MARIE GINESTON - Sovereign Samplers

Antique Sampler reproduction for cross stitch. Available as a chart only or kit.

Marie Ginneston’s sampler reproduced by Sovereign Samplers has a stitch count of 323w x 323h. The approximate finished measurements are 51.5 x 51.5cms (20 1/4 “x 20 ¼ “) on 32 count linen.

The original sampler and model were worked on 32 count linen. Our model has been worked on Weeks Dye Works Linen, colour ‘Linen’ using DMC stranded cotton. The sampler has been worked in cross stitch, using one strand of thread over two threads of linen.

Thread quantities: Our model was worked in DMC stranded cotton and 4 skeins of colour #309 were used. The original was worked in a darker red close to DMC colour #498. A suggestion for a variegated red would be Gentle Arts Sampler threads in “Schoolhouse Red”, or in silk consider Au Ver a Soie numbers 945, 2935 or 2936, or for a softly variegated silk Gloriana “Schoolhouse Red”.

Only a little is known about Marie Ginneston. It is believed that she was born in Laguiole, Averyron, Midi-Pyrenees on 18 May 1873, married Francois Fontanier and had 4 children. Averyron is in the southern part of France, beautiful and picturesque, Laguiole is famous for its cheese and the birthplace of the Laguiole knife.

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Model sampler kindly and beautifully stitched by Jean Stevenson.

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