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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Wow this is fantastic. Especially cool to see such an important campaign being honoured. Solidarity with Swedish Squatters!
Lovely, on both aesthetics and meaning!
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