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Feminist Stitches

Cross Stitch Kit with 12 Fierce Designs - Includes: 6" Embroidery Hoop, 10 Skeins of Embroidery Floss, 2 Pieces of Cross Stitch Fabric, Cross Stitch Needle
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Feminist Stitches presents twelve empowering cross-stitch patterns celebrating iconic feminist slogans and imagery. From "Votes for Women" and "We Can Do It" to "Smash the Patriarchy" and "The Future is Female," these designs allow you to express feminist pride through personalised household items or framed art. The book includes step-by-step instructions with full-colour photographs, and the accompanying kit provides all materials needed for two projects.
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This book is ideal for crafters and feminists interested in combining activism with creative embroidery. It suits beginners and experienced stitchers seeking meaningful DIY projects with a strong cultural message.

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Feminist Stitches is a cross-stitch kit designed to inspire and empower feminists of all crafting levels.

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Feminist Stitches offers twelve empowering feminist-themed cross-stitch patterns that celebrate strong women. Decorate your home with framed finished pieces or use the patterns to personalise household items, such as tea towels, pillowcases, or backpacks. The kit includes twelve fun and original patterns featuring various designs and quotes popularised by the feminist movement, plus the supplies needed to make two finished projects.

The book provides step-by-step instructions with full-colour photographs of the finished projects. The kit includes:

  • 6 inch embroidery hoop
  • Cross stitch needle
  • 2 pieces of cross stitch fabric
  • 10 skeins of embroidery floss

All the material you need to create two projects is included.

Possible feminist cross-stitch patterns include:

  • Votes for Women
  • We Can Do It (with Rosie the Riveter)
  • Don't Tell Me to Smile
  • Pussy Hat + 'Power'
  • Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History
  • R.I.P. Gender Roles (with tombstone design)
  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun...damental Human Rights
  • Not Your Babe
  • The Future is Female
  • Smash the Patriarchy
  • I Dissent (with design inspired by Ruth Bader Ginsburg's popular "dissent necklace")
  • Resist

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760367483

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Kit

Date Published: 21 April 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: becker&mayer! books

Illustration: color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 197.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Haley Pierson-Cox is craft writer, cross stitch designer, and craft book author who lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and their very large rescue cat, Mr. Big Stuff. In addition to cross stitch, Haley is a knitter, sewer, quilter, and general maker of things who believes in the value of people, especially women, coming together to pass along both the skills and the community found in making things by hand. Haley is a co-host of the Very Serious Crafts podcast, the creative behind the craft blog Red-Handled Scissors, and the author of the books Improper Cross-Stitch and The Golden Girls (Cross Stitch).

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