Great Holiday Stitching Gifts

Our December holiday kit warms hearts to give that holiday cheer and assist with your next seasonal project. 

Limited quantities available, while supplies last!

Note: This item is excluded from any sales, discounts or promotions 

Build your stash! 

Limited quantities available, while supplies last!

Note: This item is excluded from any sales, discounts or promotions

Soie 1003 Kit includes 18 spools:

Soie d'Alger Kit includes 18 skeins:

Mary Snow is another delightful sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers. 

The project has been stitched using cross stitch over two threads and four-sided stitch.

The project is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability. 

Kit Options : 

Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.

Full Kit options:

Includes linen + 12 spools of Soie 1003  thread, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 10 Beading Needles + Free Shipping  (Gift with Purchase)

Linen Choices:

• 37 ct Fat Eighth - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 17.5"
• 37 ct Fat Eighth - Corn Tassel - 18" x 17.5"
• 45 ct Fat Eighth - Foxtail Millet - 18" x 17.5"
• 53/63 ct Fat Eighth Sycamore Seed Pod - 18" x 29"

12 Spools of Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 Includes:

• SMS 004 ~ Grey green ~ light
  
• SMS 029 ~ Grey green ~ medium
  
• SMS 031 ~ Yellow beige ~ medium
  
• SMS 048 ~ Hazelnut brown ~ very dark
  
• SMS 050 ~ Mocha beige ~ medium  ~ may be substituted with SMS 572
• SMS 080 ~ Cream 
  
• SMS 135 ~ Terracotta ~ medium
  
• SMS 549 ~ green ~ very dark
  
• SMS 597 ~ Mocha brown ~ very dark
  
• SMS 621 ~ Blue green ~ light
  
• SMS 664 ~ Christmas red
  
• SMS 756 ~ Blue green ~ dark

***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales. 

About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:

"What a shame that Mary did not record the year she finished her sampler and other information such as a date or location. The samplers stitched by Stuart, Georgian, and Victorian schoolgirls can provide us with a window through which we can catch glimpses of their lives. Recreating their work is a time when we can remember the forgotten women.

So often women disappear into history, their lives unrecorded. Yet in the face of enormous challenges, numerous women have fought their way to the fore and flourished. There are so many women overlooked who defied the norm, excelled, and made lasting impacts on those around them and beyond. Did Mary grow up to be such a woman? Sadly, we will never know.

Two swans catch the eye. White swans symbolise light, grace, beauty, love, and purity. The swan is an emblem of feminine beauty and softness. Fairy tales feature swans as emblems of devotion, loyalty, and monogamy; this comes from the fact that the swan mates once in a lifetime."

Maria Vincenza Laricchia, 1837 is another gorgeous red sampler from Hands Across the Sea.

Maria stitched her sampler mainly with cross stitch over 2 strands of linen together with four-sided stitch. 

The sampler has been rated as suitable for all levels of ability.

Kit Options : 

Choice of purchasing thread only, printed chart only OR as full kit.

Full Kit options:

Includes linen of choice + 4 spools of Soie 1003 thread, 

+ Printed chart booklet  and 2 Tapestry Size 10 Beading Needles 

(Gift with Purchase) - Free Shipping included

Linen Choices:

• 37 ct 1 yard of Corn Tassel - 36" x 70"
• 38 ct 1 yard of Fuller's Teazel - 36" x 70"
• 45 ct Fat Half of Foxtail Millet - 35" x 36"
• 53/63 ct Fat Eighth of Sycamore Seed Pod - 18" x 29"

Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 kit Includes:

***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.

About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:

"Maria’s sampler, a trilogy, comes not from England but from the Puglia area of Italy. Puglia, the “heel” of Italy, is an ancient land that is known for its sunny dry climate. It is a land of sea, hills, endless plains, and its amazing coastline on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea.

Maria finished her sampler in 1837. It is possible that she was ten years of age as this number appears to the right of her name. To the left of her name she stitched IO, the Italian for “I”. Maria married Fortunato Giannone, and they lived in Terlizzi – a town found to the west of the seaport of Bari on the Adriatic Sea. Their son Tommaso Giannone was born in 1859."

Sarah Fletcher 1841 is a beautiful historical sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers. 

This sampler is stitched with cross stitch over two threads of linen, with the dedication being cross stitch over one thread of linen, and some small sections of satin stitch.

The project is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability. 

Kit Options : 

Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.

Full Kit options:

Includes linen + 10 spools of Soie 1003  thread, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 10 Beading Needles + Free Shipping  (Gift with Purchase)

Linen Choices:

• 37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35"
• 37 ct Fat Quarter - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35"
• 45 ct Fat Quarter - Foxtail Millet - 18" x 35"
• 53/63 ct Fat Eighth Sycamore Seed Pod - 18" x 29"
• 53/63 ct  Fat Eighth Gothic Ivory - 18" x 29"

10 Spools of Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 Includes:

• SMS 031 ~ Old gold ~ medium
  
• SMS 048 ~ Hazelnut brown ~ dark
  
• SMS 205 ~ Coffee brown ~ dark
  
• SMS 224 ~ Old gold ~ light ** #154 will be substituted
  
• SMS 523 ~ Salmon ~ very dark
  
• SMS 580 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
  
• SMS 621 ~ Grey green ~ light
  
• SMS 631 ~ Dusty rose ~ very dark
  
• SMS 661 ~ Golden yellow ~ very light
  
• SMS 697 ~ Brown grey ~ very dark

***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales. 

About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:

"The small mill town of Brighouse stands on the bank of the River Calder in North Yorkshire. In 1753 there were only 55 houses in Brighouse with many local people working in the textile industry from their own homes.

In the 1841 census the Fletcher family can be found living on New Road. In the 1851 census Sarah was in service as a housemaid to a merchant’s family in Wells Close, Hipperholme cum Brighouse. It appears that her father had died by this time, and her mother can be found as the head of the household with Pricilla and two grandchildren. She is noted as a proprietor of houses, indicating a level of financial comfort. Unfortunately, we can find no further mention with a degree of certainty of our Sarah."

Build your stash! 

Limited quantities available, while supplies last!

Note: This item is excluded from any sales, discounts or promotions

Soie 1003 Kit includes 15 spools:

SMS 071
SMS 115
SMS 170
SMS 328 - may be substituted with 658
SMS 427
SMS 481
SMS 509
SMS 561
SMS 562
SMS 634
SMS 662
SMS 710
SMS 712
SMS 773
SMS Creme

Soie d'Alger Kit includes 15 skeins:

SDF 111
SDF 206
SDF 1712
SDF 1826
SDF 3193
SDF 3226
SDF 3341
SDF 3441
SDF 3841
SDF 3843
SDF 4140
SDF 5021
SDF Blanc Optique
SDF F18
SDF F23

Emily Wildhack, 1874 is a beautiful historical sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers. 

The project is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability. 

Kit Options : 

Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.

Full Kit options:

Includes linen + 13 spools of Soie 1003  thread, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 10 Beading Needles + Free Shipping  (Gift with Purchase)

Linen Choices:

• 37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35"
• 37 ct Fat Quarter - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35"
• 45 ct Fat Eighth - Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18"
• 53/63 ct Fat Eighth Sycamore Seed Pod - 18" x 29"
• 53/63 ct  Fat Eighth Gothic Ivory - 18" x 29"

13 Spools of Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 Includes:

• SMS 031 ~ Yellow beige ~ medium
  
• SMS 079 ~ Avocado green ~ medium
  
• SMS 080 ~ Cream
  
• SMS 108 ~ Fern green
  
• SMS 170 ~ Beaver grey ~ medium
  
• SMS 188 ~ Driftwood ~ dark
  
• SMS 375 ~ Garnet ~ very dark
  
• SMS 378 ~ Avocado green ~ dark
• SMS 486 ~ Antique blue ~ medium
• SMS 494 ~ Salmon ~ medium
• SMS 523 ~ Salmon ~ very dark
• SMS 557 ~ Antique violet ~ medium
• SMS 580 ~ Khaki green ~ medium

***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales. 

About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:

"Emily’s needlework has been reproduced using the slightly mellowed colours found on the front of her sampler. The ten-year-old child used wool and 20ct Penelope canvas to create an elegant sampler that gracefully flows from row to row. Her sampler contains elements that are reminiscent of the artwork on Roman Catholic prayer cards. Emily recorded that she completed her pretty sampler on November 18, 1874 at the Convent of Mercy in Chelsea.

Emily Augustine Marie Wildhack was born on April 13, 1864 in Chelsea, London, to Robert Andrew Frederick Wildhack and Marie Josephine Arcolier. Robert, a courier, was born in Vienna and became a naturalised British subject; Marie was born in Belgium. They married on August 31, 1847 in London. Emily was named after a sister who died in 1860 before reaching her first birthday."

Our summer kit blends contemporary elements with desert inspired earthy tones, and natural colors for your next seasonal project.

Curated silk threads shade assortments for seasonal stitching.

Limited quantities available, while supplies last!

Note: This item is excluded from any sales, discounts or promotions