McTavish Quilting & Fabrics - APQS Duluth
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Radical Quilting, Modern quilt shop, APQS Showroom, classes & education in Duluth Minnesota - OG Quilter since 1997
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Radical Quilting, Modern quilt shop, APQS Showroom, classes & education in Duluth Minnesota - OG Quilter since 1997
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Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know, "I'm grateful to God for being able to get this Bill done. Our rights did not come from the government; they came from God himself."
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Speaker Mike Johnson wants you to know, "I'm grateful to God for being able to get this Bill done. Our rights did not come from the government; they came from God himself."
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
On behalf of Democracy loving Americans, I say this to Speaker Mike Johnson: Go F*ck Yourself.
“Lining Streets and Pockets with Gold” by Leslie Hughes. Original work. There are four usable pockets in this quilt. Fabric from Leslie’s stash. 56 x 56 ✨created this spring with optimism & hope ✨ #quiltsky
July 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
“Lining Streets and Pockets with Gold” by Leslie Hughes. Original work. There are four usable pockets in this quilt. Fabric from Leslie’s stash. 56 x 56 ✨created this spring with optimism & hope ✨ #quiltsky
Late night quilting texture break!
Quilting design created by my talented sister Kathy, who wrote the original code. Quilting pieced by Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky
Quilting design created by my talented sister Kathy, who wrote the original code. Quilting pieced by Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky
May 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Late night quilting texture break!
Quilting design created by my talented sister Kathy, who wrote the original code. Quilting pieced by Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky
Quilting design created by my talented sister Kathy, who wrote the original code. Quilting pieced by Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky
Orphan Blocks - this is a modern adaptation to the Dresden plate from 1930s and finished in 2025 using computerized Quilting. Looking at things a slightly different way. #quiltsky
May 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Orphan Blocks - this is a modern adaptation to the Dresden plate from 1930s and finished in 2025 using computerized Quilting. Looking at things a slightly different way. #quiltsky
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No more tears.
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
April 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
No more tears.
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
We not scared.
Time to protect your communities.
We are not weak - we are soldiers.
Grab your quilt, wrap it around yourself and fight!
- you local radical quilt shop
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If I was a person involved in exiling a two year old child with cancer to another country I would simply walk into the ocean and never return
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If I was a person involved in exiling a two year old child with cancer to another country I would simply walk into the ocean and never return
April 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Gail Smith made this tribute to the historic “blue and white” appliqué in 2012. Thousands of hours went into this quilt, which was completed in 2014 - She was a great lady. Rest in peace, Gail H. Smith.
February 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Gail Smith made this tribute to the historic “blue and white” appliqué in 2012. Thousands of hours went into this quilt, which was completed in 2014 - She was a great lady. Rest in peace, Gail H. Smith.
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Meta now allows women to be called ‘property’ and LGBTQ+ folks labeled ‘mentally ill.’ Watching people justify staying on Meta —‘It’s just where everyone is!’—is wild. At what point do convenience and connection outweigh complicity in a system harming the most vulnerable? Asking for humanity.
Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill
Changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts Meta made to its moderation practices.
www.nbcnews.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Meta now allows women to be called ‘property’ and LGBTQ+ folks labeled ‘mentally ill.’ Watching people justify staying on Meta —‘It’s just where everyone is!’—is wild. At what point do convenience and connection outweigh complicity in a system harming the most vulnerable? Asking for humanity.
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It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
by Wendell Berry, poet, Standing by Words. 1983
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
by Wendell Berry, poet, Standing by Words. 1983
January 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
by Wendell Berry, poet, Standing by Words. 1983
we have come to our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
by Wendell Berry, poet, Standing by Words. 1983
Welcome! We created a starter pack of quilters & makers to follow! Look for the slider on our profile & click “starter pack” & follow. If you would like to be more anonymous here - put a quilting related photo in your profile pic. Always use the hashtag: #quiltsky when u post!
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Welcome! We created a starter pack of quilters & makers to follow! Look for the slider on our profile & click “starter pack” & follow. If you would like to be more anonymous here - put a quilting related photo in your profile pic. Always use the hashtag: #quiltsky when u post!
Late evening finish! Finding the grid for our amazing customer, Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky #apqsduluth
January 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Late evening finish! Finding the grid for our amazing customer, Leslie Hughes! #quiltsky #apqsduluth
I like to make cute little signs of the quilting insults i hear about my quilts, they don’t know that I am standing within an ear shot.
December 6, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I like to make cute little signs of the quilting insults i hear about my quilts, they don’t know that I am standing within an ear shot.
My 2024 summer of Muskies #muskiefishing #muskysky
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
My 2024 summer of Muskies #muskiefishing #muskysky
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A moment of joy in soft form.
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
A moment of joy in soft form.
November 21, 2024 at 6:40 PM
November 21, 2024 at 5:47 PM
November 21, 2024 at 3:28 AM
“suddenly with petals, blooming”
by Karen McTavish (68 x 92) 2020-2024 completion - This hand appliquéd, block of the month was slightly modified from the original pattern by Pearl Pereira. All quilting designs were drawn on paper then marked on the quilt. Machine quilted #quiltsky
by Karen McTavish (68 x 92) 2020-2024 completion - This hand appliquéd, block of the month was slightly modified from the original pattern by Pearl Pereira. All quilting designs were drawn on paper then marked on the quilt. Machine quilted #quiltsky
November 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM
“suddenly with petals, blooming”
by Karen McTavish (68 x 92) 2020-2024 completion - This hand appliquéd, block of the month was slightly modified from the original pattern by Pearl Pereira. All quilting designs were drawn on paper then marked on the quilt. Machine quilted #quiltsky
by Karen McTavish (68 x 92) 2020-2024 completion - This hand appliquéd, block of the month was slightly modified from the original pattern by Pearl Pereira. All quilting designs were drawn on paper then marked on the quilt. Machine quilted #quiltsky
driftwood, silver & bone
By Karen McTavish(73 x 73)The winter of 2023, with over 138 inches of snow, set a new state record. It’s a testament to Northern Minnesota, finding serenity and beauty amidst the season's extremes., inspired by the poem written by Shelia Packa
By Karen McTavish(73 x 73)The winter of 2023, with over 138 inches of snow, set a new state record. It’s a testament to Northern Minnesota, finding serenity and beauty amidst the season's extremes., inspired by the poem written by Shelia Packa
November 20, 2024 at 11:38 PM
driftwood, silver & bone
By Karen McTavish(73 x 73)The winter of 2023, with over 138 inches of snow, set a new state record. It’s a testament to Northern Minnesota, finding serenity and beauty amidst the season's extremes., inspired by the poem written by Shelia Packa
By Karen McTavish(73 x 73)The winter of 2023, with over 138 inches of snow, set a new state record. It’s a testament to Northern Minnesota, finding serenity and beauty amidst the season's extremes., inspired by the poem written by Shelia Packa