The Scarlet Letter
P.O. Box 397
Sullivan, WI 53178
262-593-8470
Mon-Fri. 10 AM to 4 PM (CST)
samplers@
scarlet-letter.com
Welcome to The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter produces reproductions of the world's finest samplers, found in museums
and private collections. Exquisite materials are assembled to recreate these masterpieces of
needlework, and kits are complete with detailed instructions and stitch diagrams, enabling
the modern needleworker to reproduce these pieces exactly as they were originally made in
centuries past.
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TSL Galleries
Visit our customer gallery to read some of the letters and emails we have received along with photos of finished samplers stitched by our customers. In our awards gallery, you'll see Scarlet Letter Samplers that have won blue ribbons and other awards.
The Feller Needlework Collection Volume 2 - Coming soon!
The Feller Needlework Collection Volume 2 will be available for shipping in September,
We have a preview of some pages for you to enjoy!
Added May 8, 2012
Hannah Carter Circa 1748
Hannah Carter,
a Boston needlework from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, is a new reproduction from the Scarlet Letter.
Hannah Carter’s elegant lady in a pastoral setting belongs to colonial Boston’s
most famous form of needlework, featuring the so-called fishing lady motif.
Added April 26, 2012
Commemorative Edition of The Proper Stitch
To celebrate her retirement from 30 years of needlework, Darlene O’Steen offers an opportunity for you to own her highly-coveted,
ultimate needlework guide - The Proper Stitch. This commemorative edition is available for a limited time.
Added March 28, 2012
Antique Samplers Added
Mary Levermore ia an English pictorial sampler featuring Adam and Eve at the center surrounded by birds, squirrels, lions and cherubs, with tweo short verses.
Lake Family Record Sampler features a beautiful and richly
colored four sided honeysuckle border. This New York sampler commemorates the marriage of the parents Isaac Lake and Margaret Robins in
1824, and the birth of six children.
Added March 22, 2012
New Book: Elizabethan Stitches by Jacqui Carey
All the stitches shown in Elizabethan Stitches have been found on surviving items,
and case studies are used to provide the visual evidence.
Diagrams are used throughout the book to clarify the stitch structures, and where possible the obsolete stitches have been compared
to modern stitches that are recognized today. Step-by-step instructions offer a method for making each stitch, and a discussion of
historic design shows how the stitches might be used.
Added March 20, 2012
Hand Carved Needle and Thimble Boxes
A new selection of hand carved needle and thimble boxes is now available.
You'll find horses, cats, owls, tigers and more. Quantities are very limited, so order right away for the best selection.
Added March 15, 2012
Linen Scrap Bags Are Back!
Scrap bags contain at least one half yard of our linen odds and ends, the finest Scandinavian and Italian evenweave linens available,
in varying sizes, suitable for band samplers, ornaments, smaller samplers, all first quality.
Added March 14, 2012
Customer Gallery Updates
We've added several samplers to our customer gallery and one in our
awards gallery: SDW A German Band Sampler, circa 1710 stitched by Ilana Kaye.
It won first place at the Maryland State Fair.
Added April 5, 2012
More New Items
If you would to see more items that have been recently added, check out our list of new items. It shows all items that have been added to the TSL website during the past year. You can display the list at any time by clicking on the cherub logo in the right column of any webpage.