NEEDLEWORK WEBSITES:

http://web.mac.com/gayann1/site_2/Home_Page.html - Gay Ann Rogers has the most imaginative, fun website I have visited to date. The site is changed constantly so each visit has surprises.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SNS_Home_Room/ - The Shining Needle Society "is a friendly, supportive group that seeks to provide connections for enthusiastic stitchers and the teachers who inspire them. We sponsor online support groups for needlework classes." Joining is easy and membership is free.
http://hand-dyedfibers.com/oscnuked/  - Vikki Clayton's marvelous hand-dyed silk threads are available in a wide range of colors, closely-matched to DMC cotton floss. She offers not only silk floss in two weights but also silk perle in different sizes, silk ribbon and silk chenille.
http://needleartworks.com/ - Jennifer Taylor and many other artists, including Carole Lake, Ann Strite-Kurz, Genny Morrow and Marion Scoular.
http://samplerconsortium.com/  -  "The Sampler Consortium is a newly formed, international organization of scholars, historians, curators, educators, genealogists, textile conservators, collectors, dealers, and
needlework experts interested in the study of historic samplers and other girlhood embroideries."
http://stitchamaze.com/  - Stitchamaze of Rosalyn Cherry-Soleil is a 'virtual' exhibit of "My Collection" of the needlepoint I have stitched over many years, displayed in four separate galleries. The fifth gallery exhibits the wonderful work of a myriad of guest stitchers from around the world! Fabulous site. 



ENGLISH HISTORICAL WEBSITES:

http://elizabethancostume.net/   - Extensive site pertaining to Elizabethan Costume
http://elizabethan-portraits.com/ - Source for Tudor and Elizabethan portraits
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/ - Search the textile collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum
http://elizabethan-era.org.uk/index.htm - Extensive site pertaining to Elizabethan Era
http://artic.edu/aic/collections/search/citi/category:34/ - English Needlework - Art Institute of Chicago
http://larsdatter.com/jackets.htm - Excellent source for Elizabethan and early Jacobean embroidered jackets.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n6_v149/ai_18450039/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1 - The Needle's Excellency: English Needlework of the Tudor and Stuart Periods in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Magazine Antiques, June, 1996 by Nicola J. Shilliam. (Unfortunately the photos have been removed.)
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/12/19/arts/1219-EMBR_index.html - English Embroidery From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700: Twixt Art and Nature.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/arts/design/19embr.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=Twixt+Art+and+Nature&st=nyt - English Embroidery From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700: Twixt Art and Nature.