Sampler consisting of a length of blue satin to which are attached in a long continuous line with a piece of canvas worked in cross and eyelet stitch in blue silk with the inscription 'B. HODNETT. Ursuline Convent. UPTON. Age 15', a piece of white flannel with a buttonholed edge and feather-stitching worked in blue silk, white muslin worked with tuckings and insertions, white muslin embroidered with a design of a formal leafy stem in chain-stitch in blue silk, white muslin with examples of tucking, buttons and buttonholes and openwork insertions, white muslin embroidered with ivy leaves in chain-stitch in blue silk, white muslin worked with a diamond pattern in hem-stitching, a doll's vest knitted in white silk in garter stitch and ribbing with a blue silk crochet edge, a doll's bootee crocheted in blue and white silk, machine-made net ornamented with needle-run patterns in white silk, white muslin with lines of tucking and feather-stitch embroidery, white muslin embroidered with a spray of forget-me-nots and a rosebud in coloured silks in stem and satin stitches and French knots, white muslin with lines of hem-stitching, machine-made net with a needle-run pattern in white silk thread, examples of patches in white muslin, and white flannel embroidered with the initials 'BH' in a circle of rosebuds, forget-me-nots and white flowers embroidered in coloured silks in stem and satin stitches and French knots. There is a border all round of white machine-made lace and the ends of the sampler are trimmed with bows of pale blue ribbon.