Thank you so much Kristy - looking forward to sharing more episodes with everyone

Thank you - I love the stories behind pieces and they often are far more interesting than we think!

Hi Marie - not the first time you have traveled with me! This way is far less expensive - ha ha

@triciawilsonnguyen The "Jacket Tour" was the most memorable trip I have ever taken. I still talk up what a fabulous job you did planning the trip for us. About a year ago, I did another program for my needlework guild using the images you organized for us on the hard drive. Brought back all the good memories.

Thank you - if you know of any groups of these samplers anywhere else - let me know!

Wow - that is fantastic - twice!

Look for more things uncovered in future episodes

Hi - Yes I will be running the Historic Sampler Design Class again soon - likely by June

Janet - you would flip over the dollhouses in Germany. about 5 feet tall and so detailed.

I think there are many more surprises in store!

Thank you - looking forward to sharing them

Thank you - the embroidery and cross stitch world is so big we have to explore it!

I love telling stories about women of the past - or at least thinking about them while stitching

Well the doll house is coming up!

@@triciawilsonnguyen Lovely! Thank you!

Love history!

It's going to be fun - we will see how much we can uncover and understand! But at the very least, something will be added to the knowledge base

So glad you saw that exhibit - I am thinking of visiting the Renaissance one again for the videos!

@@triciawilsonnguyen , that tablecloth with all the silk shaded flower embroidery. My daughter had to peel me off the display case.

Thank you Kathy - I am excited to release the next video about the samplers!

Many museums there - try to get there during a Christmas Mart - I really liked the Nuremberg one.

Thank you Debbie - hope you enjoy the next ones!

Thank you for adding to the research with your email!

Hi Wendy - I love Stuff You Missed in History Class and Dressed - The History of Fashion

You are so right - I love mysteries and figuring out things, so these investigations really get me going!

Thank you! Part of my family is from southern Germany too - I recognize the food whenever I am there

Quest!! An awesome word. A Needlework Quest. I think that will be my new mantra!

The Baubles ornament is a fast stitch too! Double fun. There is sooooo much more to come on the sampler information. I have researched now three big stories - Martha Edlin (17th century casket and sampler maker), Betty Bradstreet (Unknown sampler designer of Massachusetts samplers around 1800) and now this Nuremberg sampler tradition. In each one there are unknown women who were in business, influenced big events or were scientists - in other words - kinda bad ass ladies of the past. All involved centrally in embroidery. Their stories need to get out as we just have in our heads this overly simplified cartoon image of women of earlier periods. Women weren't doing embroidery to 'stay in their place' - they were doing it for other reasons Sometimes a bit subversive in fact!

That comment made my husband very happy as he was filming the markets at night. I might slip some in.

😁 Well here is an article written a few years ago about my background - architectureboston.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/arts-minds-part-1-of-4/

You bet we get an episode to see the dollhouse!

Hi Wendy - great questions and some I will have to answer in a future episode after asking the dealer and doing some counting. But you have hit a few nails on the head with your questions as I have already been (see episodes upcoming) to see a group of these from this same school and have their linen counts and examined the silk thread with the conservator at the museum. And they all had vibrant colors and weren't framed too. But I didn't see lots of evidence of creases to fold them. I will take your questions to the others just in case there are records and also put them with my overall questions that I have as well for future episodes (I am not home at the moment or I would race to count the linen) but the count is low - not too fine of linen. The thread is a two ply twist for several of the other samplers which really surprised me and we talked about that a lot because the 17th century English samplers of the same period were being worked in untwisted silk that they divided themselves (sounds like another episode!! I have lots of information on that!).

Hi Lisa - It is American Dream Products scroll frame. Get the webbing version, not the velcro ones. And there are new knobs that are plastic and triangular to be able to crank them better. www.adp-usa.com

HI Marcy - if you go up to the description and click 'more' there are loads of links for a bibliography. But you will also find that many things I talk about aren't 'in a book' but the result of pulling data in from multiple sources to make new conclusions - I am talking through the bits as I research them to write the book in effect. If there is a book - I do put it in my description section.

Thanks! I feared the response would be that easy! When I use my phone, some features are not that easy to manipulate. So very pleased to hear you are writing a book which will weave together your sources. Thank you, again, for these amazing opportunities to share your journeys. @@triciawilsonnguyen