Elizabeth's sampler is presented to you in two different formats ~ as either a .PDF download by Hands Across the Sea Samplers or a Printed Chart.

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We are pleased to present to you a charming Anglo-French red sampler stitched by Elizabeth Wood in Boulogne-sur-Mer and finished on “le 12 Novembre 1850”. On discovering this sampler we were totally charmed by her promise to “be always a good and obedient little girl”.

Boulogne is a city and a major fishing port on the north coast of France. It is possible that Elizabeth stitched her primer when her family were holidaying in Boulogne, although the month of November may indicate a lengthy stay rather than a summer sojourn.

Boulogne-sur-Mer housed a large British population of around 3,000 in the mid-1800s. Although there were migrant workers there, Boulogne’s British population was composed largely of genteel, middle-class residents, some of them in debt, many with servants.

We wonder if Elizabeth kept the promise she so diligently stitched.

Stitch count is 144 W x 133 H.  

The model was stitched on a hand dyed linen which is not available to us. We will suggest the best linens 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 one colour of Soie 100.3 from Au Ver à Soie. Conversions are provided for Soie d’Alger and DMC.

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