ICYMI: New 3D Cross Stitch Fun for Hard Times!
plus a new one for St. Patrick's Day and more super cool needle minders
A Dazzling Reminder to Cool Your Jets!
Looks SO amazing in person--a reminder that things are not always as they seem until you put on your 3D glasses! I really hate that there’s no way to convey how this looks through the 3D glasses, it’s so cool. These super-special limited kits include 3D glasses and this round gold frame, plus, of course, everything needed to create them: red 14-count Aida fabric, DMC floss, two needles, a pattern, and instructions.
Mr. Stevers Has St. Patrick’s Day Covered!
Here’s a big 8 x 10” PDF pattern to sink your needle into. Just don’t get any green beer on your fabric! And four more popular designs from our collection:
NEW Needle Minders for Your Growing Collection
45 Adaptors: These are gorgeous gold adaptor pins from Badge Bomb that I turned into needle minders! I even used special magnets with holes in the center so they don't interfere with the design.
Angel Dog: I got lost in too many cats for a while there, so here's a sweet angelic dog to represent the canines! Think of hims as your guardian cross stitch angel! He'd go great with our Dog Is An Angel kit.
Revisiting “To Create Is To Resist”
Our “To Create Is To Resist” kit has a fascinating and timely back story you may not be aware of: the quote is from Stéphane Hessel, a diplomat who was also part of the French Resistance against the Nazis in World War II. He led a pretty fascinating life.
The full quote, "To create is to resist; to resist is to create", is from "Time For Outrage!", a pamphlet he published at the end of 2010 when he was 93 years old. It was a call for young people to fight injustice and it struck a nerve, becoming a surprise best-seller (3.5 million copies worldwide, translated into 10 languages). It also gave the name (Indignados) to the Spanish protest movement that started in May 2011. It later inspired other protests in many countries, including France, Greece, Israel, and the USA with Occupy Wall Street. He was also a fellow student of Sartre:
Sartre taught us, "You are responsible as individuals." The responsibility of a person can not be assigned by a power or an authority. On the contrary, it is necessary to get involved in the name of one's responsibility as a human being.
Some amazing facts about Hessel:
- The characters in Jules et Jim were based on his parents!
- His family was part of that magical era in France with Calder, Man Ray and others. Stephane learned to play chess from Marcel Duchamp!
- Also, he escaped from two different concentration camps.
Coming up: a big pop-up sale featuring one of your favorite designers, plus new patterns to get you through these crazy times and more needle minders because I’ve obviously become obsessed!
Thanks for being here. I hope you have a good weekend. Don’t forget to spring ahead!
xoxo
j.
