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janequiltsslowly
@janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
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Avid quilter. Member of Inland NW MQG. 🧵 Politically Progressive now verging on radical. Recovering liberal.
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janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
Fired UP! 🔥Ready to GO!! Spokane Washington pResidents Day Protest!!
Riverfront Park NOON TODAY!!!!
#50501
#GoodTrouble
#FreedomFromTyranny
#StopMusk
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February 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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fredguttenberg.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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lindsaymeyerharley.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
Elon Musk is stealing our private data! Get him out of our government! NOW!
February 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
Haven’t seen this on Bluesky yet.
#presidentsdayprotest
#nationaldayofprotest
#resistfascism
#presidentsday
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Poster showing people gathered in the lower third under text that says: NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST When: Presidents Day-Feb 17, 2025 at 12PM Where: THE WHITE HOUSE OR YOUR STATE CAPITOL, CITY HALL, TOWN HALL WHY: TO RESIST FASCISM JOIN US!
February 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
I have a pending Social Security application. I check my account every Monday for progress & messages. This is what I got this morning:
Screen showing attempt on 2/3/2025 to access My Social Security secure account. Screen says: We cannot process your request at this time. Please try again later. Corner of computer screen showing the time as 9:06 AM and date as 2/3/2025. This is Pacific Standard Time.
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
Bringing the month of January to a close (finally)! These photos are the whole cloth and patches for the last 3 days of the month of my daily stitching practice. I started this piece in a Quiltcon 24 class taught by @amandanadig.bsky.social
#quiltsky
#dailyartpractice
#improvapplique
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Colorful patches of many different shapes and sizes from quilting and garments appliquéd to a white background. Triangular scrap of Liberty of London Tana Lawn Wiltshire appliquéd to a white background with running stitch in 12 wt dark blue cotton thread. Edges of nearby patches can be seen above and to the right of this patch. Violet purple fabric rectangle with white dots arranged like dice sides appliquéd to a white background with turned edges and blanket stitch in a variegated pink Wonderfil Eleganza Perle #8 wt cotton color number EZM27. Small arts of adjacent patches can be seen to the left, top and upper right.
February 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Daily stitching.
Really enjoying working on this everyday. 😊 More descriptions in the alt text.
#quiltsky
#dailyhandstitching
#improvapplique
#dailyartpractice
#artformentalhealth
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Curved navy blue lawn fabric with tiny Blu white red and pink flowers stitched with running stitch in 12 wt bright red orange. Close up showing the edge of a blue striped patch above running stitched in gold 12 wt cotton thread. Dark navy blue patch to the left running stitched with variegated blue 8 wt perle cotton. Navy on white batik patch to the right in an asymmetrical curved shape running stitched in turquoise 12 wt cotton thread. Soft greenish yellow rectangular fabric patch with white 4 petal flowers from the Blueberry Park fabric line designed by Karen Lewis, stitched to a white background with fuchsia 12wt cotton thread in a running stitch. Two edges are turned under and two edges are finished with pinked edges. Each flower is embellished with a colonial knot in the center in the same fuchsia thread. Bright turquoise patch in an asymmetrical shape running stitched on turned edges with fuchsia 12 wt cotton thread. A part of a fabric strip is to the left printed with an image of the Statue of Liberty on a dark blue background. Above is the edge of a bright blue patch with red printed flowers designed by Lotta Jansdotter. Purple rectangle stitched to a white background with turquoise 12 wt cotton thread. The turned edges are stitched with running stitches and the entire patch is embroidered with 4 rows of herringbone stitches in the same thread color.
February 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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oldsturbridge.bsky.social
This c. 1840 hand-pieced #quilt created by Susannah Allen Anderson Howard is an artistic wonder! It contains approximately 12,000 pieces of roller-printed cotton with a central medallion of hexagon patchwork.

Take a closer look at youtu.be/AihIG4vEjhQ

#OSVMuseumCollection
January 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
janequiltsslowly.bsky.social
Posting more from my daily stitching project for 2025.
#quiltsky
#modernquilting
#improvquilt
#improvapplique
Strip of fabric raw edge appliquéd to a white background with running stitches in gold 12 wt thread. Dark pink rectangle appliquéd with edges turned under with running stitches in orange perle cotton 8 wt thread. Black square to the left is embroidered with a gold T and red circle with a slash through it meaning: No to Trump and his oligarchs! Gold strip of cotton fabric appliquéd to a white background. The strip is folded over itself in forty-five degree folds to create an angular shape. Stitched down with running stitches in turquoise 12 wt cotton thread. Dark orange shot cotton fabric with edges turned under appliquéd to a white background with running stitches in orange 12 wt cotton thread. On the right is part of the gold shape next to it also appliquéd with running stitches in turquoise 12 wt cotton thread.
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Daily stitching project. Most recent additions. More info in the alt text.
#dailyartproject
#dailystitching
#improvapplique
#fucktrump
#fuckmusk
#fuckzuckerberg
#fuckbezos
#notmypresident
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Dark turquoise shot cotton fabric with raw edges stitched and folded to fit in along the edge of a white background fabric. Close up with the edge of a turquoise windowpane check fabric at the top and crinkly textured teal fabric to the right. Lotta Jandotter blue print with white flowers appliquéd to a white background with white perle cotton size 8 with running stitch. Close up showing the edge of a teal paisley print to the right and a blue and white batik print at the top. Black square of fabric appliquéd to a white background with black running stitch. Embroidered with a gold letter ‘T’ with a red circle and slash meaning NO tRump.
January 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Progress photos from last week of my daily stitching project.
#quiltsky
#dailyartpractice
#improvapplique
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Lavender blue solid fabric appliquéd on a white background with turquoise running stitch and cross stitches. Close up showing a turquoise print with white flowers on the left and yellow fabric with turquoise running stitch & gold herringbone on the right. Cranberry colored satin fabric appliquéd to a white background with white perle cotton size 8 running stitch. Close up with dark orange solid fabric stitched with turquoise running stitch at the top and lighter orange fabric stitched with running stitch and cross stitches in bright orange on the left. ‘L’ shaped dark teal fabric appliquéd to a white background with turquoise running stitch. Close up showing this piece filling a gap between a window pane check in the upper left, a crinkly textured turquoise to the bottom left, and solid fabric teal to the right. Paisley print in turquoise and black appliquéd to a white background with turquoise running stitch. Close up showing a blue and white fabric in an organic shape below and a blue striped fabric to the left.
January 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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techcrunch.com
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
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January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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This is my daily hand stitching project started at Quiltcon last year in a class with Amanda Nadig. This repurposed pillow case is the background for improv appliqué from scrap fabric. More info in the alt text.
#quiltsky #quiltcon #dailyartpractice #improvquilting #improvapplique
Multicolored fabric scraps hand appliquéd to white fabric in a random arrangement with colors grouped together. The appliqué stitches are visible on each piece. Many different colors of thread are used. Bright turquoise rectangle of fabric with white flowers appliquéd with orange thread with running stitch on the edge and a colonial knot in the center of each white printed flower. Text: Jan 11 on a Dark blue cotton lawn fabric printed with multi colored flowers appliquéd with lavender running stitch to a white background fabric. One edge of the rectangle is gently curved. Close up of a larger stitching project. Text: Jan 12 on a photo of a dark orange pic of fabric with a curved edge appliquéd on white fabric with bright blue running stitch. Close up of a larger stitching project with the edge of another orange fabric with gold running stitch and cross stitch to the left of the Jan 12 piece.
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Close ups of daily stitch practice from last week. I learned this improv appliqué technique in a #quiltcon class with Amanda Nadig last year in Raleigh. Will post a photo of the whole piece next. #quiltsky #dailyartractice #improvquilting #improvapplique
Black square of fabric applique on white fabric with black thread running stitch. Close up of a larger stitching project with a part of a turquoise fabric to the left with yellow running stitch and yellow fabric to the right with herringbone stitch in gold. Yellow rectangle appliquéd to white fabric with turquoise running stitch and embellished with herringbone stitch in gold. Triangle of turquoise fabric printed with white flowers appliquéd with teal running stitch and colonial knots in the center of each flower. Close up of a larger stitching project with slighter turquoise fabric to the left and dark turquoise to the right. Dark rust orange fabric rectangle appliquéd to white fabric with gold running stitch. Embellished with cross stitch in the same gold thread. Close up of a larger stitching project showing a printed fabric to the left with yellow dots and white petals on light grey stitched with running stitch.
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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My first Abstraction for Tara Faughnan’s Block Studies month 3. 15x15” The smallest squares finish at 3/4” Second photo is the back, showing twirled seams. #tarafaughnanpatterns
January 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM