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Marty Campanelli shows a sampler made in Hunterdon County around 1835, covering the name of the girl who created it. Find out about her at Sunday's meeting.

Needlework collectors and researchers Dan and Marty Campanelli of Quakertown, Franklin Township, will discuss the histories of four embroidered samplers owned by the Hunterdon Historical Society at the group’s annual meeting on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. in the Flemington Presbyterian Church, North Main Street. The public is invited.

The title of their talk is "All Sewn Up: Researching and Restoring Historic Needlework."

The samplers, created in the 1820s and 1830s and donated to the Society in its early years, had no records of provenance. The Campanellis accepted the task of researching them and their teenage makers, their families and the schools where they were educated in the “ornamental branches".

Tracing the history of each sampler required a search through genealogical records, the Society’s library and other acquisitions in its archives, needlework books in the Campanelli’s library, and contact with a living relative of one of the young girls. They promise their findings will provide a “visual and informative treat with some amazing stories” about the sampler makers. One of the samplers completed in 1833 was stitched at a well-known New Jersey academy and shows the great skill of its maker.......

Read more at -  http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2009/11/program_on_samplers_at_sundays.html