When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died in September, The Fernway Studio announced a memorial Stitch Along through her Snarky and Modern Facebook Group. The pattern was released in three parts, and only using black thread on white aida, with the encouragment to choose your own color pallete .

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Meant to only stitch on this #SnarkySAL for 30 minutes yesterday and ended up going for 7 hours and getting the entire first part finished in one go! Image description: White cross stitch fabric in a white plastic Q-snap featuring a partial cross stitch portrait of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made of black thread on the far left. #CrossStitch #CrossStitchPortrait #RBG #NotoriousRBG #Sewing #Embroidery #DIY

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Somone in te group suggested a red, blue, green color pallete for the RBG of her initials, so I decided to do the wording in a gradient of those colors. And I gave her a golden crown, of course.

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Plugging along at the end of this #SnarkySAL and I’ve decided on this quote version and doing a gradient from red to blue to green for RBG. I don’t remember who suggested that, but I liked the idea of it. Image description: A square q-snap holds white cross-stitch fabric with a black and white half image of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the left half with a yellow/gold crown across the top and the word “women” in red under the crown on the right side and the word “belong” in light purple below it. #RBG #NotoriusRBG #CrossStitch #DIY #Embroidery #HandSewing #Sewing #Portrait #StitchAlong #Crown #Quite

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It might be the fastest I’ve ever finished a cross stitch piece. I even got it washed and framed well before the election day deadline. As for the memorial part of the stitch along, it was just suggested that we donate to whatever cause we felt best fit her memory. I chose to donate to Jaime Harrison’s campaign to take over Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat. With the recently rushed Superme Court Justice confirmation, it seems I chose smartly.

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I finished the #SnarkySAL of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, got it washed, and framed it. A little bit wonky in the frame, but it’s framed and looks good on the shelf. I gave her a yellow/gold crown and did the words in a gradient from red to blue to green. I also added the back stitched attribution at the bottom. Image description: A framed cross stitch piece in a thick black frame sits on a wooden table. The cross stitch shows a half-portrait of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a crown at the top of her head. The other half contains the quote “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made” with each word a different color going from red to lavender, purple, light blue, dark blue, turquoise, aqua, light green, and then dark green. #CrossStitch #Embroidery #HandSewing #HandEmbroidery #NotoriousRBG #RBG #WomenBelongInAllPlacesWhereDecisionsAreBeingMade #RuthBaderGinsburg #ModernCrossStitch #CrossStitchPortrait #FinishedObject

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