Au Ver a Soie 146 Soie d Alger 
Weeks Dye Works 1227 Bright Leaf 
DMC 3782 Stranded Cotton 
Appletons 128 Crewel Wool Terra Cotta 
Au Ver a Soie 1843 Soie d Alger 
Appletons 105 Crewel Wool Purple 
Mettler Metrosene 815 
Bluebird's Nest - Comet - Light Blue 
Classic Colorworks CCT-024 Pink Posey 
Au Ver a Soie 318 100/3 
DMC 3777 Stranded Cotton 
Au Ver a Soie 124 Soie d Alger 
Midnight Floral 108" Backing 
Appletons 152 Crewel Wool Mid Blue 
Tula Pink Daydreamer - Lil Jaguars - Papaya 
Au Ver a Soie 335 100/3 
Au Ver a Soie 389 100/3 
Trade Winds - Tides - Curry 
Cashel Fat Quarter 28 Count Cream Linen 
Bliss - Bold and Bright - Pink 
Au Ver a Soie 112 Soie d Alger 
Appletons 863 Crewel Wool Coral 
Happy Chance by Laura Heine - Happy Stripe -Black 
Au Ver a Soie 071 100/3 
Au Ver a Soie 443 100/3 
Au Ver a Soie 235 Soie d Alger 
Au Ver a Soie 226 Soie d Alger 
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.
