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Virginia Snow Studios

Behind this name was not a single writer, but a studio brand tied to early-20th-century American needlework publishing. Its booklets gathered crochet, quilting, embroidery, knitting, and other craft patterns meant to inspire makers at home.

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Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles"

Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles"

by Virginia Snow Studios

About the author

Virginia Snow Studios appears to have been a publishing and marketing name rather than an individual author. Multiple sources describe it as a brand used by Collingbourne Mills, Inc. of Elgin, Illinois, for craft and needlework booklets.

The name began appearing around the 1910s and was used into the late 1930s. Virginia Snow Studios was associated with a wide range of home-arts publications, including crochet, quilting, tatting, knitting, smocking, beadwork, and embroidery, and it later connected with the Grandma Dexter line after Collingbourne acquired Dexter Yarn Company.

Today, the name survives through vintage pattern books and reprints such as Art and Pleasure: "Painting with Needles". For modern readers, it represents a lively slice of American craft history: practical, decorative, and closely tied to the era's enthusiasm for handmade work.