I Will Face God and Walk Backwards Into Hell Quaker inspired sampler cross stitch pattern - instant PDF download

Add a touch of humor to your cross stitching with our latest quaker-style sampler pattern! This design pays homage to traditional sampler patterns while adding a modern, blasphemous twist. The pattern was based on a prompt from my patrons to create a pattern based only on the word "Obdurate".  This got me wondering what the subtext of obdurate as opposed to, say, stubborn or obstinate or intransigent? So I did a little digging, and obdurate usually refers to someone who stubbornly refuses to change their wicked ways. "an obdurate sinner" was the sample phrase that M-W gave me. So that got me thinking about people who were defiantly sinful (myself included, obvs) and the phrase "I will face god and walk backwards into hell" sprang into my mind. I've long wanted to do one of those more pseudo-quaker-style (or otherwise monochrome) samplers, and this seemed like the perfect chance, since the phrase is kinda the antithesis to the pious pap you so often seen on such samplers. As far as I ca