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This has to be the motto of embroiderers and cross stitchers the world over. And in our latest Radical Cross Stitch collaboration you can make this yourself with the latest ePattern designed by TiGER c/o SEWiCiDE and available exclusively in the Radical Rags Etsy Store!
A few days ago members of the Melbourne Revolutionary Craft Circle went out armed with bags of finger knitted wool, seeds, painted banners, ribbons, thermoses, cups, cameras, chocolate and some sneaky hip flasks to engage in some creative resistance against the rampant speculation which is wreaking havoc in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray.
For a nuclear free autonomy! (I’ve had that Combat Wombat track in my head the whole way through this project).
I know I promised to update often, a promise that I haven’t really kept… But I blame the fact that it’s summer in Sweden and there’s a tropical heat wave hitting us right now. Too hot to think or manage the blogging…
But I should at least give you my latest creation, aka “the Valerie Solanas project”.
I’m pleased to present the first Radical Cross Stitch official collaboration!
I’ve been gently hassling Zoe, who you may remember from the last episode of the Craft Cartel Podcast to send me some pictures of her cross stitch so I can share with you all. Zoe does such ace work and it deserves a big showing!
I had this moment of trepidation when opening this email this morning. The subject was ‘celebrating the 4th in fine fashion’. There’s been a rash of July 4th crafts going round the internet at the mo. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with July 4 crafts, I just get nervous around patriotic [...]
If I wasn’t furiously cleaning the house before my mum comes to visit (just kidding mum, it’s ALWAYS this spotless!) I’d be going to this craft night at Loophole Community Centre:
Create Date Craft Night, Thursday July 10th, 7-9pm, 834a High Street, Thornbury
Enjoy a night with friends and crafts. Anyone and anything welcome; knitting, painting, pastels, [...]
FINALLY!
Sorry this took so long but I managed to hurt my back and I was so sore I couldn’t even cross stitch! My partner knew there was really something wrong with me when I ignored the stitching.
So here’s my cross stitch contribution to the Free Tibet creativity movement sweeping the globe at the moment [...]
Check this out everyone, here is an entry to the Free Tibet XStitch Comp from Angela in Mexico. I’ve included her description below because I thought it was great that she outlined her design process as well. (Click on image to see it larger).
I had a lot of fun doing this. It the [...]
It’s been a wee while, so here comes some patterns!
One is free and one is for sale and they’re both quite different.
This first one I designed with my little girls bedroom wall in mind and it’s for all of you out there with a bit of anarchist in you.
You can purchase this pattern in the [...]
Yes everyone, 5 days until the end of the Free Tibet X Stitch Competition!
I’m furiously stitching trying to finish my design (which is obviously not eligible for prizes..) so I hope everyone else’s designs are going well!
I’ve been coming up with some plans on what to do with entries too. You’ll have to wait though..
Yay looking forward to seeing your entries!
Okay, so I know I shouldn’t let jerks like Steven Wells (that Kakariki mentioned in her latest post) piss me off as much as they do, but I just couldn’t help myself.
Some of you will remember the pattern I designed for the venus symbol aka the feminist symbol. At the time I designed it I didn’t really have any plans to actually stitch it, it just kind of came to me so I put it together. I guess I knew that the right purpose [...]
This is the project that has been sitting on my to-do list the longest this year, and it’s finally done!
Film maker Jim Finn (no relation to the Te Awamutu boys I’m guessing) has a diverse portfolio of talents and has also stitched these pillows featuring Communist Heroes. And the stitching is gorgeous.
I was most interested in the process he went through to create them:
I chose [...]
So, I’m gonna try and write an intro post for myself… I’m Johanna, I live in Stockholm, Sweden but will probably move down to northern Mozambique sometime in October this year. I got hooked on needles (no, not that kind) when I realized how easy cross stitching really is and above all, how creative you [...]
I am pleased to announce the newest addition to the Radical Cross Stitch family.
Coming all the way to us from Sweden, or maybe somewhere in Africa… everyone say a big hi to Johanna!
We all know and love Johanna from the mighty Cross Yr Stitches blog. The Ninja and I decided that since one [...]
OK hi-tech is a slight exaggeration..
As previously promised, I was gonna put the cross stitch kits up for sale as e-patterns. So you kids who already have all your own bits and bobs and especially those of you conscious of shipping stuff all over the planet, can now rest easy. I’ve got the [...]
I promised a finished cross stitch and now I’m finally delivering! I’ve been slowly working on this one for a couple of months now and I’m so happy to see it finished!
It’s is an antique (c. 1860’s) inspired floral border surrounding the text ‘Don’t Bleed on the Carpet’. I’ve subtitled it ‘if you’re [...]
"I don't regard myself as an artist. I am a craftsman. Fuck art." - Clifford Harper
