Thus endeth January 2026.

Registration is now open for my 2026 local classes! I’m teaching four classes locally this year (at Old Murphey School in Durham, NC), and you can get more information and register for them here: susanbrubakerknapp.corsizio.com

“Plight of the Swifts,” in progress. (Shoes for scale.) Nearly all the birds are cut out (yes, by hand) and next is stitching down the circles in the top section and continuing to work on the hand embroidery (second photo) that I’ve started in the bottom section. #fiberart #artquilt

Thus endeth November. I am using a calendar to record the most egregious and horrifying acts of the Trump Regime.

“Raven, Illuminated” Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp, 2025 23.5” square Wholecloth painted, free-motion quilted.

No Kings Rally in Carrboro, NC.

“Asian Persimmon” 15.5 x 11.5" Copyright 2023 Susan Brubaker Knapp White fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton batting, cotton backing. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted. #persimmon #artquilt #artquilter

“Nobody’s Free” (copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 18” x 11” White fabric, acrylic paint, cotton batting, interfacing. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free-motion machine quilted. I love this quote by Fannie Lou Hamer. #fiberart #fiberartist #artquilt #quiltsky

An Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) came to visit this morning!

Thus endeth September. I am using a calendar to record the most egregious and horrifying acts of the Trump Regime.

“Indian Corn” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2010) 15" x 20" Cotton fabric, interfacing, fusible adhesive, cotton thread, cotton batting. Fusible appliqué, threadsketched and free-motion machine quilted. #artquilt #fiberart #fiberartist

"Sugar Junkie" (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 15" x 10.75" White cotton fabric, acrylic paint, cotton thread, interfacing, cotton batting. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free-motion machine quilted. #fiberart #artquilt #fiberartist

“Swimming at the Pink Pony Club” Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025. 11.5” x 11.5” White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted. #artquilt #fiberart

New work! “I Told You So.” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 11” x 15.5” White cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, cotton thread, cotton batting. Wholecloth painted, stenciled, free motion machine quilted. #fiberart #artquilt #artquilter #itoldyouso

Did you know that you can watch videos of many of the Quilt National ’25 artists on Quilt National's YouTube channel? They just posted one of me talking about my piece, "What Remains." Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=65tG... #quiltnational #quiltnational25 #fiberart #artquilts #fiberartist

#BlueSkyArtShow #Gratitude This is my work, “Harbinger’s Hope.”

Both of them.

Preliminary sketch for a piece in progress I’m calling “American Gestapo.” #StandUpSpeakOut #MakeProtestArt

Thus endeth July. I am using a calendar to record the most egregious and horrifying acts of the Trump Regime.

Quilting in progress.

Horrified that the Trump Regime is revoking the scientific determination that underpins the EPA's authority to combat climate change. It will weaken safeguards, and increase pollution from burning fossil fuels. A huge step backward. This is my work (in progress).

Super excited that my piece, "Marbled Salamanders," is part of the Studio Art Quilt Associates' "Camouflage" exhibition. It's at the Arazona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ, right now through September 28, 2025. Then the exhibition travels to Detroit, MI, and Knoxville, TN.

Part 2: Amazing guests shooting segments for “Quilting Arts TV” this week! David M. Taylor, David Owen Hastings, Sarah Spencer, Sondrasa. #QATV #QuiltingArtsTV #QATVseries3200 #QuiltingArtsMagazine

Amazing guests shooting segments for “Quilting Arts TV” this week! kestrel Michaud, Mel Beach, Pat Bishop, Diana Fox. #QATV #QuiltingArtsTV #QATVseries3200 #QuiltingArtsMagazine

Casa Bonita was a blast! Rob has fond childhood memories of the Tulsa, OK, location, so we were excited to visit the Denver location, recently renovated and reopened by the creators of the “South Park” animated TV show.

Last night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (outside Denver) to see the Avett Brothers (from NC!). A great show at an amazing venue. #redrocks #avettbrothers

In case you missed it this morning.

Thus endeth June. I’m recording the weirdest, most egregious actions and statements of the Trump Regime.

“War itself is, of course, a form of madness. It’s hardly a civilized pursuit. It’s amazing how we spend so much time inventing devices to kill each other and so little time working on how to achieve peace.” – Walter Cronkite

Celebrating Juneteenth today! In the fight for racial justice and equality, we must never give up.

Details from recent small landscapes. #fiberart #artquilt #quiltsky

Protest today in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC, drew thousands.

CNN: MN State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed early Saturday. MN State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot, but are still alive. This is my piece, "Death Toll." You can read more about it on my blog here: wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/2018/03/deat...

"Supernova" (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 26" x 26" Cotton, silk and linen fabric scraps, perle cotton, cotton thread, cotton batting. Hand embroidered, free-motion machine quilted. #fiberart #artquilt #quiltsky

Inspired by Kimberley Pierce Cartwright’s “Suga quilts,” (say “sugar” with a Southern accent, dropping the “r”!), am working on this piece. Kimberley demonstrated this technique in Quilting Arts TV episode 3110. IG @kimberleycartwright #QATV #artquilt #fiberart #quiltsky

Happy Pride Month! Celebrating the right of everyone to be exactly who they are. #loveislove #eastforkdoesmydishes

I’m recording the most disturbing, egregious, and just plain crazy things that the Trump Regime does each day. Thus ends May 2025.

Beautiful morning for potter Mark Hewitt’s kiln opening and sale in Pittsboro, NC.

Wonderful exhibition opening in a spectacular setting! “Stitching Our Stories” featured work by three North Carolina artists: Kimberley Pierce Cartwright, Jereann King Johnson and Sauda Zahra. At Cassilhaus, a home-based artist in residence and exhibition space in Chapel Hill, NC. #quiltsky

Path to the beach on Bald Head Island, NC. “Beach Access” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 11” x 9” Cotton fabric, interfacing, cotton batting, cotton thread, ink, acrylic textile paint. Fusible appliqué, free-motion thread sketched and quilted. #artquilt #fiberart #quiltsky

At Quilt National with my piece, “What Remains” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2024) 33” x 45” Digitally altered photograph printed on cotton fabric, acrylic textile paint, ink, cotton thread, cotton batting, cotton backing. Painted, marked, free-motion machine quilted. #artquilt #quiltnational

Did you know that Trump settled a federal case behind closed doors this past weekend that allows the sale of "forced reset triggers"? They basically transform regular semi-automatic guns into machine guns. Even more people will die now. wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/2018/03/deat...

“Red Rocks” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025). Cotton fabric, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing, ink. Fusible appliqué, free motion machine quilted. #fiberart #artquilt #quiltsky

Happy Commencement Day, Tar Heels! So proud of you. “Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower” (Copyright 2019 by Susan Brubaker Knapp) 24” x19” White fabric, acrylic textile paint, interfacing, cotton batting, cotton thread. Wholecloth painted, free-motion machine quilted. #artquilt #fiberart

“Marsh View” (Copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 11” x 9.5” #artquilt #fiberart #quiltsky

Landscape based on my father’s Kodachrome slide. “Blue Mountain Lake, 1968.” My family vacationed at this lake in the Adirondacks in New York several summers when I was a child. We would canoe to this tiny island to pick wild blueberries and leap from that big rock into the clear frigid water.

“Blue Mermaid” (copyright Susan Brubaker Knapp 2025) 10 x 11.25” Cotton fabric, fusible adhesive, cotton thread, interfacing. Fusible appliqué, free-motion quilted. #artquilt #fiberart #quiltsky

I’m recording the most disturbing, egregious, and just plain crazy things that the Trump Regime does each day. Thus ends April 2025.

Done! "Jardin de France," uses a lot of traditional French fabrics purchased at French Connections in Pittsboro, NC. Blocks designed by Blackbird Designs. I added sashings and borders. 69" square. Hand needleturn appliqué and machine piecing, free-motion machine quilted. #quilt #applique #quiltsky

Under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, everyone is entitled to due process. EVERYONE. Whether you are a citizen, or not. The Trump Regime has been defying this Constitutional right.