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may find interesting and helpful.
Norden Crafts
Yarn Tree
Lakeside Linens
Kreinik
Needle Point Inc.
Framer's Vise
Wichelt
The Gentle Art, Inc.
Special Interest Web Sites:
If you are living near, or just visiting, Leesburg, VA and feel the need to socialize with others who enjoy needlework; please come visit the Loudoun Sampler Guild.
See the link below for meeting details.
http://loudounsamplerguild.wordpress.com/
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If you would like to visit the original Sand House Sampler and view two more Annapolis, MD samplers, visit: http://www.sandshouse.org/
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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/