksham, Wiltshire. Her father moved to Brackley in