Elizabeth Dinsdale, 1846 is a beautiful historical Sampler that includes a primer from Hands Across the Sea

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

• • 45 ct Fat Quarter - Foxtail Millet - 18" x 25" ~ Recommended for Soie 1003 Threads 

• • 63/63 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 21 skeins ~ e.g. 15 skeins for the Sampler + 6 skeins for the Primer.. Recommended linen for this thread is 38 ct or lower.

 Au Ver a Soie®, Soie d'Alger - 30 ct version includes 24 skeins ~18 skeins for the Sampler + 6 skeins for the Primer.. Recommended linen for this thread is 30 ct or lower.

Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 version kit includes 15 spools for the Sampler + 6 spools for the Primer. Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher

The Sampler

• SDF 526 ~ Golden olive (2 skeins for 30 ct) - will be substituted with SDF 525
• SDF 2225 ~ Olive green
• SDF 2924 ~ Christmas red
• SDF 2941 ~ Peach
• SDF 3341 ~ Beige grey
• SDF 3346 ~ Mocha brown ~ dark
• SDF 3422 ~ Fern green
• SDF 3716 ~ Green grey
• SDF 3734 ~ Khaki green
• SDF 3821 ~ Old gold
• SDF 3833 ~ Mocha brown
• SDF 4535 ~ Beige grey ~ dark (2 skeins for 30 ct)
• SDF 4541 ~ Tan
• SDF 4612 ~ Mahogany
• SDF Noir ~ Black (2 skeins for 30 ct)

The Primer:

• SDF 926 ~ Coral red
• SDF 3423 ~ Blue green
• SDF 3745 ~ Golden olive
• SDF 4126 ~ Beige brown
• SDF 4242 ~  Hazelnut brown
• SDF 4622 ~ Shell pink

Au Ver a Soie®, Soie 1003 includes 15 spools for the Sampler + 6 spools for the Primer.

Recommended linen for this thread is 37 ct or higher.

The Sampler:

• SMS 089 ~ Mahogany
  
• SMS 147 ~ Old gold
  
• SMS 176 ~ Peach
  
• SMS 179 ~ Olive green
  
• SMS 196 ~ Fern green
  
• SMS 274 ~ Khaki green
  
• SMS 323 ~ Tan
  
• SMS 378 ~ Green grey
  
• SMS 597 ~ Mocha brown ~ dark - will be substituted with SMS 697
  
• SMS 603 ~ Mocha brown
  
• SMS 616 ~ Golden olive
  
• SMS 673 ~ Beige grey ~ dark
  
• SMS 681 ~ Christmas red
  
• SMS 740 ~ Beige grey
  
• SMS Noir ~ Black

The Primer:

• SMS 031 ~  Hazelnut brown
  
• SMS 060 ~ Shell pink
  
• SMS 073 ~ Blue green
  
• SMS 129 ~ Golden olive
  
• SMS 592 ~ Beige brown
  
• SMS 779 ~ Coral red

***Please note, this item is excluded from any discounts or sales. 

About the Sampler from the Designer

"It is with great pleasure that we present to you the needlework of Elizabeth Dinsdale. It is so unusual for three pieces of a young girl’s needlework to stay together through the centuries. We feel honoured to be the present custodians of Elizabeth’s work.

Two of the three samplers bear the date “May the 26^th 1843” and three very poignant words “LIFE IS SHORT” emphasised in capital lettering.

Contained within this booklet are two reproductions. Elizabeth’s simple primer worked when she was 12 years of age and the sampler she worked three years later. Several motifs in the sampler have been taken from the third sampler. Note the three urns of flowers and the pairs of deer.

A curious feature of the primer and the unreproduced sampler is that they both have the exact same date. Would Elizabeth have been working both projects at the same time, finishing them on the same date? How we wish we could ask her!"