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

$112.00

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Soie d'Alger Thread Kit - 30 ct Soie d'Alger Thread Kit - 37 ct Soie 1003 Thread Kit Chart Only

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Pre Order Available for Soie 1003 Kit. Estimated Ship Date - Late April/Early May

Sarah Milthorp, 1834 is a beautiful Historical Sampler from Hands Across the Sea.

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

45 ct Fat Eighth -Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads

53/63 ct Fat Eighth Sycamore Seed Pod - 18" x 29" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads

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.

Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 21 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.

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."

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

"This English sampler retained its vibrant original color when I acquired it, having been conserved and de-accessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While the ground suffered many small holes, the needlework itself was still in brilliant condition. It features bold- original!- primary colors in its four sided floral border, verses, and scene with a lovely but asymmetrical brick house with dormer windows, flanked by trees. The verses are:

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"

The Scarlet Letter - Mary Hood, 1768 ~ Silk Thread Kit

The Scarlet Letter - Jane Atkinson circa 1780 ~ Silk Thread Kit

$143.00

Attention customers, conversion to 1003 is only provided if you purchase the thread kit

Jane Atkinson, 1780 is a beautiful English Sampler in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from The Scarlet Letter.

Stitch count: 290 x 460
The project is recommended for needleworkers of intermediate level.

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:

37 ct Fat Quarter - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35"
38 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35"
45 ct Fat Quarter - Foxtail Millet - 18" x 35"

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 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
My saviours blood can wash me white again
Though numerous the twinkling stars they be
or sands along the margin of the sea Or as
smooth pebbles on some beachy shore
The mercies of the Almighty still are more

On 40 count linen, the sampler will measure approximately 14-1/2″ x 23″. Stitches used are cross, back, and counted satin."

The Scarlet Letter - Jane Atkinson circa 1780 ~ Silk Thread Kit

Legacy Linen - White Linen Twill

$32.50

Recapturing the beauty of crisp, white linen for hand embroidery, this diagonal weave pattern gives this linen a distinctive look and feel.

We are sure that once you get this in your hands you will find it simply irresistible not to pick up your needle and stitch on it immediately!

Suitable for wool and/or silk embroidery, the double face twill surface is great for beginners to crewel work
10 count
73" inches wide
Made in Europe by one of the certified Masters of Linen, a consortium devoted to the certification and environmental friendly farming practices
Available in Fat Quarter, Fat Half and 1 yard increments

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