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Ann’s beautiful band sampler is highly decorative and even though  she “rovght” her sampler three hundred and seventy-four years ago, the colours are still intense today.  A vibrant red, a peacock blue, a deep navy blue and a mouth watering selections of greens delight the eye.

The booklet is in colour and contains 32 pages.

Ann’s 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.

Soie d’Alger / DMC                       

206 x 3  / 3808 x 3 –  Turquoise ~ ultra very dark
1811 x 1 / 928 x 1 –  Grey green ~ very light
1814 x 2 / 523 x 2 –  Fern green ~ light
1846 x 1 / 500 x 1 –  Blue green ~ very dark
2914 x 1 / 760 x 1 –  Salmon
2915 x 2 / 3712 x 2 –  Salmon ~ medium
2916 x 1 / 309 x 1 –  Rose ~ deep
2925 x 1 /  816 x 1 –  Garnet
3195 x 1 / 3781 x 1 –  Mocha brown ~ dark
3416 x 1  / 844 x 1 –  Beaver grey ~ ultra dark
3741 x 1 / 422 x 1 –  Hazel nut brown ~ light
3745 x 1  / 829 x 1 –  Golden olive ~ very dark
3811 x 1 / Ecru x 1 –  Ecru
3833 x 1 / 372 x 1 –  Mustard ~ light
3835 x 1 / 610 x 1 –  Moss green ~ dark
4123 x 1 / 801 x 1 –  Coffee brown ~ dark
4516 x 1 / 434 x 1 –  Brown ~ light

The design area is 155 stitches (w) x 180 stitches (h). Sizes for stitching the sampler over 2 linen threads are as follows, allowing 3" for framing and borders.

28ct: Design: 11.07″ x 12.86″ Fabric: 17.07″ x 18.86″

32ct: Design: 9.69″ x 11.25″ Fabric: 15.69″ x 17.25″

36ct: Design: 8.61″ x 10.00″ Fabric: 14.61″ x 16.00″

40ct: Design: 7.75″ x 9.00″ Fabric: 13.75″ x 15.00″

46ct: Design: 6.74″ x 7.83″ Fabric: 12.74″ x 13.83″

56ct: Design: 5.54″ x 6.43″ Fabric: 11.54″ x 12.43″

52/62ct: Design: 5.96″ x 5.81″ Fabric: 11.96″ x 11.81″

Check our our linens or give the shop a call to discuss alternatives. The original sampler was stitched on linen closest in colour to DMC shade 422.