When Reading and Embroidery Collide

If you’ve been around for the past few months you’ll have noticed that I’ve taken up embroidery with gusto. Recently, I started a new bookish embroidery project that will span the entire year, thanks to some inspiration from a fellow stitcher, Amanda, whom you can find on Insta at @americanroseemrboidery. She stitches a symbol from whatever book she’s just finished on one big hoop, which I thought was a simple, visual way to track what has been read, all the while combining two hobbies at once. I’ll probably post my updates once a month, but I had to play catch up in February, since was a little late to the party. I can’t wait to see where this goes (and whether or not I can space and size things so that it looks full, but not too full, by the end of 2019!

[follow along on Instagram! @daily_floss_]

zzz: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

trees: The Overstory by Richard Powers

bug: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

city/thermometer: Severance by Ming La

happy face: Watchman by Alan Moore

bench: Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

?: Motherhood by Sheila Heti

South African flag: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

scales: The Truth We Hold by Kamala Harris

stick figures: The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

record: The Leavers by Lisa Ko

rock climber: Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold

pregnant mom: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

(I love that the pregnant lady kind of looks like she’s wearing a body-con dress- one hot mama!)

Tell me! Have you done any cool projects with your books before? Julie has, that’s for sure!