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Homes for all

During the fall there were a number of squats all over Sweden as a protest to the housing shortage. It is especially bad in the biggest cities. Inspired by those squats I decided to make this cross stitch, it’s based on a photo from an article about one of them. The text on the banner says “Homes For All”.

Finished size about 27,5 x 48 cm on 14 stitches/inch Aida.

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Tags: housing affordability, xstitch

Posted in Activism Craftivism International Politics xstitch
4 Comments Posted by Cross stitch ninja

4 Responses to "Homes for all"

kakariki says:

February 26, 2009 at 8:10 pm

Wow this is fantastic. Especially cool to see such an important campaign being honoured. Solidarity with Swedish Squatters!
betsy says:

February 26, 2009 at 10:24 pm

Lovely, on both aesthetics and meaning!
Radical Cross Stitch » I just can’t get enough says:

January 12, 2010 at 6:36 pm

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HaggBridge.com » Blog Archive » Craftwerk 2.0: New Household Tactics for the Popular Crafts says:

January 30, 2010 at 3:37 pm

[...] In 2008, there were a number of squats all over Sweden as a protest to the housing shortage, in particular in biggest cities. “Cross Stitch Ninja” a.k.a. Maria Halvarson (part of the famed online collective Radical Cross Stitch) decided to make a cross stitch based on a photo from an article about one of these squatting actions. The text on the banner says “Homes For All“. [...]