Volume 57

This issue includes:

• Amsterdam's Orphanage Samplers by Magriet Hogue
• 1800 Lena Ter Meulen Sampler reproduced by Margriet Hogue of The Essamplaire
• Signatures In Silk: Refinement Amid Transition along the South Carolina Fall Line by Patricia V. Veasey
• 1827 Mary Ann Selenah Mott Sampler reproduced by Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly
• The Thimble ~ Part One: A Tiny Piece of History by Kay Sullivan
• 1826 Ann Shead Sampler reproduced by Ruth Ann Russell of C Street Samplerworks
• Tree of Life Birth Sampler reproduced by Ruth Ann Russell of C Street Samplerworks

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Volume 56

This issue includes:

• 1859 Anna Thies Sampler reproduced by Permin of Copenhagen
• "As a Small Testimony of My Affection": Needlework as Gifts in Early America by Alison Buchbinder
• 1860 Floral Box adapted by Linda Vinson
• Function Meets Fashion in Tiny Sewing Boxes by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Hidden Love Messages: Knitting Chatelaines ~ Antique Knitting Accessories, Part 2 by Kay Sullivan
• Stag Sampler, Part II reproduced by Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly
• Gertrude Whiting: Lace Maker, Collector, and Welfare Leader by Kathleen Staples
• In Memorium: Betty Whiting Fleming
• 1819 Elizabeth Powell Sampler reproduced by Barbara Hutson of Queenstown Sampler Designs

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Volume 55

This issue includes:

• Stag Sampler, Part I reproduced by Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly
• Small Treasure: Celia Brown's Sampler by Vivien Caughley
• Rocking Horse Keepsake designed by Nivia L. Ojeda
• Plimoth Scissors Sheath designed by Carli DeFillo
• Golden Gargoyles: Antique Knitting Accessories, Part I by Kay Sullivan
• Nursery Rhyme Sampler designed by Carol Emmer
• Samplers and Needlework ~ Education in Washington, D.C. by Sheryl De Jong

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Volume 54

This issue includes:

• The Little Dog Samplers of Middle Tennessee by Jennifer C. Core
• 1831 Sarah Harriet Stephenson Sampler reproduced by Jennifer C. Core of Apple Core Designs for The Tennessee Sampler Survey
• English Spot-Motif Sampler, Part II designed by Sharon Cohen of the Nostalgic Needle
• Gilt Sylke Twist: A Historic Embroidery Project Prompts the Rebirth of a Long-Vanished Thread by Tricia Wilson Nguyen
• Jacobean Pinkeep designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen of Thistle Threads
• The Goodhart Samplers by Jacqueline Holdsworth
• Threads of Gold and Silver: Filigree Needlework Tools by Kay Sullivan
• English Embroidery from the Metropolitan Museum of Art ca. 1580 - 1700: 'Twixt Art and Nature - A New Embroidery Exhibition by Kathleen Staples

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Volume 53

This issue includes:

• Swan Needlebook designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen of Thistle Threads
• Chairs Swathed in History and Mystery by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Sarah's Christmas Sampler adapted by Fran Colburn of Legacy Designs
• 1840 M. Levy Sampler reproduced by Sabine Taterra-Gundacker of European Reproduction Samplers
• Figural Tape Measures, Part II ~ A Teacup Made to Measure by Kay Sullivan
• Seeking Information and Samplers: District of Columbia
• English Spot-Motif Sampler, Part 1 designed by Sharon Cohen of the Nostalgic Needle
• Some Finer Points of Eighteenth-Century Crewel Embroidery

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Volume 52

This issue includes:

• 1879 Sabina Moore Sampler reproduced by Robin Laukhuf of Olde Willow Stitchery
• A Bird of Paradise: Parrots in Historic Embroidery by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Parrot Pincushion adapted by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Early Needlework from Charleston, South Carolina ~ Two Family Samplers and the Formation of an Elite Society by Lynn Tinley
• Martha Motte Dart Sampler reproduced by Lynn Tinley
• Figural Tape Measures, Part I ~ The Owl and The Pussy Cat by Kay Sullivan
• Dutch Band Sampler reproduced by Katie Trendell of An Elne of Lynnyn
• American Schoolgirl Needlework: Records of Virtue Part II by Kimberly Ivey

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Volume 50

This issue includes:

• 1830 Emma Ling Sampler reproduced by Christy Schmitz
• Eggs ~ A Royal Presentation by Kay Sullivan
• Fair Maiden's Sewing Purse designed by Barbara Jackson of Tristan Brooks Designs
• Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part Three designed by Sharon Cohen of the Nostalgic Needle
• Child Labor in the New York Embroidery Trade ~ A Photographic Essay by Kathleen Staples
• Needle/Work: Art, Craft and Industry ~ A New Exhibition Opens at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
• Seeking Information: Nine Partners Boarding School

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Volume 49

This issue includes:

• 1794 Margaret Ure Sampler  reproduced by Christy Schmitz
• A Souvenir from the Palais Royal by Kay Sullivan
• Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part Two designed by Sharon Cohen of the Nostalgic Needle
• Stitched in Time: Conserving the Otago Settlers Museum's Sampler Collection by Vivien Caughley
• Album Part Three designed by Lauren Sauer of Forget-Me-Nots in Stitches
• American Schoolgirl Needlework: Records of Virtue by Kimberly Ivey

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Volume 48

This issue includes:

• Stumpwork Mirror Surround, Part One: Blackwork Foundation designed by Sharon Cohen of the Nostalgic Needle
• In a Nutshell ~ Nineteenth-Century Miniature Sewing Sets by Kay Sullivan
• Album Part Two designed by Lauren Sauer of Forget-Me-Nots in Stitches
• The Eastern Origins of Some Western Sampler Traditions Part Two by Kathleen Staples
• "Tattered to Pieces" ~ Samplers by Aging Women in Antebellum New England by Aimee E. Newell
• The 1826 Arabell Mears Sampler reproduced by Robin Laukhuf
• Tsunami Charity Sampler designed by Martina Dey

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Volume 47

This issue includes:

• The 1836 Sarah Turner Sampler reproduced by Elizabeth Pugh
• The Eastern Origins of Some Western Sampler Traditions Part One by Kathleen Staples
• To Tie The Knot: The Friesian Knotted Oek by Kay Sullivan
• Dutch Wedding Cloth and Sewing Accessories courtesy of the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
• "Education makes the genius bright": Samplers from the Janes Family of Brimfield, Massachusetts by Aimee E. Newell
• Plimoth Plantation Embroidery Project: Reconstructing Historic Fashion by Jill M. Hall
• Scrimshaw by Marcy ~ The Needlewoman's Scrimshander by Elizabeth Pugh
• Album Part One designed by Lauren Sauer of Forget-Me-Nots in Stitches

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Volume 46

This issue includes:

• Ann Barclay Cloud's Fruit and Flower Samplers by Gloria Seaman Allen and Susi B. Slocum
• Marblehead Sampler designed by Sally Hesketh
• Boots and Shoes in the Sewing Basket by Kay Sullivan
• Old Aviary Sampler Part Four designed by Virginie Menzildjian
• Sampler enthusiasts from around the world gather at historic Quaker school in England
• Ackworth Sampler Frame designed by Rie Ariga reproduced by Jacqueline Holdsworth

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Volume 45

This issue includes:

• A Taste of Mexico ~ Nineteenth-Century Samplers at The Witte Museum by Pat Rozendal
• Sampler Pin Cube designed by Kathleen Starr Watt
• A Handy "Third Hand": Sewing Clamps with Pincushions, Part II by Kay Sullivan
• "Better Late Than Never" Sampler reproduced by Eileen J. Bennett of The Sampler House
• Dutch Spot-Motif Sampler designed by Kandace Thomas
• Rare "Dolly Varden" Thimble Fetches $2,000 at Thimble Collectors' International Auction
• Dressing Up ~ Embroideries for Seventeenth-Century American Furniture by Kathleen Staples
• Ackworth School Samplers, 1780 - 1840: Quaker Schoolgirl Work Attracts Worldwide Attention by Jacqueline Holdsworth
• Old Aviary Sampler Part Three designed by Virginie Menzildjian

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Volume 44

This issue includes:

• Vintage Rose Needlework Accessories designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen and Wendy White of Redefined, Inc.
• Emerging Research: Samplers from Norwich, England
• A Handy "Third Hand": Sewing Clamps with Pincushions, Part I by Kay Sullivan
• Old Aviary Sampler Part Two designed by Virginie Menzildjian
• The Spinning Monkey's Tale ~ Morality and Symbolism in Medieval Europe by Margriet Hogue
• The A. H. Sampler reproduced by Margriet Hogue of The Essamplaire
• Hand-Stitched Legacy: Two Colonial Samplers from New Zealand by Vivien Caughley
• Dutch Sampler Needlebook designed by Kandace Thomas

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Volume 43

This issue includes:

• Old Aviary Sampler Part One designed by Virginie Menzildjian
• What the Dickens Did They Do with the Pins? ~ Pins and Pincushions by Kay Sullivan
• Lacis Pinkeep adapted by Elizabeth Pugh
• Historic Samplers at Vassar College by Joanne Martin Lukacher
• The Jane Longstreth Sampler ~ Discovering the Evolution of Chester County, Pennsylvania Samplers by Stacy C. Whittaker
• The 1831 E. F. Sampler reproduced by Elizabeth Pugh

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Volume 42

This issue includes:

• The Early Souths
• Models for Girlhood Embroidery, North and South
• Girlhood Embroidery: The Arican-American Experience
• Girlhood Embroideries: Expressions of Refinement
• "The Advantages of Religious Instruction": Girlhood Embroidery and Religious Diversity
• "Plain, Fine and Fancy": Materials, Patterns, Projects, Techniques and Stitches
• The 1824 Caroline Harth Sampler from the Collection of The Charleston Museum reproduced by Kathleen Staples

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Volume 41

This issue includes:

• The Mysterious Shaker Spool Holder by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Shaker Spool Holder designed by Merry Cox of From Merry's Heart
• Samplers from the Oblate Sisters of Providence School for Colored Girls, Baltimore, Maryland by Gloria Seaman Allen, PhD
• Dover Sampler designed by Sally Hesketh
• Doll Chatelaines: Miniature Artifacts of Eighteenth-Century Costume by Kay Sullivan
• The 1806 Mary Oldfield Sampler reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat
• Symposium Notes ~ In Search of Origins ~ Needlework & Samplers from the Old & New Worlds 1500 - 1870 by Elizabeth Pugh

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Volume 40

This issue includes:

• Alphabet Samplings Book, Part 4 adapted by Ellen Chester of With My Needle
• Crossing Borders and Blending Influences: the Black Samplers of Groningen by Jacqueline Holdsworth
• The 1816 Edcina Pieters Sampler courtesy of Museum for Needlework Art, Wedde, The Netherlands
• Swifts and Stands Amidst the Rolling Hills of Delaware: Needlework Tools in the Collection of Winterthur Museum by Kathleen Staples
• Dutch Lettercloth Sampler designed by Kandace Thomas
• A "Showpiece" in Pieces: Eighteenth-Century Sewing Compendiums by Kay Sullivan
• Queen-Stitch Pocket reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat

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Volume 39

This issue includes:

• Sewing Accessories in the Collections of MESDA by Kathleen Staples
• Alphabet Samplings Book, Part 3 adapted by Ellen Chester of With My Needle
• Perforated Paper: Elegant Simplicity Wrought with Paper and Thread by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Sail Away Needlebook designed by Tricia Wilson Nguyen for Redefined, Inc.
• Redefined, Inc.: Reviving a Lost Art of Victoriana
• The 1806 Sarah Lee Sampler reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat
• Envisioning a Vanished Tool: Early Sewing Cushions by Kay Sullivan
• Museums at Your Fingertips: CD-ROM Sampler Collections from English Museums by Jacqueline Holdsworth

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Volume 38

This issue includes:

• A Goldwork Pincushion designed by Barbara Jackson of Tristan Brooks Designs
• Luxury Scissors Cases: Examples of Artistic Alchemy by Kathleen Staples
• The 1823 Ann Bampton Sampler reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat
• The Detective, the Autopsy and the Relic: The Andersonville Prison Thimble by Kathleen Staples
• Alphabet Samplings Book, Part 2 adapted by Ellen Chester of With My Needle
• Mary Blake Sewing Set designed by Cissy B. Smith of Gentle Pursuit Designs

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Volume 37

This issue includes:

• Alphabet Samplings Book, Part 1 adapted by Ellen Chester of With My Needle
• The Waterfield Band Sampler Part Four designed by Page Dorsey
• Scrimshaw: The Sailors' Art Part II by Kathleen Staples
• The 1820 Ann Hicks Sampler reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat
• "Lady and Gentleman" Leave Clues to Their Pastoral German Provenance by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Lady and Gentleman Scissors Case designed by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• A Rosy Beauty by Paula Moore

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Volume 36

This issue includes:

• The 1835 Lydia Ann Cunningham Sampler reproduced by Terri Carl of The Chocolate Cat
• English Painted Enamel Thimbles by Paula Moore
• Scrimshaw: The Sailors' Art Part I by Kathleen Staples
• The Lynn School Sampler designed by Sally Hesketh
• Whimsies: Blending Victorian Style with Native-American Beading Traditions by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• Minnie's Whimsy designed by Vickie LoPiccolo Jennett
• The Waterfield Band Sampler Part Three designed by Page Dorsey

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Volume 35

This issue includes:

• Schoolhouse Sampler designed by Julia Lucas
• Sewing Thread Winders: Snowflakes, Crosses and Stars by Kathleen Staples
• The Rare Piercy Patent Thimble by Paula Moore
• The Waterfield Band Sampler Part Two designed by Page Dorsey
• The 1816 Ann Stone Sampler reproduced by Ruth Ann Russell of C Street Samplerworks
• Home Sewn: Three Centuries of Stitching History ~ The New-York Historical Society ~ November 18, 2003 - April 18, 2004 by Donna Ghelerter
• The 1808 Cathrine Russell Sampler reproduced by Margaret Huey
• Tulip Tree Needlebook designed by Merry Cox of From Merry's Heart

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Volume 33

This issue includes:

• Glad Tidings Sampler designed by Kandace Thomas
• Once Aluminum Was New and Rare by Paula Moore
• Ladies' Workboxes: The Cabinetmaker's Art by Kathleen Staples
• This Delightful Garden designed by Julia Lucas
• Flowers of the Field Sampler, Part 2 by Eileen Bennett of The Sampler House
• Her Needles Safely Kept designed by Merry Cox of From Merry's Heart
• American Architecture in Samplers (1800 - 1850) by Glee Krueger

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Volume 32

This issue includes:

• Evergreen Winter Sampler designed by Ruth Ann Russell of C Street Samplerworks
• Straw-Work Marquetry by Kathleen Staples
• An English Beauty? by Paula Moore
• Susquehanna Valley Sampler by Sally Hesketh
• Ohio Is My Dwelling Place
• Flowers of the Field Sampler, Part 1 by Eileen Bennett of The Sampler House
• Dresden Embroidered Lace by Kathleen Staples
• Dresden-Lace Heart designed by Kathleen Staples

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Volume 29

This issue includes:

• September 11 Tribute Sampler designed by Guilia Manfredini
• Christmas Ornament Trio designed by Barbara Jackson of Tristan brooks Designs
• Dorcas Thimbles by Paula Moore
• Figural and Shaped Needle Cases by Kathleen Staples
• Blackwork Rose Garden designed by Leon Conrad of Leon Conrad Designs
• Love's a Flower designed by Phyllis Hoffman
• Acorn Autumn Sampler designed by Ruth Ann Russell of C Street Samplerworks
• One English Woman's Story in Silken In ~ Filling in the Missing Strands in Elizabeth Parker's Circa 1830 Sampler by Maureen Daly Goggin
• Joane (Ione) Wallwin Sampler, Part 4 reproduced by Page Dorsey of The Samplar Workes
• Joane Wallwin Commentary: Part 4 by Kathleen Staples

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Volume 27

This issue includes:

• Little Paradise Sampler designed by Virginie Menzildjian
• "How Doth the Little Busy Bee" ~ Sewing Wax and Wax Holders by Kathleen Staples
• Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue by Paula Moore
• Dutch Darning Samplers by Margriet Hogue
• 1794 I. C. Rubbens Sampler reproduced by Margriet Hogue of The Essamplaire
• Joane (Ione) Wallwin Sampler, Part 2 reproduced by Page Dorsey of The Samplar Workes
• A Discussion of Double-Running Stitch by Kathleen Staples
• Two Berry Hearts designed by Kandace Thomas of Strawberry Molly Designs
• A Lady's Sewing Roll Part 2 designed by Merry Cox
• Exhibit Showcases Needlework Treasures by Donna Ghelerter

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Volume 20

This issue includes:

• A Look at Berlin Work by Eileen Bennett
• The Royal School Cushion reproduced by Phyllis Hoffman from the Collection of The Royal School of Needlework
• Butterfly & Flower Needlebook designed by Linda Driskell
• Our Blessed Family Sampler designed by Giulia Manfredini
• Millennium Cutwork Sampler (Part Two) designed by Sharon Cohen
• "Let None Despise the Criss-Cross Row": Historical Sampler Alphabets by Kathleen Staples
• Salem Female Academy: Education for the Girls by Barbara Cockerham
• The First Patented Thimble by Paula Moore
• The 1812 Mary Locke Sampler reproduced by Lorna Reeves and Yukie McLean
• The Search For Mary Locke by Barbara Cockerham
• Royal School of Needlework: Preserving and Promoting Needlework Skills by Barbara Cockerham
• Emeries: Self-destructing maintenance tools by Linda Gordanier Jary

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Volume 18

This issue includes:

• Common Threads: A Showcase of Samplers
• Strawberry Sampler  designed by Phyllis Hoffman
• The Acorn Sampler designed by Brenda Keyes of The Sampler Company
• Storks on Guard designed by Ruth Ann Russell
• Linen Keepers designed by Phyllis Hoffman
• Sewing and Drizzling Etuis by Linda Gordanier Jary
• 1800 Ann Crooks Sampler reproduced by Yukie McLean and Lorna Reeves
• 1765 Queen Charlotte Sampler reproduced by Rebecca Dorrie of Samplers and Such
• English Pictorial Embroideries of the Seventeenth Century Part i ~ Lessons in Virtuous Living by Kathleen Epstein Staples
• The Globe Samplers of Westtown Boarding School by Beth Meree
• Three-Piece Thimbles from the Sixteenth Century by Paula Moore

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Volume 17

This issue includes:

• 1840 Wreath Sampler reproduced by Lorna Reeves from the Collection of Dawn Lewis of The Needle's Work
• Great and Small Sampler designed by Phyllis Hoffman
• Faith, Hope and Love Stocking Ornaments designed by Phyllis Hoffman
• 1896 Jeanne Arzallier Sampler reproduced by Yukie McLean and Lorna Reeves
• A Remarkably Comprehensive Array of Tartan Ware by Linda Gordanier Jary
• A Lady's Sampler Part 3 designed by Linda Driskell of Needlecrafts Unlimited Co.
• Pennsylvania-inspired Sampler designed by Eileen Cross for Kreinik Manufacturing Co., Inc.
• Five American Boys: Their Samplers & Their Lives by Glee Krueger
• Dowry Thimbles from the Middle East by Paula Moore

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Volume 4

This issue includes:

• Poinsettia Towel designed by Judith Dobson
• Janet Thomson Sampler
• A Thimble Primer by Linda Gordanier Jary
• Janet Smith Sampler
• Mary Ann Roots Sampler
• Ann Eliza Premmer Sampler
• The Care of Fine Needlework by Diane Kennedy

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Volume 3

This issue includes:

• Floral Finery Tea Towel
• Margaret Patterson Sampler
• Nana Norris' Needlecase designed by Dee Dee Triplett
• Treasures Sampler
• Collections, Plain & Fancy by Linda Gordanier Jary
• Samplers: Windows To History by Diane Kennedy
• The Story of Pina Embroidery
• With My Needle Sampler
• Bride's Purse
• Catherine J. Jones Sampler

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Volume 2

This issue includes:

• Samplers: Threads of History by Barbara Cockerham
• Milady's Reticule: A Strawberry Sewing Kit designed by Dee Dee Triplett
• Society Documents Three Centuries of History by Beverly Sheppard
• Tender Buttons: A Haven for Collectors
• Elizabeth Howlett Sampler
• About Darning Eggs by Linda Gordanier Jary
• Thumblands Promotes Berlin Work Revival
• Berlin Work's Colorful Past by Eileen Bennett
• Drawn Thread Sachet designed by Linda Driskell
• Sampler Inn by Betsy Sullivan
• Friendship Sampler

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