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This is the Queenstown Sampler Designs website.
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November News
Ellen Chester has honored Queenstown Sampler Designs by inviting us to be part of the monthly news letter With My Needle during 2009.  We have selected the Mary Pets 1831 sampler for the year-long project. I hope you will enjoy stitching the sampler as much as I did.  I have revised the back page of the sampler pack to include thread substitutions to include NPI silks.  By 'clicking' on the link, you may copy the entire revised back page for your use. Mary Pets NPI Silk Substitutes
To my knowledge, the Mary Pets sampler is the first Maryland sampler completed by an African-American Schoolgirl to be reproduced.  The original sampler is held in the Oblate Sisters of Providence Archives in Baltimore, Maryland. 

If you would like to be a part of this years-long project, please visit the With My Needle and Pen  website, page : http:/withmyneedle.com/samplerband.html for more information.


The New Sampler "Mary Whitaker 1805"  is here!

The original Mary Whitaker 1805 is in the Queenstown Sampler Designs Collection.  There were too many Mary Whitakers around in 1805.  It was impossible to credit this sampler to any particular girl.  I purchased the sampler from a dealer in Ontario, Canada. It is most likely from New England or Canada.  I have seen many samplers from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York with the pendulous grape bunches motif.  I usually see only two or three of the larger illuminated letters stitched as someone’s initials on a sampler from this time period.   The Greek Key border is typical for these areas too. My husband, Bubba Jim, has renamed it the “The Big Foot border”.  It is now stuck in my brain that way too.  Please visit your favorite needlework store for your chart pack.   See "new Designs" for a picture of our reproduction.

Mary Hornor 1772
We have received permission from The Queen Anne's County Historical Society to reproduce the "Mary Hornor 1772" sampler held in their collection.  A portion of each sale will be donated to The Queen Anne's County Historical Society to aid in their continued efforts to preserve our heritage.  Below is a photograph of the original sampler. 
  Please visit your favorite needlework store for your chart pack.   See "new Designs" for a picture of our reproduction.



MORE NEWS!
Queenstown sampler Designs is having a trunk show  in Williamsburg, VA at Haus Triol.  Our samplers are on display from Thanksgiving and on into January 2009.  The shop is located at 1915 Pocahontas Trail, Suite E6 in the Village Shops at Kings  Mill.  Please call the shop at
 757-220-0313 for directions and business hours.


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This web site is managed and maintained by "Bubba".
  Bubba also serves as the big BM (Business Manager) for Queenstown Sampler Designs.
 Bubba last worked here on 12/09/2008