Julie Jackson was not cut out for the rat race. Stuck in a stifling workplace with an idiot boss, she discovered the sassy side of traditional needlework and began selling cross stitch kits online. Within a year, her kits began selling in retail outlets such as Urban Outfitters and Target.com s Red Hot Shop. She lives in Dallas, Texas, with her charming husband. Visit her online at www.subversivecrossstitch.com.
With SUBVERSIVE CROSS STITCH: 50 F8CKING CLEVER DESIGNS FOR YOUR SASSY SIDE rude cross stitch comes to your very own fingertips. <b>- Paste Magazine</b> Perfect for cool parents and hipsters alike. <b>- The Advocate, online</b> By taking this old-fashioned technique, and even some old-fashioned designs, but adding in updated sayings, her designs balance precariously on that line between awful and awesome. <b>- BUST, online</b> Getting your stitchy snark on is so easy, you ll wonder why you haven t been doing it for years! <b>- MAKE Magazine</b> What s appealing about the patterns featured is thatthey have a real sense of humour and irony about them. <b>- Textile Artist</b> The glossy pages feature photos of the finished products on the left-hand side with patterns on the right, if you re so inclined to put needle to canvas yourself. Otherwise, the 50 different sayings do quite well as a mini coffeetable book, or a nice gift for the friend who s not afraid to combine the whimsical with a straight shot of sass. <b>- Red Eye Chicago</b> Julie has a new book coming out TODAY and it s even better than her first! <b>- Tanis Knits</b> <b><i>As Seen On: </i></b><b>Yahoo! DIY, the Yahoo! main page, The Colbert Report, and Stella Magazine</b>