Hands Across the Sea - Charlotte Amelia Stephens 1834 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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Charlotte Amelia Stephans, 1834 is a beautiful 19th century English Sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
Please note that the border in the sampler requires careful counting when stitching. Sandra found that she had miscounted when stitching the model. Please follow the graph and not the photograph!
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 1 yard - Honey Glaze -72" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie d'Alger Threads only
37 ct Fat Half - Wild Honey- 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- 17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 36 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 56skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 28 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
"
In the March of 2019, I stumbled across a stunning sampler in an auction catalogue. The sampler had been worked by Jane Harris Hogson in 1833. When Jane arrived, there were many oohs and aahs amongst my needlework friends. I decided to gift Jane to my dearest friend Sandra as she had fallen in love with the sampler. We both share a passion for large samplers with sweeping floral borders.
Amazingly, I then came across an almostidenticalsampler for sale which I was lucky enough to acquire. The second sampler was dated 1834 and was stitched by Charlotte Amelia Stevens. There was no doubt that these two samplers were closely connected.
Both girls were 13 years old when they worked their samplers. Other than their names and the years (1833 and 1834) there are no discernible differences. The composition of the samplers, colours, verses and the wording of the dedications are the same. Jane finished her sampler on Friday, September 20, 1833, and Charlotte on Thursday, June 19, 1834.
When Sandra received Jane, she initially planned to reproduce her. However, when I acquired Charlotte, Sandra decided that she would recreate Charlotte, so that the two girls could hang together in her home. It has been an epic four-year journey for Sandra with the girls. The sampler presented to you within this booklet is Sandra’s interpretation of Charlotte and Jane.
At the start of my research, the two girls were initially illusive. Jane’s surname was spelt Hodgson in the family history records. In the 1800s the spelling of names was much less consistent than today. Many people did not read or write, and parish clerks and census enumerators wrote names down in various ways.
I eventually found both girls in the village of Stoke. The village lies in the parish of Stoke Damerel, one of the ancient parishes of Devon. The parish includes stretches of the coast west of Plymouth and north of Devonport...."
Hands Across the Sea - Needlework From Distant Shores – Márta Kauser and Maggie Burridge ~ Silk Thread Kit
HATS_KAUSERBURR_SDF30CT
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Pre Order Available for Soie d'Alger Version. Estimated Ship Date: September 2024
Needlework From Distant Shores – Márta Kauser and Maggie Burridge are two small beautiful, small historical Samplers 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 .
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 Quarter - Mariner's Map - 18 x 35" ~ 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
37 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel -18" x 35" ~ Recommended for both Soie d'Alger and Soie 1003 threads
45 ct FatQuarter - Foxtail Millet- 18" x 35" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
48 ct Fat Quarter - Bride Cake - 18" x 35" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 2 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 5skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or lower.
SDF 2924 x 2 (5 skeins for 30 ct)
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 2 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
SMS 664 x 2
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from the Designer
"Márta’s sampler was stitched in Budapest, Hungary in 1905 and Maggie’s in Pretoria, South Africa in 1900. Whilst the girls lived some 7,447 miles apart, they both stitched a primer sampler as part of their education.
We have made contact with Márta’s family, and they tell us that Márta Sarolta Lujza Mária Kauser was born in Budapest on May 6, 1895. Her parents were Nepomuk János Kauser and Sarolta Kölber. The Kausers and the Kölbers were wealthy families. They often married each other, sometimes for financial reasons. The Kölber family was given a noble title by Franz Joseph I. The Kausers were architects. The most well-known was Jozsef Kauser, who designed numerous public buildings, among them the interior of St. Stephen’s Basilica, a landmark of Budapest.
Márta died five months after her wedding in 1923 as a result of contracting the Spanish Flu.
Maggie Burridge has remained elusive. In a search of family history records, the family name of Burridge appears several times in the Transvaal. However, we cannot find a Maggie/Margaret. Maggie recorded that she stitched her sampler at Abingdon National Girls’ School, Pretoria in the June of 1900. This was during the Boer War.
The origins of the Boer War lay in Britain’s desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal). The discovery of gold in the South African Republic (SAR) in 1886 raised the stakes. A large number of English-speaking people, called Uitlanders (literally ‘Outlanders’) by the Afrikaners, were attracted by the gold fields. This worried the Boers, who saw them as a threat to their way of life.
Maggie’s formative years were dangerous times for people of all races in South Africa. At the same time Maggie finished her sampler, the British launched an offensive to relieve the siege of Pretoria.
We hope that both samplers will bring you and your needle much joy and will soon adorn your red sampler wall."
Hands Across the Sea - Alice M Tippett 1894 ~ Silk Thread Kit
HATS_TIPPETT_SDF
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Alice M Tippett, 1894 is an adorable, small 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 .
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 9 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
SDF 524
SDF 1844
SDF 2533
SDF 2916
SDF 2932
SDF 2936
SDF 4112
SDF 4623
SDF 5381
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 9 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
SMS 022
SMS 109
SMS 217
SMS 241
SMS 307
SMS 494
SMS 523
SMS 621
SMS 654
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About the Sampler from the Designer
"Alice records on her sampler that she attended St Ervan’s Board School. When the Elementary Education Act of 1870 came into force, school boards, public bodies in England and Wales, established and administered elementary schools in England between 1870 and 1902. Education was not free but the fees of the poorest children were paid by the parish. The schools were non-denominational and were not to impose any religious education, other than simple Bible reading.
We know that when Alice attended the Board School the headmistress was a Miss M M Winsor, and her assistant was Miss Dora Rowe who taught the infants. We suspect that it was Miss Winsor who taught Alice needlework.
Alice was born to William Tippett, a stone mason and his wife Mary Jane, née Parsons. Her birth was registered in the first quarter of 1883; however, she was not baptised until July 23 at the Bible Christian Church in the village of Penrose. The village is in the parish of St Ervan which can be found a short distance inland on the North Cornish coast. Tippetts can be found living in this beautiful part of Cornwall today and all the way back to the early 1600s.
William and his brother James built the chapel, and the foundation service was held on 24 May 1861.
The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O’Bryan, a local Wesleyan Methodist preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall. Members of the Church were sometimes known as Bryanites, after their founder.
William died in 1893, and sadly, three years later, on 13 June 1896 Alice died at the very young age of 13 years. Her death certificate records the cause of death as diphtheria. In the 1800s diphtheria was a major cause of death. Though mostly a disease associated with the poor and a particular threat to children, diphtheria did not discriminate by class and age. Its cause, spread and a cure remained a mystery until the last part of the 19thcentury."
Hands Across the Sea - Elizabeth Weston~ Silk Thread Kit
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Pre Order Available. Estimated Ship Date: Late September 2024
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.
Elizabeth Weston is an elegant and beautiful large sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
Elizabeth executed her beautiful sampler in cross stitch over 1 and 2 threads, satin stitch and 4 elongated lazy daisy stitches.
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 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 FatHalf -Foxtail Millet- 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 34 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 24 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
"When Elizabeth’s sampler first arrived, we were so excited by her gentle beauty. The sampler had probably been hung, for some time, in a position where dappled sunshine fell across the linen. Rather than detract, the faded elegance has added to her beauty. From the back of Elizabeth’s sampler, and three others from the same school that are in the collection of Hands Across the Sea Samplers, we know that these samplers originally burst with vibrant colours. We chose to replicate the time mellowed colours on the front, with occasional help from the back. The soft pinks, creams and olives of today are a delight for the eye.
Elizabeth made good use of her linen choosing many beautiful motifs to fill her sampler. There are three sections contained within a meandering vine which is heavily laden with a profusion of violas, star flowers and snowdrops. In the top section flanked by baskets and urns filled with a profusion of flowers and fruit is one of our favourite verses ~ “Next unto God Dear Parents I address …….”
This verse was very popular with school girls to stitch on their samplers. It first appeared in 1695 in an educational manual entitled “The Young Man’s Companion: Or, Arithmetick Made Easy” by William Mather. The book was an encyclopaedia of “practical lessons and useful information applicable to many professions and was intended for the use of both the schoolmaster and the self taught”....."
Hands Across the Sea - Multiply Kindness ~ Silk Thread Kit
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Multiply Kindness is an original design sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
The stitches used are cross stitch over two threads, satin stitches for the centre of some flower head (the satin stitches can be replaced with cross stitch) and some straight stitches for the flower stamens.
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 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 -Jersey Cream - 35" x 36" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 25 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 31skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or lower.
SDF 122 ~ Turquoise ~ light SDF 236 ~ Forest green ~ dark SDF 631 ~ Pumpkin ~ pale SDF 1315 ~ Grape ~ dark SDF 1342 ~ Blueberry SDF 1344 ~ Blue violet dark SDF 1723 ~ Turquoise SDF 1746 x 2 ~ Turquoise ~ very dark (3 skeins for 30 ct) SDF 1836 x 2 ~ Pistachio green ~ dark SDF 2125 ~ Avocado green ~ light (2 skeins for 30 ct) SDF 2144 ~ Olive green (3 skeins for 30 ct) SDF 2532 ~ Straw ~ light SDF 2643 ~ Apricot ~ medium SDF 2924 x 2 ~ Christmas red (4 skeins for 30 ct) SDF 3024 ~ Cranberry ~ dark SDF 3046 ~ Mauve ~ medium SDF 3322 ~ Lavender ~ pale SDF S3596 ~ Desert sand ~ light SDF 4622 ~ Salmon SDF 4623 ~ Rose ~ deep SDF 4633 ~ Antique mauve ~ light SDF 4634 ~ Antique mauve ~ medium
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 22 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
SMS 002 ~ Turquoise ~ light SMS 038 ~ Apricot ~ medium SMS 061 ~ Forest green ~ dark SMS 067 ~ Antique mauve ~ medium SMS 077 ~ Salmon SMS 088 ~ Desert sand ~ light SMS 124 ~ Antique mauve ~ light SMS 133 ~ Grape ~ dark SMS 148 ~ Straw ~ light SMS 152 ~ Olive green SMS 223 ~ Mauve ~ medium SMS 307 ~ Rose ~ deep SMS 362 ~ Blueberry SMS 474 ~ Lavender ~ pale SMS 478 ~ Pumpkin ~ pale SMS 605 ~ Turquoise SMS 619 ~ Cranberry ~ dark SMS 647 ~ Avocado green ~ light SMS 656 ~ Pistachio green ~ dark SMS 681 ~ Christmas red SMS 690 ~ Blue violet ~ dark SMS 710 ~ Turquoise ~ very dark
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About the Sampler from the Designer
"Why an original design versus a reproduction sampler? Since I first started to collect antique samplers, I have obsessively searched for multiplication samplers, but I have never come acrosstheonethat made my heart sing and my fingers itch to stitch. Whilst I have a few in my collection, none of them called to me to stitch them.
It was a colourful multiplication table sampler that caught my eye back in the 1980s that led to me stitching my first sampler. Whilst in a dentist’s waiting room, I picked up a magazine and came across an article which featured an interview with Moria Blackburn. There were many photographs of Moria’s beautiful designs, but one particular sampler stood out – a large colourful multiplication table sampler. I immediately wanted to take up stitching and recreate the sampler for my son. My journey with cross stitch and samplers was about to begin.
Within days I visited a needlework store and, whilst I could not find the chart for the multiplication table sampler, I came away with a kit to stitch my first sampler. Several years later, I had stitched all the samplers that Moira had charted but not the multiplication table sampler. After exhausting Moria’s portfolio of work, I went in search of other designers and discovered the needlework community and blogs. It was then that the world of needlework with its beautiful linens and glorious silks flung open its doors and my deep love of samplers worked in centuries past bloomed. This in turn led me to collect samplers and to research their history. A few years later, Hands Across the Sea Samplers released its first reproduction sampler.
Shortly after HATS’ first release, I entered into correspondence with Moria and discovered that the multiplication table sampler featured in the magazine was not one of her own designs but another designer’s. The sampler had caught her eye too, and she had stitched it for her children!"
The Scarlet Letter - Fruit Tree with Two Animals, circa 1690 ~ 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.
Fruit Tree with Two Animals, circa 1690 is an English needlework vignette from The Scarlet Letter.
Stitches used to execute sampler are cross stitch over one and two threads of linen
Stitch count: 150 x 150
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 Eighth - Victoria Sponge Cake - 17.5" x 18"
37 ct Fat Eighth - Russian Tea Cake - 17.5" x 18"
45 ct Fat Eighth - Jersey Cream - 17.5" x 18"
*Linen sizes assume a 3" border
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger includes 28 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 colorful William III English needlework vignette is executed entirely in gros and petit point stitches (cross stitch over one and two threads of linen). It depicts a large gros point fruiting tree above a scene with very finely stitched petit point leaves, flowers, and two animals, the larger animal likely a wolf, with a lamb slung over its shoulder.
The Eurasian wolves in Britain were huge, feared, and unlike many other species, did not exhibit “island dwarfism”. They were persecuted by law since Norman times. The last wolf in Britain was supposedly killed during the reign of Henry VII, who died in 1509, but due to a lack of records, the wolves of Britain might well have survived into the seventeenth century in remote areas such as Wales or Scotland. As the land became increasingly deforested and more agrarian, their habitat and natural prey became limited and the wolves would have had to rely on domestic animals as prey. The story goes that the last “wild” wolf was shot near Killiecrankie, Scotland, in 1680 by Sir Ewen Cameron of Locheil.
Stitched on 32-count linen the reproduction panel will be the same size as the original- 9-1/2″ x 9-1/2″. The project is recommended for any skill level.
