We have partnered with Hands Across the Seas Samplers to celebrate our 25th shop anniversary in 2023 and are so pleased to bring you Sarah Rinder 1841 as a shop exclusive. The birds in the birdbath seem like they are having an exceptionally fun time and we hope you'll have fun stitching Sarah.

Sarah's model was stitched on 46 count Lakeside Linen Vintage Maple Sugar with Soie 100/3. We will be offering that color as well as Legacy Linen in a solid color for your stitching choices. Threads available are DMC, Soie d'Alger, Soie 100/3 and Soie Surfine.

Sarah is cross-stitch over-two for most of the design with the wording cross-stitch over-one. There are no specialty stitches in Sarah's sampler.

We are doing Sarah as a year long Stitch-a-long (SAL) with Cheri Eddington leading our SAL. You can join our Facebook group for the Sarah Rinder SAL.

The charts are only available from NIAH as this is an limited edition exclusive for our 25th anniversary. When you purchase a chart you will also receive a PDF copy of the main chart as a single page. It is not available as just a PDF. We know that many stitchers prefer to stitch from a mobile device so you can stitch either from the physical chart or the PDF. We recommend you create a login when you check out if you have not purchased from us before so that your PDF link is easily accessible.

For those who are in the UK, Canada, Europe, AUS & NZ, if you are ordering just a chart Nicola will ship them for us from the UK to save on shipping charges. We will adjust the shipping once we receive the order to what the charge will be for Nicola shipping the chart only. So you can ignore what the catalog will add at the time the order is placed. It will be adjusted to these costs.

• UK - $4.25
• Europe - $6.25
• Canada - $7.75
• Australia & New Zealand $9.25

All kits will ship from NIAH (we are located near San Francisco, CA).  Orders for charts and fabric/threads will most likely ship in late May or early June at this point.

We also have available 3 Frosted Teal Acrylic accessories from The Floss Queen (Cathe) in a Dove shape to go with the project. You an order a fob, needleminder, threadkeep or the whole set. You'll find them in Related Items below.

Remember, we do not charge for orders until we ship them. If you are wanting to pay via PayPal we will send you a request for payment when the order is ready to ship. So if you need to change something after your initial order and before we shipped, just let us know.

The design area is 273 stitches (w) x 255 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3″ margin for finishing and framing, except where noted.

You can find our fabric options listed in the Legacy and Lakeside Fabric Options tabs below.

Thread options are DMC, Soie d'Alger, Soie 100/3 and Soie Surfine. This is a list of what thread works best on each count. Your personal preference may be different so go with what you like best for coverage. You will find stitched samples of each thread in the tabs for Legacy and Lakeside. For details on each sample you can see the write up for each in our  Facebook SAl group.

28, 30, 32, 36 & 40 count - DMC, Soie d'Alger

36, 38, 40 count - Soie d'Alger or Soie 100/3

46 count - Soie 100/3

55 & 52/60 count - Soie Surfine

The colors for Sarah Rinder 1841 are below. Colors with a (x, y) are for 28 count, 32 count and require this many skeins).

If you are using Soie 100/3 and want Soie Sufine for the over-one work, order a spool of 2629.

If you are using Soie d'Alger and want Soie 100/3 for the over-one work, order a spool of 0592.

You can make a note in the comments if you want the spool color mentioned above for the over-one work and we'll add it for you when we receive the order. 

Below are some of the thread colors on the linen options.

DMC Floss on 30 count Swiss Cocoa	Soie d'Alger on 38 count Filbert
Soie 100/3 on 38 count Filbert	Soie Surfine on 45 count Nightingale

Fabric size & cut size for Legacy Linens:

30ct (Swiss Cocoa) ~ Design: 18.6" x 17.3" ″ Fabric: 24.6″ x 23″ - cut size Custom Cut (24x24) - 2.5in margin on one side

38ct (Filbert) ~ Design: 14.75" x 13.75" ″ Fabric: 21″ x 19.75″ - cut size Custom Cut (24x24)

45ct (Nightingale)~ Design: 12.5" x 11.5" ″ Fabric: 18.5″ x 17.5″ - cut size Stitcher's Eighth (18x17.75) - 2.75in margin on one side

52/60ct (Waffle Cone)~ Design: 11" x 8.5" ″ Fabric: 17″ x 14.5″ - cut size Custom Cut (18x19.5)

The design area is 273 stitches (w) x 255 stitches (h). Our calculations have included a 3″ margin for finishing and framing, except where noted.

You can find our fabric suggestions on the Fabric Options tab and some are in Related Items below.

The stitched samples below were done on white or antique white just for the sample. 

Fabric size & cut size for Lakeside Linens:

28ct ~ Design: 19.5" x 18" ″ Fabric: 25.5″ x 24″ - cut size Custom Cut (27x24)

32ct ~ Design: 17" x 16″ Fabric: 23" x 22″ - cut size Custom Cut (27x24)

36ct ~ Design: 15" x14″ Fabric: 21 x 20″ - cut size Custom Cut (27x24)

40ct ~ Design: 13.7" x 12.8" Fabric: 20" x 19"″ - cut size Stitcher's Quarter (18x27) - 2.5" margin on one direction

46ct ~ Design: 12″ x 11" Fabric: 18″ x 17″ - cut size Custom Cut (19x18)

55ct ~ Design: 10" x 9″ Fabric: 16″ x 15″ - cut size Stitcher's Eighth (17.75x18)

52/60ct - Design: 11" x 10" Fabric: 17" x 16" - cut size Custom Cut (18x18)