There are plenty of ways to pay homage to Australian culture.
You can whack a couple of Lamingtons down your gob, cheer on your favourite NRL or AFL team while burning your tongue on a hot pie, down a few schooners of Aussie Pale Ale at the pub, belt out all the lyrics to Daryl Braithwaite's 'The Horses'; I could go on.
Clearly, you can illustrate your pride in Australia in a multitude of ways, but one person has shown an intricate and beautiful method.
Reddit user u/ApprehensiveCouch posted her incredibly rude but epic cross stitching pattern of a Vegemite jar.
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The best thing is that the artist isn't even Australian and she was just trying to show support for her Aussie partner.
Speaking to LADbible, Alexandria said: "I spread the work out across a couple weeks but in total it probably took 7-8 hours of straight work (I'm a very slow stitcher and made a couple mistakes that I wanted to correct). Its about 12.5 x 15.5 cm.
"I'm from California originally and heard Australian slang for the first time when I heard my partner and his friends talking [and I] thought it was absolutely hilarious that they would throw these phrases into conversation like nothing.
"The word 'c***' especially, since back home its very taboo. He encouraged me to post because I was a bit nervous how people would respond to it."
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Since it's been posted onto Reddit it's racked up hundreds of upvotes, with many appreciating the fine craftswomanship.
Alexandria found the cross stitching pattern on Etsy, but added a few lines to include the 'MADC***' part and we're so glad she did.
She's faced loads of calls to sell the artwork however she's insisted that it is a gift for her partner. But if you want to get the same type of thing then you can head here and you can buy t-shirts, mugs, iPhone cases, socks and hoodies.
Featured Image Credit: ApprehensiveCouch/RedditTopics: Viral, Community, Australia