With My Needle and Pen

An Internet Sampler Newsletter

The With My Needle and Pen Newsletter was established in 1997, and was originally called The Sampler Band.  It was created to share news and information on sampler-related topics, and to provide a forum for members to work together on common sampler stitching projects.  That first year there were approximately 100 members.  The group eventually grew into its present format of over2000 members from around the world.  Group members from beginners to world-renowned experts are able to help and inspire each other.

 

With My Needle and Pen is published monthly at no cost to recipients.  Each issue discusses the group projects and other sampler-related topics.  Each month a stitching schedule is suggested for the group projects, but individuals are welcome to stitch at their own pace.

 

Past Group Projects

 

1997

Barbara Jackson's Pineapple Bellpull from Fine Lines, a publication of the Historic Needlework Guild

1998

The Newburyport Sampler, designed by Page Dorsey, Sampler Workes

1999

 

Treasured Friends by Darlene O'Steen,The Needle's Prayse

Margaret Gibson, a Scottish reproduction sampler, from The Scarlet Letter

2000

 

Elizabeth Cofer, a reproduction sampler from the collection of Colonial Williamsburg.  It was reproduced by Joanne Harvey, The Examplarery

With My Needle Examplar, designed by Ellen Chester of With My Needle

2001

 

 

Darlene O'Steen's Late 20th-Century Huswif from Sampler and Antique Needlework, Vol. 2  (also available as a separate chart)

Northwest Huswif Sampler from Stitchin' and Stuff

Rebekah Vollintine, a reproduction sampler (ca. 1740), from Bittersweet House

2002

 

The Blue Rose Sampler designed by Sharon Cohen, The Nostalgic Needle

Agnes Scott,1810, a Scottish reproduction sampler, by Ellen Chester, With My Needle

2003

 

 

Catherine of Aragon sampler, a teaching sampler, designed by Eileen Bennett, The Sampler House

Ann Hair, 1762, a reproduction sampler, from The Scarlet Letter

Quaker Pincushions from The Scarlet Letter

2004

 

 

Ann Holewll, 1699, a reproduction sampler from The Examplarery

The Marriage of Minds from The Drawn Thread

Mouline Rouge from Long Dog

2005

 

Jane Longstreth, a reproduction sampler from the Vassar College collection

Bands of Many Colors, by Eileen Bennett, The Sampler House

2006

 

Not For Us Alone, a teaching project from Amy Mitten, Fibers To Dye For

John Foster, a reproduction sampler from Susan Biggers, Historic Stitches

2007

 

Janet Gibson, 1819, a reproduction sampler from Hope’s Dwelling Place

A Most Noble Pursuit, a limited-edition collaboration sampler designed by BrightneedleCarriage House Samplings, Hands to Work,  La D DaPatricia Ann DesignsPraiseworthy StitchesPrimitive Traditions, A Stitch and A PrayerWith My Needle, and The Workbasket

2008

 

Ann Holewll, 1699, a reproduction sampler from The Examplarery

Ackworth Friendship Book by Ellen Chester, With My Needle

2009

 

 Elizabethan Sampler by Sharon Cohen, The Nostalgic Needle (Volume 53. Sampler and Antique Needlework Quarterly)
Mary Pets, a reproduction sampler from Barb Hudson, of Queenstown Sampler Designs

 

2010 GROUP PROJECTS

L. Haworth, An Ackworth reproduction sampler, from The Marking Samplar

Acorn Sampler Sewing Case from With My Needle

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©2010 Ellen Chester