A new Friend
A fair violet, loveliest of the glade.
A new Little Quimper Hitty Friend arrived at our house on October 18, 2012. She was carved by Gustavo Trullet in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her face was painted by Happy Herbert and she was clothed by another Hitty friend. She started her doll life as a “little Quaker maid” at Pendle Hill, Pennsylvania so I gave her the name of the relative who worked this sampler at a Quaker school in Ireland almost two hundred years ago.
The text of the sampler is adapted from a play written by Hannah More, an 18th century bluestocking, poet, educator and philanthropist. Hannah More and her sister established schools for poor children, and wrote tracts in support of female education and critical of the slave trade. Her ideas met with opposition from all sides… “the farmers thought that education, even to the limited extent of learning to read, would be fatal to agriculture, and the clergy, whose neglect she was making good, accused her of Methodist tendencies”.
Mary Ann is looking forward to being a member of the Quimper Hitty family.
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What a beautiful new Friend, in every sense of that word. She is lovely. And such an interesting story to go with her name, and the sampler.
Mary Ann is blushing, and now she wants to make a sampler too!
How lovely on all counts.
Thank you, I think she will be a lovely peaceful addition to the Quimper Hitty clan.
Wow! You actually have a relative-made sampler from 1828. That is amazing. Lucky you to have such a beautiful new Hitty!
The sampler is amazing, it has passed through the hands of people who valued it…I love its history and the meaning it has for me.
Mary Ann is a lucky girl – to be part of the gorgeous Quimper Family
Thanks, Marilyn, she is turning out to be a quiet little Hitty, perhaps not surprisingly.
A lovely addition to the family!! Looking forward to future tales that feature Mary Ann!
Thanks, Toad, the Quimper Hittys are getting to know her a little bit at a time.
What a lovely and beautiful what read, what I learn, what I see, and sure what I feel… This should be exciting, Thank you to everyone who contributed, this is great post. Love and Hugs, nia
Thank you Nia!