Sew Easy Fabric Marker - Blue 
Appletons 126 Crewel Wool Terra Cotta 
Appletons 123 Crewel Wool Terra Cotta 
Au Ver a Soie 234 Soie d Alger 
#35 Bernina Invisible Foot - Older models 
ELEMENTS PATTERN 101 
Sewline Air Erasable Fabric Pen 
Classic Colorworks CCT-013 Finley Gold 
Classic Colorworks CCT-020 Lettuce Leaf 
8" Regular Stretcher Bars 
Gentle Art Sampler Threads 0170 Celery 
92009-55 - ELEMENTS 
Au Ver a Soie 142 Soie d Alger 
Appletons 101 Crewel Wool Purple 
Au Ver a Soie 116 Soie d Alger 
Gentle Art Sampler Threads 0110 Dried Thyme 
Au Ver a Soie 135 Soie d Alger 
FARM FUN PATTERN 900 
Au Ver a Soie 143 Soie d Alger 
Appletons 143 Crewel Wool Dull Rose Pink 
Love Hue - Made My Day - Always PWAH166 
Au Ver a Soie 133 Soie d Alger 
Tim Holtz Alchemy - Opulent 
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.
Matilda showed great diligence and industry with her needle. The verse she chose for her sampler “The Lord my pasture shall prepare and feed me with a shepherd’s care” is the first verse of the hymn “The Good Shepherd” written by Joseph Addison. The dominant motif in Matilda’s sampler is the magnificent Temple of Fame nestled between two fruiting trees and guarded by two red lions. The lions symbolise strength, courage, dignity, and pride. Two angels with trumpets signifying that they are the voice of God hover either side of the temple.
Matilda Swallow, Queen of the May for the year 2021.
