Maria Ewin The 2023 Queen of the May ~ printed booklet

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Available as a printed booklet and as pdf download. Click HERE for the PDF booklet.

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 present to you Maria Ewin – our Queen of the May for the year 2023. Maria is a beautiful sampler that has been painstakingly reproduced and exquisitely stitched by Lisa Brown.

  

Maria Ewin was love at first sight.  She arrived in February 2021 and brought sunshine on a cold winter’s day.  Maria’s colours are beautifully preserved and she was reproduced using the colours on the front of the sampler.  I stitched her model on 46ct linen which, when finished, was almost the exact size of the original sampler.

Maria was an excellent stitcher.  Her execution was precise and accurate.  It amazes me that at the young age of 11 Maria took such great care with her work.  My impression of Maria is that she was a very organized and disciplined girl.  She shows great attention to detail in the way that she matched her top and bottom borders and then also matched her side borders with perfect symmetry.

In the border flowers, she carefully placed each pair of colours so as to not repeat a combination.  She did so similarly in the floral band beneath the verse. I think she was very intentional with her colours and that the results were not just a happy accident.  The balance of greens, reds, and blue against an otherwise neutral palette makes the sampler so visually appealing and alive with colour.  I feel Maria’s sampler is a master class in design, colour placement, and execution.

Do you love her as much as I do?

Lisa

 

Maria’s sampler has been reproduced using a palette of 24 colours carefully matched to the colours found on the front of the sampler. The model was stitched using Soie d’Alger (SDA) from Au Ver à Soie, and we have included conversions for Soie 100.3 and DMC.

Maria executed her sampler predominantly with cross stitches laid over two threads of linen; only the verse has been worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.

 

Thread Legend

Maria’s sampler has been reproduced using a palette of 24 colours carefully matched to the colours found on the front of the sampler. The model was stitched using Soie d’Alger (SDA) from Au Ver à Soie, and we have included below conversions for Soie 100.3 and DMC.

  1 strand of Soie 100.3 on 40 to 56ct linen 029 ~ Grey green medium 142 ~ Yellow beige light 152 ~ Olive green 197 ~ Brown grey medium 207 ~ Brown grey dark 211 ~ Tan very light 274 ~ Khaki green dark 303 ~ Hazelnut brown 328 ~ Mustard light 335 ~ Garnet medium 455 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 491 ~ Hunter green 512 ~ Driftwood dark 523 ~ Christmas red 538 ~ Mocha beige medium 562 ~ Drab brown light 572 ~ Drab brown 624 ~ Brown grey very dark 627 ~ Pewter grey 634 ~ brown light 654 ~ Grey green very dark 694 ~ Mocha brown light 703 ~ Grey green very dark 756 ~ Blue green very dark   1 strand of SDA on 36 to 46ct linen 946 ~ Garnet medium 1726 ~ Grey green very dark 1845 ~ Grey green very dark 2236 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 2757 ~ Grey green medium 2916 ~ Christmas red 3226 ~ Pewter grey 3423 ~ Brown grey medium 3426 ~ Blue green very dark 3433 ~ Mocha beige medium 3434 ~ Driftwood dark 3724 ~ Hunter green 3733 ~ Olive green 3734 ~ Khaki green dark 3815 ~ Hazelnut brown 3832 ~ Mustard light 3835 ~ Brown grey dark 3836 ~ Brown grey very dark 4533 ~ Mocha brown light 4534 ~ Drab brown F08 ~ Yellow beige light F09 ~ Hazelnut brown light F18 ~ Drab brown light F21 ~ Tan very light   2 strands of SDA on 28 to 32ct linen 946 ~ Garnet medium 1726 ~ Grey green very dark 1845 ~ Grey green very dark 2236 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 2757 ~ Grey green medium 2916 x 3 ~ Christmas red 3226 ~ Pewter grey 3423 ~ Brown grey medium 3426 x 2 ~ Blue green very dark 3433 ~ Mocha beige medium 3434 ~ Driftwood dark 3724 ~ Hunter green 3733 ~ Olive green 3734 x 2 ~ Khaki green dark 3815 ~ Hazelnut brown 3832 ~ Mustard light 3835 ~ Brown grey dark 3836 ~ Brown grey very dark 4533 ~ Mocha brown light 4534 ~ Drab brown F08 ~ Yellow beige light F09 ~ Hazelnut brown light F18 ~ Drab brown light F21 ~ Tan very light   1 strand of DMC on 40 to 46ct linen 08 ~ Driftwood dark 347 ~ Christmas red 372 ~ Mustard light 422 ~ Hazelnut brown light 500 ~ Blue green very dark 520 ~ Grey green very dark 611 ~ Drab brown 612 ~ Drab brown light 732 ~ Olive green 739 ~ Tan very light 815 ~ Garnet medium 869 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 924 ~ Grey green very dark 926 ~ Grey green medium 3011 ~ Khaki green dark 3021 ~ Brown grey very dark 3022 ~ Brown grey medium 3047 ~ Yellow beige light 3346 ~ Hunter green 3787 ~ Brown grey dark 3799 ~ Pewter grey 3782 ~ Mocha brown light 3828 ~ Hazelnut brown 3863 ~ Mocha beige medium   2 strands of DMC on 36ct linen 08 ~ Driftwood dark 347 x 2 ~ Christmas red 372 ~ Mustard light 422 ~ Hazelnut brown light 500 x 2 ~ Blue green very dark 520 ~ Grey green very dark 611 ~ Drab brown 612 ~ Drab brown light 732 ~ Olive green 739 ~ Tan very light 815 ~ Garnet medium 869 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 924 ~ Grey green very dark 926 ~ Grey green medium 3011 ~ Khaki green dark 3021 ~ Brown grey very dark 3022 ~ Brown grey medium 3047 ~ Yellow beige light 3346 ~ Hunter green 3787 ~ Brown grey dark 3799 ~ Pewter grey 3782 ~ Mocha brown light 3828 ~ Hazelnut brown 3863 ~ Mocha beige medium   2 strands of DMC on 28 to 32ct linen 08 ~ Driftwood dark 347 x 2 ~ Christmas red 372 ~ Mustard light 422 ~ Hazelnut brown light 500 x 2 ~ Blue green very dark 520 ~ Grey green very dark 611 ~ Drab brown 612 ~ Drab brown light 732 ~ Olive green 739 ~ Tan very light 815 ~ Garnet medium 869 ~ Hazelnut brown very dark 924 ~ Grey green very dark 926 ~ Grey green medium 3011 x 2 ~ Khaki green dark 3021 ~ Brown grey very dark 3022 ~ Brown grey medium 3047 ~ Yellow beige light 3346 ~ Hunter green 3787 ~ Brown grey dark 3799 ~ Pewter grey 3782 ~ Mocha brown light 3828 ~ Hazelnut brown 3863 ~ Mocha beige medium  

Linen Sizes

The design area is 271 stitches (w) x 329 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3" margin for finishing and framing. The model was stitched on 46ct linen overdyed by Fiber on a Whim to a shade of Parchment.

  28ct linen: Design: 19.36" x 23.50" Fabric: 25.36" x 29.50" 32ct linen: Design: 16.94" x 20.56" Fabric: 22.94" x 26.56" 36ct linen: Design: 15.06" x 18.28" Fabric: 21.06" x 24.28" 40ct linen: Design: 13.55" x 16.45" Fabric: 19.55" x 22.45" 46ct linen: Design: 11.78" x 14.30" Fabric: 17.78" x 20.30" 56ct linen: Design: 9.68" x 11.75" Fabric: 15.68" x 17.75"

Stitch Guide

Maria executed her sampler predominantly with cross stitches laid over two threads of linen; only the verse has been worked in cross stitch over one thread of linen. The sampler is suitable for needleworkers of all levels of ability.

 

Cross stitch ~ is made up of two stitches worked over one or two threads. You should make all your stitches cross in the same direction for a neat and uniform finish.

You have to be careful not to pull the thread through the intersection of the woven linen threads. The warp and weft fibres are not “interlocked” at intersections; they simply pass over and under one another. As a result, when stitching over one thread, some stitches can slip and disappear. Lay your stitches away from the direction you are working. This prevents the thread from slipping through the intersections.

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