Generally speaking, I’m not big into arts and crafts. Writing is my creative outlet, and my hands shake too much for most kinds of artwork. However, cross-stitch is something I can do, and it’s something relaxing and fun that can be done while watching a movie or TV show in the evenings. However, I often get bored with most cross-stitch designs, because there’s not a lot out there that interests me. So I set out to see if I could find one based on the TV show Firefly. (I previously did one based on the Dick Tracy poster, which I might post sometime in the future.)
The character designs all came from this site (men here and women here), which I then copied into a cross-stitch software package. I then added the logo, the quote, and got everything arranged the way I wanted. You should have heard my internal monologue about which characters should be next to each other.
Anyway, I finished it recently and decided instead of hanging it in my house, I could donate it to our local Can’t Stop the Serenity showing. For those who don’t know, CSTS is a worldwide, annual charity screening of Serenity (usually paired with something else by Joss Whedon, like Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog). The proceeds go to Equality Now, a group dedicated to ending violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world. Often the screenings will also generate money for local groups with a similar theme.
So if you’re in Tucson this Saturday and come to CSTS at the historic Fox Theatre, you might be able to win my cross-stitch!
The Love Pirate 
I watched this show over the course of a few hot summer nights on a desert island…. really. My firends and I were staying on Chincoteague Island VA, and this (and a beer or two) was the night’s entertainment. I’d never heard of it (though we are all SF/fantasy fans) and fell in love with this unique, quirky space western. Jayne, of course, joins all those other Heroes With Earflap Hats: Sherlock, Bofur, and Lance Mackey (Iditarod champ). Can’t take the sky form meeeeeeeeeeeeeee…….
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I’m glad you got around to watching it! It’s one-of-a-kind!
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This is amazing! And the fact that it’s based on Firefly makes it that much cooler. 🙂
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Thanks!
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Would you be willing to sell this pattern? I absolutely adore it…
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Would you be willing to sell this pattern? I absolutely adore it…it is very SHINY
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I would not feel comfortable selling the pattern, since I took the character designs from the site I linked to in the article. However, I’ll take a look on my computer and see if I still have the pattern, and I’ll email it to you if you’d like. You can go to the “Feedback” section of the site to send me a private message if you’re interested, and if I can find the pattern I’ll send it to you. I’d only ask that you not use it for profit.
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