Emily Ann Greenaway is a truly beautiful sampler with a decorative multi-coloured border which encloses some very sweet animals and motifs. The colour palette has been taken from the front of the sampler as these have mellowed into lovely soft colours. The eye is drawn to the colourful basket of fruit in the centre, and it is here that Emily dates her sampler to 1884. On either side are a deer and an extremely cute, realistic little rabbit.. - Hands Across the Sea Samplers.
The model was stitched on a Zweigart-based linen that was overdyed to the shade Marbled Pointer by xJuDesigns. However, the sampler can be worked on both Aida and linen. The design area is 184 stitches (w) x 144 stitches (h).
Threads Legend.
S100/3 - 031, 070, 091, 137, 152, 207, 278, 338, 352, 491, 493, 549, 557, 629, 656, 684, 740
Soie d'Alger - 4242, 934, 5022, 643, 2646, 2214, 3834, 4643, 3414, 1423, 2135, 2644, 1835, 5114, 4124, 1836, 935, 3341
DMC - 422, 3328, 927, 3825, 3777, 732, 640, 778, 451, 311, 3345, 22, 986, 3041, 898, 319, 350, 453