The Designer and her finished piece

The Designer with her finished piece.. Joanna... what a woman

Michelangleo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling in four years, between 1508-1512. It took Texan Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts a decade to replicate his feat in a 40 x 80 inch cross stitch made with 1,809 different color combinations and a total of about 628,296 stitches!

Lopianowski-Roberts’ amazing feat is documented in a self-published book (on lulu.com) that includes 45 full color individual patterns for each scene, just in case you want to get in on the action.