In this issue:

1830 Emma Ling Sampler
An Alphabet sampler stitched over one and two fabric threads. Complete chart in this issue.

Eggs: A Royal Presentation.
An article by Kay Sullivan…”Playful recepticles for the tiniest of sewing sets”.

Fair Maiden’s Sewing Purse
Colourful pocket book worked in Crewel Embroidery, designed by Barbara Jackson of Tristan Brooks Designs

Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part Three
Ambitious techniques sculpt a king and queen in royal splendor.

Child Labour in the New York Embroidery Trade: A Photo Essay
Period photography documents a different aspect of childhood embroidery.

Needle/Work: Art, Craft and Industry
A new exhibition opens at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts.

Seeking Information and Samplers: Nine Partners Boarding School
Historic Quaker school searches out samplers from its earliest days.

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This issue contains several articles and designs. Including:-

A Souvenir from The Palais Royale: Exquisite needlework tools from a Parisian landmark.

Stitched in Time: Conserving the Otago Settlers Museum’s Sampler Collection: Exhibition review of Scottish and English Samplers in Dunedin, New Zealand by Vivien Caughley.

American Schoolgirl Needlework: Records of Virtue
Needlework from the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum in Colonial Williamsburg

The charts included in this issue:

1794 Margaret Ure Sampler

A red and green sampler, bearing classic hallmarks of Scottish provenance.

Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part Two, designed by Sharon Cohen

Part Two begins the elaborate and colourful embroidery. Easy to follow stitch guides are included.

Album: Part Three, designed by Lauren Sauer

This concluding installment presents dainty pockets to guard treasures.

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SAMPLER & ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK QUARTERLEY – VOLUME 48

This issue contains the following articles and designs.
In a Nutshell: Nineteenth-Century Miniature Sewing Sets.

The Eastern Origins of Some Western Sampler Traditions, Part Two
Evidence from paintings and printed sources reveals Islamic design influences.

“Tattered to Pieces”: Samplers of Aging Women in Antebellum New England.

The charts included in this issue:

Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part One, designed by Sharon Cohen
A four part series.

Part one: Blackwork foundation inaugurates four-part series replete with advanced techniques.

Album, Part Two, designed by Lauren Sauer.

Interior panels feature wreaths, an arcade, and a quaint New England homestead.

The 1826 Arabell Mears Sampler reproduced by Robin Laukhuf

Counted work and freestyle embroidery from the collection of Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.

Tsunami Charity Sampler

Colourful medallion sampler raises money to benefit survivors of the 2004 Tsunami.

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The Eastern Origins of Some Western Sampler Traditions, Part One

Islamic progenitors of European and American sampler motifs

To tie the knot: The Friesian Knottedoek

Coins, cloths, and silver caskets document a bygone Dutch wedding tradition.

“Education makes the genius bright”: Samplers from The James Family of Brimfield Massachusetts.

Two samplers and a friendship album shed light on antebellum education.

Plimoth Plantation Embroidery Project: Reconstructing Historic Fashion

Scrimshaw by Marcy: The Needlwoman’s Scrimshander
A New England artist continues a tradition known as “sailors art”

The charts included in this issue:

The 1836 Sarah Turner Sampler
An alphabet sampler stitched in bright red, teal, lavender and deep blue floss.

Album, Part One designed by Lauren Sauer
Six-panelled memory book depicts sampler motifs typical of Cape Cod, Massachusetts