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.
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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Love this idea and I would love this book. thanks
Ang
What a fab idea to stitch all these gorgeous women. I’d love to stitch Frida. My forever inspiration.
I’d start with Marie Curie!
Would love to create a garment decorated by these ladies – from one strong woman with a will to inspire others.
Would love to win this book! Curious to see the Eleanor Roosevelt pattern, would probably make that one first!
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.
What a GREAT book, that would be a honour to win! Who doesn’t love “Rosie”?
Love the idea– maybe they’ll follow it up with a beading version!
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
so much fun, Will be looking for it on the bookshelves.
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.
fabulous idea! hard pressed to name the most influential!
I’d like to stitch some of these for my nieces! For myself, it’s definitely all about RBG and Frida.
I would love to stitch Michele Obama. Great idea for a book.
Love this! I want to stitch The Notorious RBG (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) and hang her in my office!
Looks like my reply did not go through. I would love to stitch Gloria Steinem and Michelle Obama to start.
I would like to do Marie Curie, she was fantastic
I love this! I’d probably start with RBG and HRC and then move on to Malala, Frida, and Marie Curie!
Can’t wait for this book to come out! First I’d stitch Frida Kahlo, then Eleanor Roosevelt 🙂
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!
This is fabulous! I would love to work the patterns from this book!
This book sounds wonderful and I’d love a copy. There cannot be enough talk about strong women. I love the idea of doing a Notorious RBG. ~Noelle
This book is amazing! I think first up I would stitch Malala!!!
I loive rhe ideia!! What a wonderful gift! Hope i’m the lucky one!!
I want to stitch Virginia Woolf, Frida Kahlo, & Notorious RBG [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] the most.
I’d love to do the Frida Kahlo for my little artist. He’d love it. And for myself I’d stitch Eleanor Roosevelt.
I would love this book! Wonderful to honor these women this way!
I love the idea of representing important feminists and I’d love a copy of this book. First up would probably be Notorious RBG!
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!
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!
I’d have to stitch up Rosie!
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!
I would love this! I would stitch Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton for my boys’ bedroom since I’m trying to raise little feminists.
Hi 🙂 I am new to cross stitch but I would love to try stitching Beyonce, I’ve listened to her music my whole life!
Love feminism and love cross-stitch, so this is perfect for me!
I think my hallway needs a Rosie the Riveter to brighten it up!
Oh gosh, so many that I’d love to stitch ….I would have to start with RBG!
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.
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!!!!!
Great book! I’d love to do Susan B Anthony.
I would love to stitch Queen Elizabeth I, I’m into reading the Tudor era just now. Thanks for the chance!
Sojourna Truth is my pick. Imagine such a woman speaking extemporaneously on such a subject in that age!
Oh my which to stitch 1st Sojourner, Susan B, Malala….if only I could win a copy of this book & stitch them all!!!
Si mone de Beauvoir, for my daughter, a true modern day feminist. Would love to do her hero, Mary wolstencraft too.