{"id":35562,"date":"2024-12-12T15:10:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35562"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:10:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:10:35","slug":"crass-stitch-club-offers-fresh-and-we-do-mean-fresh-take-on-cross-stitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/crass-stitch-club-offers-fresh-and-we-do-mean-fresh-take-on-cross-stitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Crass Stitch Club offers fresh \u2013 and we do mean fresh \u2013 take on Cross Stitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The holiday season, for some, can be a time of creativity and gift giving \u2013 but it can also be a time of frustration. So, what better way to get your frustration out than a gift showcasing your creativity, and maybe a splash of the frustration as well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the idea behind the Crass Stitch Club, an initiative launched this fall by the Aurora Public Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crass Stitch Club encourages you to showcase your creativity through the humble art of cross stitch \u2013 and, as the name suggests, a \u201ccrass\u201d message is not only allowed, but encouraged for participants aged 18+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Club next meets December 19 from 7.30 \u2013 8.30 p.m. in the Aurora Public Library\u2019s Creative Studio, under the direction of APL\u2019s Shelby Brown, who says the Library first began to brainstorm the program last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my home library, I\u2019ve got a book called Maybe Swearing Will Help, a cross stitch book about swearing,\u201d says Brown. \u201cIt\u2019s just more fun than what you would normally picture cross stitch as, like 19th<\/sup> century women sitting by the fire waiting for their husbands to come home from war!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal is to get like-minded stitchers or crafters and teach them cross stitch, as we\u2019ve had a few people over the last couple of meetings where none of them knew how to cross stitch. Some people ask, \u2018Can I bring my own cross stitch I\u2019m working on?\u2019 Sure, it doesn\u2019t have to be crass, necessarily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But is it preferred?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s encouraged!\u201d says Brown with a laugh. \u201cThe option is there. I had one lady do a \u2018Don\u2019t F— It Up\u2019 cross stitch; she had never done one before and she was having a hoot just writing the words onto the paper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked why \u201ccrass\u201d appeals to cross stitchers, Brown says she \u201cpersonally thinks swearing is funny a lot of the time\u201d and it was important to underscore the Library \u201cis not such an uptight, shush-y kind of place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a drop-in program marketed at 18-plus members,\u201d says Brown. \u201cAll skill levels are welcome. You don\u2019t have to come to every session; you can come once and take your pattern home, which a few people have done.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All materials are provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit aurora.bibliocommons.com\/events\/66d3176cf520192f006045bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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