Soie d'Alger Kit - Available for Pre-Order - Estimated Ship Date: August 2025
Soie 1003 Kit - Now Available
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"
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37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x 35"
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38 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35"
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45 ct Fat Eighth - Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18"
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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″
