This feels like it goes with the feminist cross-stitch book a little bit (that giveaway is still open by the way, so go enter if you haven’t yet!) and husband and I have been watching The Handmaid’s Tale, so I couldn’t resist.
Wild Violet Stitches on etsy has a Handmaid’s Tale-inspired pattern, complete with a handmaid, a house and designs out of an old-time sampler and the famous phrase Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum (sort of fake Latin for “don’t let the bastards grind you down”).
The pattern is actually really pretty, and great to stitch while you watch. Believe me, you’ll need something to do with your hands, and angrily stabbing a cross-stitch project is as good as anything.
The PDF pattern runs $5.
[Photo: Wild Violet Stitches via etsy.]
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