Etsy finds: life’s a stitch

What I love about the hand-craft movement is how it has reinvented old crafts. Take embroidery, for example. It’s no longer just for grandmothers and old maids. Just look at these quirky stitches that find inspiration from such diverse sources as music from the Pixies and Tears for Fears, the paintings of Frida Kahlo, human anatomy, Twitter, and toilet etiquette:

Life’s a stitch Etsy treasury list:

• hand embroidery-connection no. 1 by marysgranddaughter
• Tears for Fears embroidery – Shout Shout Let It All Out by GraceyMay
• original embroidery by mummysam
• Bicep Muscle Diagram Handmade Embroidery Wall Art by itsastitch
• Subliminal Wall Wear by neawear
• CMYK Color Wheel Cross Stitch by youheartus
• Art Heart – valentine softie. art plush. pincushion. toy by DollsAfterDark
• Lady Marmalade by Moxiedoll
• John Hodgman Tweet Stitch by youheartus
• Embroidered Notebook Paper Love Note by cornflowerbluestudio
• PDF Mini Embroidery Pattern – Vote by wildolive
• Pixies Inspired Embroidery by coppywanna
• sprig – original hand embroidered artwork by Benandi
• stiched paper collage by kspago
• House 2 – Wall Art (6′ x 4′) by donnarule
• Je t’aime Embroidery by naomicayne