Description
Stitch Count 221 x 207
Sally’s sweet 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 on 36ct linen. The model was stitched on Weeks over-dyed Zweigart in the colour Straw using the mellowed colours found on the front of the original sampler today. The original sampler measures approximately 15 x 14 inches.
Soie d’Alger / DMC ~ Colour Description
1423 x 1 ** / 336 x 1 ~ Navy blue
2925 x 2 / 816 x 2 ~ Garnet
2932 x 1 / 760 x 1 ~ Salmon
3416 x 1** / 3371x 1 ~ Black brown
3724 x 1 / 3011 x 1 ~ Khaki green – dark
3741 x 1 / 738 x 1 ~ Tan – very light
3745 x 1 / 830 x 1 ~ Golden olive – dark
3746 x 1 / 829 x 1 ~ Golden olive – very dark
3815 x 1 / 833 x 1 ~ Golden olive – light
3835 x 1 / 640 x 1 ~ Beige grey – very dark
** If stitching on 46ct or higher you may wish to substitute 100.3 no: 313 for 1423 to execute the Queen stitches and 100.3 no: 696 for 3416 for the verse which is cross stitch over 1 linen thread.
From the Hands Across the Sea Samplers Website:
“Sally is an ideal companion piece for the very popular Mary Clayton.
In researching family history records we found three possible Sally Stansfields: Sally daughter of William and Grace who was christened on December 1st, 1833 at Cross Stone, Stansfield, Yorkshire; Sally daughter of George, a cotton twister, and Grace born in Stansfield in 1834; and Sally daughter of Henry, a weaver, and his wife Nancy Pickles born on June 26th 1834 in the small hamlet of Colden Water and baptised at Mount Zion General Baptist Chapel in Hepstonstall Slack, Yorkshire.”
