During the 1930s, there was a renewed interest in sampler making in the home. It was initiated by numerous magazines and books published on the subject. Yet, in this decade, sewing instruction was introduced only to children in primary grades as a preliminary to a regular course in Household Arts taken in higher grades. This course prepared the student in the social science of housekeeping and homemaking, the forerunner of the Home Economics course. In the 1990s, samplers are again in vogue.
Magazines advertise their quaintness and craft stores promote their charm.
Today, sampler making is undertaken by choice, as a hobby by women with considerable leisure time. No longer a compulsory part of a young girl's domestic, social and religious education, samplers are reminders of a way of life experienced by Newfoundland women. The Religious Content in Newfoundland Samplers. Fawdry, Marguerite, and Deborah Brown. The Book of Samplers .