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I love seeing where the books end up and what you're making! If you hashtag #subversivecrossstitch or #subversivecrossstitchbook, especially on Instagram, know that I'll be looking, probably responding and sometimes reposting!

I thought I'd tell you a bit more about how this book came to be, after years of patience and waiting for just the right opportunity. When my 2006 book went out of print, I got so many emails from people asking where they could find one. Sometimes there would be used copies on Amazon or eBay but the prices were usually ridiculous. Since many of the book patterns are not available on my site, I wanted to keep all of the original patterns and build on those. And since so many people tell me that they refer to my...

Check 'em out -- seven designs for all your sentiments! Available as card kits or frame kits. Quick-stitch and twee in 18-count material, these will knock their socks off.

Great article from Yahoo DIY today about Needlepoint here. You know, any of my patterns can be turned into needlepoint. For example, the two pillows above that Urban Outfitters produced a year or so ago -- these came from cross stitch designs of mine. You can always add more in the foreground if you don't want to stitch a lot of the same color background. Experiment, jazz it up! See what happens! And send me photos if you do. Happy New Year!

We here at Subversive are BIG fans of the Colbert, we've been loyal viewers since Day One. About 8 years ago, I sent Stephen a sampler of his phrase "Truthiness" which I read in several interviews that he kept in his office. He also sent me a wonderful handwritten noting saying the same (see it here). So it was really fun to see the sampler show up on last night's broadcast during a segment where Stephen had a yard sale of all the stuff accumulated in nine years! I don't know if this was for real or if they'll actually...