NJ.com

Campanellis share passion for girls' embroidery samplers of 1800s in new book

FLEMINGTON — A book-signing for "A Sampling of Hunterdon County Needlework: the Motifs, the Makers and Their Stories" will take place on Saturday, June 1, from noon-4 p.m. at the Hunterdon County ...
Chicago Tribune

SAMPLERS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL STITCH IN TIME

The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...
The New York Times

GRANDMOTHERS' SAMPLERS; Quaint Designs and Inscriptions Revealed in Old Needlework Collected by Alexander W. Drake.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Coventry Telegraph

Treasured 200-year-old embroidery stolen in Cannon Park burglary

BURGLARS stole a 200-year-old piece of embroidery during a burglary in Cannon Park, Coventry. The unique sampler – which features a Chinese farm scene with the alphabet and a rhyme at the top – was ...