Hands Across the Sea - Mary Ann Groom, 1876 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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Mary Ann Groom, 1876 is a beautiful historical Sampler from Hands Across the Sea
The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.
The sampler is stitched with cross stitch over two threads of linen with a satin stitch sawtooth border that encloses the verse.
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 Eighth - Victoria Sponge Cake -17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie d'Alger Threads only
37 ct Fat Eighth - Russian Tea Cake-17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
45 ct FatEighth -Jersey Cream- 17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
48 ct Fat Eighth - Bride Cake - 17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger kit includes 6 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
SDF 1422
SDF 2144
SDF 2533
SDF 3415
SDF 4624
SDF 5413
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 6 spools.
Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
SMS 072
SMS 109
SMS 149
SMS 152
SMS 188
SMS 416 - will be substituted with 382
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from the Designer
"We are delighted to present to you this sweet sampler that was worked by Mary Ann Groom in the year 1876 when she was ten years old. We particularly liked the border that frames the young maker’s stitching. Mary Ann worked with a limited palette, yet she has created a colourful sampler with some very pretty motifs.
Although Mary Ann did not record her age or location on the sampler, her granddaughter Jackie carefully noted on the reverse of the frame that
“This was done by my grandmother, mother of Robert Edward Wesley Whitbread, my Dad. Bless him”
Jackie also included her name, address and telephone number. We telephoned Jackie, and she told us that she had inherited the sampler and only sold it when she downsized. Jackie knew very little about her grandparents as they were never talked about. She believed they had died when her father was a child.
Mary Ann was born on April 24, 1866 in Tebworth, a hamlet located in Central Bedfordshire. Her parents were Thomas Groom, a labourer, and his wife Charlotte. She was baptised in the Methodist church in Toddington.
The 1891 census return records that as a young woman Mary Ann worked as a straw-hat maker."
Lila's Studio - Jane Gildroy, 1853 Cross Stitch Pattern
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$15.00
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Jane Gildroy, 1853 is a Nashville 2022 release cross stitch sampler from Lila's Studio featuring the phrase "Remember thy creator in the days of thy youth while the evil days come not nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them."
Stitch count is 193 x 191
Model stitched on 40 ct vintage luna from Lakeside Linens using Au Ver a Soie 100.3 with full DMC conversions
Threads sold separately.
Hands Across the Sea - Maria Wales Newson 1838 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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$97.00
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Pre Order Available for SDF Kit.
SMS kit now available
Maria Wales Newson 1838 is a beautiful sampler from Hands Across the Sea that will feauture a stitch along on Jan 1, 2026
Magdalena had a good eye for colour and composition; her sampler is visually very pleasing. There are some very pretty motifs to delight your needle.
The sampler is worked mainly in cross stitch over two threads of linen. Magdalena’s name, age, and the year are worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.
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 HalfCorn Tassel- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
37 ct Fat Half Russian Tea Cake - 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
45 ct FatHalf -Foxtail Millet- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
48 ct FatQuarter - Bridecake- 18" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
53/63 ct FatEighth - Gothic Ivory- 18" x 29" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 30 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 33 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 22 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
Soie 1003 Colors: SMS 031 ~ Hazelnut brown (lt) SMS 048 ~ Drab brown (dk) SMS 070 ~ Salmon (dk) SMS 073 ~ Grey green (md) SMS 088 ~ Peach (vy lt) SMS 134 ~ Terracotta (vy lt) SMS 142 ~ Yellow beige (lt) SMS 148 ~ Golden olive (vy lt) SMS 199 ~ Olive green (md) SMS 210 ~ Blue green (vy dk) SMS 236 ~ Avocado green (dk) SMS 284 ~ Rosewood (lt) SMS 323 ~ Tan (vy lt) SMS 376 ~ Antique mauve (md dk) SMS 491 ~ Hunter green (dk) SMS 633 ~ Shell pink (vy dk) SMS 634 ~ Yellow beige (dk) SMS 647 ~ Avocado green SMS 656 ~ Pistachio green (vy dk) SMS 696 ~ Black brown SMS 703 ~ Grey green (dk) SMS 755 ~ Antique blue (dk)
Soie d'Alger Colors Include:
SDF1726 ~ Grey green (dk) SDF 1746 ~ Antique blue (dk) SDF 1836 ~ Pistachio green (vy dk) SDF 2125 ~ Avocado green SDF 2135 x 2 ~ Hunter green (dk) (3 skeins for 30 ct version) SDF 2143 x 2 ~ Olive green (md) SDF 2242 x 2 ~ Golden olive (vy lt) SDF 2633 ~ Rosewood (lt) SDF 2644 x 2 ~ Shell pink (vy dk) (3 skeins for 30 ct version) SDF 2757 ~ Grey green (md) SDF 2911 ~ Peach (vy lt) SDF 2912 ~ Terracotta (vy lt) SDF 2915 ~ Salmon (dk) SDF 3416 x 2 ~ Black brown SDF 3735 x 2 ~ Avocado green (dk) SDF 3745 ~ Drab brown (dk) SDF 4242 ~ Hazelnut brown (lt) SDF 4541 x 2 ~ Tan (vy lt) SDF 4645 ~ Antique mauve (md dk) SDF 5025 x 2 ~ Blue green (vy dk) (3 skeins for 30 ct version) SDF F08 ~ Yellow beige (lt) SDF F09 ~ Yellow beige (dk)
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from the Designer
"We are delighted to present to you a stunning sampler that was completed by Maria Wales Newson in the year 1838 when she was 13 years old .There is much to delight your eye and needle in this Bobby Dazzler."
Hands Across the Sea - Magdalena Outhwaite 1833 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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$101.20
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Pre Order Available for both kits - Estimated ship date December
Magdalena Outhwaite 1833 is a beautiful sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
Magdalena had a good eye for colour and composition; her sampler is visually very pleasing. There are some very pretty motifs to delight your needle.
The sampler is worked mainly in cross stitch over two threads of linen. Magdalena’s name, age, and the year are worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.
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 HalfCorn Tassel- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
37 ct Fat Half Russian Tea Cake - 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
45 ct FatHalf -Foxtail Millet- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
48 ct FatHalf - Bridecake- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
53/63 ct FatEighth - Gothic Ivory- 18" x 29" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 23 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 27 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 23 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
"Magdalena was born in 1820 in Sutton in Holderness, Yorkshire to George and Mary Outhwaite. The rural village is now a suburb of the city of Hull and known as Sutton on Hull. Magdalena was baptised on May 28 of that year. George died in 1827 and life was no doubt hard for his widow raising her five children.
By the time Magdalene worked her sampler she had lost her father and a sister. The verse and aphorisms that she so diligently stitched would have brought her comfort when there was much to fear.
Magdalena’s life was one of domestic service. In the census returns between the years 1841 to 1881 she is recorded as a domestic servant, a cook, and a housekeeper. She never married and in the 1891 census she can be found as an elderly maiden aunt in the household of her niece. She died shortly after the 1891 census return.
We hope that Magdalena was beloved and that, throughout the many hardships she faced, her confidence was strong."
The Scarlet Letter - Margaret Miller 1777 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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Attention customers, conversion to 1003 is only provided if you purchase the thread kit. Purchase of chart only will not provide conversion to Soie 1003.
Margaret Miller, 1777 is a gorgeous 18th century English sampler from The Scarlet Letter.
It is executed in a good variety of stitches including, mostly the ubiquitous cross stitch, as well as double running stitch, eyelets, queen, back, counted satin and petit point.
Stitch count:
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 + 26 colors of either Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+ Free Shipping).
Linen Choices*:
30 ct Fat Quarter - Victoria Sponge Cake - 18" x 35"
37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35"
38 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35"
45 ct Fat Eighth - Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18"
45 ct Fat Eighth - Jersey Cream - 17.5" x 18"
45 ct Fat Eighth - Bride Cake - 17.5" x 18"
*Linen sizes assume a 3" border
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger includes 27 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 26 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
This eighteenth century English sampler exhibits some stylistic motifs popularized in the seventeenth century alongside the more contemporary fashions of the year 1777 as seen in the style of the figures’ clothing.
It is executed in a good variety of stitches including, mostly the ubiquitous cross stitch, as well as double running stitch, eyelets, queen, back, counted satin and petit point. An elegantly dressed lady holding a fan and wearing a sumptuous green gown appears to acknowledge a gentleman on the other side of the verse who is presenting a bouquet of flowers to her, leaning on his walking stick with his black dog at his feet. The verses are from Psalms 13, 14 and 15. Below each figure a primitive heraldic crowned lion is executed in back stitch.
On 40 count linen the reproduction sampler will be almost the same size as the original: 10″ x 13-1/2″
Tabby Cat - Charlotte Kingsley Griffin ~ Silk Thread Kit
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$56.00
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Pre Order for Soie 1003 Version - Estimated Ship Date Late October
Attention customers, conversion to 1003 is only provided if you purchase the thread kit. Purchase of chart only will not provide conversion to Soie 1003.
Charlotte Kingsley Griffin is a beautiful sampler from Mill on the Floss / Tabbycat Samplers
Charlotte Kingsley Griffin 1834 is a very manageable and is stitched in two over cross stitch with two motifs having some satin stitch which makes her perfect for the beginner stitcher, who would like the challenge of something more than cross stitch.
The project is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.
Stitch Count: 266W x 348H. Design Size: 13 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Choice of purchasing thread only, Chart only or as full kit with linen.
Includes linen of choice, Chart Booklet + Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+Free Shipping).
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 15 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
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
Charlotte’s Sampler uses a pallet, evoking the colours of an English Autumn. A border of flowers encases a central house flanked by two identical smaller houses, sitting halfway across the sampler, separating the verse in the top half and a selection of typical motifs in the bottom.
The verse is the third verse of a Christian hymn, “And now, my soul, another year” written in 1720 by Simon Browne (1860-1732). The bottom half includes the motifs of owls, peacocks, birds, flowers, crowns and hearts, flanking a central basket of flowers.
Charlotte was born in 1825 in the small market town of Tring, Hertfordshire, about 30 miles to the north of London. This was also the birthplace of John Washington, the great-grandfather of President of USA, George Washington.
Her life saw the beginning of the great age of Victoria and all the social and industrial changes that that would bring.
The booklet is produced in full colour with both colour and symbol blocks and there is a page overlap of 5 rows for ease of use when changing pages. The model was stitched in AVAS silks on 40ct Zweigart linen in Summer Khaki and there are thread legends for both AVAS and DMC conversions and a full biography of Charlotte and her family.
