Stitchy Gifts 2022

Here are some of the stitchy gifts I gave this year! I hope I have not posted these already... This one is from Subversive Cross Stitching. I gave it to Anan and she LOVED it. I knew she would :)

I gave this one to Eric. It's a Scottish well-wish. Pattern is by SikaStitch on Etsy.

This one I gave to Haylan. She saw the purple one I did and loved it so much and so of course I had to do Halloween colors for the Queen of Halloween!

Here's to another year of stitching!

Bollocks

You can always count of Son of a X Stitch on Etsy to bring the good stuff, even if it is a load of bollocks.

Serenity Now, Insanity Later.

We are big Seinfeld fans in this house, and Frank Costanza is one of my favorite characters. There was an episode where he was taught the mantra of "Serenity now", and what was so funny is that rather than calmly say it, he would shout it at the top of his lungs in times of stress. That character is so funny. Later in the episode, the person who taught him the phrase taught him the rest of it... "Serenity now... Insanity later." This pattern is by Stitchesbylibby on Etsy.

(Not) Wasted Time

I don't have much to say. I just really love this quote. I found it and then I created the letters from an online alphabet generator. I made this one back in 2013.

Elvis's Last Words

My husband is a huge fan of the TV show The Orville. If you've not seen it, it's a show by Seth Macfarlane that pays homage to Star Trek, mostly Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's REALLY good. It's equally funny and dramatic, and overall pretty light-hearted. There is an episode where the captain of The Orville is in a situation where he is about to die and he shouts "I'm going to the bathroom to read!" When he doesn't die, his first officer asks "What the hell was that?" and he says "It was Elvis Presley's last words, it was all I could think of." I scoured the internet for a small, simple toilet cross stitch pattern and found one on an Google image search. I added the words from an online alphabet generator. I gave it to my husband as a random surprise, and he hung it in his bathroom (it's really the guest bathroom but he uses it more often than our master because it's right beside the livingroom). No disrespect meant to Elvis, btw.

A grown man is upset because he can no longer be aroused by candy characters.

Y'all, Tucker Carlson has lost his fucking mind about the new M & M character not identifying as male or female and it's the talk of the fucking country. It's ridiculous and fucking hilarious. He's mad because he can't fap to candy anymore I guess. A grown man is upset because he can no longer be aroused by candy characters. He went on a tirade on his show and said "Misearable non-binary candy is all we deserve". And the cross stitch community DID NOT DISAPPOINT, no siree. Thank you, ScreamingHeartDesign. I chose green because I like the green M & Ms.

NOMFP.

Since I saw the episode of The Thick of It where Malcolm said that the MOD overspend was "NOMFP", it has become my mantra. It's my "Serenity Now!". I use it at work because I fucking hate it there and somethings are honestly just... Not My Fucking Problem. And so I can't be arsed. I created this piece to commemorate it. I have adopted this as my mantra and I encourage all of my friends to do the same.

Neil, bathroom's free!

I have loved The Young Ones since my early 20s. It is ridiculous and really pretty stupid and lowbrow. However, it's also really funny. And I love mid-80s British TV. Hell, I love most British things in general. This pattern is from our British friends over at 8bitnorthxstitch on Etsy. I love their patterns. And I don't know which Young One I like better- Rik or Vyvan. Maybe Rik. RIP.