Hands Across the Sea - Ann Ogden 1843

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.

Ann’s sampler which she finished in the year 1843 does not give her age but the charming scene she has created with her needle and some thread can be nothing other than a young girl’s depiction of an idyllic way for her to dream away a summer’s afternoon. You can imagine Ann sat in her mother’s flower filled garden in the shade of a lofty tree, dressed in her best party frock with matching bead necklace and earrings. Curled next to her is her cat gently purring with contentment, whilst her King Charles spaniel, yapping joyfully, plays with her two pet lambs. You can almost hear the bird song on that long ago summer’s afternoon and smell the heady scent of the rose in her hand. I wonder if she is waiting for her beau to call?

The sampler has been executed entirely in cross stitch over one and two threads with the exception of 5 short straight stitches and is suitable for a beginner through to an advanced needleworker.

With our grateful thanks to Melissa Coyle who lovingly stitched the model.

Thread Legend

Ann’s sampler has been reproduced with Au Ver à Soie d’Alger silks and the skein quantities calculated based on 1 strand on 36ct fabric. We have provided conversions for DMC based on 2 strands. The original sampler was stitched on linen closest in colour to DMC shade 422.

Soie d’Alger / DMC                       

206 x 3  / 3808 x 3 –  Turquoise ~ ultra very dark

1811 x 1 / 928 x 1 –  Grey green ~ very light

1814 x 2 / 523 x 2 –  Fern green ~ light

1846 x 1 / 500 x 1 –  Blue green ~ very dark

2914 x 1 / 760 x 1 –  Salmon

2915 x 2 / 3712 x 2 –  Salmon ~ medium

2916 x 1 / 309 x 1 –  Rose ~ deep

2925 x 1 /  816 x 1 –  Garnet

3195 x 1 / 3781 x 1 –  Mocha brown ~ dark

3416 x 1  / 844 x 1 –  Beaver grey ~ ultra dark

3741 x 1 / 422 x 1 –  Hazel nut brown ~ light

3745 x 1  / 829 x 1 –  Golden olive ~ very dark

3811 x 1 / Ecru x 1 –  Ecru

3833 x 1 / 372 x 1 –  Mustard ~ light

3835 x 1 / 610 x 1 –  Moss green ~ dark

4123 x 1 / 801 x 1 –  Coffee brown ~ dark

4516 x 1 / 434 x 1 –  Brown ~ light

 LINEN SIZES

The design area is 285 stitches (w) x 332 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3” margin for finishing and framing.

28ct ~ Design: 23.00″ x 20.29″ Fabric: 29.00″ x 26.29″

30ct: ~  Design: 21.47″ x 18.93″ Fabric: 27.47″ x 24.93″

32ct ~ Design: 20.13″ x 17.75″ Fabric: 26.13″ x 23.75″

36ct – Design: 17.89″ x 15.78″ Fabric: 23.89″ x 21.78″

40ct – Design: 16.10″ x 14.20″ Fabric: 22.10″ x 20.20″

46ct  Design: 14.00″ x 12.35″ Fabric: 20.00″ x 18.35″