Hands Across the Sea - Sarah Milthorp, 1834 ~ Silk Thread Kit
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 Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35" ~ 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."
The Scarlet Letter - Jane Atkinson circa 1780 ~ Silk Thread Kit
Pre Order Available. Estimated Ship Date: Late May / Early June
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:
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37 ct Fat Quarter - Corn Tassel - 18" x 35"
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38 ct Fat Quarter - Fuller's Teazel - 18" x 35"
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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:
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 - Mary Hood, 1768 ~ Silk Thread Kit
Pre Order Available. Estimated Ship Date: April 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.
Mary Hood, 1768 is an 18th century English Sampler from The Scarlet Letter.
Stitches used are cross over one and two threads of linen, and eyelet stitched over one and two threads of linen.
Stitch count: 269 x 236
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 + 18 colors of either Soie d'Alger or Soie 1003 threads (+ Free Shipping).
Linen Choices:
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37 ct Fat Eighth - Corn Tassel - 17.5" x 18"
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38 ct Fat Eighth - Fuller's Teazel - 17.5" x 18"
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45 ct Fat Eighth - Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18"
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger includes 20 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 18 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 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"
Hands Across the Sea - Charlotte Amelia Stephens 1834 ~ Silk Thread Kit
Pre Order Available Estimated Ship Date - Late May
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 Fat Half -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 56 skeins. 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 almost identical sampler 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 - Queen of the May 2024 Hannah Green 1826~ Silk Thread Kit
Pre Order Available Estimated Ship Date - Late May / Early June
Please note, some Soie 1003 colors may be substituted because they have been discontinued. See below.
Hannah Green 1826 is a captivating sampler from Hands Across the Sea.
Hannah executed her sampler predominantly with cross stitches laid over two threads of linen; only the verse, parts of the butterflies, and the flocks of birds have been worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. Hannah also used rice and satin stitch.
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 Fat Half -Foxtail Millet - 17.5" x 18" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads
Thread Options:
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 37 ct version includes 19 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 28 skeins. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.
SDF 1744 ~ Turquoise (2 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 1836 x 3 ~ Hunter green (6 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 2214 ~ Olive green
SDF 2226 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
SDF 2532 ~ Straw (2 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 2545 ~ Topaz
SDF 2924 x 2 ~ Christmas red (4 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 3834 ~ Khaki green ~ medium (2 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 4122 ~ Brown
SDF 4133 ~ Coffee brown
SDF 4534 ~ Drab brown
SDF 4622 ~ Salmon (2 skeins for 30 ct)
SDF 5025 ~ Blue green
SDF 5114 ~ Violet
SDF F21 ~ Mocha brown
SDF Noir ~ Black
Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 17 spools. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.
SMS 080 ~ Mocha brown
SMS 107 ~ Christmas red
SMS 148 ~ Straw
SMS 152 ~ Olive green
SMS 210 ~ Blue green
SMS 226 ~ Topaz
SMS 274 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
SMS 494 ~ Salmon
SMS 502 ~ Coffee brown ~ Maybe substituted with SMS 592
SMS 519 ~ Brown
SMS 537 x 2~ Hunter green
SMS 557 ~ Violet ~ Maybe substituted with SMS 439
SMS 580 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
SMS 685 ~ Turquoise
SMS 752 ~ Drab brown
SMS Noir ~ Black
***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales.
About the Sampler from the Designer
"On March 1, in the year of our Lord 1826, Hannah Green completed her sampler at the age of 12 years. It is a truly stunning sampler. The composition of this sampler is what captures the viewer’s eye, holds their attention, and controls the movement of the eye. Strong artistic compositions are vital to the success of a piece of art (yes schoolgirl samplers are art).
I have spent many hours studying Hannah’s sampler – her work draws you in. We can be affected by a beautiful design without understanding why. There is something about Hannah’s sampler that creates a sense of gentle harmony. The colours that Hannah used in her sampler are rich and vibrant, yet no one hue dominates; there is harmony and balance."