Schoolgirl Sampler

Author: Kathleen Tracy
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1683561163
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
Designer Kathleen Tracy is back with more delightful little quilts! This time she's gathered a treasury of 4" blocks reminiscent of those sewn by schoolgirls during the nineteenth century. Make all 72 timeless blocks and combine them in a sampler quilt or select a few favorites to use in any of six other charming quilts. Quick to stitch and perfect for reproduction-fabric scraps, the blocks are easy to make and you can complete several in one sitting or complete a small quilt in a weekend. Kathy includes plenty of tips for sewing small blocks, and her simple cutting instructions and clear piecing diagrams will help you succeed as you stitch each pint-sized treat.

Samplers & Samplermakers

Author: Mary Jaene Edmonds
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
"American classrooms have gone largely unrecorded, these astonishing embroideries which are usually signed, dated, and even sometimes inscribed with the names of the towns in which they were worked and the names of the embroiderers' teachers serve as historic documents, attesting to the existence of colonial education for women. There is a story behind each of the nearly eighty samplers illustrated in this book"--Insleaves.

Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth

Author: Carol Humphrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description

The Splendid Sampler 2

Author: Pat Sloan
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604689714
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
More than 28,000 quilters have sewn along with the Splendid Sampler community online. Now Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson return with 100 all-new block patterns to inspire quilters all over the world, all over again! Choose blocks designed by Pat and Jane plus superstar quilters Lissa Alexander, Carrie Nelson, Jenny Doan, Susan Ache, Betsy Chutchian, and many more. Blocks made with patchwork, applique, embroidery, and paper piecing provide plenty of opportunities to try new techniques. You'll discover fun ideas for arranging your blocks in a gallery of sampler quilts. Share your progress online and experience the joys of quilting with this "Splendid" community of quilters!

Ohio is My Dwelling Place

Author: Sue Studebaker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Sue Studebaker documents samplers made by young girls in Ohio prior to 1850, the girls who made them, their families, and the teachers who taught them to stitch. Illustrations of these highly prized works are presented, along with the stories behind their creation.

A Schoolgirl's Work

Author: Barb Adams
Publisher: C&t Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts
ISBN: 9781935362784
Category : Children's art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Barb Adams and Alma Allen of Blackbird Designs have joined with the Spencer Museum of Art to share historical schoolgirl samplers with the cross stitchers of today. You will find examples of samplers spanning the years of 1710 1841. Nine projects to stitch based on these wonderful works of art that were crafted by children so long ago.

The Civil War Sewing Circle

Author: Kathleen Tracy
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604681306
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
Kathleen Tracy, popular author of Prairie Children and Their Quilts and Remembering Adelia, has outdone herself with this combination of lovely projects and fascinating historical tidbits. Patterned after quilts made during the Civil War era, this collection is ideal for nineteenth-century reproduction fabrics. Choose from 16 easy projects, including large and small quilts, plus a pincushion, sewing box, and needle case Learn how women's efforts during the Civil War era led to increased civil and political involvement among women See historical photos and read eloquent excerpts from letters written to and from soldiers during the Civil War

My Name Is Lidya

Author: Stacy Nash
Publisher: C&t Publishing / Kansas City Star Quilts
ISBN: 9781611690910
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Stacy Nash has a passion for schoolgirl samplers and counted cross stitch. When Stacy first saw Lidya's sampler from 1803, she knew it was going to go home with her. The piece became the inspiration for these nine delightful projects.

Girlhood Embroidery

Author: Betty Ring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

A Maryland Sampling

Author: Gloria Seaman Allen
Publisher: Maryland Center for History and Culture
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 410

Book Description
This is an extraordinary assemblage of Maryland samplers and pictorial embroideries that will appeal to scholars, collectors, antiques dealers, and modern day embroiderers, written by an accomplished textile historian. Students of women's history and of the decorative arts will discover more about the role of needlework in early female education and in the lives of ordinary women in the changing currents of Chesapeake regional history. Genealogists will gain valuable insights into Maryland families and their migration patterns. The appendices document all known Maryland needlework samplers and embroideries. The samplers presented in this beautifully illustrated, handsome volume will inspire and awe readers with the skill, talent, seriousness, and occasionally irrepressible humor of their young creators.