Seems appropriate to call this quilt Blue Wave! #quiltsky #bluewave

RFK Jr: Oh shit! Is it contagious? I’m not vaccinated!

How about we change the way we talk about the parties: The People’s Party and the Billionaires’ Party.

So thankful for leaders like @davidhogg.bsky.social and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social saying what’s REAL and HUMAN, and calling out the bullshit.

@nytimes.com @nytimes The Daily’s reporting on the destruction of the East Wing of the White House is normalizing the transformation of the people’s house into a golden palace as just updates and renovations. Open your fucking eyes.

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

I’m listening to Platner’s interview on Pod Save America and I’m so moved by his accountability, introspection, humor, and normal-person energy!

@sanders.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov

Scrap management… I’ve starting making “companion quilts” to use up scraps from current/recent projects. I often like them better than the original! I started a Daylesford medallion-inspired quilt yesterday. It’s based on a Jen Kingwell “Quilt Recipe”, but I’m taking many liberties. #QuiltSky

As we see everything destroyed, my only hope is that we will rise out of the ashes—those who survive—to create a better society, closer to nature, kinder to each other.

Donald Trump won’t release the Epstein files because he raped children. Full stop.

Amazing. Look at this beautiful family, this beautiful crowd. Love wins. Little frog in training gives me hop. I mean hope. #NoKings Beaverton, OR

We don’t need a king but this guy was an absolute prince! #NoKings Beaverton, OR

Drivers seemed to flock from all over to show their support for the rally, with signs and noise. Millions of us will be able to tell our grandchildren we stood up to tyranny and terror on #NoKings Day and EVERY DAY. Beaverton, OR

More from the Beaverton, OR #NoKings The bubble blower was so sweet and made the vibe so fun. Many a dog chomped those bubbles just like we’ll chomp tyranny.

#NoKings Beaverton, OR At one point, I commented to my friend that this is what every peace rally I’ve ever been to has been like: lots of older people and families, but the media never shows them. But, truly, the joy and feeling of “Life is Beautiful” was so much greater than ever before.

#NoKings Beaverton, OR Loved this sign— an image of MLK, Jr—saying “The Only King this Country has Ever Needed” The creativity and acerbic wit, the LOVE, the costumes, dogs, and kids—this is what makes America great. And I bet every where else in the world, too.

The regime is a mess.

The #NoKings rally in Beaverton, OR felt the way a parade *should* feel but never does. I hope Oct. 18 becomes No Kings Day and kicks off the Halloween costume season in style and solidarity.

Signs and sights from the Beaverton, OR #NoKings rally.

Beaverton, OR, #NoKings Thank you to this drummer who kept me dancing for two hours while I waved at cars. So many honking and smiling. People lift each other up.

Beaverton, OR, had a taco-king at the #NoKings rally.

Don’t Tread on Liberty! #nokings

I had to check IG to see if there were any photos of the Cherrywood Abyss Challenge at the Houston Quilt Festival and look what I saw! Somebody took a photo of their faves and MINE was the cover photo. This is the very first time I’ve had a quilt in a show. I’m tickled.

The Beaverton No Kings rally was hoppin!

Unmask ICE

I hope to see a LOT of signs quoting the declaration and the constitution. We need to cut through that cognitive dissonance.

Finally finished quilting (by hand!) and facing this almost 80” square improvisational quilt “Santa Fe Trip”. #quiltsky

These bullies are trying to provoke battles to justify a war. #Portland has always been a leading indicator city, which is why we are often chosen as a test market for new brands. Now they’re testing out tyranny.

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2

I wonder if we’ll start seeing marketing reframing soy products? Soy has been maligned and feminized in the US but I bet that will change.

Here’s the thing. Everything they do… when you ask why? The answer is they want most of us to die. We are garbage to them.

“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes.” -Anne Frank www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMUJvM8p/

#quilters What ideas do you have for quilty resistance signs for #NoKings? How about Hands Off My: Body Children Neighbors Scissors! Give me Liberty (fabric), Keep your Death Don’t Thread on Me (with a pointy needle or scissors) Let’s make #QuiltersAgainstTyranny a thing!

#Portland We are your vegan aunt with purple hair and comfy shoes who brings whole grain cookies to the potluck and tells your drunk uncle to stop passing on mysogyny to the next generation and who’d rather talk to the babies and dogs than deal with your bullshit.

What if said “tyrant” instead of “fascist”? I fear the word fascist has lost its meaning. “Tyrannical government” has cache with a certain segment who have supposedly been PREPPING for this moment a very long time. They need to wake up.

#portland #nokings #LittleEdieFlagDance

#Portland who else wants to dress up as Little Edie and dance around with a little flag when we march for our independence from a TYRANT on No Kings day? Watch Grey Gardens if you haven’t ;)

I love my city. Keep it weird!!!

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Huh. Antagonizing peaceful protestors must not be escalating the civil war quickly enough so they’re going after the local blue guys with guns. Plot twist I did not expect.

Remember that movie “Life is Beautiful”? Now would be a good time to rewatch it.

Narrator: This is TYRANNY.

Rallies and protests in Portland and everywhere: we’ve GOT to go Grey Gardens. Hundreds of Little Edies doing terrific flag dances. Don’t give them the image they want. Let’s be iconic.

So much joy. Such a beautiful cross-section of humanity at the Portland Marathon this morning.

It’s hard watching the ramblings of an aging narcissist. And I’m not just talking about my MIL.

Makes me want to wave a “Don’t tread on me” flag. Always knew those 2A guys were the real tyrants. I wonder if they knew?

Anybody else unable to get (Don’t Fear) the Reaper out of their head today?