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Margaret Beattie 1866 from Hands Across the Sea Samplers

    This Scottish sampler is a delight for the eye! Margaret is offered to you in two different formats ~ as a Printed Coilbound booklet and as an PDF Download.

    This PDF Download chart includes 4 versions. You will be able to download any or all of the following pdf and graph versions:
    Version 1 ~ A pdf with a six-page colour chart.
    Version 2 ~ A pdf with a one-page colour chart which can be printed but is intended to be viewed/used on your tablet, phone, laptop, or computer.
    Version 3 ~ A pdf with a six-page black and white symbol chart.
    Version 4 ~ A pdf with a one-page black and white chart which can be printed but is intended to be viewed/used on your tablet, phone, laptop, or computer.

    Margaret stitched a truly adorable sampler with a rich palette of colours. There is so much to excite your needle. The reverse of the sampler revealed Margaret’s story as told by her great-granddaughter EBG Allison on September 10, 1998.

    Margaret or Maggie was twelve years old when she stitched her sampler at the Female School in Ardrossan. Maggie was born on March 4, 1854 at Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland. She was the natural daughter of Margaret Newall, an Irish farm servant. Her father is unknown but could have been Peter Benson, a dock labourer, whom Margaret Newall later married.

    At the age of 19, she married William Auld on November 21, 1873 at her parents’ home in Ardrossan. William was a 24-year-old plumber from Newton of Ayr. Their first child James was born the following February! The couple went on to have twelve children, ten boys and two girls including one pair of twin boys. Their two daughters were the tenth and eleventh of their children.

    The sampler is worked mainly in cross stitch over two threads of linen, the text has been worked in cross stitch over 1 strand of linen. The project has been rated as suitable for all levels of abilities.

    There are 4 versions of the pdf. You will be able to download any or all of the following versions of the pdf and the graph:

    Version 1 ~ A pdf with a six-page colour chart.

    Version 2 ~ A pdf with a one-page colour chart which can be printed but is intended to be viewed/used on your tablet, phone, laptop, or computer.

    Version 3 ~ A pdf with a six-page black and white symbol chart.

    Version 4 ~ A pdf with a one-page black and white chart which can be printed but is intended to be viewed/used on your tablet, phone, laptop, or computer.

    The sampler is suitable for all levels of ability. Stitch count is 153 W x 220 H.

    The reproduction model was stitched on 45ct Jersey Cream linen from Access and stitched with Soie 100/3 silk thread throughout the sampler.  A Soie d'Alger and DMC conversion is also provided.

    Please check the boxes above to have the Printed Coilbound booklet or PDF Download, linen and threads added to your order.

    Margaret Beattie 1866 from Hands Across the Sea Samplers

    Item# HATSMBeattie
    Price: See Options For Pricing
    Margaret Beattie 1866 Reproduction chart:
    30 ct Victorian Sponge Cake linen from Access 18" x 35" ~ $40.50
    DMC Cotton floss 23 skeins ~ $34.50
    37 ct Russian Tea Cake linen from Access 18" x 17.5" ~ $20.25
    Silks from Soie d'Alger 23 skeins ~ $182.85
    45 ct Jersey Cream linen from Access 18" x 17.5" ~ $21.25
    Soie 100/3 silks 23 spools ~ $136.85
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