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Been working on this Needle Case from Jo Verso’s Complete Cross Stitch Course. But I needed more color and inspiration than what the pattern called for.

Needles are mighty, y’all. Give yours a good home and put it to good use.

#stitchsky #craftivism #crossstitch #xstitch #fiberarts #WIPWednesday
Two rectangular cloths of the same size, being the front and back of the needle case. One cloth has a multicolored cross stitched pattern of a band sampler including diamonds, hearts, and wavy lines. The other is a backstitched quote attributed to Arthur Ashe, saying “start where you are, use what you have, do what you can” and a signature by the stitcher with the year 2025 stitched in. Because signing your work is important.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Inspired by @bannedcamp.bsky.social

White-knuckled it through 1984, shuddering through A Brave New World

#WIPWednesday #crossstitch #stitchsky
A cross-stitch project in progress of chartreuse thread on a dark blue background. The finished piece will read « I read banned books » in a very old-fashioned cross-stitch font. I’m still deciding if I will anything other than he lettering.
August 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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So I’ve tried my hand at freehand embroidery

#WIPWednesday #StitchSky #embroidery
The corner of a handkerchief embroidered with a simple tall-stem flower and the words “he lies”
August 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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You’re welcome to this marketing material that is my Bluesky feed, if you don’t mind it being a little on the nose.
A Bluesky feed showing a headline of RFK Jr pulling $500 million in funding for vaccine development immediately followed by a post for the book Science Under Siege.
August 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Slow and steady WIP. In addition to all of this *gestures wildly*, our family has faced loss, diagnoses, and new realities in the past month.

Seriously considering designing a phoenix pattern. It would be my first.

#stitchsky #crossstitch
Cross stitch in progress of yellow and orange nuclear blast on a blue background
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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WIP. I started this pattern before the inauguration because I was afraid of what was coming and thought this was a good representation. I had no idea. Now it’s my meditation for radical acceptance as I choose my next actions. #crossstitch #craftivism
Cross-stitch in progress of developing atomic bomb explosion on yellow and oranges on a dark blue background
February 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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It may be cold outside but I’ve got my eye on the future. Lunch WIP #quiltsky
An English paper pieced red and orange fabric flower stitched together from hexagon shapes with white fabric hexagons connecting them
January 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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WIP update. Becoming more clear. Listening to the commentary and analysis of the inauguration. Seems fitting.
Cross stitch in progress and in hoop. Revealing an explosion in oranges and yellow on a blue background
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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WIP update. Perfect for the cold weekend. Surprisingly cathartic.
Partially completed cross stitch. Oranges and swirls of yellow on blue cloth.
January 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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WIP update.
Cross stitch in progress, showing indistinct pattern of yellow and oranges on blue fabric in a hoop
January 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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WIP.
Cross stitch in progress. Indistinct pattern of oranges and yellow on blue cloth
January 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The book says it’s a two-hour project but I don’t mind that it’s not.
Cross stitch in progress with small pattern in background of a simple floral pattern with a cursive letter D in the center
January 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Delighted to be joining the generations of women with a proper sewing tin and teaching my child resilience in disappointment
A Danish butter cookie tin sitting on a table. It’s closed, so you can’t see there aren’t any cookies in it. I actually haven’t decided which thread and notions to put in there yet. Probably all the tools needed for whatever current project I’m working on, right? I’m not sure, I’m just really excited
January 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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At our house, Jan 6 is a birthday. She’s not a childless cat lady, but she is a cat lady. Who reads. Happy birthday to my wife!
A cross stitched bookmark with a cat and a heart
January 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Taking some time away from the news and enjoying the holidays. Pattern by TinyStitcheryCo on Etsy
Partially completed small cross stitch pattern of a gingerbread house
December 16, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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Work in progress
Cross-stitch in progress: orange squiggly lines at top of fabric Cross-stitch in progress: orange squiggly lines with yellow filling in at top of fabric
November 25, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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An image of tiny cross-stitched lettering in a hoop reading “well shit.”
November 17, 2024 at 11:12 PM