Hands Across the Sea - Ann Oliver, 1845 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit

$72.00 Save $-72.00
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Ann Oliver, 1845 is another beautiful sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers. 

The project has been stitched using cross stitch over two threads with the exception of the verse which has been worked in cross stitched over one thread.

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

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

Full Kit Options:

Includes linen of choice + 15 skeins of Soie d'Alger threads, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase + Free Shipping)

Linen Choices:

  • 30 ct Fat Eighth  - Victoria Sponge Cake - 18" x 17.5"
  • 37 ct Fat Eighth - Corn Tassel - 18" x 17.5"
  • 38 ct Fat Eighth - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 17.5"

 Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger Includes:

SDF 524  Golden olive ~ light
SDF 1446 Wedgewood ~ very dark
SDF 1814 Grey green ~ light
SDF 2144 Moss green ~ dark
SDF 2515 Straw ~ dark ~  2535 will be substituted due to no supply 
SDF 2646  Terracotta ~ very dark
SDF 2925 Christmas red
SDF 3413  Shell grey ~ medium
SDF 3724  Green grey ~ medium
SDF 3725 Avocado green ~ dark
SDF 3734 Avocado green ~ very dark

SDF 3846  Brown grey ~ very dark
SDF 4126 Coffee brown ~ very dark
SDF 4622  Shell pink ~ medium light
SDF F09 Hazelnut brown ~ light

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

    About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:

    "The original sampler was stitched in wool, and the background was entirely stitched in cross stitch. We have not filled in the background, instead we used a linen of a similar colour to the colour used by the child.

    We believe that the sampler is Welsh, although we have nothing other than instinct to make this assumption. We are fairly certain that it was stitched by a child. The back of the sampler is a tangle of carried threads, ginormous knots and long loose ends!"

    Hands Across the Sea - Ann Oliver, 1845 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit

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


    Full Kit options:

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    Linen Choices:

    • 37 ct Fat Eighth - Corn Tassel - 17.5" x 18"
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      About the Sampler from the Designer

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      Oh may once more the happy Age appear
      When words were Artless and the Soul sincere
      When Gold and Grander were unenvy’d things
      And Crowns less coveted than Groves and Springs

      Fragrant the Rose is but it fades in time. The Violet
      Sweet but quickly Past the Prime White Lilies hang their
      Heads and soon decay And Whiter Snow in Minutes
      Melts away Such and So With’ring Are our early Joys
      Which Time or Sickness speedily destroy
      Mary Hood Finished This Work October the 4 1768"

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


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        About the Sampler from the Designer

        "This needlework was designed after an English sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. The lush border flowers are similar to those on a sampler made by Sarah Brignell  from around the same period, suggesting the existence of a school or teacher whose “specialty” was opulent floral borders. The border includes elaborately stitched tulips, roses, carnations, daisies and lilies. The verse is as follows:

        What though my sins are of a Crimson stain
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        On 40 count linen, the sampler will measure approximately 14-1/2″ x 23″. Stitches used are cross, back, and counted satin."

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        Hands Across the Sea - Sarah Milthorp, 1834 ~ Silk Thread Kit

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        The sampler is suitable for confident beginners through to advanced needleworkers.

        The reproduction of Sarah’s sampler is predominantly worked with cross stitch laid over two threads of linen together with some Algerian eyelets. The verse is worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. 

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

        Full Kit options:

        Includes linen of choice, Chart Booklet +  Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+Free Shipping). 

        Linen Choices:

          • 30 ct Fat Half  - Victoria Sponge Cake -35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie d'Alger Threads only 
          • 37 ct Fat Half - Corn Tassel - 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
          • 38 ct Fat Half - Fuller's Teazel - 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
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        Thread Options:

         Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 15 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.

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         Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 15 spools. 

        Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.

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

          About the Sampler from the Designer

          "The sampler that Sarah stitched when she was 12 years of age in 1834 is most certainly decorative. The young girl showed great diligence in working the intricate border and cartouche surrounding her name. We were strongly drawn to Sarah’s sampler the moment we glimpsed her in an auction catalogue. The red house takes centre stage.

          The geometric motifs flanking the verse were another focal point of interest. Although we have seen these on other samplers, they are not common place. Sarah showed great industry with her needle and filled her sampler with many beautiful motifs, she would have been hard pressed to squeeze another motif in.

          On March 2, 1822 Sarah Milthorp was baptised in Darrington. This small village and civil parish is located in the heart of the industrial West Riding of Yorkshire. Sarah’s father Thomas Milthorp was an agricultural labourer. Life as an agricultural labourer was hard work. Wages were usually low and housing standards often poor as labourers worked extremely long hours to scrape a living. Thomas’ children would have been expected to work on the land from as young as six years old, particularly at harvest time when everyone lent a hand making hay or harvesting crops."


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

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          Linen Choices:

          • 30 ct Fat Half  - Victoria Sponge Cake -35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie d'Alger Threads only 
          • 37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35"  Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
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          • 48 ct Fat Eighth - Bride Cake - 17.5" x 18"    ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads 

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           Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 13 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.

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

            About the Sampler from the Designer

            "Mary finished her sampler on November 22 but, alas, the last two digits of the year have been removed. This is what is known as a vanity sampler. Later in life, when a samplermaker did not want to reveal her true age, she would remove or alter the date on her needlework.

            Without the decade the sampler was worked in, we thought that we would not be able to find our Mary Choak(s). However, the research gods were smiling down on us. A search of family history records for baptisms in the 1800s resulted in 17 hits. Through our knowledge of sampler styles in this century we discounted those born before 1810 and after 1880. This left us with three Marys. Two were born in Cornwall, and one was born in London to Cornish parents who returned to Cornwall where they raised their daughter.

            All three girls we found were raised in or around Helston which is the town nearest to where Nicola lives. We strongly suspect that our Mary is Mary Ann Choaks who was born in 1841 in the village of Mawgan-in-Meneage, just south of Helston on the Lizard Peninsula. Within the booklet there is detauled information about Mary’s life."

            Hands Across the Sea - Mary Choaks, a Cornish vanity sampler ~ Silk Thread Kit
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            The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit

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            Attention customers, conversion to 1003 will not be provided if threads are not purchased with chart. It is only provided if you purchase the thread kit

            Margaret Reid, 1837 is a vibrant Scottish Historical Sampler from The Scarlet Letter.

            Stitch count: 240 x 270

            Stitches used in the sampler are cross, petit point, double running, satin, and stem.  

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


            Full Kit options:

            Includes linen of choice, Printed Chart Booklet + 20 colors of either Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+Free Shipping). 

            Linen Choices:

              • 30 ct Fat Half  - Victoria Sponge Cake -35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie d'Alger Threads only 
              • 37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35" Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
              • 45 ct Fat Quarter -Jersey Cream - 18" x 35" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads 

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             Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger includes 22 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.

             Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 20 spools. 

            Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.

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

              About the Sampler from the Designer

              "Possibly Scottish, a very well-preserved sampler that was likely never framed. (There is an acquisition tag sewn to the edge but the source collection is unknown.)  An unusual, elaborate four-sided floral and leaf border surrounds a central reserve with a brief moral verse, Adam and Eve with a turquoise serpent under the tree of life, and many colorful floral, bird and animal motifs are scattered about symmetrically including roosters, rabbits, parrots, peacocks, quail, stags, dogs, and two strange three-legged flying birds over the stags.  Stitches used in the sampler are cross, petit point, double running, satin, and stem.  The illuminated initials at the top likely refer to her parents.

              The inscription includes other family  initials:

              MARGARET REIDS    JR

              WORK AGED 13    ER  JR

              FINISHED JANY THE 19  1837

              AR  JM  TCID  MR  EC

              THE LOSS OF GOLD IS MUCH

              THE LOSS OF TIME IS MORE

              BUT THE LOSS OF CHRIST IS SUCH

              AS NO MAN CAN RESTORE"



              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
              The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Reid, 1837 ~ Thread Kit
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