Wool and silk cross stitch in brown, red, pink, green, blue and purple on linen ground. Decoration includes letters of the alphabet and the numbers 1-7 stitched in dark blue, as well as the makers name (Elizabeth Towie), age (eight) and date made (1836) in brown stitching, frame by a light blue and purple border. There is a religious text in pink stitching in the lower half. There is an inner border of floral patterns in pink and green stitching, the image of a bird on the lower right side of the object, diamond motifs, and a simple outside border of brown stitches.