Kathy Nida
@knida.bsky.social
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Art quilter, teacher, reader
This thingā¦has like 25 pounds of clay in it. And still isnāt done.
#ceramicsculpture
#handbuilding
about 13 hours ago
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What Day IsĀ It? I woke up in the early morning and panicked because I didn't know what day it was. Would I have to be up soon? Could I roll over and not worry about it? What was I going to have to do today? It took me a couple of minutes to reconstruct yesterday, to realize today was Monday. Iā¦
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What Day IsĀ It?
I woke up in the early morning and panicked because I didn't know what day it was. Would I have to be up soon? Could I roll over and not worry about it? What was I going to have to do today? It took me a couple of minutes to reconstruct yesterday, to realize today was Monday. I didn't reach for my phone to check the day or the time.
http://kathynida.com/2026/05/11/what-day-is-it/
1 day ago
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Started something new. Made paper balls of the off cuts to get Scribble to leave the drawing alone; then turned around, and there she was.
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#drawing
1 day ago
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Sequins done, quilt finished. Woohoo!
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
2 days ago
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Stitching bombs on a Friday night
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#embroidery
3 days ago
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Red Sequins ERG. Friday, yes. Kids driving us nuts. Also yes. Busy day. Yes. Trying to figure out where and when I get dinner. Or if I go home before 9 PM. It's OK; the after school stuff is good; just maybe the timing is off. We'll see. So yeah, the students have decided summer is tomorrow andā¦
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Red Sequins
ERG. Friday, yes. Kids driving us nuts. Also yes. Busy day. Yes. Trying to figure out where and when I get dinner. Or if I go home before 9 PM. It's OK; the after school stuff is good; just maybe the timing is off. We'll see. So yeah, the students have decided summer is tomorrow and they don't have to do any work, despite there being 28 days of school left.
http://kathynida.com/2026/05/08/red-sequins/
4 days ago
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Thoughts of bombsā¦sewed a sleeve down too. Embroidery to follow.
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5 days ago
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Couldnāt fall asleep last night considering what next on this quilt. Happy 250th?
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#dyepainting
6 days ago
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The Shortest, But LongestĀ Days⦠Oh hey, it's Wednesday. Weird week. State testing started yesterday, so we have the shortest, but longest, days with kids for a couple days. I keep my advisory for 3 hours and 15 minutes and they annoy me the whole time by being unable to follow directions, log in,ā¦
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The Shortest, But LongestĀ Daysā¦
Oh hey, it's Wednesday. Weird week. State testing started yesterday, so we have the shortest, but longest, days with kids for a couple days. I keep my advisory for 3 hours and 15 minutes and they annoy me the whole time by being unable to follow directions, log in, keep their computers in good shape, did I say follow directions? Be quiet, don't turn around and make faces at or talk to your friend, stop trying to contort your body into stupid positions.
http://kathynida.com/2026/05/06/the-shortest-but-longest-days/
6 days ago
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Hair is done. Bowie said so. Some embroidery next.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
7 days ago
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Sewing hair down; making a small clay heart. Good day for artmaking.
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#dyepainting
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8 days ago
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Sewing Braids⦠State testing starts this week. Wacky schedules, gotta cover my walls, deal with the same 30 kids for 3+ hours, 2 days running. Always weird. We used to do all the testing in one week and kids would lose their minds...OK, they lose their minds even when we only do two days. It's aā¦
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Sewing Braidsā¦
State testing starts this week. Wacky schedules, gotta cover my walls, deal with the same 30 kids for 3+ hours, 2 days running. Always weird. We used to do all the testing in one week and kids would lose their minds...OK, they lose their minds even when we only do two days. It's a rough week, but we are rewarded with some time without kids and the chance to go out and get lunch (things teachers don't get to do).
http://kathynida.com/2026/05/04/sewing-braids/
8 days ago
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I made more braids and attached them all at the topā¦now just need some artful placement to occur. With Bowieā¦who didnāt care about the yarny bits at all.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
9 days ago
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I spent an hour braiding yarn but not actually sewing anything down. In case youāre wondering how itās going.
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#dyepainting
10 days ago
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Last oneā¦
#bugs
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10 days ago
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Making a Heart⦠Hey. It's Friday. It's also May. Not sure where April went, but it's gone. Whoosh. May is state testing month. Kinda crazy. Already! My brain is trying to focus on what the hell I'm teaching right now and until the end of the year, but it's really checked out and planning excitedlyā¦
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Making a Heartā¦
Hey. It's Friday. It's also May. Not sure where April went, but it's gone. Whoosh. May is state testing month. Kinda crazy. Already! My brain is trying to focus on what the hell I'm teaching right now and until the end of the year, but it's really checked out and planning excitedly for my residency. And everything that needs to get done BEFORE my residency.
http://kathynida.com/2026/05/01/making-a-heart/
11 days ago
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Simba loves the bugsā¦two more done.
#artquilt
#bugs
12 days ago
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Two done, three to go.
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#bugs
13 days ago
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Gonna Get There⦠Gotta write fast; got a meeting this morning. My team had five kid meetings this week and divided them out. We usually all go, but we're all burnt out on them and so we tried to be organized about it. We've been to so many meetings this year for kids...and mostly for the sameā¦
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Gonna Get Thereā¦
Gotta write fast; got a meeting this morning. My team had five kid meetings this week and divided them out. We usually all go, but we're all burnt out on them and so we tried to be organized about it. We've been to so many meetings this year for kids...and mostly for the same group of kids over and over. And nothing gets solved at a lot of them.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/29/gonna-get-there/
13 days ago
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Attempting the neck/body connection
#ceramics
#handbuilding
14 days ago
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Braided some hair for the quilt in the background. Donāt know how I feel about it. Also painted 5 little canvases as future bug quilt homes. I do weird stuff on school nights.
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#bugs
#dyepainting
15 days ago
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Crafty People⦠Well I'm still trying to kick this cold, but that's all it is. It makes me tired, but so do lots of things. Coughing up an occasional lung is fun. I have two. It'll be fine. I did go out and do a few things this weekend and then came back and slept on Saturday. Not Sunday. I reallyā¦
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Crafty Peopleā¦
Well I'm still trying to kick this cold, but that's all it is. It makes me tired, but so do lots of things. Coughing up an occasional lung is fun. I have two. It'll be fine. I did go out and do a few things this weekend and then came back and slept on Saturday. Not Sunday. I really am better...just not healthy yet.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/27/crafty-people/
15 days ago
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This weekend in three photos: started embroidering yet another eye, finished the last of the bug legs, and made it to 6 stores on the SD Book Crawl.
#artquilt
#dyepainting
#embroidery
#sdbookcrawl
16 days ago
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Finished sewing the sleeves on the pink head, then sewed a bunch of bug legs. Saturday nights are exciting here š
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#embroidery
17 days ago
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Ok that might be it. It sparkles in the light.
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18 days ago
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Not Just a HotĀ Flash Last night, I considered what it would take to call in sick today. I am actually sick. I wasn't sure yesterday during the day, but by 8 PM, when I took my temperature, I'm like, well, yes, that is a fever...not just a hot flash. A hot flash of a different kind anyway. Today isā¦
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Not Just a HotĀ Flash
Last night, I considered what it would take to call in sick today. I am actually sick. I wasn't sure yesterday during the day, but by 8 PM, when I took my temperature, I'm like, well, yes, that is a fever...not just a hot flash. A hot flash of a different kind anyway. Today is the last day of the sex ed unit, I can't move it, I have 30 kids opted out who need to come back on Monday.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/24/not-just-a-hot-flash/
18 days ago
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Tiny progressā¦
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
19 days ago
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Beads and sequins and a variety of cats.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
20 days ago
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Thereās Always aĀ Back⦠It's another Wednesday where my brain keeps skipping ahead to Thursday. Surely I've lived through three workdays by now. Only three more days of sex ed and then back to the normal shitshow. Which isn't planned yet. Minor issue. I'd really like to be planned out more than aā¦
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Thereās Always aĀ Backā¦
It's another Wednesday where my brain keeps skipping ahead to Thursday. Surely I've lived through three workdays by now. Only three more days of sex ed and then back to the normal shitshow. Which isn't planned yet. Minor issue. I'd really like to be planned out more than a few days...more than a week would be nice. It's a constant scramble and that's part of the exhaustion.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/22/theres-always-a-back/
20 days ago
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Not sure this piece will ever photograph wellā¦it will definitely be better in person. I made it to the beads!
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#embroidery
#dyepainting
21 days ago
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Made a piece of fabric out of clay (like you do) and finished thread embroidery; beads next.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
#ceramicsculpture
#handbuilding
22 days ago
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Distracted by ActualĀ Squirrels. Hey ho, why is there so short a time to write this morning? I guess I did things, and then I watched the squirrels running up and down the tree (they're young ones, so they're kinda funny about who goes first on the branch thing. But not sure how it got this late.ā¦
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Distracted by ActualĀ Squirrels.
Hey ho, why is there so short a time to write this morning? I guess I did things, and then I watched the squirrels running up and down the tree (they're young ones, so they're kinda funny about who goes first on the branch thing. But not sure how it got this late. Also I have no photos of said squirrels.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/20/distracted-by-actual-squirrels/
22 days ago
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Drawing at dinner againā¦canāt take me anywhere.
#drawing
24 days ago
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Iām a BigĀ Girl⦠Hey. It's Friday. I say this once a week. I saw three squirrels cavorting on the slope this morning. I've only ever seen two at a time, mostly one. This was definitely three. Fun times. I definitely have the trees for it. And the one I'm watching right now? Definitely a young one.ā¦
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Iām a BigĀ Girlā¦
Hey. It's Friday. I say this once a week. I saw three squirrels cavorting on the slope this morning. I've only ever seen two at a time, mostly one. This was definitely three. Fun times. I definitely have the trees for it. And the one I'm watching right now? Definitely a young one. Not super tiny, but not an adult. Cool morning focus...on nature (even destructive nature) rather than the shitshow that is school right now.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/17/im-a-big-girl/
25 days ago
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Made it to the bright pinkā¦then itāll be the bright purple. Also added arms (hands need work!)ā¦reminds me of the low row in Pilates š.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
#handbuilding
#ceramicsculpture
26 days ago
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Stitching is complicatedā¦
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
27 days ago
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Not a Natural Haven onĀ Purpose⦠'Tis Wednesday, yet feels like a later day in the week that is not yet Friday. OK, that only leaves Thursday, but honestly, sometimes it feels like there is a full week between Monday and Wednesday alone, and then you get to Thursday (finally) and it just wings byā¦
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Not a Natural Haven onĀ Purposeā¦
'Tis Wednesday, yet feels like a later day in the week that is not yet Friday. OK, that only leaves Thursday, but honestly, sometimes it feels like there is a full week between Monday and Wednesday alone, and then you get to Thursday (finally) and it just wings by into Friday and you're done. Sometimes, though, you're teaching sex ed and the boys are being such wingnuts that you get through the day and their stupid shit and even though you have a ton of grading to do that you don't want to do on the weekend, you can't find the mental energy to do any of it.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/15/not-a-natural-haven-on-purpose/
27 days ago
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I havenāt even gotten to the beads and sequins part of this yetā¦
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
28 days ago
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Embroidering eyes. In her mouth. Yup.
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#dyepainting
#embroidery
29 days ago
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Art Will Be at the End ofĀ It⦠It seems to be Monday again. Some cruel joke. We start sex ed today, a full 6 weeks early, and I am so not ready. I have 32 kids opted out (I think...something like that)...I have one class that only has 6 girls left (girls opt out more than boys). I clustered them inā¦
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Art Will Be at the End ofĀ Itā¦
It seems to be Monday again. Some cruel joke. We start sex ed today, a full 6 weeks early, and I am so not ready. I have 32 kids opted out (I think...something like that)...I have one class that only has 6 girls left (girls opt out more than boys). I clustered them in a little pod, like wagons circled together for protection.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/13/art-will-be-at-the-end-of-it/
29 days ago
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And back to this one, with Scribbleās help.
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#embroidery
#dyepainting
30 days ago
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Oh yeah, so I havenāt finished anything, so it makes sense to work on another unfinished project š¤Æ.
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#improv
#embroidery
about 1 month ago
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So I made stems and/or arteries while watching Artemis enter Earthās atmosphere, and I canāt think of a better way to spend a Friday evening.
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#handbuilding
#nasa
about 1 month ago
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Soft and Cuddly I love these weeks where Monday and Tuesday are fathomless days, no end in sight, and then all of a sudden, it's Friday. Like what happened there? I guess I appreciate it? I'm just not sure about the concept of time. Still. After how many years? Ha! Years. Time. So it is Friday andā¦
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Soft and Cuddly
I love these weeks where Monday and Tuesday are fathomless days, no end in sight, and then all of a sudden, it's Friday. Like what happened there? I guess I appreciate it? I'm just not sure about the concept of time. Still. After how many years? Ha! Years. Time. So it is Friday and this weekend is kind of a shitshow and I'm not sure when I'll grade the things I've been carrying around to grade.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/10/soft-and-cuddly/
about 1 month ago
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Sometimes I stitch other peopleās patterns (Sue Spargo)ā¦I love that the marks on the raccoonās body look like eyeballs.
#critterandclover
#suespargo
#embroidery
about 1 month ago
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One is done (ish). Because it already had legs. I found the canvases I mount these on too. Good news; I will never run out of those.
#artquilt
#bugs
about 1 month ago
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Juggling So we've been back at school for two whole days. It hasn't been particularly difficult (well, staff meetings hurt my brain...)...actually, here's a legit commentary on staff meetings. I'm still obsessing over the word 'justify' and what it really means and how it doesn't mean what peopleā¦
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Juggling
So we've been back at school for two whole days. It hasn't been particularly difficult (well, staff meetings hurt my brain...)...actually, here's a legit commentary on staff meetings. I'm still obsessing over the word 'justify' and what it really means and how it doesn't mean what people say it means and this is why when you tell a word person that they have to use a particular word, said person will obsess over that word for the next 48 hours and then refuse to use it.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/08/juggling-2/
about 1 month ago
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5 bugs quilted, ready for legs. Or something.
#artquilt
#bugs
about 1 month ago
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Making weird clay thingsā¦
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#handbuilding
about 1 month ago
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Need More LegĀ Parts⦠Back to school today. No time has passed. The yard and house are still disasters. It's all good. It happens every year...mostly because I like to travel over break (it makes it a real break from what I've been doing). The cleaning and yardwork are constants. They don't goā¦
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Need More LegĀ Partsā¦
Back to school today. No time has passed. The yard and house are still disasters. It's all good. It happens every year...mostly because I like to travel over break (it makes it a real break from what I've been doing). The cleaning and yardwork are constants. They don't go anywhere. Even when you clean, you will just have to do it again.
http://kathynida.com/2026/04/06/need-more-leg-parts/
about 1 month ago
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