The needlework, which contains examples of cross and running stitch, also contains the name Eliza Ann Luellen, as well as the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sampler dates back to the 19th Century [Auctioneum] A rare Victorian needlework sampler has sold at auction for £3,200. The ...

A few centuries ago, kids in classrooms did needlework samplers. They’d stitch their ways through linen stretched tight in wooden hoops as part of this rather slow & demanding hobby. It also taught ...

Valuer and auctioneer Annie Cope-Mew believes the sampler could be sold for thousands of pounds A rare Victorian needlework sampler could fetch thousands of pounds when it is sold this week, ...

In 2012, when your young daughter brings home her school artwork, it will most probably find pride of place on the refrigerator behind a magnet commemorating your trip to Disney World. Eventually it ...

Today fiber arts like needlework serve as a reminder of what we can do with our hands, and the value of pieces with a story over mass-produced decor. Plus, the craft’s intrinsic connection to women’s ...

Before Dan Campanelli passed away, he and his wife, Marty, worked on an article for American Ancestors, a quarterly magazine put out by the New England Historic Genealogical Society ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joy Jarrett, who runs Witney Antiques with her husband, is one of the leading UK dealers in needlework samplers ...