by kathhw
by kathhw
50% off all items in Argenta Collaborative until further notice! Get your hands on some great cross stitches, a custom pattern, or fun perler bead accessories!
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sale also going on at http://www.etsy.com/shop/theyearningrobot!!
by stacy-d
Crafternoon Delight! by Thank Goodness on Etsy
Custom Chevron iPhone case
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Custom Paisley iPhone case
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Something to live your life by.
Available to by at http://www.etsy.com/listing/80593611/hand-stitched-life-embroidery-play-but
PHOTO: Major A. T. Casdagli RAOC, ‘God Save the King, F*** Hitler’ ,1941 ©Captain A. T. Casdagli After six months held by the Nazis in a prisoner of war camp, Major Alexis Casdagli was handed a piece of canvas by a fellow inmate. Pinching red and blue thread from a disintegrating pullover belonging to an elderly Cretan general, Casdagli passed the long hours in captivity by painstakingly creating a sampler in cross-stitch. Around decorative swastikas and a banal inscription saying he completed his work in December 1941, the British officer stitched a border of irregular dots and dashes. Over the next four years his work was displayed at the four camps in Germany where he was imprisoned, and his Nazi captors never once deciphered the messages threaded in Morse code: “God Save the King” and “Fuck Hitler”. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/sep/03/tony-casdagli-father-stitching-nazis?INTCMP=SRCH )
BAMF, with cross stitch no less. Now who would come up to this guy and say that because he said it with cross stitch it wasn’t a manly thing to do?
By Matthew Monthei, over on his Etsy store ‘MANJUNK’, the selection of beard related cross stitching is pretty vast but I liked the simplicity of this one most. The image itself is great, I like how subtle colour has been used in the threads, the eyebrows are wonderful (what a peculiar thing to say).
Finally finished something, a gift for one of my best friends. Also repaired a bra, made lunches for three days, and I WILL I WILL I WILL do some writing today.
Mandala pillow by OPAL, UK.
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Link to my tumblr post :
http://artworkbyopal.tumblr.com/post/9373374182/today-i-managed-to-finish-off-my-mandala-pillow
