SOLD Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly REPRINTS 1997 * 4 Magazines * £15 €25 $50 Shipping Included (Australia and New Zealand $55)

These 4 black and white reprints of Volumes 9, 10, 11 & 12 are in perfect condition.

They include articles on Needlework Related Trade Cards

A superb and now poignant article by the late and beloved Mary Jo Johnson on her sampler collecting journey

The importance of signing and dating samplers and the measurements of old - ells, nails and inches....

As ever there are clearly charted patterns for samplers

A superb article by acclaimed needlework historian Margaret Swain on the identification of Scottish samplers

History of the girls who stitched

New designs for samplers

New designs for old stitches

sampler history

Time to get cracking on Christmas stockings now!

and a close-up study of diminutive samplers

SOLD Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly REPRINTS 1996 * 4 Magazines * £15 €25 $50 Shipping Included (Australia and New Zealand $55)

These black and white reprints are of Volume 5,6, 7 & 8

In them you will find an interview with sampler collector and historian Mary Jaene Edmonds

Ruskin Needle-Lace

Embroidery as Art and Education and a study of knitting implements and laces.

And more samplers for you to stitch - this one with a charming house

a special birth sampler

some needle tool necessaires

a Westtown sampler by Mary Smith

Susanna Hardyman's sampler

an interview with Betty Ring

Darlene O'Steen's examination of historic stitching

and even more samplers to stitch...

SOLD Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly REPRINTS 1995 * 4 Magazines * £15 €25 $50 Shipping Included (Australia and New Zealand $55)

These 4 magazines are black and white reprints of the first volumes of SANQ which were issued and sold when the initial copies sold out. While it is not ideal to have reprints, sometimes it is the only way to complete your set of SANQ and these copies are in pristine condition.

These are absolute gems of early sampler history and include articles by Joanne Harvey, a history of Florentine or Irish stitch, plus several fully charted samplers

like Mary Jane Getty's work below.

Volume 2 has articles on Berlin Work, Buttons and Darning Eggs

in addition to this brilliant history of samplers by Beverly Sheppard.

Again, there are more fully charted samplers to stitch

and a delightful small drawn threadwork project to try.

Volume 3 is packed with more history of samplers and needlework tools and has making instructions for the Bride's Purse you see on the cover.

There are some charming samplers to stitch

including this special miniature design

and this rather beautiful example with ample arcaded bands and border.

Volume 4 has an informative article on the care of fine needlework and a history of thimbles.

And again, more wonderful samplers

I especially love this sampler by Janet Smith - it is fabulous!

For the Love of Scissors

Where would we be without scissors? Have you ever misplaced a pair and been driven to near distraction while you find them again? When young I lived not far from the scissor centre of the Universe in Sheffield. Times there have changed - and not always for The Full Monty better. Watch this video of the putting together of scissors in one of the last remaining scissor-makers in Sheffield. Poignant, proud and beautiful.