Lesson Learned, Karma Burned

Alesia Matson
Alesia Matson
Grimalkin 1 at Grimalkin Crossing Cross Stitch Designs
Just an analog hobbyist waking up in a digital world. Counted cross stitch designer, old SF Giants fan, new cricket convert. Appreciates animals, music, friends, kindness, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bollywood, dry humor, and the Oxford comma. Telegram: t.me/zenstitcher ||LinkedIn: aematson
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  Lesson Learned, Karma Burned is a cross stitch sampler derived from an idea that’s been hanging around my design folder, in various forms and stages of completion, for about two years. I sent preview versions to Sue from time

Courage for Ukraine: a fundraiser

Alesia Matson
Alesia Matson
Grimalkin 1 at Grimalkin Crossing Cross Stitch Designs
Just an analog hobbyist waking up in a digital world. Counted cross stitch designer, old SF Giants fan, new cricket convert. Appreciates animals, music, friends, kindness, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bollywood, dry humor, and the Oxford comma. Telegram: t.me/zenstitcher ||LinkedIn: aematson
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Courage for Ukraine (picture below) is inspired by the flag of the Ukrainian people, whose guts, grit, and gallantry have brought me to tears every single day since the invasion began. They remind me in a direct way of what

Question All Paranoia – Stay Strong!

Alesia Matson
Alesia Matson
Grimalkin 1 at Grimalkin Crossing Cross Stitch Designs
Just an analog hobbyist waking up in a digital world. Counted cross stitch designer, old SF Giants fan, new cricket convert. Appreciates animals, music, friends, kindness, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bollywood, dry humor, and the Oxford comma. Telegram: t.me/zenstitcher ||LinkedIn: aematson
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For “Question All Paranoia” I wanted to design a counted cross stitch pattern that could take a solid whack at our inner demons. You know, the ones that make us doubt ourselves, and which rear their butt-ugly heads at the

Memento Mori

Alesia Matson
Alesia Matson
Grimalkin 1 at Grimalkin Crossing Cross Stitch Designs
Just an analog hobbyist waking up in a digital world. Counted cross stitch designer, old SF Giants fan, new cricket convert. Appreciates animals, music, friends, kindness, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bollywood, dry humor, and the Oxford comma. Telegram: t.me/zenstitcher ||LinkedIn: aematson
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  What is “Memento Mori”? “Memento Mori” is a Latin phrase that translates into something like “remember that you die” (cheery, eh?). In embroidery, “memento mori” signifies the “mourning work” pieces stitched in 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Done

Maybe It’s You: Stitch it this afternoon!

Alesia Matson
Alesia Matson
Grimalkin 1 at Grimalkin Crossing Cross Stitch Designs
Just an analog hobbyist waking up in a digital world. Counted cross stitch designer, old SF Giants fan, new cricket convert. Appreciates animals, music, friends, kindness, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Bollywood, dry humor, and the Oxford comma. Telegram: t.me/zenstitcher ||LinkedIn: aematson
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“Maybe It’s You” is for all the times you’ve thought it, and couldn’t say it. And for all the times you did say it, and wished you’d said it louder. It’s a simple sampler with strong visual impact, and just