Today fiber arts like needlework serve as a reminder of what we can do with our hands, and the value of pieces with a story ...

The sampler was made by a Victorian orphan called Dora was auctioned in Bath.

A rare Victorian needlework sampler could fetch thousands of pounds when it is sold this week, auctioneers say. It was made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the ...

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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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joy Jarrett, who runs Witney Antiques with her husband, is one of the leading UK dealers in needlework samplers ...

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 ...

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Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the poet’s birthplace, with support from a philanthropist in the US. The ...