Subversive Cross Stitch: 50 Designs for Your Sassy Side

Description

Subversive Cross Stitch began in the spring of 2003 as a form of anger management therapy when Jackson was dealing with a cruel bully of a boss. At her wit's end and in dire need of some art therapy, she stopped by a craft store on the way home from work one day and picked up an ornate sampler. Once she finished the intricate border of pink flowers, she decided to stitch the word F*%k' right in the centre. It felt so great, and the idea was born!'

In 2003, Julie Jackson created Subversive Cross Stitch, a bedrock of the modern craft movementthat pairs old-fashioned samplers with snarky sentiments. Along with this, her second book, kits,cards, and other gift items bearing Subversive designs can be found online and in retail storesaround the world. Kits, supplies, advice, and hundreds of PDF patterns can be found on her site,subversivecrossstitch.com.Julie currently lives in Dallas with her husband and a menagerie of outstanding honor roll pets.

With SUBVERSIVE CROSS STITCH: 50 F8CKING CLEVER DESIGNS FOR YOUR SASSY SIDE "rude cross stitch comes to your very own fingertips." - Paste Magazine "Perfect for cool parents and hipsters alike." - The Advocate, online "By taking this old-fashioned technique, and even some old-fashioned designs, but adding in updated sayings, her designs balance precariously on that line between awful and awesome." - BUST, online "Getting your stitchy snark on is so easy, you'll wonder why you haven't been doing it for years!" - MAKE Magazine "What's appealing about the patterns featured is that they have a real sense of humour and irony about them." - Textile Artist "The glossy pages feature photos of the finished products on the left-hand side with patterns on the right, if you're so inclined to put needle to canvas yourself. Otherwise, the 50 different sayings do quite well as a mini coffeetable book, or a nice gift for the friend who's not afraid to combine the whimsical with a straight shot of sass." - Red Eye Chicago "Julie has a new book coming out TODAY and it's even better than her first!" - Tanis Knits As Seen On: Yahoo! DIY, the Yahoo! main page, The Colbert Report, and Stella Magazine