Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only

Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only

$29.00
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Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only
  • Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only
Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only

Hands Across the Sea Samplers "Elizabeth Garrod 1799" Counted Cross Stitch Pattern, Booklet, English Reproduction Sampler, Pattern Only

$29.00
$29.00
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Elizabeth finished her monochrome sampler on Sunday, March 3, in the year 1799 in the port town of Wells-next-the-Sea. The young Elizabeth certainly stitched a charming first sampler. Not only did she diligently stitch out an upper- and lower-case alphabet (note the missing “J” and reversed “V” and “U”) but she worked some pretty geometric motifs to delight our needles.

Elizabeth has remained elusive despite a thorough search of family history records. There are a few possible Elizabeths that were born in Norfolk during the right time frame; however, we are unable to say with certainty which girl stitched the sampler. We know that there were Garrods living in Wells, but a painstaking trawl of a digitised copy of the parish records has found no Elizabeth Garrod being baptised in the town.

As Elizabeth’s sampler was finished on a Sunday, we wondered if it was stitched in a Sunday school. Regrettably, we will never know!

The design area is 127 stitches (w) x 110 stitches (h).

The model was stitched on Lichen hand dyed linen from Tabby Cat which we have offered in a few different counts. The sampler is stitched with cross stitch over two threads of linen and has been rated as suitable for needleworkers of all abilities.

Elizabeth’s sampler has been reproduced using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver à Soie. Conversions are provided for Soie d’Alger and DMC. Only one spool or skein is required for stitching on counts higher than 32.
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