Hands Across the Sea - Eliza Rule 1824

If you would like to order the complete kit for this project including all threads and linen required, please contact me on 07 5546 0558 or [email protected].  We carry the complete range of Au Ver a Soie d’Alger. We carry most of the 100/3 threads with the remaining colours currently on their way to us. This shipment also includes all the Legacy Linen available for HATS Samplers. The threads and linens are due in the shop by mid July. If you require the kit before then, we have a wide range of other beautiful linens in stock.

On March 19th some 196 years ago, a young girl named Eliza Rule placed the last stitches into her sampler. We do not know where Eliza was born or the life she led. Whether it was long or short, happy or sad, fulfilling or disappointing? However, we do know that she was a fine needleworker with a good eye for colour and placement. Her teacher would have praised her work, and we are sure that her parents would have been proud of “the first effort” of their daughter’s hand.

With grateful thanks to Lisa Brown who lovingly stitched the model. At the very core of Hands Across the Sea Samplers there is a team of needleworkers who are passionate about antique samplers and being able to share those samplers with you.

Thread Legend

Eliza’s sweet sampler has been reproduced using Legacy Linen in 45 count Woven Sedge with one strand of Au Ver à Soie silk from their d’Alger range. The skein quantities used have been listed in the thread legend below. We have provided conversions for Soie 100.3 and DMC. We have used the vibrant colours found on the front of the sampler today.

Soie d’Alger / 100.3 / DMC ~  Colour Description           

F05 x 1 / 080 x 1 / 739 x 1 ~ Tan ~ ultra very light

632 x 1 / 665 x 1 / 3853 x 1 ~ Autumn gold ~ dark

1726 x 1 / 703 x 1 / 924 x 1 ~ Grey green ~ very dark

1814 x 1 / 073 x 1 / 927 x 1 ~ Grey green ~ light

2216 x 1/ 531 x 1 / 935 x 1 ~ Avocado green ~ dark

2645 x 1 / 107 x 1 / 347 x 1 ~ Salmon ~ very dark

2926 x 1 / 2646 x 1 / 221 x 1 ~ Shell pink ~ very dark

3715 x 2 / 580 x 2 / 3011 x 2 ~ Khaki green ~ dark

3745 x 1 / 048 x 1 / 830 x 1 ~ Golden olive ~ dark

3746 x 1 / 629 x 1 / 610 x 1 ~ Drab brown ~ dark

3836 x 1 /  624 x 1 / 3021 x 1 ~ Brown grey ~ ultra dark

3846 x 1 / 697 x 1 / 844 x 1 ~ Beaver grey ~ ultra dark

4122 x 1 / 702 x 1 / 433 x 1 ~ Brown ~ medium

4542 x 1 / 155 x 1 / 437 x 1 ~ Tan ~ light

4614 x 1 / 135 x 1 / 356 x 1 ~ Terracotta ~ medium

4622 x 1   278 x 1 / 223 x 1 ~ Shell pink ~ light

LINEN SIZES

The design area is 239 stitches (w) x 285 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3″ margin for finishing and framing.

28ct ~ Design: 17.07″ x 20.36″ Fabric: 23.07″ x 26.36″

32ct ~ Design: 14.94″ x 17.81″ Fabric: 20.94″ x 23.81″

36ct ~ Design: 13.28″ x 15.83″ Fabric: 19.28″ x 21.83″

40ct ~ Design: 11.95″ x 14.25″ Fabric: 17.95″ x 20.25″

46ct ~ Design: 10.39″ x 12.39″ Fabric: 16.39″ x 18.39″

56ct ~ Design: 8.54″ x 10.18″ Fabric: 14.54″ x 16.18″