Salem Sampler - Plum Street Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern quilt block Platinum Belfast linen with Weeks

Platinum Belfast linen with Weeks Dye Works floss

The star of the sampler - the amazing beaded spider is created with  one Mill Hill Bead # 12257 oval Olivine Luster Glass Treasure (1)

you cannot hang a canvas on a tree

There are no specialty stitches in this pattern

89 in high

Salem Sampler - Plum Street Samplers - Cross Stitch Pattern quilt block Platinum Belfast linen with WeeksThis is the next sampler in my Rhode Island sampler inspired series, and it was a joy to design because I chose to work with a palette that was not the usual Halloween flavor sometimes associated with Salem. No orange was used anywhere in the piece! The top of the sampler features a death head, which is a winged skull used on many old headstones and represents a soul whose journey isnt finished yet, a passing on to heaven. The middle section shows