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may find interesting and helpful.
Norden Crafts
Yarn Tree
Lakeside Linens
Kreinik
Needle Point Inc.
Framer's Vise
Wichelt
Special Interest Web Sites:
Please visit the web site below to view the latest sampler designed by Queenstown Sampler Designs. The sampler will be in the January 2010 issue.
http://www.thegiftofstitching.com.au
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The Needlework Show web site is available for the retail customers to research.
Retail customers may find the products they would like to have and then, go to their
local retailer and ask them to order the item for them. This site puts the consumer in
touch with many needlework artists they might otherwise not see.
http://needleworkshow.com/
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The Sampler Consortium
The Sampler Consortium is a newly formed, international organization of scholars, historians, curators, educators, genealogists, textile conservators, collectors, dealers, and needlework experts interested in the study of historic samplers and other girlhood embroideries.
* To advance the study of historic samplers and other girlhood embroideries;
* To increase access to information and research relevant to the study of historic samplers and girlhood embroideries;
* To design, develop, and support projects that advance the study of historic samplers and other girlhood embroideries
You are warmly invited to join us in these efforts by becoming a member of the Sampler Consortium. Please visit our web site: http://samplerconsortium.org/
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This is the site where you may purchase a copy of
A Maryland Sampling Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 by
Gloria Seaman Allen. The Maryland samplers charted by Queenstown
Sampler Designs are cited in this book.
marylandneedlework.com
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You may purchase a copy of The Oblate Sisters of Providence by
Sharon C. Knecht at this site.
The original Mary Pets sampler, reproduced by Queenstown Sampler
Designs, is documented in this book.
http://www.oblatesisters.com/