Sheryl De Jong, a prior contributor to AKS, has a B.A. in Education from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI and a M.A. in Education from Loyola College, Baltimore, MD.

Apr 30, 2018 · Sheryl De Jong is a volunteer in the Textile Collection, Division of Home and Community Life. She was excited to learn more about the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, and used Suzanne L. Flynt's book Poetry to the Earth in her research.

Sheryl De Jong has worked with the needlework collection at the National Museum of American History as a volunteer since 1998. She writes and lectures on American samplers and embroidery. She can be contacted at [email protected] .

“Schools and Teachers that Contributed to the Kentucky Sampler Tradition”, by Sheryl De Jong in the Journal of The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (February, 2022). “A Reconsidered Role: The Life and Needlework of Nancy Western Lotspeich”

Apr 12, 2011 · Sheryl De Jong is a volunteer in the textile collection, Division of Home and Community Life, at the National Museum of American History.

Sheryl De Jong is a volunteer in the Division of Home and Community Life’s Textile Collection at the National Museum of American History.

Aug 14, 2023 · Sheryl De Jong used a 19th-century stamping block from her collection (seen here) for the pattern for her sweet needle case project that accompanied her article on embroidery stamping blocks in the Smithsonian’s collection.

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Sep 3, 2011 · We are pleased to feature the article below that appeared in “O Say Can You See,” the blog for the Smithsonian’s museum site, written by museum volunteer and researcher, Sheryl De Jong, who was instrumental in reuniting these two important pieces.

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