The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...

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 ...

The Pilgrim Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum has announced the Feb. 1 opening of a new exhibition, "Needlework Samplers, Wrought by Tradition," at Pilgrim Hall Museum, located at 75 Court St. The ...

FLEMINGTON — Dan and Marty Campanelli, researchers and collectors of schoolgirl needlework, will speak on Needlework Samplers of Hunterdon County at the Hunterdon County Historical Society’s spring ...

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