Dear Arachnes, I posted on the exhibition last year but in response to Jeri's prompting I wanted to let you know that the exhibition of samplers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has been extended until October 2018. I spent a short time in it over the holidays, and got the exhibition catalogue as a Christmas present, both are well worth while, & I will go back to use the provided magnifying glasses on a longer visit. The exhibition aim was the importance of samplers as documentary evidence of past lives, and it certainly does that. It is not just the classic "alphabet" band samplers. It is fascinating how much they have learned particularly about the Quaker school samplers and their creators. There is also some rare white work, with a couple of exquisite needle lace insertions of a thistle rose and shamrock which for some reason don't make it to the website, but a search on google images for "sampled lives" show up. They are also advertising a couple of day workshops on stitching a sampler in march. More details here http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/sampled-lives-samplers-fitzw illiam-museum
And there is a link to online resources for those too far away to visit http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/sampledlives Louise - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
