SOLD Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly 2000 * 4 Magazines * £15 €25 $50 Shipping Included (Australia and New Zealand $55)

These four numbers of Sampler and Antique Quarterly are in near pristine condition.

They are full of projects large and small - full-sized samplers to small stitched items.

The also cover a range of articles relating to needlework history such as Mamluk samplers and Stuart panels.

In addition to articles on needlework tools - etuis, knitting needle keeps and bobbin holders.

Here are just a small selection of the projects you will find in this set - a Quaker style sampler and bell-pull

There are numerous full-size historical samplers charted for your pleasure

Below you can see examples of the smaller projects for cross-stitch

and blackwork

These etuis are so beautiful - what a collection!

The authors of the articles are established experts in their fields - Kathleen Epstein Staples is amongst the foremost needlework historians of our time.