Had lunch, now I'm cutting another @stylearc.bsky.social pattern - the Bonnie Skirt. It's new to me but this fabric is not precious and I know their block fits me and well (and it's a skirt with ease at the hip). #garmentsewing #sewing

Monday morning when I can't sleep in, eat a slow breakfast, and then do crafts while listening to KEXP is gonna hurt a little.

Cutting out some @stylearc.bsky.social Billie Trousers from wool suiting and lining them in cotton. #garmentsewing #sewsky

Just chuck 'em out the window, we'll clean it up later.

My box set of the complete Star Trek: The Next Generation came in, evening plans set.

Every one of our genres increased in circ this year. Even Westerns. So in an era of "no one is coming into the library" and "circ is down blah blah blah" not mine. People still want things! If we tell them about the things, and make them appealing, people will check them out. Go figure.

Built some Lego

My bread this afternoon is an unintentional experiment. Went to add brown rice flour, grabbed sorghum flour, realized it too late and so I have half the brown rice flour the recipe calls for and roughly twice the sorghum flour.

I have been playing in the tiny scrap bins again. I have no plan, just playing. #quiltsky #sewsky

Guess I shouldn't have posted my 2025 stats because I just made some scraps into fabric, made that fabric into a circle block, and made that block into a pouch to put things in. #sewsky #quiltsky

I had some offcuts of the freezer paper so I'm getting some practice and experimentation in for these circles. I'm about to attempt something that may not work but if it does it'll be cool.

After doing some practice last night I've started making the freezer paper templates for my next quilt. Before I actually cut into my nice fabric I bought at FULL PRICE I will use the scraps for more practice. #quiltsky

I read this novella tonight and it was a delight start to finish. @suleikhasnyder.bsky.social packs in a lot of story in her novellas and they never disappoint.

I am learning how to make pieced circles on the machine. I can't say it took 6 minutes, but I was interrupted at least 12 times. #quiltsky #sewsky

Every year I do a big round up of what I make that year. I'm risking the numbers being off by posting a bit early.

Taking pictures of quilt tops in winter with high winds is tricky.

I had cornbread for breakfast (with butter and honey) and I feel very connected to my dad. Not actually connected since he's addicted to drama and riding the high of dropping a cancer diagnosis on Christmas day.

Good morning bluesky for another week of vacation with my kiddo. We're gonna do crafts. Might clean something. Maybe get dressed and hit the library. Riveting stuff.

I'll get better pictures in daylight but my quilt top is assembled.

My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.

Someone thinks any sunny spot is her spot. Yes I did actively continue sewing to the end with her like this. #quiltsky

Made myself new pajama pants. The pattern is the Style Arc Albie and the fabric is a cotton poplin I got from fabricmart for something like $4 a yard. I also short pajamas from the same pattern and fabric.

Tried to get my kid to watch Star Wars. He laid on top of me and played switch for a while with it on at least, before abandoning me to breathe comfortably and watch the movie alone.

My small human wants me to be in the living room with them, so I'm gonna look at this giant library book. It's been circulating for so long it has a pocket for the card.

As is now tradition, we celebrate the day after Christmas with free books, more than 1700 free books in this particular go round. Just visit www.romancebookworms.com to browse the incredible selection.

Today is about lounging around, doing crafts, only easy (and necessary) household cleaning tasks, and keeping the not so small human entertained and fed. Right now I'm making quilt blocks and washing laundry and the kid is watching a movie.

The first round of Christmas presents were open by 6:30am and we've been lounging and snacking ever since. Soon we will migrate to the next phase of Christmas.

This quilt has an undetermined pattern but my kiddo has an obsession with smiley face fabrics, so I got some coordinating solids.

I haven't done any sewing today but I did get mail. This is the fabric for my temperature quilt

In the spirit of @kristadb1.bsky.social exploring the food of her ancestors, let's talk cornbread.

Good morning, the kiddo slept in so it's been a slow start but this is my list for Christmas Eve ⬜ Clean kitchen counters and floors ⬜ Bake premade choc chip cookies ⬜ Make chex mix ⬜ Make egg nog ⬜ Make cornbread muffins ⬜ Take shower ⬜ Feed and entertain small human ⬜ Various cleaning

I am wrapping up my last work day for the next 12 days and mentally planning out my preholiday prep. Unlike @kristadb1.bsky.social I expect people to be rather normal about them.

When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.

A little Christmas season ritual to complete before this spawn goes to the grandparents to be spoiled for a couple nights

Last night we went to a showing of Muppet Christmas Carol at a local theater and it was my first time seeing it on the big screen and until then I did not realize that Rizzo's smock in this episode is in fact SMOCKED. To scale. Incredible costumes.

it is almost Christmas which means it’s Muppet Christmas Carol season and that, in turn, means it is time to revisit this delightful interview with Michael Caine, who loves everything about that movie even more than you do

TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar is this like embroidery thing I made.. I was trying to make a forest creek from above. I don't think it was successful as such, but I like the textures

Why thank you, I have preprogrammed mine to come on Dec 23rd at 4:30pm, with this quote.

Speaking of Extremely Fucking Canadian: Krista D. Ball's entire Spirit Caller series, set in Newfoundland, is in the sale! Buying Krista's books supports her vet bill today for her cat-who-died-during-his-last-surgery having follow-up surgery today.

Art x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us. One of the featured artworks is “San Francisco Air Quality Fall 2020” by Lorraine Woodruff-Long. Year and Medium: 2020, fiber

I want to do a temperature quilt for 2026 and I am contemplating what kind of block I want to do

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

“There is dust on your chairs.” “Tomorrow,” said Toad. “Your windows need scrubbing,” said Frog. “Your plants need watering.” “Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”

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I have to have a CT scan of my sinuses tomorrow and it's an entirely new medical experience for me. How exciting. I gotta take out my earrings, might not be able to get them back in.

It's too cool for school so I'm sewing tiny squares together while I work. #quiltsky #sewsky

Tomorrow is another day without school, this time due to the temperatures at the time the kids would be standing at bus stops. It rarely gets quite this cold and way too many kids just don't have proper winter gear. Heck my own kid doesn't have snow boots that fit (they are on their way).