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Working with Fred is a such a dream I never would've even dared to dream--check out these AMAZING set of Subversive sponges they created! My mind is completely blown. They're one of my very favorite brands, they make the coolest stuff! The quality of these are SO nice, of course, because Fred is the best! There's a plastic GOLD frame (!) and the designs are actually STITCHED on each sponge! You get the frame and four sponges in a box, plus some suction cups if you want to put it on the edge of your sink, or on tile. Also,...

UPDATE 2020: We no longer have this pattern on our site, but you can find it HERE! I saw these on Instagram and thought it was SO CLEVER! So I worked with the creator to bring it to you as a PDF that includes all 16 of these rockin' cocks! Here's Lauren's story of how these came to be the hit of a hen party (bachelorette party), direct from Cornwall!: The original series was made as a surprise for my sister Helen's hen party which I was organising with my other sister, Hope. The details of the hen party were...

I REALLY hope you're near Dallas, because we're getting our CLASS act together! Derp! Seriously, though, our gal Nikki will be teaching a couple of classes at the very cool Pipe & Palette in the downtown Plano Arts District. Plus, we'll have wine and some cake balls from Amazeballz (which is right down the street in case you need more after class). The first class will be on Saturday, March 16th from 2:00-4:00, so sign up and get ready for some fun! You'll get a Deluxe Kit, some tiny scissor snips, some cool swag we're having made just for class...

Subversive stitcher Pauline Winick presented this modified version of our Fuck Aunt Lydia design to THE Margaret Atwood at an event! Pauline was disappointed she didn't get a photo of Ms. Atwood with the piece, but she left without opening it. I was looking around Twitter the other day (I'm terrible at keeping up with it) and saw that Ms. Atwood herself had posted this! WOW!! If you haven't seen Ann Dowd's portrayal of Aunt Lydia on Hulu's brilliant adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, she's deliciously despicable.

I'm sharing this touching email from you, with Melissa's permission, because it stopped me in my tracks. xoxo ------------- My name is Melissa and I live in Utah. I am 41 years old with an overabundance of serious chronic health problems. I am going into hospice in about a month. My friends wanted some pictures of me before I entered hospice. I asked for "prop" ideas of what they will remember of me. Several friends said cross stitching.... So the attached is what I chose to use. I thought you'd like to know that your cross stitch patterns etc are...