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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the ...

A few centuries ago, kids in classrooms did needlework samplers. They’d stitch their ways through linen stretched tight in wooden hoops as part of this rather slow & demanding hobby. It also taught ...

PLYMOUTH – "Needlework Samplers, Wrought by Tradition," will be on display Feb. 1 to April 25 at Pilgrim Hall Museum, located at 75 Court St. The exhibition will feature more than 60 samplers, some ...

Two rare needlework samplers thought to have been embroidered by the mother and sister of Robert Burns have been returned to the poet’s birthplace, with support from a philanthropist in the US. The ...