Benita Skinner
@benitaskinner.bsky.social
After 25+ years of designing my quilt patterns (available from my website), I’m now back to creating textile art quilts, using embroidery & embellishments.
I’m sharing how I create these, through a weekly video.
https://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/
I’m sharing how I create these, through a weekly video.
https://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/
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Benita Skinner
@benitaskinner.bsky.social
· Sep 28
My Bits & Bobs Collage Quilt – as of today! #handstitching
YouTube video by Benita Skinner
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I know some of you asked to see a full shot of my Bits & Bobs collage quilt! 👏🥰🪡🧵
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I also share a video each week, as I progress, on the same 📺 YouTube channel: @BenitaSkinner
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #embellishing #textileart #quiltsky
youtube.com/shorts/citfq...
I also share a video each week, as I progress, on the same 📺 YouTube channel: @BenitaSkinner
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #embellishing #textileart #quiltsky
Have you wondered why I’ve included a hot air
balloon in the quilt, that’s full of treasures I’ve saved, over decades & favourite blocks I’ve designed over that time?
Well…I explain all that in last week’s video. 😂
This week, I mostly finish it! 👏🪡🧵😍
#quilting #sewing #textileart #quiltsky
balloon in the quilt, that’s full of treasures I’ve saved, over decades & favourite blocks I’ve designed over that time?
Well…I explain all that in last week’s video. 😂
This week, I mostly finish it! 👏🪡🧵😍
#quilting #sewing #textileart #quiltsky
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Have you wondered why I’ve included a hot air
balloon in the quilt, that’s full of treasures I’ve saved, over decades & favourite blocks I’ve designed over that time?
Well…I explain all that in last week’s video. 😂
This week, I mostly finish it! 👏🪡🧵😍
#quilting #sewing #textileart #quiltsky
balloon in the quilt, that’s full of treasures I’ve saved, over decades & favourite blocks I’ve designed over that time?
Well…I explain all that in last week’s video. 😂
This week, I mostly finish it! 👏🪡🧵😍
#quilting #sewing #textileart #quiltsky
Turning soutache trim into hot air balloon rope.
Being creative with my stitches! 👏🪡🧵
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
Being creative with my stitches! 👏🪡🧵
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Turning soutache trim into hot air balloon rope.
Being creative with my stitches! 👏🪡🧵
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
Being creative with my stitches! 👏🪡🧵
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I couldn’t help but binge watch #RiotWomen over a few days, once I started!
Looking forward to more!! 🫶
Looking forward to more!! 🫶
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I couldn’t help but binge watch #RiotWomen over a few days, once I started!
Looking forward to more!! 🫶
Looking forward to more!! 🫶
It’s the first time in months, that the batteries for my solar power system, are full!
🎶 It’s a bright, bright sunshiny day! 🎵👏☀️🥰
#ForestLiving
🎶 It’s a bright, bright sunshiny day! 🎵👏☀️🥰
#ForestLiving
February 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It’s the first time in months, that the batteries for my solar power system, are full!
🎶 It’s a bright, bright sunshiny day! 🎵👏☀️🥰
#ForestLiving
🎶 It’s a bright, bright sunshiny day! 🎵👏☀️🥰
#ForestLiving
So many decades of enjoying Catherine O’Hara’s brilliant work… 😢😭💔
A funny SCTV clip, for you to enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoat...
A funny SCTV clip, for you to enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoat...
SCTV - Katharine Hepburn for Twillings Tea
YouTube video by SCTV
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February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So many decades of enjoying Catherine O’Hara’s brilliant work… 😢😭💔
A funny SCTV clip, for you to enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoat...
A funny SCTV clip, for you to enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoat...
Winter is wintering, this year!! 🥶❄️🥶
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Winter is wintering, this year!! 🥶❄️🥶
Reposted by Benita Skinner
Have you considered commissioning a portrait? Or do you need a painting for another project- advertising material, a book or album cover?
I work in Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and Mixed Media.
My rates are very reasonable and I ship internationally.
DMs are open.
#painter #commission
I work in Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and Mixed Media.
My rates are very reasonable and I ship internationally.
DMs are open.
#painter #commission
January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Have you considered commissioning a portrait? Or do you need a painting for another project- advertising material, a book or album cover?
I work in Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and Mixed Media.
My rates are very reasonable and I ship internationally.
DMs are open.
#painter #commission
I work in Oil, Acrylic, Graphite and Mixed Media.
My rates are very reasonable and I ship internationally.
DMs are open.
#painter #commission
I love the Tiled Words game!! 👏❤️
Clues, theme & lettered tiles all there to help you puzzle it out! ☕️🥰
Clues, theme & lettered tiles all there to help you puzzle it out! ☕️🥰
Today I released the 100th #TiledWords puzzle! My wife and I make each puzzle together creating themes and clues for the puzzle.
Each puzzle takes 5-10 minutes on average so that’s like 10 hours or puzzles!
tiledwords.com
#WordGames #Puzzles #GameDev
Each puzzle takes 5-10 minutes on average so that’s like 10 hours or puzzles!
tiledwords.com
#WordGames #Puzzles #GameDev
Tiled Words
A daily word puzzle with a twist
tiledwords.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I love the Tiled Words game!! 👏❤️
Clues, theme & lettered tiles all there to help you puzzle it out! ☕️🥰
Clues, theme & lettered tiles all there to help you puzzle it out! ☕️🥰
This is my mother-of-pearl belt buckle. 😍
It’s what I’ve added in this week’s video.
Have you seen how much progress I’ve made? 👏🥰
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
It’s what I’ve added in this week’s video.
Have you seen how much progress I’ve made? 👏🥰
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
This is my mother-of-pearl belt buckle. 😍
It’s what I’ve added in this week’s video.
Have you seen how much progress I’ve made? 👏🥰
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
It’s what I’ve added in this week’s video.
Have you seen how much progress I’ve made? 👏🥰
#quilting #sewing #textileart #embellishing #quiltsky
Fabric shop memes, showing up in my timeline on several platforms, are using cartoony images completely taken from others creativity — AI generated, though they never say that. 😳
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January 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Fabric shop memes, showing up in my timeline on several platforms, are using cartoony images completely taken from others creativity — AI generated, though they never say that. 😳
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It’s a snow day in #NovaScotia #Canada today! ❄️
A nor’easter dumped a foot of snow overnight.
All schools are closed for the day.
Here in the forest it’s beautiful, but many of the trees are bent over, with the weight.
#ForestLiving
A nor’easter dumped a foot of snow overnight.
All schools are closed for the day.
Here in the forest it’s beautiful, but many of the trees are bent over, with the weight.
#ForestLiving
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
It’s a snow day in #NovaScotia #Canada today! ❄️
A nor’easter dumped a foot of snow overnight.
All schools are closed for the day.
Here in the forest it’s beautiful, but many of the trees are bent over, with the weight.
#ForestLiving
A nor’easter dumped a foot of snow overnight.
All schools are closed for the day.
Here in the forest it’s beautiful, but many of the trees are bent over, with the weight.
#ForestLiving
Reposted by Benita Skinner
#TiledWords was nominated for the Playlin award for best daily short form web game!
If you like the game it would mean a lot to me if you took a second to vote for it!
playlin.io/awards/vote/
If you like the game it would mean a lot to me if you took a second to vote for it!
playlin.io/awards/vote/
Vote for the Players' Choice Award
Discover and explore curated web games with Playlin. Your gateway to unique and exciting games, all in one place.
playlin.io
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 PM
#TiledWords was nominated for the Playlin award for best daily short form web game!
If you like the game it would mean a lot to me if you took a second to vote for it!
playlin.io/awards/vote/
If you like the game it would mean a lot to me if you took a second to vote for it!
playlin.io/awards/vote/
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Benita Skinner
We still have dozens of native species 🌱 available in our online shop, including these beauties!
Orders are free, though donations are warmly welcomed. We’ll mail seeds to ON, QC, NB, and NS.
Browse the shop and place your orders at wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop
#nativeseeds #nativeplants
Orders are free, though donations are warmly welcomed. We’ll mail seeds to ON, QC, NB, and NS.
Browse the shop and place your orders at wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop
#nativeseeds #nativeplants
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
We still have dozens of native species 🌱 available in our online shop, including these beauties!
Orders are free, though donations are warmly welcomed. We’ll mail seeds to ON, QC, NB, and NS.
Browse the shop and place your orders at wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop
#nativeseeds #nativeplants
Orders are free, though donations are warmly welcomed. We’ll mail seeds to ON, QC, NB, and NS.
Browse the shop and place your orders at wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop
#nativeseeds #nativeplants
I’ve just moved 3 tasks, that were causing me to procrastinate, to next month’s update.
Progress!! 😁😂👏
Progress!! 😁😂👏
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I’ve just moved 3 tasks, that were causing me to procrastinate, to next month’s update.
Progress!! 😁😂👏
Progress!! 😁😂👏
I’ve posted this before, but in case you missed it…
📍The eye of a hand sewing needle is larger on one side, than the other.
If you have trouble threading your needle, try turning it around. 🪡🧵
I can’t count how many times knowing this has been helpful!! 👏
#quilting #sewing #quiltsky
📍The eye of a hand sewing needle is larger on one side, than the other.
If you have trouble threading your needle, try turning it around. 🪡🧵
I can’t count how many times knowing this has been helpful!! 👏
#quilting #sewing #quiltsky
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Get FREE native seeds from the Seed Library! We mail to ON, QC, NB and NS. Order now here: wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop/
Shop – Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Get FREE native seeds from the Seed Library! We mail to ON, QC, NB and NS. Order now here: wildflowerseedlibrary.ca/shop/
I used warm water & peroxide (2:1) to soak this eyelet.
This photo was taken at 20 minutes, and you can already see how yellow the water is.
I’m very pleased how it brightened them up! 👏
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embellishing #slowstitching #quiltsky
This photo was taken at 20 minutes, and you can already see how yellow the water is.
I’m very pleased how it brightened them up! 👏
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embellishing #slowstitching #quiltsky
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I used warm water & peroxide (2:1) to soak this eyelet.
This photo was taken at 20 minutes, and you can already see how yellow the water is.
I’m very pleased how it brightened them up! 👏
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embellishing #slowstitching #quiltsky
This photo was taken at 20 minutes, and you can already see how yellow the water is.
I’m very pleased how it brightened them up! 👏
#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embellishing #slowstitching #quiltsky
Reposted by Benita Skinner
Here is how I used the old tablecloth lace.
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Here is how I used the old tablecloth lace.
I spent a quiet morning, with a coffee, warming fire in the woodstove — carefully unpicking this eyelet, from an old slip.
I’ve thought of how to use this, and some other lovely eyelet pieces, that I’ve saved for years, in my Bits & Bobs collage quilt.👏
I’ve always loved the sweetness of eyelet! 🥰
I’ve thought of how to use this, and some other lovely eyelet pieces, that I’ve saved for years, in my Bits & Bobs collage quilt.👏
I’ve always loved the sweetness of eyelet! 🥰
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I spent a quiet morning, with a coffee, warming fire in the woodstove — carefully unpicking this eyelet, from an old slip.
I’ve thought of how to use this, and some other lovely eyelet pieces, that I’ve saved for years, in my Bits & Bobs collage quilt.👏
I’ve always loved the sweetness of eyelet! 🥰
I’ve thought of how to use this, and some other lovely eyelet pieces, that I’ve saved for years, in my Bits & Bobs collage quilt.👏
I’ve always loved the sweetness of eyelet! 🥰
Good morning & Happy New Year! ☕️
What's Your 2026 Re-'sew'-lution? 🪡🧵👏🥰
Mine is to add more to my Bits & Bobs quilt 🥰and to share (not sell) my embellishment stash - with other creatives! 👏🤞
#quilting #sewing #SlowStitching #textileart #quiltsky
What's Your 2026 Re-'sew'-lution? 🪡🧵👏🥰
Mine is to add more to my Bits & Bobs quilt 🥰and to share (not sell) my embellishment stash - with other creatives! 👏🤞
#quilting #sewing #SlowStitching #textileart #quiltsky
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Good morning & Happy New Year! ☕️
What's Your 2026 Re-'sew'-lution? 🪡🧵👏🥰
Mine is to add more to my Bits & Bobs quilt 🥰and to share (not sell) my embellishment stash - with other creatives! 👏🤞
#quilting #sewing #SlowStitching #textileart #quiltsky
What's Your 2026 Re-'sew'-lution? 🪡🧵👏🥰
Mine is to add more to my Bits & Bobs quilt 🥰and to share (not sell) my embellishment stash - with other creatives! 👏🤞
#quilting #sewing #SlowStitching #textileart #quiltsky
Tracks today: Coyote (right), coming up.
Bobcat (left), going down.
Mine in the middle (up & down).
And those others - also in the middle, are from a young rabbit!
One of the joys of winter in a forest, to see what neighbours are around. 🥰👏🌲🌳🌲
#ForestLiving #NovaScotia #nature
Bobcat (left), going down.
Mine in the middle (up & down).
And those others - also in the middle, are from a young rabbit!
One of the joys of winter in a forest, to see what neighbours are around. 🥰👏🌲🌳🌲
#ForestLiving #NovaScotia #nature
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Tracks today: Coyote (right), coming up.
Bobcat (left), going down.
Mine in the middle (up & down).
And those others - also in the middle, are from a young rabbit!
One of the joys of winter in a forest, to see what neighbours are around. 🥰👏🌲🌳🌲
#ForestLiving #NovaScotia #nature
Bobcat (left), going down.
Mine in the middle (up & down).
And those others - also in the middle, are from a young rabbit!
One of the joys of winter in a forest, to see what neighbours are around. 🥰👏🌲🌳🌲
#ForestLiving #NovaScotia #nature