A dozen humorous designs originally released as the Cousin Maude kit line are published in a single cross stitch book. Cousin Maude (like Aunt Tizzy) is a zany relative with a humorous perspective on life. She is blonde and wears fuschia bell bottoms with a bright turquoise jacket:
Calendar (Cousin Maude holds a magnifying glass as pages from her wall calendar flutter to the floor with the saying, "Dates on calendar are closer than they appear") (66w x 93h Stitches)
Creative Clutter (thread and skeins of floss cover lamp and table next to where Cousin Maude sits stitching with the saying, "Creative clutter is better than idle neatness") (62w x 92h Stitches)
Choosing Cereal (Cousin Maude at the table with a bowl of cereal, a spoon and a box labeled "FIBER" with the saying, "Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber–not for the toy") (66w x 94h Stitches)
Annoy (Cousin Maude as an angel with wings and a halo and the saying, "Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much") (65w x 94h Stitches)
My Ex (Cousin Maude with bow and arrow standing by a target with the saying, "I still miss my ex, but my aim is getting better") (59w x 93h Stitches)
Photographic Memory (Cousin Maude with camera around her neck with film in the background, with the saying, "Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film") (66w x 92h Stitches)
Sleep (Cousin Maude in bed with a big alarm clock on bed stand, with the saying "Sleep... that fleeting moment just before the alarm goes off") (64w x 92h Stitches)
Crabgrass (Cousin Maude holding mop next to a pail on the grass, with the saying, "Housework is the crabgrass in the lawn of life") (66w x 93h Stitches)
Dusty Dreams (Cousin Maude with vacuum and the saying, "When your dreams turn to dust–VACUUM!") (65w x 93h Stitches)
Life Drips (Cousin Maude with ice cream cone and poodle licking the drips, with the saying, "Life is like an ice cream cone: Just when you think you've got it licked–it drips all over you") (64w x 94h Stitches)
Where's the Prince? (Cousin Maude with 3 frogs and the saying, "Just how many of these do you have to kiss?") (66w x 92h Stitches)
Working Woman (Cousin Maude wearing apron and dusting end table with a feather duster, and the saying "To cope with her domestic life, the working woman needs a wife") (64w x 92h Stitches)
All 12 designs can be framed in 5x7 frames if stitched on 14 ct Aida or 28 ct fabric over 2 threads.
