With My Needle and Pen

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 Brightneedle, Carriage House Samplings, Hands to Work,* La D Da, Patricia Ann Designs, Praiseworthy Stitches, Primitive Traditions, A Stitch and A Prayer, With 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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