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We are waiting for our Fall Needlework Market charts from the following designers: Mani Di Donna, Teresa Kogut, Jeanette Douglas, Plum Street Samplers, Cherry Blossoms, Kathy Barrick,  Tiny Modernist,  We are waiting for our thread order from Classic Colorworks and Weeks Dye Works to complete With Thy Needle and Thread kits and Maple Bar linen from Cedar River. 

Happy Stitching! ~Michelle 



Salem Sampler

Plum Street Samplers

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PSS276
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From Paulette:
This 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 isn't finished yet, a passing on to heaven. The middle section shows Reverend Mather protecting an accusing girl as he points a persecutory finger at two innocent women. Gallows Hill was where the accused were hanged, and although this isn't a very nice segue into the fabric I used, it does bring me to the topic of the brand new linen from  Rachel Miller of Needle and Flax, called - you guessed it - Gallows Hill. It's a gloriously rich brown neutral, and I am excited to use it on other designs!
 
Stitch count: 168w x 185h
Fabric used: 36 ct. Gallows Hill by Needle and Flax
Threads used: Weeks Dye Works in Mascara, Queen Anne's Lace, Taupe, Molasses, and Caper; Classic Colorworks in Prairie Grass, Pea Pod, Mariner's Compass, Pine Needles, Red Currant, Used Brick, and Vanilla Custard; DMC in 407, 611, 632, 644, 646, 676, 677, 729, 3013, 3021, 3032, 3772, and B5200.