Betsy Greer > Quotes

“True magic happens when we create with our hands and dream from our hearts.”
― Betsy Greer, Knitting for Good!: A Guide to Creating Personal, Social, and Political Change Stitch by Stitch

“Cross-stitch, as with all embroidery, is also bound into a socio-political debate about gender, as it is traditionally considered a pastime for women, particularly from older generations. This gender bias adds to the success of cross-stitch as a political medium; one cannot help but feel kindness toward cross-stitched pieces, as though they had been created by a senior matriarch.”
― Betsy Greer, Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism

“This is something I have always struggled with—defining craftivism. I think that making things as an alternative to consumerism, making things as a form of counterculture protest, is valid.”
― Betsy Greer, Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism