Soooo here’s what I’ve been up to! I started at @upcyclepartsshop.bsky.social in January as their Program Manager and I’m doing my very best for them! Follow along, come make stuff!

I never signed a release

Been a bit since I posted, but starting a new job has taken over life and made quilting time harder to come by. Still makin it happen though! Here’s a study of Friendship Star and Snowballs made with @sherrilynnwood.bsky.social and the Improv That Block Squad, always made with T-shirts 🧶 #quiltsky

This Morning in Cleveland, Ohio

My #artistvsartist this year! There were some upcycling and mending projects as well, but mostly t-shirt quilts! 🧶 #quiltsky

I swear I’ll make it a really cool newsletter!

It took a year, but I finished! This quilt was made for my friend who experienced a Bipolar 1 break that rocked our world. He’s doing well now, but there are still reverberations from that time. It was a reliable creative object to lean on throughout. More info in alt text about process! 🧶 #quiltsky

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Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski

Finished this book some time ago, but needed to go crazy with the post-its to feel like I’m ready for the talks! Thanks, @michelleicard.bsky.social, I’m really thankful I discovered this book before I really needed it 😆

Completed my third quilt! It was made during my improvisational quilting studies earlier this year where I used only t-shirts! This one tells an icy Lake Erie story: ice crashing, geese flying, and lake glass tumbling. I gifted it to my daughter on her 11th birthday 🧶 #quiltsky

Kurt Vonnegut knew what was happening in 1985.

Feeling proud of the quilts I’ve made the past six months in my “Improv That Block” workshop with @sherrilynnwood.bsky.social I couldn’t have imagined I would create these functional pieces of art and now I can’t stop! I used only t-shirts and they are as snuggly as you imagine! 🧶 #quiltsky

Started an account for my band! Follow along, help me get into the Cleveland scene!

Happy pride from the beaches of Cleveland!

Had this little sweetie hanging around our yard for a few days. We named it Albert, cause, you know, the hair! #bird

Staining the bathroom sink at home like real punk rock girls. Also I think I was subconsciously inspired by my paint by number when planning out these colors?

All I wanted was the Waldo Stick from my childhood for my birthday. Today I turn 42 and my wish came true.

Hourglass improv complete! This one is an homage to the tie-dye of my teen years and how that doesn’t seem very long ago and also a lifetime ago all at once? Time is weird! Made with only t-shirts from my collection 🧶 #quiltsky

Thinking about where he’s gonna sit in my garden

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the tie-dyed t-shirts of my teen years 🧶 #quiltsky #tiedye #tshirts

Lake Erie serving up perfect glass today

Still need to figure out its final form, but I love the little pop art pup quilt I made during a workshop with @iothealien.com! All new techniques for me and of course I just used what was on hand, including vintage daisy printed fabrics and my daughter’s tattered sweater for batting! #quiltsky 🧶

We lost Joann not even because she’s a bad person, she’s just bad with money 😆 m.youtube.com/shorts/mIOPe...

Tonight’s Thinker Sunflare in Cleveland, Ohio

I love what the lake spits out!

Itchy Monday

Love to see it

Learning the Snowball quilt block and the magic of creating 1/2 square triangles at the same time! Seriously blew my mind 🤯 #quiltsky 🧶

Back to the beach #lakeglass #lakeerie #cleveland

Another quilt top completed! Made with mostly thrifted t-shirts, except for the snow-dyed bits my kiddo and I made after our first big snow! Tried to use quilt blocks to tell a Lake Erie story…flying geese & tumblers for the lake glass that tumbles around and we pick up as treasure 🧶 #quiltsky

Do you ever just stare at your blocks and disassociate for a bit? 🧶 #quiltsky #improvquilting #tshirt

I love that she made art for everyone in detention….But how absolutely awful.

I want to believe….that I can sew all of these geese today 🧶 #quiltsky #tshirt #flyinggeese #ivorybilledwoodpecker

Spider’s Web top completed! Boston Terrier for scale, of course 😏 Mistakes were made, accepted, and noted for the future. This was made with t-shirts, both sentimental (my dad’s hi-viz shirts he wore for work) and thrifted single-use (5k event for example). Whew, glad to be finished! 🧶 #quiltsky

This whole thread is 😆

Jazz Solo vibes going on in my studio 🧶 #tshirt #quiltsky #improvquilting

My sister and I were interviewed for the band! voyageohio.com/interview/ch...

Should be sewing, but felt compelled to paint a version of my Orange Peels improv 🧶 #quiltsky #improvquilting #watercolor

My family just played an awesome quilt-themed game that my husband found at the secondhand booth at Gen Con…It’s called Patchwork Doodle and I might just make the quilt that I designed during the game 😆 I tried to use the patterns I’ve learned from my #improvquilting workshops! 🧶

Went to the vintage clothing expo and all I got was this amazing troll stuff

A gift from my nearly-ten-year-old niece! She’s got skills! #bostonterrier #painting

Never met a dog like her

It’s World Quilting Day! Learning this craft has altered my creative process forever. Can’t wait to see where it leads me! 🧶 #quiltsky #improvquilting #tshirtquilt

🌕🩸 Happy Friday, Cleveland! Were you up around 2:30 a.m. to catch the breathtaking Total Lunar Eclipse (aka Blood Moon)? If not, here’s a stunning shot of the celestial event over Terminal Tower! 📷: gabewasylko on Instagram