101 Best Loved Designs...

Recently I lucked out and found a hard to find needlework book.  Actually there are several samplers that are included in this book that are hard to find.  The book was really cheap (about $5.00), and I found it in the Herrschner's catalog.  It is "Better Homes and Gardens 101 Best-Loved Designs from Cross Stitch and Country Crafts".  These appeared in the now defunct cross stitch magazine by the same name.  Although the book is packed with all sorts of designs, I am mainly interested in three of the samplers: Spanish Sampler, Quaker Sampler, and Dutch Sampler.  My favorite is the Spanish Sampler--there is a small picture of it on the cover of the book (top row, third from the left).  I have several Spanish Sampler charts in my stash, and I really have to stitch one sometime soon.  I absolutely love Spanish designs.  This one is particularly elegant (though it is not a reproduction of an existing sampler as far as I know).  I have seen a couple finished works online in other stitcher's albums--gorgeous!!