Name That Band 3

You are doing well! Here is Band 3 for you to consider and name. Do remember you can have more than one try. To make this exercise easier and so you can see the picture dictionary growing without the other posts getting in the way I have set up a new blog page just for Name That Band - just click here to go there. You can add your names here or on the new blog plage - we'll track them all wherever you post them.

Locating Buildings on Samplers

It is sometimes frustrating when I see very particular buildings on samplers which look as though they once existed yet for which no record can be found of their present-day existence. Many old houses were unroofed after the first world war to avoid the payment of death duties - and without a roof, the building slowly sinks back into the clay from which its brick were made. On the other hand it is extraordinarily satisfying when one can link up a sampler with a present day building, like this sampler of Bishton Hall. The hall is still standing as you can see. Built in around 1750 by the Northcotes, a Staffordshire family, the prominent portico is a later addition. Now the hall is a preparatory school and venue for weddings. Estimated at £300-£400, the sampler is lot 293 at Bonhams' auction on 20 April 2010 at Knowle in Cheshire, UK. To see this sampler and another 17 samplers for auction click here. (You will need to page forward past the samplers already sold.)

It's Bananas! $183.45 for The Goodhart Samplers (Used) (Postage Extra) on Amazon?

Perhaps it's time we let people into the secret that you can get a brand new copy of The Goodhart Samplers, perfectly wrapped, airmailed to your door - or the door of a friend complete with gift card - wherever you live....for just $90 and then the bananas can stay where they should be - in cakes.
Just click here to browse the Goodhart Samplers.

Name That Band

Band 1

Band 2
As part of the work for the two forthcoming Needleprint publications which document a world class private needlework and sampler collection, we are creating an illustrated 'Dictionary of Early Bands and Spots' to help us describe early band and spot samplers succinctly so that others can understand what we are talking about when we discuss different samplers. There is a fairly finite repertoire of bands across many samplers - we have even compiled a Top 10 of the most loved sampler bands and maybe we can run through those at some point. So we are looking for names for bands and it would be such a pity if we were to choose the names ourselves and not allow anyone else to join in the fun. So here is your chance to name a band and be acknowledged in the book. The names need to be descriptive, succinct and memorable. Here are the first two bands for you to think about.