Each year Hands Across the Sea Samplers publishes a sampler which we consider to be not only beautiful but outstandingly so and worthy to be crowned our Queen of the May.
We are pleased to present to you Hannah Green – our Queen of the May for the year 2024.
You can choose to have the printed booklet posted or purchase a PDF and it will be emailed to you.
Thread Legend
Hannah’s beautiful sampler has been reproduced using a palette of 16 colours carefully matched to the colours found on the front of the sampler. The model was stitched using Soie 100.3 from Au Ver à Soie, and we have included below conversions for Soie d’Alger (SDA) and DMC.
100.3 1 strand on 40-56ct linen
080 ~ Mocha brown
107 ~ Christmas red
148 ~ Straw
152 ~ Olive green
210 ~ Blue green
226 ~ Topaz
274 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
494 ~ Salmon
502 ~ Coffee brown
519 ~ Brown
537 x 2~ Hunter green
557 ~ Violet
580 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
685 ~ Turquoise
752 ~ Drab brown
Noir ~ Black
SDA 1 strand 36-46ct linen
F21 ~ Mocha brown
1744 ~ Turquoise
1836 x 3 ~ Hunter green
2214 ~ Olive green
2226 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
2532 ~ Straw
2545 ~ Topaz
2924 x 2 ~ Christmas red
3834 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
4122 ~ Brown
4133 ~ Coffee brown
4534 ~ Drab brown
4622 ~ Salmon
5025 ~ Blue green
5114 ~ Violet
Noir ~ Black
SDA 2 strands 32ct linen
F21 ~ Mocha brown
1744 x 2 ~ Turquoise
1836 x 6 ~ Hunter green
2214 ~ Olive green
2226 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
2532 x 2 ~ Straw
2545 ~ Topaz
2924 x 4 ~ Christmas red
3834 x 2 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
4122 ~ Brown
4133 ~ Coffee brown
4534 ~ Drab brown
4622 x 2 ~ Salmon
5025 ~ Blue green
5114 ~ Violet
Noir ~ Black
SDA 2 strands 28ct linen
F21 ~ Mocha brown
1744 x 2 ~ Turquoise
1836 x 7 ~ Hunter green
2214 x 2 ~ Olive green
2226 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
2532 x 2 ~ Straw
2545 ~ Topaz
2924 x 4 ~ Christmas red
3834 x 2 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
4122 ~ Brown
4133 ~ Coffee brown
4534 ~ Drab brown
4622 x 2 ~ Salmon
5025 ~ Blue green
5114 ~ Violet
Noir ~ Black
DMC 1 strand 40-46ct linen
310 ~ Black
321 ~ Christmas red
433 ~ Brown
500 ~ Blue green
597 ~ Turquoise
732 ~ Olive green
783 ~ Topaz
895 x 2 ~ Hunter green
938 ~ Coffee brown
3011 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
3012 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
3033 ~ Mocha brown
3041 ~ Violet
3712 ~ Salmon
3822 ~ Straw
4534 ~ Drab brown
DMC 2 strands 36ct linen
310 ~ Black
321 x 3 ~ Christmas red
433 ~ Brown
500 ~ Blue green
597 ~ Turquoise
732 ~ Olive green
783 ~ Topaz
895 x 4 ~ Hunter green
938 ~ Coffee brown
3011 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
3012 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
3033 ~ Mocha brown
3041 ~ Violet
3712 ~ Salmon
3822 ~ Straw
4534 ~ Drab brown
DMC 2 strands 32ct linen
310 ~ Black
321 x 3 ~ Christmas red
433 ~ Brown
500 ~ Blue green
597 x 2 ~ Turquoise
732 ~ Olive green
783 ~ Topaz
895 x 5 ~ Hunter green
938 ~ Coffee brown
3011 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
3012 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
3033 ~ Mocha brown
3041 ~ Violet
3712 ~ Salmon
3822 ~ Straw
4534 ~ Drab brown
DMC 2 strands 28ct linen
310 ~ Black
321 x 3 ~ Christmas red
433 ~ Brown
500 ~ Blue green
597 x 2 ~ Turquoise
732 ~ Olive green
783 ~ Topaz
895 x 5 ~ Hunter green
938 ~ Coffee brown
3011 ~ Khaki green ~ dark
3012 x 2 ~ Khaki green ~ medium
3033 ~ Mocha brown
3041 ~ Violet
3712 x 2 ~ Salmon
3822 ~ Straw
4534 ~ Drab brown
Linen Sizes
The design area is 322 stitches (w) x 279 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3" margin for finishing and framing. The model was stitched on linen overdyed by Tabby Cat Linen to the shade Just the Ticket.
28ct linen: Design: 23.00" x 19.93" Fabric: 29".00 x 25.93"
32ct linen: Design: 20.13" x 17.44" Fabric: 26.13" x 23.44"
36ct linen: Design: 17.89" x 15.50" Fabric: 23.89" x 21.50"
40ct linen: Design: 16.10" x 13.95" Fabric: 22.10" x 19.95"
46ct linen: Design: 14.00" x 12.13" Fabric: 20.00" x 18.13"
56ct linen: Design: 11.50" x 9.96" Fabric: 17.50" x 15.96"
