This Star Wars cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop: This project is inspired by the throne room scene in The Last Jedi. The graduated red border reflects the rich red walls of the throne room, and the background is based on the light panel in the elevator Rey and Kylo rode …
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 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 …
This Civility cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! The quote for this pattern comes from a conversation I had with a coworker years ago. Once when I asked him a question, he gave me a snippy and unkind answer. I just looked at him and said, “You know, a little civility goes …
This Spinal Tap heavy sedation cross stitch project is now available in my Etsy shop! This pattern is based on a quote from the hilarious cult classic 1984 movie “This is Spinal Tap.” David St. Hubbins (played by Michael McKean) is talking about the departure of his long-time lead guitarist and friend Nigel Tufnel (played …
This suggestive Zesty cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop!Dark, Vast, and Zesty may sound somewhat like a double entendre, but it has a much more innocent origin. A family member got himself into an enormous financial mess that peaked when he had a life-threatening illness, and it took many of his …
This “Big Spender” Pop my Cork cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop! This suggestive project is a lyric from the song “Big Spender.” The song was written for the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. It was a big hit for Shirley Bassey in 1967 and it continues to be one of …
This Deeds Not Words cross stitch pattern is now available in my Etsy shop!This was one of the mottoes of the women’s suffrage movement, as seen on the massive banner in this photo: Although the image is black and white, I imagine that the banner was in the purple, white, and green colors of the …