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may find interesting and helpful.
Kreinik
Lakeside Linens
Needle Point Inc.
The Gentle Art, Inc.
Total Framing
Wichelt
Yarn Tree
Hoffman’s Distributing
Silkweaver Fabrics
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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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
Gloria Seaman Allen has a new book Columbia's Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery From The District of Columbia
DC Needlwork
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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/