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This is one of a few things that I've made specifically for Instagram. BadAssCrossStitch is someone I "know" from Instagram. She asked the people who follow her on IG to embroider our jeans' pockets with statements that would protest intellectual-property theft, photograph them, and put them on Instagram with a #reBUTTal hashtag. If you are on Instagram, and check out the #reBUTTal hashtag, you'll see hundreds of embroidered pockets.
ineedorange -- @badasscrossstitch made a fine sign for the Women’s March. Some sleazy clothing
manufacturer took her words and put them on the rear pocket of skin
tight jeans, without a by-your-leave. This is a bit of ammunition for
her ongoing “negotiations” with them. #reBUTTal
This is the first embroidery I'd done in decades. I wanted it to show up, so I chose the palest embroidery floss I could find (at home), and used chain stitch so the lines were fat. The yellow is just plain sewing thread. I left the pocket on the jeans, which was faster in the long run, but somewhat harder to manage. Especially at the bottom of the pocket! I drew white lines with a ruler and a white pencil for a bit of guidance to keep the lettering sort of straight, and sort of an even size...... And then I winged it.
I don't actually have any desire to draw attention to my jeans pockets, so this is a pair of jeans so old that one leg has been almost entirely cannibalized for patches to repair other pairs of jeans...... But the top is whole, and I could put them on for the pic.
The original (by the song's writer). I loved Lesley Gore (the first single I ever bought was "It's my Party"), but somehow I missed this song back in the day. I wish I'd known it then. I wish every girl knew it.
I love this version, too.
Running errands. Visiting a new-to-me grocery. Excellent clouds, and that highest white dot is the moon.
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Sunday, May 20, 2018
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