Carol Singers Sampler, The Victoria Sampler

“Here we come a 'caroling Among the leaves so green...  Here we come a wandering, so fair to be seen... Love and Joy come to you, and to you your wassail too, And God bless you and send you. A Happy New Year!”  This elegant Sampler is the secular companion to the Heirloom Nativity Sampler and was inspired by special Christmas memories of singing in choirs during the holidays. At the top of this special Christmas sampler dedicated to the power of song, a little residential neighborhood of houses nestles in the snow with Santa flying overhead. A colorful scene of old-fashioned carol singers takes center stage. The ‘Wassail Song’ verse is interspersed with bands of specialty stitches and lace throughout the sampler. Then, below, more colorful snowy houses, this time surrounding a small Church. Bright red cardinals' flit in the trees of the village.

• Design area: 333h x 72w (23.75” high x 5.1” wide)
• Models: 28ct Cashel Linen - Smokey Pearl:
• Cut fabric: 30” high x 11” wide for framing

Suggested Materials

• Access Soie Perlee #blanc - white (twisted silk thread) -16m spool 
• Kreinik #4 Braid #032 metallic - white - 11m spool 
• Gloriana silk #115 “Topiary” - multi green, red, gold, purple - 1yd
• Weeks #1277 “Collards” - multi olive greens - 6yd
• DMC #12 Perle Cotton #927 - grey green lt - 4yd
• DMC Floss #3777 - terra cotta vy dk - 2yd
• Kreinik Mori #0602 - pink flesh - 1.5yd
• Kreinik Mori #2014 - yellow - 1.5yd
• Kreinik Mori #4166 - blue green med - 2yd
• Needlepoint Inc. #0964 - grey, brown - 1.5yd
• Access Soie Perlee #550 - grey green - 4yd
• Kreinik Mori #1117 - red - 1yd
• Kreinik Mori #4163 - blue green lt - 1.5yd
• Kreinik Mori #5055 - blue - 1.5yd
• Kreinik #4 Braid #002 metallic - gold - 5yd
• Au ver a Soie #3334 - purple - 1yd
• Needlepoint Inc. #0184 - brown - 2yd
• Needlepoint Inc. #0402 - grass green - 2yd
• YLI 4mm silk ribbon #137 - brick red - 1yd
• Kreinik Mori #3063 - apricot - 1yd
• Kreinik Mori #4167 - green dk - 2.5yd
• Kreinik Mori #6126 - purple dk - 1yd
• Kreinik Mori #7087 - golden yellow dk - 1.5yd
• Kreinik Mori #8050 - black - 3yd
• Au ver a Soie #1435 - slate blue dk - 1yd
• Au ver a Soie #F7 - cream - 1yd
• Needlepoint Inc. #0126 - brick red dk - 1yd
• Needlepoint Inc. #0967 - grey, brown dk - 2.5yd
• Mill Hill petite bead #40557 - gold
• Mill Hill petite bead #40479 - white
• SJ Designs seed bead #11114 - bronze iris
• SJ Designs 2mm pearl bead - gold
• SJ Designs 2mm pearl bead - white
• Star Charm - antique gold
• Kreinik Mori #8000 - white - enough silk floss to stitch entire sampler.
• Zweigart 28ct Cashel Linen - Smokey Pearl 
• DMC #12 Perle Cotton - white
• #24 tapestry needle
• #26 tapestry needle
• #10 short beading needle