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 …
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 …
Here’s my review of the 35 new DMC floss colors released in 2017. They are very welcome additions to the DMC palette, especially in expanding their range of purples, greens, yellows, browns, and grays. The last new solids arrived in 2013, when DMC released 16 new floss colors that, to this day, are only available …
This festive variegated Christmas floss comparison will show some of the available color combinations, explain differences between brands, and show examples of how these gorgeous threads stitch. [Update 2023: There are more Christmas flosses available in my shop now, including ThreadworX 1084, ThreadworX 1087, and my 10-color ThreadworX Chrismas Collection, as well as a Christmas …
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 …