Barbara Hutson, owner of Queenstown Sampler Designs, joins us this week to talk about early-American samplers. In addition to owning Queenstown Sampler Designs, Barbara is an independent needlework researcher and author. Her designs can be found in shops worldwide and her embroideries have been awarded ribbons in prestigious needlework shows in the United States. She has published articles about historic samplers in Sampler & Antique Needlework Quarterly and The Gift of Stitching. Hutson has been a volunteer for Maryland and Delaware Sampler ID Days and a technical advisor and support for authors Gloria Seaman Allen (A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860, published in 2007 and Columbia’s Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia, published in 2012 and Lynne Anderson in participation with the Sampler Archives project. Soon to be published is Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroidery 1750-1850 by Gloria Seaman Allen and Cynthia Steinhoff. There will be an exhibit of 80 to 100 samplers and a symposium held at the Biggs Museum of American Art, June 9, 2018.–Gary and Christine
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Learn more about Barbara Hutson at the links below:
- Queenstown Sampler Designs website
- Biggs Museum website
- Biggs Symposium website page
- Lynne Anderson–The Sampler Archive
We hope you enjoy this week’s conversation with Barbara Hutson. We’re always looking for guests, so let us know if there is someone you’d like us to have on the show.–Gary and Christine
I really love your attitude toward samplers, it is exactly how I feel. I have told people that don’t ‘get it’ in regard to my sampler obsession that their sampler may be the only voice these girls and women have. They are not only works of the heart, they are works of history. Really great podcast!