This Bad Movie cross stitch pattern is now available in my shop! This project is inspired by a line in Top Secret – the very funny movie by the same group of misfits who made Airplane! Top Secret features Val Kilmer as an Elvis-type singer who becomes involved with the Resistance while traveling and performing in …
This Call Me a Snickers cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! This pattern is inspired by Riblet, one of Bobby Moynihan’s reoccurring characters during the Weekend Update segment. Riblet is a high school friend of Michael Che who interrupts the show and tries to take over Michael’s “jorb.” He’s full of …
I created these ThreadworX variegated floss samples to help show the beauty of the color combinations when stitched. Above is the stitched sample of ThreadworX 1154 – Bradley’s Balloons. I stitched all of these samples with two strands of the six strand floss on 14 count Aida. It took just under four yards of two …
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I’ve identified these Anchor variegated floss replacements as, inexplicably, the company has discontinued these gorgeous colors. Fortunately, there are some really wonderful colors in the DMC and ThreadworX lines that will serve as excellent substitutes. In 2015 I blogged a detailed comparison between the Anchor Multicolor (numbers 1300-1390) and DMC Color Variation lines, never thinking that …
This new DMC floss colors pattern uses all 35 of the solid colors DMC released in 2017. It’s now available in my Etsy shop! I created a thorough review of these 35 new colors, where you can see how they fall in the newest DMC color card and what new colors are my favorite additions. …
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This Lift While You Climb cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop!I first heard this expression after the passing of Gwen Ifill, who, to quote Biography.com “was a pioneering journalist and one of the most successful female African-American reporters of all time.” Her friends and fellow journalists noted “how she embodied the motto …
This NOPE cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! This was a great opportunity to work with kilim rug designs – something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. And while there are a lot of Nope cross stitch patterns out there, there’s always room for more. While there are …
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This What it was, what it is, what it shall be cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The pattern is based on my personal motto for my previous career: “What it was, what it is, what it shall be.” A lot of my job depended on me knowing the original budget …
This Let it Snow cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop!This project is inspired by the Celebrity Jeopardy sketches on Saturday Night Live. Sean Connery’s character would often misread the category titles and in this instance, Sean Connery read “Let it Snow” as “Le Tits Now.” It’s absolutely hilarious! The whole sketch …
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My Be the Change cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! Via the website Quote Investigator, it turns out that this phrase is one of the six principles of educator Arleen Lorrance’s “The Love Project”: “Be the change you want to see happen instead of trying to change everyone else.” Many attribute …