This week's free Substack is exploring Shiva Paintstiks on fabric. I hope you'll check it out and consider subscribing to support my art! #art #artsky #painting #fiberart #textileart Shiva Paintstiks and Rubbing Plates open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival just opened in Virginia, and I'm thrilled to say my little mandala won 2nd Place! #art #artshare #quilt #quiltsky #mandala #applique #textileart

Bobbin and Kiki taking the morning sun in my studio. #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky

Just a happy little house panther. #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #formerferal #photography #furbaby #justprettythings

This is true.

Having just taught a class on Inktense, where several of my students brought watercolor pencils, it seemed like a good time for a comparison. #art #artsky #quilt #quiltsky #fabricpainting #textileart #inktense #watercolor #crafts Inktense vs Watercolor Pencils open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

Dyed cheesecloth , sari silk, Lace, ribbon, cotton ⬇️ shop.calicohorses.com #embroidery #sewing #freemotionembroidery #needlework #sciart #artshare #collage #wolf #onlybeautifulthings #textileart #womensart #wildlife #uplift #animalart #fabriccollage #art #quiltsky #stitched #upcycled

Kiki has adopted my work table for her morning pets, but she drools while I'm doing it. Too near her is a demo piece for tomorrow's Inktense class, which activates with water. One drop of kitty drool in the wrong place and I'll have premature activation! 🤣 #cats #catsofbluesky #textileart #inktense

Although I'll be teaching how to paint a rose in a vase in class next week, I was in the mood to make a butterfly. Perhaps that will be the next class! Blending and Shading Inktense on Fabric open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

For those keeping score at home:

Starting another hat. This one is in scarlet chenille. #resistance #resist #voteblue #firstamendment #crochet #knit #craft #iceout #nooneisillegal #fuckice

Finished making my hat! www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #crochet #yarn #crafts #iceout #crushice #Minneapolisstrong

Actually, my ancestors did come over on the Mayflower, which still makes me a descendant of immigrants. No one is illegal on stolen land. #voteblue #immigrantrights #meltingpot #abolishice

An intro to Inktense pencils, mediums and paintbrushes on Substack! Working with Inktense on Fabric open.substack.com/pub/quilting... #art #artsky #artistsofbluesky #quilt #quiltsky #painting #fabric #textileart #fiberart #inktense

JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

RFK Jr. Demonstrates How To Remove Tapeworm By Scooting Ass Across Carpet https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-demonstrates-how-to-remove-tapeworm-by-scooting-ass-across-carpet/

We show up even when we’re frazzled, frustrated, scared, overwhelmed. We keep resisting in all the ways we can because it works. We keep linking arms with others. We all have a part to play. What’s yours? #nokings #fiberart #womensart #artyear #artquilt #resist #quiltsky #fiberartist #Minnesota

Everybody get your miniature violins ready.

"When you arise in the morning Think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive To breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." Marcus Aurelius substack.com/@tracychrest...

Who knew someday we'd need this handy guide for the types of chemical weapons our government would use on our citizens?

By: Nick Anderson

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

Who wants to tell Kyle Rittenhouse?

Oh so many ways to add a little paint to your textile art! Subscribe to my Substack for tips, tricks and tutorials. Scratching the Surface of Textile Design open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Happy Caturday from Kiki, former parking lot feral, now a pampered house panther. #cats #blackcat #catsky #catsofbluesky #feral #housepanther #pets #straysneedlovetoo #uplift #animals #photography #caturday

He's such a help. #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #furryhelpers #bobbinthebold

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

Inktense pencils on fabric. Sampler for the class I'll be teaching at our quilt guild next month. #aet #artsky #artshare #Inktense #painting #coloredpencil #textileart #floral #rose #flowers #justprettythings #uplift

Bobbin approves of fabric painting. I still have a hand free to pet him. #art #artsky #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #floral #inktense #painting #textileart

There is always a way to create. A short Substack exploring the fact that if Matisse could design a chapel from his bed, I can learn to draw with my left hand. #art #artsky #arthistory #matisse #painting #create #inspiration #motivation #uplift #yesyoucan open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

the misinformation war has been steadily heating up BOTS are fake accounts (sometimes impersonation) that are primarily used as 'extra' accounts for the purpose of turning on when needed to flood the communications zone TROLLS are disruption accounts designed to distract, deflect, divide, conflate

Camelias in a tea cup. Made in a class with Kestrel Michaud. Raw edge applique with a little shading in Tsukinenko ink. #art #artsky #applique #sewing #floral #flowers #camelia #quilt #textileart #justprettythings

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

My formerly feral house panther, helping me mark my quilt top. #cat #catsky #catsofbluesky #sewing #furryhelpers #quilt #art #formerferal #rescuecat

Exactly.

Good morning BlueSky!

Embroidered word of the day. An important one, I'm sure you'd agree. #art #artsky #quilt #quiltsky #embroidery #needleart #needlework #justice #textileart #fiberart

Adding another embroidered word to my flower quilt. Bobbin is 'helping'. #art #artsky #quilt #quiltsky #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #textileart #fiberart #modernquilt #embroidery #needlework #sewing

Happy Caturday from Kiki! #cats #catsky #catsofbluesky #caturday #photography #sleepykitty

Who wants to tell him about the Vikings?

Over four decades, the NRA et al softened the ground for the current authoritarian takeover. My hope is that their silence in the face of the government tyranny they screamed about for all those years will bankrupt them in the eyes of the public forever.

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

I generally don't make socially relevant art, but I firmly support those who do. And my modern flower quilt I'm sure will have its share of pearl clutchers someday. The Art of Activism open.substack.com/pub/quilting...

A good word for today. #art #artsky #embroidery #needlework #modernquilt #quilt #quiltsky #fiberart #textileart #sewing

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

Lace, Merino wool, tussah silk, dyed silk floss, banana fibers, mulberry silk and horse tail- sold to support endangered lions living in sanctuary in South Africa #felted #embroidery #wetfelted #needlework #snowleopard #sciart #artshare #onlybeautifulthings #textileart #womensart #feline #uplift

Randy Fine, who supposedly represents my district (I voted against him, of course) is a perfect representation of the GOP - an arrogant, lying, manipulative, misogynistic, greedy, corrupt piece of shit!