Some of My Favorite Needlework Books
Sampler Related Needlework Books
A-Z of Embroidery Stitches from the publishers of Inspirations Magazine
A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery, 1738-1860 by Gloria Seaman Allen
A Record for Time (exhibit catalog from Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1985) by Deborah Young
A Stitch in Rhyme from The Scarlet Letter
Alphabets From Early Samplers by Marsha Van Valin
American Needlework by Georgia Harbeson
American Needlework (A Winterthur Guide) by Susan Burrows Swann
American Needlework Treasures (Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring)
American Samplers by Bolton and Coe
Animals from Early Samplers by Marsha Van Valin
An Anonymous Woman--Her Work Wrought in the 17th Century by Kathleen Epstein
An A-Z Of British 18th and 19th Century Samplers (1993 exhibit catalog by Witney Antiques)
Antique Needlework by Lanto Synge
Art as Needlework by Lady Alford
Art in Needlework by Lewis Day
The Art of Elizabethan Embroidery by Jane Zimmerman
Art of Embroidery, History of Style and Technique by Lanto Synge
Art of Embroidery (Great Needlework Collections of Britain and the United States) by Mary Gostelow
Beautiful Old Alphabets (Designs and Stitches) by Jutta Lammer
Behold the Labour of My Tender Age (Children and Their Samplers—17880-1850) by Gayle Rettew
Berlin Work Samplers and Embroidery of the 19th Century by Raffaella Serena
A Book of Old Embroidery (with articles by A. F. Kendrick, Louisa Pesel, and E. W. Newbury
The Book of Samplers by Marguerite Fawdry and Deborah Brown
British Samplers by Mary Eirwen Jones
British Samplers--A Concise History by Jane Toller
British Samplers--Curious Works from the 17th Century by Kathleen Epstein
Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery (Victoria and Albert Museum) by John L. Nevinson
Common Thread Common Ground (A Collection of Essays on Early Samplers & Historic Needlework) edited by M. Van Valin
The Dictionary of Needlework by Sophia Frances Anne Caulfield and Blanche C. Saward
Discovering Embroidery of the 19th Century by Santina Levey
Embroidered Georgian Pictures by Margaret Swain
Embroidered Samplers by Dorothea Kay
The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barnden
Embroidered Stuart Pictures by Margaret Swain
The Embroiderer's Story by Thomasina Beck
The Embroiderer's Flowers by Thomasina Beck
Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt by Marianne Ellis
Embroidery at the Burrell Collection, 1600-1700 by Liz Arthur
Embroidery in Britain from 1200-1750 (The Victoria and Albert Textile Collection) by Donald King & Santina Levey
Embroidery Motifs from Old Dutch Samplers by Alberta Meulenbelt-Nieuwburg
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Donna Kooler
Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework (2 volumes) by S. F. A. Caulfeild
English Domestic Needlework by Therle Hughes
English Domestic Embroidery of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) by Preston Remington
English Embroideries of the 16th & 17th Centuries in the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum by Mary M. Brooks
English Embroidery by Barbara Snook
English Needlework by A. F. Kendrick
English Embroidery by Barbara Morris
The Embroidery Stitch Bible by Betty Barden
Family Record: Genealogical Watercolors and Needlework (DAR Museum) by Gloria Seaman Allen
The Fine Art of Textiles (Philadelphia Museum of Art) by Dilys Blum
Flowers in English Embroidery (Victoria and Albert Museum)
From The Archives..a collection of 18 out-of-print articles on old embroideries and samplers by Eileen Bennett
A Gallery of American Samplers by Glee Krueger
Gardening With Silk and Gold by Thomasina Beck
Girlhood Embroidery by Betty Ring
Historic Samplers by Patricia Ryan and Allan Bragdon
Historical Design for Embroidery (Linen and Cross Stitch) by Louisa Pesel
Historical Needlework—A Study of Influences in Scotland and Northern England by Margaret Swain
Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania by Margaret Schiffer
The History Of English Embroidery –a publication of the Victoria and Albert Museum
In Female Worth & Elegance-Sampler & Needlework Students &Teachers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire 1741-1840 by John LaBranche & Rita Conant
In the Neatest Manner by Kimberly Ivey Smith
Jane Bostocke…the rest of the story by Eileen Bennett
The Joan Stephens Collection--Sotheby's Catalog
Labors of Love by Judith Weissman and Wendy Lavitt
Lady Evelyn's Needlework Collection by Digges, Fehld, Lawson, and Vogt
Lady Lever Art Gallery—Catalog of Embroideries by Xanthe Brooke
Lessons Stitched in Silk--Samplers from the Canterbury Region of New Hampshire
Let Virtue be A Guide to Thee by Betty Ring
Marquoir by Joke Visser
Mary Thomas's Embroidery Book
More Alphabets from Early Samplers by Marsha Van Valin
National Museum of Wales—Guide To The Collection of Samplers and Embroideries by F. G. Payne
Needlework, An Historical Survey by Betty Ring
Needlework, An Illustrated History edited by Harriet Bridgeman and Elizabeth Drury
Needlepoint by Hope Hanley
The Needle's Excellency by Mallett
Needles & Threads—Women's Handwork, Men's Craftsmanship (exhibit at the Homewood House Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 2001)
Needlework (Guildford Museum) by Mary Alexander
Needlework at Parham Park by Barbara Snook
Needlework from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum by Adolph Cavallo
Needlework in America by Virginia Bath
The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots by Margaret Swain
Needlework Masterpieces from Winterthur by Hollis Greer Minor
Needlework Patterns from the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Susan Siegler
Needlework Samplers of Northern Ireland by Heather Crawford
Needlework Stitches by Barbara Snook
The Needleworker's Dictionary by Pamela Clabburn
New England Samplers to 1840
by Glee Krueger
A Notebook of Sampler Stitches-Book One by Eileen Bennett
A Notebook of Sampler Stitches-Book Two by Eileen Bennett
A Notebook of Sampler Stitches-Book Three by Eileen Bennett
Ohio is My Dwelling Place (1800-1850) by Sue Studebaker
Ohio Samplers--Schoolgirl Embroideries-1803-1850 by Sue Studebaker
On This Fair Sampler Does My Needle Write (Witney Antiques, 2004)
One Man's Samplers, The Goodhart Collection 1983 exhibit catalog
Ornamental Branches (Needlework & Arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School, 1800-1865 by Patricia Herr
Of American Embroidery (Peabody Essex Museum exhibit catalog) by Paula Richter
Patterns and Motifs (from the St. Gallens Museum) by Ann Wanner-Jean Richard
Plain and Fancy--American Women and Their Needlework, 1650-1850 by Susan Swan
Plimoth Colony Samplers by Mary M. Davidson
Pioneer Memorial Museum Samplers (Daughters of Utah Pioneers)
The Point of the Needle (Five Centuries of Samplers and Embroideries) by Dorothy Bromiley Phelan
Practical Canvas Embroidery by Louisa F. Pesel
The Proper Stitch by Darlene O'Steen
Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth by Carol Humphrey
Quebec Samplers—ABCs of Embroidery (McCord Museum of Canadian History) by Jennifer Salahub
Repetroire des Motifs bt Valerie Lejeune
The Royal School of Needlework and Embroidery by Lanto Synge
Royal Scottish Museum Samplers by Naomi Tarrant
Sajou (Passion des Alphabets Anciens) by Veronique Maillard
Sampler and Antique Needlework. Vol. I
Sampler and Antique Needlework. Vol. II
The Sampler Book by Irmgard Gierl
Samplers by Pamela Clabburn
Samplers by Averil Colby
Samplers by Susan Major and Diana Fowle
Samplers (Victoria and Albert Museum) by Donald King
Samplers by Leigh Ashton
Samplers--Five Centuries of a Gentle Art by Anne Sebba
Samplers--Fitzwilliam Museum Handbooks by Carol Humphrey
Samplers from The Victoria and Albert Museum by Clare Browne and Jennifer Wearden
Samplers from The Welsh Folk Museum Collection by Christine Stevens
Samplers and Sampler Makers--An American Schoolgirl Art 1700-1850 by Mary Jaene Edmonds
Samplers and Stitches by Mrs. Archibold Christie
Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries by Marcus Huish
Samplers from A to Z by Pamela Parmal, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Samplers—How to Compare Values by Stephen and Carol Huber
Samplers in the City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery by Karin M. Walton
Samplers in the Collections of the Manx Museum
Samplers in the European Tradition by Kathleen Staples and Margriet Hogue
Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans by Tandy and Charles Hersch
Scottish Embroidery Medieval to Modern by Margaret Swain
Some Honest Worke in Hand….(English Samplers from the 17th Century/2001) Finkel Exhibit Catalog by Kathleen Staples & Lynn Tinley
The Story Of Samplers--Philadelphia Museum of Art by Marianna Hornor
Stumpwork Embroidery--Designs and Projects by Jane Nicholas
Textile Collections of the World, Vol. 1, United States and Canada edited by Cecil Lubell
Textile Treasures (Intro. to European Decorative Textiles for Home and Church in the National Museums of Scotland) by Naomi Tarrant
Textiles at Sulgrave
Thanks Be To My Friends (Vassar College Exhibit, 2004)
Therese de Dillmont's Encyclopedia of Needlework edited by Mary Gostelow
This Have I Done (Samplers and Embroideries from Charleston and the Lowcountry) by Jan Hiester and Kathleen Staples
This Is The Way I Pass My Time by Ellen Gehret
Threads of History--A Sampler of Girlhood Embroidery, 1792-1860, Loudon County Area
Threads of History circulated by The American Federation of Arts (1965)
Virtue Leads & Grace Reveals (Embroideries and Education in Antebellum South Carolina) by Patricia Veasey
Needlework Tools
An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools by Gay Ann Rogers
Chatelaines by Genevieve Cummins and Nerylla Taunton
Needlework Tools by Eleanor Johnson
Needlework Tools and Accessories (A Dutch Tradition) by Kay Sullivan
Old Needlework Boxes and Tools by Mary Andere
Old-Time Tools and Toys of Needlework by Gertrude Whiting
Pincushions by Averil Colby
Pins and Pincushions by E. D. Longman and S. Loch
Sewing Accessories, a Collector's Guide by Elaine Gaussen (Miller's)
Sewing Accessories, a Illustrated History by Victor Houart
Sewing Tools and Trinkets by Helen Lester Thompson
Sewing Tools and Trinkets, Volume 2 by Helen Lester Thompson
The Story Of Antique Needlework Tools by Bridget McConnel
Thimbles and Thimble Cases by Eleanor Johnson
Threadwinders by Diane Pelham Burn
Zalkin's Handbook of Thimbles and Sewing Implements by Estelle Zalkin
updated September 2007