Bright Practical Fabric Art
@brightpractical.bsky.social
I make fab things out of reclaimed fabrics & talk through the problems of the world. You gotta be kind to be cool in the right measure twice, cut once.
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I thought about deleting potentially dangerous posts from my social media accounts but no one sees them anyway so here is your reminder to #Resist
#art #artistsofbluesky #sewistsofbluesky #textileart
#art #artistsofbluesky #sewistsofbluesky #textileart
They’re letting women die rather than giving them appropriate medical care. You knew they were going to, and now they are doing it, and it is as bad as we said it would be.
Remember for some places in Texas, the closest place to get an abortion is Illinois.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Remember for some places in Texas, the closest place to get an abortion is Illinois.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re letting women die rather than giving them appropriate medical care. You knew they were going to, and now they are doing it, and it is as bad as we said it would be.
Remember for some places in Texas, the closest place to get an abortion is Illinois.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Remember for some places in Texas, the closest place to get an abortion is Illinois.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Hope your costume, sewn, made, collected, thrifted or bought, brings you happiness today.
#SewSky #costume #craftiverse #sewist #halloween #StrawberryShortcake
Hope your costume, sewn, made, collected, thrifted or bought, brings you happiness today.
#SewSky #costume #craftiverse #sewist #halloween #StrawberryShortcake
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Hope your costume, sewn, made, collected, thrifted or bought, brings you happiness today.
#SewSky #costume #craftiverse #sewist #halloween #StrawberryShortcake
Hope your costume, sewn, made, collected, thrifted or bought, brings you happiness today.
#SewSky #costume #craftiverse #sewist #halloween #StrawberryShortcake
Halloween treats, ready.
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Halloween treats, ready.
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The whole forest is tigers. People will run from whichever is closest. And if that means they survive to fight another day, they can help you escape your tiger too. But they have to survive first.
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The whole forest is tigers. People will run from whichever is closest. And if that means they survive to fight another day, they can help you escape your tiger too. But they have to survive first.
Strawberry Shortcake hat, finished just under the wire for the start of a week’s worth of Halloween festivities.
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Strawberry Shortcake hat, finished just under the wire for the start of a week’s worth of Halloween festivities.
Candy bag nearly complete. The chosen strap is a former belt but I expect to make some short handles as well, so I added 4 D-rings. Everything used this time was thrifted except the thread from Wawak. I may have to hit the hardware store for a post to make the strap adjustable. #sewsky #halloween
October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Candy bag nearly complete. The chosen strap is a former belt but I expect to make some short handles as well, so I added 4 D-rings. Everything used this time was thrifted except the thread from Wawak. I may have to hit the hardware store for a post to make the strap adjustable. #sewsky #halloween
Strawberry Shortcake clearly needs a basket-y candy bag, no? There is a phone pocket inside and outside, it needs its boxed corner ears pressed down and a strap but I think it’s pretty fabulous. #sewsky
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Strawberry Shortcake clearly needs a basket-y candy bag, no? There is a phone pocket inside and outside, it needs its boxed corner ears pressed down and a strap but I think it’s pretty fabulous. #sewsky
Halloween accomplishment!
Lots of trial and error for the costume this year, but although it’s not the original vision I think strawberry skirt turned out well so far.
It’s hanging out the hem today. On to the candy bag construction!
#sewistsofbluesky #sewing #artistsofbluesky
Lots of trial and error for the costume this year, but although it’s not the original vision I think strawberry skirt turned out well so far.
It’s hanging out the hem today. On to the candy bag construction!
#sewistsofbluesky #sewing #artistsofbluesky
October 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Halloween accomplishment!
Lots of trial and error for the costume this year, but although it’s not the original vision I think strawberry skirt turned out well so far.
It’s hanging out the hem today. On to the candy bag construction!
#sewistsofbluesky #sewing #artistsofbluesky
Lots of trial and error for the costume this year, but although it’s not the original vision I think strawberry skirt turned out well so far.
It’s hanging out the hem today. On to the candy bag construction!
#sewistsofbluesky #sewing #artistsofbluesky
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An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
An astonishing crowd! By u/sandrakaufmann in r/chicago
I don’t think I have ever been in a crowd that big before. Chicago Tribune rpts 100,000+ but that’s low. We exited the field an hour+ after speeches (more people behind us!) Someone counting at the starting intersection of the march told us 300,000 at Grant Park. I can believe it. #lovechicago
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I don’t think I have ever been in a crowd that big before. Chicago Tribune rpts 100,000+ but that’s low. We exited the field an hour+ after speeches (more people behind us!) Someone counting at the starting intersection of the march told us 300,000 at Grant Park. I can believe it. #lovechicago
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❌️👑 View from above: peaceful crowd marching out of Grant Park and into the streets of downtown Chicago. #NoKings #HandsOffChicago
October 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
❌️👑 View from above: peaceful crowd marching out of Grant Park and into the streets of downtown Chicago. #NoKings #HandsOffChicago
Grant Park, Noon. See you.
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Grant Park, Noon. See you.
“Most of the deaths were caused by toxic gas and the building's roof door being locked, the fire service said.”
When people tell me they have to buy fast fashion because they cannot afford slow fashion, I want to ask “Who pays for your cheap garments?”
bbc.com/news/article...
When people tell me they have to buy fast fashion because they cannot afford slow fashion, I want to ask “Who pays for your cheap garments?”
bbc.com/news/article...
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 16
The dead have been burned beyond recognition and officials have warned that the toll could rise.
bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“Most of the deaths were caused by toxic gas and the building's roof door being locked, the fire service said.”
When people tell me they have to buy fast fashion because they cannot afford slow fashion, I want to ask “Who pays for your cheap garments?”
bbc.com/news/article...
When people tell me they have to buy fast fashion because they cannot afford slow fashion, I want to ask “Who pays for your cheap garments?”
bbc.com/news/article...
My first year in a job, 25+ years ago, a teen lamented to me that she didn’t feel like there were many social issues to stand up for like the ones her parents had protested for. Like we had achieved Civil Rights law, mostly, and she was sad to not be part of a movement. I wish she had been right.
October 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My first year in a job, 25+ years ago, a teen lamented to me that she didn’t feel like there were many social issues to stand up for like the ones her parents had protested for. Like we had achieved Civil Rights law, mostly, and she was sad to not be part of a movement. I wish she had been right.
I am concerned about IL State Police appearing to help the Border Patrol. If your job is to protect the citizens peacefully protesting, you should be facing the threat, not the protestors.
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am concerned about IL State Police appearing to help the Border Patrol. If your job is to protect the citizens peacefully protesting, you should be facing the threat, not the protestors.
The windows are boarded up, the fence pushes protestors away, but we know what is going on inside, and it is inhumane. Abducting our neighbors is wrong.
Stand up. Speak out.
Stand up. Speak out.
Broadview should be closed. Some insight on what is happening inside.
ICE’s Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight
ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food, and toilets are out...
www.wbez.org
October 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The windows are boarded up, the fence pushes protestors away, but we know what is going on inside, and it is inhumane. Abducting our neighbors is wrong.
Stand up. Speak out.
Stand up. Speak out.
Watched Rea Tajiri’s _History and Memory: for Akiko and Takashige_ last night on Kanopy and was reminded once again how willing our government has been to imprison its own people, and how willing millions are to go along with it. 1/
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Watched Rea Tajiri’s _History and Memory: for Akiko and Takashige_ last night on Kanopy and was reminded once again how willing our government has been to imprison its own people, and how willing millions are to go along with it. 1/
A thing I am tired of is middle aged men telling me it’s too dangerous for me to protest, or that there is some magical way to behave in order to keep people bent on violence from being violent.
I have no patience for them anymore, let them fear for themselves and let me take care of me.
I have no patience for them anymore, let them fear for themselves and let me take care of me.
September 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A thing I am tired of is middle aged men telling me it’s too dangerous for me to protest, or that there is some magical way to behave in order to keep people bent on violence from being violent.
I have no patience for them anymore, let them fear for themselves and let me take care of me.
I have no patience for them anymore, let them fear for themselves and let me take care of me.
Not enough national coverage. What ICE is doing in Broadview is SHAMEFUL.
Stand up, Speak out. Wear goggles.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
Stand up, Speak out. Wear goggles.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
Agents Tear Gas, Detain Demonstrators Outside Broadview ICE Facility During Daylong Protest
Large crowds gathered to protest early Friday and later that evening outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.
blockclubchicago.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not enough national coverage. What ICE is doing in Broadview is SHAMEFUL.
Stand up, Speak out. Wear goggles.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
Stand up, Speak out. Wear goggles.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/i...
I’m thinking those ICE/Border Patrol dudes in the roof need some solid shaming. “Your grandmother would be ashamed of you! Your abuela would be ashamed of you! Your nonna would be ashamed of you! Your babička would be ashamed of you! Your busia would be ashamed of you!”
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m thinking those ICE/Border Patrol dudes in the roof need some solid shaming. “Your grandmother would be ashamed of you! Your abuela would be ashamed of you! Your nonna would be ashamed of you! Your babička would be ashamed of you! Your busia would be ashamed of you!”
Did you march? We watched incredible speakers as we walked from Haymarket to Fulton Market to Target, to Tesla, with thousands of workers in solidarity. Which side are you on?
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Did you march? We watched incredible speakers as we walked from Haymarket to Fulton Market to Target, to Tesla, with thousands of workers in solidarity. Which side are you on?
You marching Monday? You should march Monday.
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You marching Monday? You should march Monday.
I haven’t been sewing for a while due to a combination of construction and mental health so here’s a repeat! Love your Neighbors, friends.
August 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I haven’t been sewing for a while due to a combination of construction and mental health so here’s a repeat! Love your Neighbors, friends.
We went to Michigan and found this fairy castle in the woods.
August 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We went to Michigan and found this fairy castle in the woods.
I’ve been grieving daily for what is happening in our country. But every day I remind myself to be sand in the gears of fascism.
Time to be Brave, Everybody.
Time to be Brave, Everybody.
July 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’ve been grieving daily for what is happening in our country. But every day I remind myself to be sand in the gears of fascism.
Time to be Brave, Everybody.
Time to be Brave, Everybody.