FARM FUN PATTERN 900 
ELEMENTS PATTERN 101 
Appletons 149 Crewel Wool Dull Rose Pink 
Au Ver a Soie 234 Soie d Alger 
Bernina B570QE Sewing Machine Excl BSR 
Between Needles No: 12 20/pk PKT 
Polygon Quilts Pattern, Sampou J 
BY ANNIES Mesh fabric- White 
Tapestry Needles No: 22 6/pk PKT 
Lowery Workstand Beryl (Teal) 
Classic Colorworks CCT-069 Poblano Pepper 
Au Ver a Soie 161 Soie d Alger 
Dr Raven Pattern and Threads 
Classic Colorworks CCT-068 Frosted Sage 
Sue Spargo Ellana #12 EN20 Cloud 
Au Ver a Soie 204 Soie d Alger 
Gentle Art Sampler Threads 0191 Kiwi 
Sue Spargo Ellana #12 EN04 Grey Flannel 
Appletons 123 Crewel Wool Terra Cotta 
Au Ver a Soie 135 Soie d Alger 
Moko - Red/Black 
DMC 677 Light Effects 8m 
Description
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 offer to you Mary Carter our Queen of the May for the year 2020.
On the 12th day of December in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and twelve Mary Carter placed the last stitch on her sampler. Little did she know that more than 300 years later, her work would be admired and enjoyed by needleworkers around the world.
Mary’s sampler was worked in the traditional bands of the 1600s on a long and narrow piece of linen. She used several reversible stitches, all exquisitely executed with skilled hands. However, we do not believe that her aim was to embroider a reversible sampler. The reverse of her sampler is extremely neat; Mary had pride in her work. There are no knotted starts and all her tail ends are neatly buried but her threads are visibly carried. A variety of stitches were used (Cross Stitch, Reversible Cross Stitch, Algerian Eyelet, Double Running Stitch, Double Back Stitch and Bargello Stitch) together with a palette of 8 glorious shades of Au Ver a Soie silks. A DMC conversion is included.
