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ArcticExile
@arcticexile.bsky.social
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Dog-lover, quilter, crafter, aspiring paper flower artist, recent empty nester, transplanted Alaskan living in the U.P.
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Crepe paper double tulips...still waiting for real flowers to bloom! #paperflowers #craftsky
Tulip petal color and assembly. Photo shows a small pile of light pink paper tulip petals,, some color pencils in shades of red, green and brown and a stack of off white crepe paper. Three crepe paper sculpted tulip centers in a glass jar. Leaf and petal coloring and assembly. Two small stacks of pink paper tulip petals with a stack of green paper tulip leaves on the right. Three pink double tulips in a clear glass jar.
March 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Under the weather today so spent the day at home crafting crepe paper morning glories. #craftsky #paperflowers
Lilac paper morning glory vine with three blossoms and green leaves. Back view of morning glory blossom showing a narrow green stripe running on the vertical of each flower section.
March 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Crepe paper cherry blossom branches for spring. I'm happy with how these turned out. #paperflowers, #crepepaper #craftsky
Pink crepe paper pink cherry blossoms on branches, in a blue glass bottle. View of the back of the crepe paper cherry blossom branches showing the red sepals on the back of each bloom. Close up of buds and blossoms of pink crepe paper cherry branch. Pink crepe paper cherry blossoms on branches, displayed in a blue glass jar painted with fireweed, resting on a white shelf.
March 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Flower crafting time. #paperflowers #craftsky
March 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Book and block 2 for February. Good read. Wish there was a sequel. Not much color in the cover. Coordinating fabric was lack luster. #booksky #quiltsky #booksyblockproject
February 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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February Booksy block project
Green, white and yellow 16-patch checkerboard quilt block next to green , yellow and white book cover. Title: Let Them by Mel Robbins
February 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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February Booksy block project
Green, white and yellow 16-patch checkerboard quilt block next to green , yellow and white book cover. Title: Let Them by Mel Robbins
February 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Paper roses. #paperflowers, #craftsky
White crepe paper rose with green buds in clear glass vase. White crepe paper rose with green buds, laying on a brown table
February 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This book is a work of art. Love it. I plan to use some of the flower meanings to craft a crepe paper flower bouquet that symbolizes this year’s political climate in the USA. 😆 #paperflowers, #booksky
Hardback book. Colorful florals set against a black background. Title: Floriography by Jessica Roux.
February 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Got the last stitch sewn today. SO much procrastination happened here. Was easy to piece but the free motion quilting took me forever. And then the dreaded binding. I finally found a use for the random wood fence in my yard - photo prop! 😆 #quiltsky
Triple Barn Star quilt hanging on a gray, wood fence. Snowy trees are in the background. Quilt consists of green and blue print fabrics on a white background creating a series of three radiating stars ranging from small and medium in the center to large in the foreground. Close up of the center of a Triple Barn Star quilt. Quilt consists of green and blue print fabrics creating a series of three radiating stars ranging from small and medium in the center to large in the foreground. Stars are on a white background.
February 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Got a bit of snowfall last night.
February 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it's all captured on camera
A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A decently mitered corner! A rare sighting in my sewing. 😆 #quiltsky
Close up of a geometric print light blue and gray binding with a mitered corner facing a yellow green background fabric.
February 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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January 2025 Booksy Block project. The fabrics I picked to coordinate with the book cover were a stretch as I'm trying to use my scraps. I haven't sewn them together yet but wanted to get the block posted since January is long gone! #ritualquiltcompany #booksyblockproject #quiltsky
Modern cover of the book Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Colors are pink and green. Glinda in the bottom left corner and Elfaba in the top right. They are reaching out to each other. Emerald city castle in the background with flying monkeys in the air. Quilt block in green and pink to coordinate with Wicked book cover. Green basket weave background with a contrasting pink fabric with white peonies.
February 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Hand sewing binding today. A great excuse to snuggle under a quilt and watch some shows, especially after spending an hour clearing snow from the driveway! #quiltsky
Close up of a yellow-green and gray striped quilt backing with a blue and gray hexagon print binding. Binding held in place by small red clips. Behind binding is a light blue octopus print fabric on a white background.
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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My home for 27 years, with family still in Nome. My heart aches for those lost in the crash, those I knew personally. Long nights waiting for news, for the recovery, holding my breath for victims’ names. Witnessing communities come together to support and comfort one another.
People wearing winter gear, holding hands, surrounding a small Bering Air passenger plane that lands on snow covered ground, for the first time since Friday's crash. People are singing and praying for the pilot before he takes off. Photo by Juanita Onalik.
February 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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First full week at my new job. It's eating into my crafting time but it is good for my mental health. Adjusting to a new town after being in the same one for over 25 years has been a challenge. Here's a photo of some paper flowers I made for the holidays. Stephanotis. #paperflowers, #paperart
A mason jar of tiny, white crepe paper stephanotis flowers sitting next to a plate with green paper leaves and strips of dark green crepe paper on a work table. Partially assembled crepe paper, white stephanotis blossoms in a glass mason jar. Stephanotis blossoms arranged in clusters in a wreath shape. The blossoms are attach to just over 1/2 of a wooden embroidery hoop. The arrangement rests vertically in a narrow, black ceramic pot against a dark blue background. White polly pellets fill the jar, allowing the arrangement to stand. The ground the container rests on is covered in snow. Green crepe paper leaves twine around the wooden hoop.
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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I have never tried cross stitch but admire it so much. Love this quilty bee design!
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Starting the background on my Quilting Bee by the Blue Flower. Stitched with a DMC conversion on linen.

#crossstitch
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I gifted this quilt to my best friend and it was really hard to let go. No. I will probably not ever make another one. 😆 Made from scraps. Mostly Anna Maria Horner/Parry and Tula. A few Art Gallery and Elizabeth Harman prints mixed in. Pattern is Wanderer's Wife by Jen Kingwell.
Close up of patchwork sampler quilt made with scraps in blue, golds, and purples on a scrappy gray striped background. Wanderer's Wife sampler quilt made with scraps in blue, golds, and purples on a scrappy gray striped background. Wanderer's Wife patchwork sampler quilt made with scraps in blue, golds, and purples on a scrappy gray striped background folded on a black leather chair. Close up of patchwork sampler quilt made with scraps in blue, golds, and purples on a scrappy gray striped background.
January 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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I made this king size quilt for my son for high school graduation, in his school colors. Pattern is Asteria by "Needles in a Hayes Stack". In Greek mythology, Asteria was the Titan goddess of stars. This was a lesson in the importance of accurate and consistent seam allowances!
January 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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My cute English Lab. She's the sweetest. Too cold for a walk today so she's claiming my quilt and enjoying the fire.
Blond English Lab laying on a floral quilt, on a brown couch with her front paw stretched out toward the camera. Blond english lab laying on a blue patterned carpet, in low light with a lit fire place behind her. There are two floor to ceiling built in shelving units on each side of the blue fire place. Fire place trip and shelving are white. Two brown mid century modern arm chairs are on either side of the dog.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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I'd love to learn how to do something like this. Where to start?
January 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Optical Path Cathedral Window, #quilt by Felisa Nakazawa
January 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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A second set of curtains pieced, 2 more to go. Pattern is Arboretum #quiltsky #quilting #kaffefassett
Red, pink and yellow pieced curtains
January 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Romare Bearden, Martin Luther King Jr.—Mountain Top, color screenprint, 1968
A stylized collagelike representation of a figure, seen from behind - a representation of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. - arms outspreadd, between two groups of silhouetted figures at left and right. A hilly landscape is in the background, with the sun and some clouds in the sky above
January 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM