I've had The Sign by Lizzo, ringing around in my head since watching her documentary. It feels like such a feel good antidote to the last few years, and I'm low key obsessed with both her and the song. Kicking off with that riff and then a big, "HI MOTHERFUCKERS" is the energy that I want to bring into 2023.
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It feels like Lizzo had a lot of growth during the pandemic (not that I know her personally, obviously) and despite 2020 and the following years still proving to be challenging, they gave me (and I'm sure many others) a lot of opportunity for growth and I reckon the first verse of the song and this cross stitch is a good little nod to that.
Hi, motherfucker, did you miss me?
I've been home since 2020
I've been twerkin' and making smoothies, it's called healing
And I feel better since you seen me last
I been training, I can flex that ass
So when I shake it, I can shake it fast
Make that camera flash, camera flash, camera flash
Well, shit. Those verses were long and I really wanted to make sure that I wouldn't lose the essence of the message, I was set on this being a 'heck yeah, 2023, let's DO IT!' piece so I trimmed it down a bit and as such 'Twerking & Training' was born!
It's all designed, I've made a PDF pattern for it (WinStitch continues to be a learning curve, even two years on), I've made a fancy-schmancy cover page for it and it's about to be uploaded for pattern testers (Twitch and Ko-Fi subscribers) to download and give it a go.
I had intended it to be a two-piece set but also love it as a bigger piece and I'm pretty proud of this bad girl.
Size:
•16,67''x16,67'', 42.34x42.34 cm (AIDA 18ct)
•18,75''x18,75'', 47.63x47.63 cm (AIDA 16ct)
•21,43'x21,43'', 54.43x54.43 cm (AIDA 14ct)
Number of colors:
•49 colors - DMC floss.