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The Sampler House

Programs presented for LMSG are:

DateTitle
04/13/2002The Flax Sampler
04/14/2002Going for the Blue Ribbon
03/17/2007Acorn Sampler
03/18/2007Sampler Research

Eileen Bennett is a woman whose passion for samplers has propelled her into some very exciting arenas. As a designer she has sold over a half a million leaflets since she began in 1984. As a teacher, Eileen Bennett was in the classroom sharing her knowledge about the work of samplers over 200 days last year. She strongly believes that work being done today about samplers of the past will leave an important legacy for generations of embroiderers yet to come. This Jenison Michigan resident has authored four books to date:

  • A Note Book of Sampler Stitches, Volumes One and Two
  • A Note Book of Pulled Thread Stitches
  • The Evolution of Samplers ... Embroidery and Sampler Time Line ... A Four-Hundred Year History of Sampler Making

Sampler Stitches, Volume One is in its ninth printing. Each contains thoroughly researched sampler stitches that are historically accurate with easy to follow instructions. Mrs. Bennett has also written numerous articles for the following magazines and is current serving on the bard of Advisors for Antique Sampler and Needlework Quarterly

  • Just Cross Stitch
  • Counted Thread
  • Antique Sampler and Needlework Quarterly
  • Piecework
  • Cross Stitch Sampler

In the Fall of 1993, Eileen Bennett launched Sam Cloth, a quarterly newsletter that contains hard-to-find information on samplers, as well as a serialized chart that is exclusive to her readers

Eileen Bennett was commissioned by the Grand Rapids, Michigan,, Public Museum to reproduce two samplers from their textile collection and assisted the museum staff with their exhibit "Threads Through Time - A Sampling of Samplers" in 1987 In addition, Eileen aided the Ulster Folk Museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in preparing for their exhibit of Northern Irish Samplers.

Eileen Bennett is the owner/designer of The Sampler House, a wholesale company that distributes her sampler patterns internationally. Her web page can be access at:

http://www.TheSamplerHouse.com

She holds memberships in Embroiderer's Build of America, American Needlepoint Guild and Embroiderer's Guild of England.

Personally, widowed in 1988, Eileen is the mother of two grown children and the grandmother of eight.