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Who Wants to Cross Stitch Famous Feminists?

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Kim is the winner!

The new book Feminist Icon Cross-Stitch by Anna Fleiss and Lauren Mancuso is a fun book full of stitched portraits of famous feminists and fun slogans for all the badass women in your life.

You’ll find cross-stitched versions of 20 legendary ladies, including:

  • Cleopatra
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • Abigail Adams
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Marie Curie
  • Virginia Woolf
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Frida Kahlo
  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Betty Friedan
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Rosie the Riveter
  • Billie Jean King
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Michelle Obama
  • Beyonce
  • Malala Yousafani

In addition there are charts for feminist sayings such as “nevertheless she persisted,” “the future is female” and “smash the patriarchy,” among others.

For each female honored in the book, there is a one-page biography, then the chart and a photo of the finished project.

There are also basic cross-stitch instructions, so you can give this book to your favorite feminist who isn’t a crafter and hope she’s inspired to take up the craft, or you can stitch these for holiday gifts or just for fun.

Check out this Ruth Bader biographical coloring book that introduces kids to the crusading Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thirty carefully researched and beautifully illustrated pages highlight the important milestones in Ginsburg’s remarkable life, from her time as a law professor and her years on the U.S. Court of Appeals to her career as the 107th Supreme Court Justice.

 

Giveaway!

If you’d like to check out a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of October and I’ll pick one winner to send my copy to. I’d love to know which of these feminist icons you’d like to stitch.

I’m thinking Cleopatra for my Egypt-loving daughter, or maybe the notorious RBG for me!

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing and good luck!

About the book: 120 pages, hardcover, 30 patterns. Published October, 2017 by Running Press. Retail price $18.

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  2. What a fab idea to stitch all these gorgeous women. I’d love to stitch Frida. My forever inspiration.

  5. Would love to win this book! Curious to see the Eleanor Roosevelt pattern, would probably make that one first!

  6. Frida Khalo is my fave! I love her and what a strong woman she was when she was alive and her persisting influence on today’s women.

  9. What about Secretary of State Condoleesa Rice? Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher? Laura Ingraham, Marsha Blackburn? UNAmbassador Nikki Haley? Alveda King? Jeane Kirkpatrick, Mia Love, Deneen Borelli? Jan Brewer? Beverly LaHaye, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Bay Buchanan, Mona Charen, Ivanka Trump, Liz Cheney, Kellyanne Conway! Kay Hutchison, Clare Boothe Luce, Michelle Malkin, Susana Martinez, Kristi Noem, Peggy NoonanKate O’Beirne, Star Parker, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Laura Schlessinger, Susan Sanders Huckabee?

    Cleopatra? Hillary Clinton? LOL Gloria Steinem? Beyonce????
    I do not think this book will be a big seller

  11. I would probably stitch Marie Curie. I remember when I was in elementary school we learned about Madam Curie and how she was a woman scientist at a time when all scientists were men. I imagine she didn’t get much support.

  13. I’d like to stitch some of these for my nieces! For myself, it’s definitely all about RBG and Frida.

  18. I love this! I’d probably start with RBG and HRC and then move on to Malala, Frida, and Marie Curie!

  19. Can’t wait for this book to come out! First I’d stitch Frida Kahlo, then Eleanor Roosevelt 🙂

  20. I would love to give a copy of this book to my best friend or better, make her a few of these and give her the book. They are awesome!

  26. I’d love to do the Frida Kahlo for my little artist. He’d love it. And for myself I’d stitch Eleanor Roosevelt.

  28. I love the idea of representing important feminists and I’d love a copy of this book. First up would probably be Notorious RBG!

  29. Awesome! I’m a newbie so excited that these are basic stitch. It’s a major toss up – I’d stitch RBG, Rosie, or Susan B. first!

  30. I know someone who would love to get a cross stitched Ruth Bader Ginsburg for the holidays. Or maybe a Michele Obama. Or maybe a HRC.
    what a terrific book! Thanks for the great giveaway!

  32. I’d love to stitch three of the women for my three granddaughters but it would be hard to choose. Still I’m partial to Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. What a great concept for a book!

  33. I would love this! I would stitch Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton for my boys’ bedroom since I’m trying to raise little feminists.

  34. Hi 🙂 I am new to cross stitch but I would love to try stitching Beyonce, I’ve listened to her music my whole life!

  38. So many incredible women to admire! It was a tough choice, but if I have to pick one, it would be RGB! The feisty feminist Supreme! I would love to stich her as a gift for a high schooler who is an aspiring lawyer. It would make a wonderful crafty motivator to show how much a woman can achieve.

  39. What a wonderful book! I can see a book 2 in its future!! I would be working 24/7 to get Christmas gifts done from here. Nice job!!!!!

  41. I would love to stitch Queen Elizabeth I, I’m into reading the Tudor era just now. Thanks for the chance!

  43. Oh my which to stitch 1st Sojourner, Susan B, Malala….if only I could win a copy of this book & stitch them all!!!

  44. Si mone de Beauvoir, for my daughter, a true modern day feminist. Would love to do her hero, Mary wolstencraft too.

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Cheerful Sun Cross Stitch Patterns

As I write this, we’re on day three of an expected four days full of rain, so it’s no wonder I wanted to share some sunny cross stitch patterns.

This pretty sun from Anchor via Yarnspirations uses five different shades of cheery yellow. It measures 48 by 48 stitches, or 3.5 inches/8.5 cm square on 14 count fabric.

This smiling yellow sun is a great beginner cross stitch project. The design is from Bella Rose Craft and uses three colors. When worked on 14 count fabric it fits perfectly in a 4-inch hoop.

Add another color and you’ve got this sweet sun cross stitch pattern from Mamas Crafty Basket. It’s also a little larger, at 44 by 44 stitches, but it’s still a great choice for a new stitcher. That comes out to just over 3 inches/7.87 cm on 14 count fabric.

I love this cheerful sun from Sacred Thread Design because it looks like a fancied up version of something a child would draw. This one would be great for a nursery or child’s room, or anywhere that needs a ray of sunshine. It measures 99 by 95 stitches and uses 16 colors. On 14 count fabric it will come out to 7.1 by 6.8 inches, or 18 by 17.2 cm if that’s the way you measure.

If you like your sun with a side of moon, and maybe a planet, this set from Ma Galina Lativa may be what you’re looking for. It’s shown as two different hoops but you could stitch them on the same piece of fabric and frame them together if you’d rather. The sun by itself measures 67 by 66 stitches, while the moon is 52 by 40. 

And to finish up by taking it in a completely different direction, there’s this colorful folk art sun by Tiny House Studio BC. It got let into the party because the sun is smiling, but this is definitely not as easy a pattern as the others I’ve shared. This one uses a whopping 42 colors and is 140 by 175 stitches. That’s 10 by 12.5 inches, or 25.4 by 31.75 cm on 14 count fabric.