Meet the OG subversive stitcher. (NSFWish).
If you spend any time on Etsy or Pinterest or really the internet in general, you've probably encountered subversive cross-stitches.
Julie Jackson
Maybe they're needlepointed rap lyrics; maybe they're incredibly sexual images rendered in thread.
Julie Jackson
But they're not a new trend: Julie Jackson, of the Subversive Cross-Stitch blog, has been making these pieces since 2003.
"I was at a really awful job and my boss was a huge bully," she told BuzzFeed Life, "so I picked up a really ornate sampler at a craft store and stitched 'fuck' in the middle of it. I couldn't believe it was so freakin' therapeutic."
Julie Jackson
"I put up a site to share with friends and hoped they'd join me," she said.
"Then it went viral, so I quickly put up an email sign-up and decided to sell kits. It really just kind of happened like that."
Julie Jackson
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