I’m not into cross stitch mainly because I am craft impaired, but mostly due to the fact that all the cross stitched sayings are too perky for my tastes.
These are a couple sayings I think would be great cross stitched:
Right now my life is just one learning experience after another. By the end of the week, I should be a genius.
Smart is when you believe only half of what you hear.
Brilliant is when you know which half to believe.
It’s so simple to be smart. Just think of something stupid to say; then say the opposite.
(and of course, my signature line du jour.)
Anyone else have similar thoughts?
I have never let schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
To quote: “Stupid is as stupid does.” by Forest Gump
I do like to cross stitch, and I think these sound like great ideas! Hmmmmmmmm…
Life is teaching you some painful lessons. But it is from adversity that strength is born. You may have lost the inning, but I know you’ll win the game.
One I actually saw in cross-stitch or needlepoint - “I’m out of estrogen and I have a gun. Any questions?”
I hate to do cross-stitch 'cause you have to do the damn thing twice (once this way \ and once this way / ), feh, give me needlepoint.
Which reminds me of a needlepoint I saw once - a local bar with a '50s kitch theme (called “Home”) had a needlepoint nudie girl! I can’t imagine who would have done that.
Opal - they’re called samplers because they should have the quote, plus complete alphabet w/ numbers and a variety of patterns or embroidery stiches on the sampler. They were used as teaching tools for beginning needleworkers. I.E. a sample of different stitching tasks.