Kristin
@1000lbs.bsky.social
Reader, quilter, parent, spy. Sorting through my inheritance of vintage quilting cotton. She/her.
Professional code breakers could not decipher my quilt math scratch paper. I wrote it and I can't even understand it.
September 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Professional code breakers could not decipher my quilt math scratch paper. I wrote it and I can't even understand it.
Hey. Let's stop blaming women for everything ok?
September 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Hey. Let's stop blaming women for everything ok?
Going to my first quilt guild meeting tomorrow. Excited. Nervous. Worried I'm too "beginner" to join.
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Going to my first quilt guild meeting tomorrow. Excited. Nervous. Worried I'm too "beginner" to join.
I am so in love with a methodical, repetitive, easy quilt block. There will be a time and place for curved piecing and Y seams. But in this chapter of life, when I squirrel away sewing time in 10 and 15 min chunks, bless the basic patterns. I'm looking at you Star Pop II. You the real MVP.
September 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am so in love with a methodical, repetitive, easy quilt block. There will be a time and place for curved piecing and Y seams. But in this chapter of life, when I squirrel away sewing time in 10 and 15 min chunks, bless the basic patterns. I'm looking at you Star Pop II. You the real MVP.
Are you sick of seeing the elephants? I'm kinda sick of making them. I always lose steam at this point in a quilt project though. Everything feels chaotic and I just want to move on. Mom made the elephants facing left. I made the ones facing right.
August 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Are you sick of seeing the elephants? I'm kinda sick of making them. I always lose steam at this point in a quilt project though. Everything feels chaotic and I just want to move on. Mom made the elephants facing left. I made the ones facing right.
Cutting up my son's @winterwaterfactory.bsky.social too-small sweatshirts. The prints and fabric quality are too good to let go. I'm making a quilt out of these squares so we can enjoy them for years to come!
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Cutting up my son's @winterwaterfactory.bsky.social too-small sweatshirts. The prints and fabric quality are too good to let go. I'm making a quilt out of these squares so we can enjoy them for years to come!
I created some mockups of different size sashing for the 11in x 13in elephant quilt blocks. I'm leaning towards improv pieced sashing with scraps so the sashing will look busier than the blocks. Thoughts? #quiltsky
August 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I created some mockups of different size sashing for the 11in x 13in elephant quilt blocks. I'm leaning towards improv pieced sashing with scraps so the sashing will look busier than the blocks. Thoughts? #quiltsky
In my raw-edge applique project I'm struggling to apply the fusible web to the pieces Mom precut. Is there a trick other than cutting the web ever so slightly shy of the stencil and praying I don't glue my ironing board? #quiltsky
August 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In my raw-edge applique project I'm struggling to apply the fusible web to the pieces Mom precut. Is there a trick other than cutting the web ever so slightly shy of the stencil and praying I don't glue my ironing board? #quiltsky
Quilt help, please! I inherited a bunch of quilting cotton from my mom. She was a pre-wash gal. I am not. What might happen if I mix our collections into a project? #quiltsky
August 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Quilt help, please! I inherited a bunch of quilting cotton from my mom. She was a pre-wash gal. I am not. What might happen if I mix our collections into a project? #quiltsky
One of Mom's unfinished projects includes 14 precut elephants (her fav animal). I'm teaching myself applique via YouTube. Currently testing Flexifuse light weight fusible web on some scraps. Tips are appreciated! #quiltsky
August 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
One of Mom's unfinished projects includes 14 precut elephants (her fav animal). I'm teaching myself applique via YouTube. Currently testing Flexifuse light weight fusible web on some scraps. Tips are appreciated! #quiltsky
Sorting through what seems like miles of assorted brown/beige quilting cotton strips and found a slip of paper with Mom's handwriting. Dainty. Proper. Also: fushia, green plaid, and yellow? Girl, no. #quiltsky
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sorting through what seems like miles of assorted brown/beige quilting cotton strips and found a slip of paper with Mom's handwriting. Dainty. Proper. Also: fushia, green plaid, and yellow? Girl, no. #quiltsky
I inherited 50 bins of vintage quilting fabric from my crafter Mom who passed away last month. Is there any #quiltsky interest in seeing what I make? Project videos or pics?
August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I inherited 50 bins of vintage quilting fabric from my crafter Mom who passed away last month. Is there any #quiltsky interest in seeing what I make? Project videos or pics?
My #jobsearch numbers:
2 months.
43 applications.
16.3% interview rate.
100% of my interviews came from referrals, even though referrals only account for 30% of my applications 🤯
#unemployment
2 months.
43 applications.
16.3% interview rate.
100% of my interviews came from referrals, even though referrals only account for 30% of my applications 🤯
#unemployment
April 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My #jobsearch numbers:
2 months.
43 applications.
16.3% interview rate.
100% of my interviews came from referrals, even though referrals only account for 30% of my applications 🤯
#unemployment
2 months.
43 applications.
16.3% interview rate.
100% of my interviews came from referrals, even though referrals only account for 30% of my applications 🤯
#unemployment
Reading goals for April are soft and easy. I was recently laid off and looking for a new job is more mentally taxing than expected.
1. Read an uplifting book.
2. Read a book by an author who exists in a marginalized space.
1. Read an uplifting book.
2. Read a book by an author who exists in a marginalized space.
March 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reading goals for April are soft and easy. I was recently laid off and looking for a new job is more mentally taxing than expected.
1. Read an uplifting book.
2. Read a book by an author who exists in a marginalized space.
1. Read an uplifting book.
2. Read a book by an author who exists in a marginalized space.
My reading goals for March:
1) finish the 600pg beast "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano.
2) read "James: A Novel" by Percival Everett for book club.
3) read something non-fiction. #booksky
1) finish the 600pg beast "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano.
2) read "James: A Novel" by Percival Everett for book club.
3) read something non-fiction. #booksky
March 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My reading goals for March:
1) finish the 600pg beast "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano.
2) read "James: A Novel" by Percival Everett for book club.
3) read something non-fiction. #booksky
1) finish the 600pg beast "Hello Beautiful" by Ann Napolitano.
2) read "James: A Novel" by Percival Everett for book club.
3) read something non-fiction. #booksky
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Knowledge is power…
February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Knowledge is power…