Hands Across the Sea - Emilie Kalwar 1890 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit
Pre Order Available - Estimated Ship Date Early Feb 2023
Emilie Kalwar 1890 is an delightful geometric historical sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers.
The sampler is worked entirely in cross stitch over two threads of linen.
The project is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.
Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.
Full Kit options:
Includes linen of choice, Printed Chart Booklet + 13 skeins of Soie d'Alger threads and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase + Free Shipping)
Linen Choices:
- 30 ct Fat Quarter - Victoria Sponge Cake - 18" x 35"
- 37 ct Fat Eighth - Russian Tea Cake - 17.5" x 18"
- 38 ct Fat Eighth - Himalayan Fog - 17.5 "x 18"
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger Includes:
- SDF 0124 ~ Turquoise
- SDF 0136 ~ Dark Turqu
- SDF 946 ~ Alizarin
- SDF 2135 ~ Hunter Green
- SDF 2143 ~ Olive Green
- SDF 2533 ~ Straw
- SDF 2636 ~ Red Copper
- SDF 2942 ~ Salmon
- SDF 2945 ~ Rose
- SDF 3431 ~ Mocha Brown
- SDF 4214 ~ Golden Brown
- SDF 4525 ~ Mocha Beige
- SDF 4636 ~ Garnet
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:
"Emilie worked her sampler on approximately 24ct linen with wool threads in 1890. The sampler was backed with a piece of cotton fabric and edged and bound with silk ribbon and four silk bows. In the top section of her sampler Emilie diligently stitched her numbers and two sets of the alphabet, one in a simple, clean font and the other in an impressive font. In the bottom section there is a burst of colour as Emilie laid attractive geometric border patterns.
We have given some thought to Emilie’s surname. The Kalwar are an Indian caste historically found in the northern and central India. However, it is also a surname that is found in German family history records. Using Ancestry, we were able to find an Emilie Charlotte Kalwar who was born in Latvia on July 28, 1864 to Adalph and Elwine. Her birth is recorded in the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. If this is the correct Emilie, then she was 26 years old when she stitched her sampler."

Hands Across the Sea - Mary Ann Preece, 1851 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit
Pre Order Available.
Mary Ann Preece, 1851 is a pretty english sampler from Hands Across the Sea Samplers.
The design is suitable for needleworkers of all abilities. The stitches used are cross stitch over 2 threads of linen and can be stitched on Aida, Linaida, or linen.
Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.
Full Kit options: Includes linen of choice, Printed Chart Booklet + 12 skeins of Soie d'Alger threads and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase + Free Shipping)
Linen Choices:
- 30 ct Fat Eighth - Victoria Sponge Cake - 17.5" x 18"
- 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 913 ~ Apricot ~ md
- SDF 944 ~ Christmas red
- SDF 1446 ~ Navy blue ~ md
- SDF 2144 ~ Moss green
- SDF 2146 ~ Khaki green ~ dk
- SDF 3046 ~ Mauve ~ md
- SDF 4545 ~ Brown ~ lt
- SDF 4622 ~ Salmon ~ md
- SDF 4623 ~ Dusty rose ~ dk
- SDF 5382 ~ Grey green ~ lt
- SDF 5384 ~ Turquoise
- SDF Noir ~ Black
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:
"Working from a palette of 12 colours, Mary Ann stitched a very pretty sampler with wool on loosely woven linen of approximately 26ct. The young girl had a good eye for composition and colour. A meandering border heavily laden with red strawberries surrounds some very pretty motifs. Mary Ann’s chosen sentiment whilst short has great impact, “God is love” (1 John 4:8). It takes centre stage and is worked in a delicate grey green.
We particularly liked the way she arranged the layout of the alphabet using all 26 letters that make up the modern English alphabet today. English is often considered one of the more difficult languages to master due to the incredible amount of inconsistencies in the language. It is not surprising that the development of the modern English alphabet involved several languages, hundreds of years, and a variety of conquerors, missionaries, and scholars. Its history is fascinating and the development of each letter of the alphabet has its own story."

Hands Across the Sea - Emily Wildhack, 1874 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit
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.
Choice of purchasing thread only, Printed Chart only or as full kit with linen.
- 37 ct option for 1 strand: Includes linen of choice + 13 skeins of Soie d'Alger threads, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase)
- 30 ct option for 2 strands : Includes linen of choice + 15 skeins of Soie d'Alger thread, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase)
Linen Choices:
- 30 ct Fat Quarter - Victoria Sponge Cake - 18" x 35"
- 37 ct Fat Quarter - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35"
- 37 ct Fat Quarter - Russian Tea Cake - 18" x35"
- 38 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35"
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger Includes:
- SDF 1735 ~ Antique Blue ~ medium
- SDF 2126 ~ Avocado green ~ medium
- SDF 2213 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
- SDF 2645 ~ Salmon ~ very dark (2 skeins for 30 ct version)
- SDF 3735 ~ Avocado green ~ dark
- SDF 3345 ~ Driftwood ~ dark
- SDF 3423 ~ Fern green (2 skeins for 30 ct version)
- SDF 3843 ~ Beaver grey ~ medium
- SDF 4242 ~ Yellow beige ~ medium
- SDF 4622 ~ Salmon ~ medium
- SDF 4626 ~ Garnet ~ very dark
- SDF 5114 ~ Antique Violet ~ medium
- SDF F21 ~ Cream
***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."

Holiday Spirit - Silk Thread Kit
Our December holiday kit warms hearts to give that holiday cheer and assist with your next seasonal project.
Curated silk threads shade assortments for seasonal stitching.
Choose either Au Ver a Soie, Soie d'Alger, Soie 1003 or Soie Gobelins silks.
Also available in Accentuate Metallic!
Each kit contains 12 colors.
Limited quantities available, while supplies last!
Note: This item is excluded from any sales, discounts or promotions






Hands Across the Sea - The Needlework of Dorcie Sampson - Soie d'Alger Thread Kit
The Needlework of Dorcie Sampson is a lovely 3 sampler project from Hands Across the Sea.
The sampler has been rated as suitable for needleworkers of all abilities.
The samplers are worked with cross stitch over two threads of linen and some Algerian eyelets.
Kit Options :
Choice of purchasing thread only, printed chart only OR as full kit.
Full Kit options: Includes linen of choice + 12 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 Half of Victoria Sponge Cake - 35" x 36"
- 37 ct Fat Half of Corn Tassel - 35" x 36"
- 38 ct Fat Half of Fuller's Teazel - 35" x 36"
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger kit Includes:
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The 1906 Sampler:
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SDF 0544 ~ Yellow
SDF 1433 ~ Steel grey
SDF 2125 ~ Avocado green
SDF 2136 ~ Hunter green
SDF 2143 ~ Moss green
SDF 2914 ~ Raspberry
SDF 2936 ~ Garnet
SDF 3312 ~ Antique mauve
The 1905 Sampler:
SDF 1026 x 2 ~ Christmas Red
SDF 1716 x 2 ~ Navy Blue
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:
"Dorcie Elizabeth Sampson was born in 1892 in Kintbury, Berkshire. She was the eldest of five children born to George John Sampson, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Sarah, née Norris.
There were two fee-paying boarding schools in the village together with Anglican and Wesleyan Methodist Sunday schools. Dorcie recorded on her 1905 sampler that she attended St Mary’s School which was a daily school founded 1831.
A friend who is a needleworker was born in the village of Kintbury and lived there until she married in 1963. She wrote to me to tell me “… the name Sampson was quite common in the village, and I was (unsuccessfully) given piano lessons by a Mrs Sampson in the 50s; her family were farriers with a smithy in the nearby village of Elcot and another in the village of Hamstead Marshall. Her son Geoff was farrier for Royalty and had a Royal Warrant from the late Queen Mother, as he shod her racehorses.”
Dorcie married Albert Jubilee Beavis in 1916. In the 1911 census return, Albert can be found boarding with the Sampson family in Church Street, Kintbury. Albert’s occupation was recorded as a farrier and Dorcie’s as a draper’s assistant."






Hands Across the Sea - Amanda Malviney Brown, 1844 ~ Soie d'Alger Thread Kit
Pre Order Available. Estimated Ship Date: Feb 2023
Amanda Malviney Brown, 1844 is beautiful sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
The sampler is worked with cross stitched over two threads of linen and some Algerian eyelets. It has been rated suitable for all levels of abilities.
Full Kit options:
- 37 ct option for 1 strand: Includes linen of choice + 13 skeins of Soie d'Alger threads, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase)
- 30 ct option for 2 strands : Includes linen of choice + 15 skeins of Soie d'Alger thread, Printed Chart Booklet and 2 Tapestry Size 26 Needles (Gift with Purchase)
Linen Choices:
- 30 ct Fat Half of Victoria Sponge Cake - 35" x 36"
- 37 ct Fat Half of Corn Tassel - 35" x 36"
- 37 ct Fat Half of Russian Tea Cake - 35" x 36"
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 kit Includes:
- SDF 524 ~ Golden olive ~ light (2 skeins for 30ct version)
- SDF 526 ~ Golden olive ~ very dark (2 skeins for 30ct version)
- SDF 643 ~ Mahogany ~ very light
- SDF 1723 ~ Turquoise
- SDF 2643 ~ Alizarin ~ light
- SDF 2916 ~ Salmon ~ very dark
- SDF 2923 ~ Christmas red (2 skeins for 30ct version)
- SDF 2932 ~ Salmon
- SDF 3343 ~ Beaver grey ~ light
- SDF 3715 ~ Green grey ~ dark
- SDF 4214 ~ Mahogany ~ dark
- SDF 4242 ~ Old gold ~ light
- SDF Noir ~ Black
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from Nicola Parkman:
"It was so nice to see the name of Amanda on a sampler from the first half of the 19th century, and what a pretty sampler this 10-year-old stitched. Amanda is a Latin name meaning “lovable” or “worthy of love.” Whilst it was a popular literary name in the 17th and 18th centuries, it is not often seen on samplers from the 1800s.
Amanda was born on April 25, 1834 in Austonley, a small hamlet on the outskirts of the town of Holmfirth, Yorkshire. This was a beautiful rural area of rolling hills, grassland, and woods, but in the 1770s the first spinning jenny was introduced to Holmfirth and by the 1850s textile mills had sprung up by the river valleys. Holmfirth rapidly expanded in the 1800s due to the growing cloth trade and the production of stone and slates from the surrounding quarries. The peaceful, rural area was gone forever as around 60 textile mills were built, employing hundreds of men, women, and children. Today, it is the renowned location of the British TV classic Last of the Summer Wine and as the home of another British tradition, Bamforth’s saucy seaside postcards!"
