Au Ver a Soie 3336 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 234 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 116 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 519 100/3 
Au Ver a Soie 4935 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 161 Soie d Alger 
Martha - Stalks - Sage 
QUILT BACKS 104 
Au Ver a Soie 114 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 233 Soie d Alger 
Cross Stitch for the Earth: 20 Designs to Cherish, Emma Congdon 
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.
