Online Embroidery Resources

Mourning Pictures and Practices
Victorian Embroidery: Link to googlebook of Barbara Morris' account
Moravian Embroidery
Archives of Bethlehem Pennsylvania: a few examples of 18th century work
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art: Home to many pieces of Moravian work from Southern states
History of Western Embroidery
Development of Embroidery in America: Full text of Wheeler's book
Girlhood Embroidery: Link to purchase Betty Ring's comprehensive overview of sampler development
Embroidery Societies and Archives
The Victoria and Albert Museum: Many links, images, interviews, and even designs to print and use
Embroiderers Guild of America: "Fostering the Art of Embroidery" in the States
Embroiderers Guild of the UK: "sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity" through needlework in the UK
The Royal School of Needlework: patroned by the Queen Majesty herself, this school aims to "Keep needlework alive" in the 21st Century
Contemporary Embroidery Artists
David Littler: bringing together music and embroidery through a pun on the word 'sampler'
Ele Carpenter: negotiating the relationship between computer programming and embroidery
Jenny Hart: Iowa designer and owner of Sublime Stitching embroidering portraits of celebrities
Jen Hamilton, Jen Southern and Chris St Amand: collaborative group mapping places and relations with thread
Kate Pemberton: UK artist mixing electronic and textile art
Judy Chicago: used embroidery in "The Dinner Party" (1974-9)
Sophie Calle: French artist, who farmed out samplers to embroidery artists in her work "Exquisite Pain" (2000)
Embroidery Bloggers
Needle 'n Thread
Primrose Design
Disney Embroidery
Sampler Girl
Plum Street Samplers


For Print and Other Resources Check the Selected Bibliography Below:
Works Cited and Consulted