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After my last post about Shannon Downey extreme cross stitching, I received this amazing photo and email from Kirsty G: Good morning from the UK! I've just seen the photo of the extreme cross sticher on Facebook and I thought I'd share my most extreme photo with you too. Obviously, great subversive cross stitchers think alike! My husband is in the UK Military and is currently deployed. While he's away I try and raise money for charity by doing silly things (it keeps me busy!). This year my friends have been setting me various challenges. I am currently in the...

I discovered Badass Cross Stitch while browsing around on Instagram and I was immediately drawn to the photos. I got to know the creator, Shannon Downey, a bit more and that’s when I saw these AMAZING thread organizers she was creating and I was like, Subversive peeps need to know about this! I love them so much I’m selling them here on my site! Then I saw Shannon post photos of a train trip to cross stitch in the Montana wilderness (tagging it #ExtremeStitching and #ExtremeCrossStitching) and I was all, Okay, I seriously need to share this and NOW. So...

Seriously, how great is this? An original product made by Shannon Downey of BadAss Cross Stitch, available here--now--in our shop! Tune in tomorrow for my interview with Shannon and get to know this truly kick-ass cross stitcher.

Style Yourself Vintage did a really fantastic blog post about what's in our kits and how to tackle your first time cross stitching. It's so thorough with lots of photos -- better than I could do! I've added it to our How-To page so you can always access or share it if you forget where it is. It's just the best explanation I've ever seen. Thanks, Harrie!! (photo from Style Yourself Vintage)

I have a piece in the darling new book "The Sewists" from Josephine Perry. Here's a sneak peek below, it's available now on Amazon!