I've never looked for "original" or historic samplers personally, so I'm afraid I couldn't offer any help with that. I've learned embroidery almost entirely from watching others on the internet, experimenting myself, and reading a couple books on the subject.
I just got the second book from the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches and it’s also a great book to learn from. It has a lot of cool,unusual stitches and it’s well written. I really like all of the A-Z books (they have a book for just about all the main types of embroidery) I also got the A-Z of Whitework and I love it! All their books are really well done and clearly written with close-up pics for every step that make it easy to understand and follow. They even include a little bit about the history of the different categories.
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So beautiful
Is there a sampler resource? Where do you find the “Original” samplers? What or who passed you on this? Teacher’s or family members?
I've never looked for "original" or historic samplers personally, so I'm afraid I couldn't offer any help with that. I've learned embroidery almost entirely from watching others on the internet, experimenting myself, and reading a couple books on the subject.
@@gettheetothestitchery does your mom or grandma embroider?
What textbooks do you recommend?
It's not really a textbook, but the only book I've used to learn embroidery is A-Z of Embroidery Stitches from Search Press.
I just got the second book from the A-Z of Embroidery Stitches and it’s also a great book to learn from. It has a lot of cool,unusual stitches and it’s well written. I really like all of the A-Z books (they have a book for just about all the main types of embroidery) I also got the A-Z of Whitework and I love it! All their books are really well done and clearly written with close-up pics for every step that make it easy to understand and follow. They even include a little bit about the history of the different categories.