Another Christmas, another year feeling like a footnote at family gathering. Bleh

Community isn’t something you show up to consume. It requires you to contribute, collaborate, and commit-create. If you want community, you have to be community. #craftivism

After almost three decades, Canada has lost its measles elimination status. That means in 2025, this extremely contagious disease spread consistently in our country for the first time since 1998. This was preventable, which makes it embarrassing -- in more ways than you might realize:

Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot. Vote in your local elections! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...

Punk as duck! felineandfloss.etsy.com/listing/4397... #CrossStitch #DMCthread #DuckCrossStitch #PunkCrossStitch

Days 1 & 2 of #stitchyhalloween2025 by @katiegirlcreates.bsky.social I was a little slow to start and it’s hard to get good lighting but I’m having so much fun already!

📚🌟 New Pattern 🌟📚 The Midnight Card Catalogue cross stitch pattern is now available in my shop as a PDF or to order in print through your local or online needlework shop! hauntedframes.etsy.com #stitchsky #crossstitch #fiberart #spookyart #xstitch

~A Grand Haunting~📚🏚️ October's 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘯 pattern reveal 👻💚 This spooky boy has finally been made into a pattern (after many years of sitting in my WIP folder) he got a little revamp and voila!! This pattern is available for $6+ tiers www.patreon.com/StitchSprout #spookyseason #crossstitch

There is a great episode of Maintenance Phase where they talk about “Ultraprocessed Foods”. Basically, there is no real universal definition, and also no proposed mechanism. People just use it when they mean junk food and want it to sound “sciencey”. maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...

Relistening to Maintenance Phase and in the President Physical Fitness Test episode we see the weird wellness trend of “do this thing cause… Hitler”, 5 years later and it still comes up in episodes in diet/wellness trend origins 😬 it’s so wild.

Little Ghostie among poisonous plants. The hoop is glow-in-the-dark and is 40mm. Pattern available in my shop: livingontherainbow.etsy.com/listing/4343... #crossstitch #livingontherainbowpatterns #halloween #ghost

The link to the cross stitch pattern is here bogdragoncrafts.etsy.com/listing/4353...

It took me an embarrassing long time to stitch but the K-Pop Demon Hunters promised patterns are here! They are the perfect size for magnets or charms in plastic Aida (~2.5x2.5 inches) and share most of their floss colors 🧶🪡 #crossstitch #craftiverse #craftsky #promosky #stitchsky #kpopdemonhunters

Honestly I’ve missed my Bluesky feed. It’s almost all cross stitch, and pixel art. I nice soothing change to my meta feeds.

Did laundry, swept and vacuumed the house, did the dishes and actually put away my laundry… why do I feel like I did nothing productive with my day?

🎀✨ New Pattern! ✨🎀 My cross stitch pattern Queen of Bows is now available in my shop! hauntedframes.etsy.com The Night Court Faerie Realm collaboration is now out! Patterns are available individually from each participating designer. 💜 Find all the designs on Etsy! #crossstitch #stitchsky

Full stop.

Tomorrow.

Mothilim! I challenged myself to wrangle #variegated thread for this one. Matched those wings up painstakingly :D #moth #angelic #embroidery #stitchsky Hope everyone is enjoying me going through all my thread work!

And this is why I prep so many hoops a head of time. For another #wipwednesday here is another @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social a Baby Jackalope on Aida dyed by yours truly. It’s nice to bang out smaller hoops before taking on another bigger design 🥰

When I say @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social stitch up wicked fast this is what I mean. This weeks #wipwednesday is a hoop I started less then a week ago and will likely finish before the end of the day. So much depth to the color design yet such a fun and quick pattern to work up 🥹

My crazy little weekend now that it’s an official snow day from work. I now feel the need to get soooo much done. First up face cloths!!

Spent all day hopping from creative project to creative project. Managed to sew 1st step on 18 face cloths, piece together tops for 2 quilted items, finish 2 pjs and knock out 2 colors on my current wip cross stitch. And yet I feel I got nothing done 😅

This weeks #wipwednesday is a pile of all my current on the go projects. Two patterns from Needlelot Designs and Two from The Witchy Stitcher, last one is an original pattern by yours truly. Now which one to stitch first 🤔

Pigeon witch would like a word with u

you guys look at what I’m stitching 🍴🍯

This is probably one of my most romantic patterns ~ Love Yourself. I love myself with coffee every morning, how about you? badstitched.etsy.com/listing/1157... #crossstitch | #valentinesday | #loveyourself | #fiberarts | #bats

#februARTy #artshare This is my visual representation of the Japanese concept of ikigai, which translates to: a reason to live. This philosophy combines passion, talent, purpose & fulfillment. I like to think I have found my ikigai in the #fiberarts #ikigai #handembroidery

She's in her ✨🍄 foraging era 🍄✨ Hope you love this lil #crossstitch witch as much as I do! 🥰 PATTERN: Sable Witch from finefrogstitching.com FABRIC: 16ct aida in Starburst by @fiberlicious.bsky.social

This isn’t the most eloquent way to express it, but thank fuck for the arts Thank fuck for books Thank fuck for drawing and painting Thank fuck for movies Thank fuck for video games Thank fuck for all the creatives out there who will help us cope the next 4 years whether by escapism or a rally cry

Here’s another #wipwednesday an update on @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social Art NouCrow. Another three colors down and it just keeps coming together faster. Ngl probably going to start another three hoops tomorrow 😅

I love how 3D this #crossstitch pattern turned out. Do you like patterns that are more graphical, or more painterly like this one? You can find this pattern on my etsy shop. Follow it to stay in the loop: https://etsy.me/4jy2eDB #stitchsky #moth #moon

For this weeks #wipwednesday we have another @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social the awesome Art Nou-Crow. I’m actually surprised how far I’ve gotten already, the black and gold were completed in the last 5days or so. It looks so intricate but stitches up like a dream.

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!! (based on a monochrome design by Sophie Helene) #crossstitch #embroidery #needlework #HappyLunarNewYear #YearOfTheSnake

Several someones put together a guide on how to spot AI generation in cross stitch, embroidery, and even crochet. www.tumblr.com/badstitched/...

With the influx of new users to this platform, the AI pattern makers are also joining in. I've already blocked 3 AI cross stitch pattern makers... be careful out there, folks!

Official first finished project of 2025. This pattern from @needlelotdesigns.bsky.social was so much fun, stitched up wicked fast. The Aida was hand dyed by myself. Now to iron and mount the finished work!!

In 2024 I did three of BWS tarot card patterns and they were so much fun. It was the perfect project to get my stitching mojo back after a burn out of too many projects at the same time.

Got the opportunity to not leave the house today which is awesome cause it’s so cold. But my autism had a plan for how the day would go and now I have no idea what to do with myself cause those steps didn’t happen 😵‍💫

One of my favorite cross stitch designers. Her depth of color and complex designs are a joy to stitch and look at. So many are in my current wip pile cause I just can’t wait to start them.

I made this pride flag, dmc thread, colour chart. Its a work in progress, but would be good for any cross stitchers, embroiderers or sewists in general looking to make pride art.

Merry Chrysler

“70% of autistic adults have untreated health conditions 80% are unable to access primary care & are more likely to die by age 36-54, w/ premature cardiovascular disease and suicide as leading causes.”

My mother’s terminal diagnosis making me confront all the family trauma and issues I’ve kept buried for 20+yrs was not on my 2024 bingo card but here we are.

We definitely have to vote him out. Thanks @steveboots.bsky.social for creating a youtube channel for Canadian content and not just focusing on USA politics like every other channel I come across