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Jill 🪡🌱
@fabricandflora.bsky.social
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Bobbin winding and botanizing. Every thrift store curtain is a future pair of pants if you use your imagination. Midwest Queer. 🏳️‍🌈
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I recently finished the #SnowTop by Jules Smit. Made of a vintage linen from Maker's Resale that I dyed. Feels like a good transitional piece for summer/fall.

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#GarmentSewing #Sewsky
Me in front of a wood, vine covered wall wearing a green linen top, jeans, and brown clogs.
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Finished the #FibreMoodKristy. The V is a little deep for me, and I'm considering dyeing it, but loved making it. Might be fun in a higher wale corduroy.

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#GarmentSewing #UpcycleSewing #UpcycleFashion #Sewsky
Mirror selfie in tan popover top with large pockets Full length mirror selfie in tan popover top, jeans, and brown clogs Hanger shot of tan popover top
September 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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My daughter bought me this lovely leather clutch from an antique shop for my birthday. I gave it a quick wash with saddle soap and applied a leather conditioner, and wow is it transformed.
Before photo of a green leather embossed clutch with a brass closure After photo of a newly cleaned and conditioned dark green leather clutch
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Two current WIPs! Left is the #FibreMoodKristy, right is my first go of a pattern test of the Small Museum Frankie jacket.

#GarmentSewing #Sewsky
Beige cotton linen shirt front of a v-neck button down Mirror selfie of me wearing a boxy cropped brown jacket with a brass zipper
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Pretty excited about all of the fabric I got for $7 today at an estate sale.
Stack of 8 different fabrics on a washing machine
September 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Last year I made a queen size quilt top as part of a sewalong. A year later I'm finally getting around to quilting it, which is difficult on a home sewing machine.

I think I'm just going to have to do a few lines at a time and accept the imperfections so I can finish.

#Sewsky #FlowerChecksQAL
Partially quilted quilt top with a bright geometric floral pattern Bright geometric floral pattern quilt top draped over a bed
September 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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New #PomonaPants (@annaallenclothing.bsky.social) made from a thrifted, overdyed tablecloth. Paired with #DemeterTop I made from a thrifted cotton gauze dress.

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#SewskyFallChallenge #GarmentSewing #Sewsky #UpcycleSewing
Mirror selfie of a white femme with a teal tank top, green and blue plaid wide leg pants, and brown leather clogs
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Pleased with how this thrifted textile came out after overdyeing. I've had it in my stash for awhile, but the green and white it was before felt very St. Patrick's Day. This fabric is becoming #PomonaPants.

#GarmentSewing #UpcycleSewing
Green and blue checked cotton with green and blue flowers
September 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I've finally finished the #CrosstownCrescentBag. Super easy, satisfying sew. Also featuring #DemeterTop.

More details on Threadloop: threadloop.app/projects/18

#GarmentSewing #SewskyFallChallenge #UpcycleSewing #UpcycleFashion
Quilted white floral crescent bag Selfie with yellow woven tank, light wash jeans, red flats, and quilted bag
September 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The body of my #CrosstownCrescentBag is done--now I just have to wait for my webbing to arrive.

#GarmentSewing #UpcycleFashion #SewskyFallChallenge
White crescent-shaped bag in white floral fabric, sans straps.
August 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Happy lazy #Caturday, Bluesky.
Pile of two sleepy tuxedo kittens on a dark grey couch
August 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I've not had much time or inertia for sewing lately, but here's a progress shot of my #CrosstownCrescentBag I'm making from the scraps from shortening my quilt coat into a blazer. Lining is a thrifted duvet.

#GarmentSewing #SewskyFallChallenge
Front and back of white quilted floral bag with green zipper
August 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Here is the full length
Mirror selfie of a white femme with light brown hair wearing a calf length white floral quilt coat
August 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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I made this blanket coat from Small Museum last year and I don't wear it (full length), because it just kind of looks like a robe to me.

But I pulled it out today and am thinking of cropping it into a long blazer. Is this better? Obviously need to move the pockets.

#garmentsewing #sewsky
Mirror selfie of a white femme with light brown hair wearing a white quilt coat
August 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Oh my gosh, I forgot about this pattern. I made the vest version last winter.
Mirror selfie of a white femme with light brown hair wearing a light brown turtleneck, bone colored jeans, a blue floral quilted vest, and brown clogs
August 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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The category is fall sewing! Jackets, pants, a cute bag, a cozy quilt, or whatever strikes your fancy. Use the hashtag #sewskyfallchallenge

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#garmentsewing #sewsky #sewingsky
Fall sewing challenge Aug 15-Sep 15
August 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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This beautiful hackberry emperor butterfly landed on me and rode around the garden on my belt loop this morning.

#pollinators #gardensky #butterflies #homegrownnationalpark
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Kitten mayhem for taking these photos! #PomonaShorts by @annaallenclothing.bsky.social, my most made pattern. These are from an IKEA curtain that I dyed (same as the ones in the background of the photo).

#GarmentSewing #QueerSewing #MeMade #Sewsky #UpcycleFashion
Mirror selfie of a white femme wearing lavender cotton shorts, a white linen button down, and tan Birks. Black and white kitten behind. Mirror selfie of a white femme wearing lavender cotton shorts, a white linen button down, and tan Birks holding a tuxedo kitten on one shoulder with another stretching against the mirror.
July 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I was so excited to find two fifth instar monarch caterpillars today on my swamp milkweed and sullivant's milkweed. I haven't found monarch caterpillars in my yard in 3 years.

#monarchbutterflies #gardensky #pollinatorgarden #homegrownnationalpark #nativeplants
July 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Just a fly in its best bee drag.

#pollinators #pollinatorgardens #nativeplants #gardensky
Transverse flower fly, which is a hover fly with a bee mimic pattern, on purple coneflower.
July 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A couple more quick finds this morning. My second monarch of the year (a male) and one of the blue gossamer wing butterflies (Celastrina spp.), I think this one is a summer azure.

#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #gardensky #pollinators #bloomscrolling
Monarch butterfly on Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower Gossamer wing butterfly (maybe a summer azure) on a leaf.
July 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Definitely seeing fewer pollinators every year, despite continuing to add both larval host plants and nectar plants. Here are a few I've seen this summer though.

#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #pollinators #gardensky #pollinatorgardens
Eastern tiger swallowtail with proboscis in purple coneflower. Great spangled fritillary on purple coneflower Hackberry emperor on leaves of Canada anemone Red admiral in mulch
July 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Native climbing prairie rose (Rosa setigera) is such a dopamine boost. It looks so magical on a trellis and, unlike the hybrid roses from a traditional nursery, it's full of bees.

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #roses #gardening #gardensky #pollinatorgarden
Arched wood arbor with climbing roses in bloom. A mulch and stone path runs beneath the arch. Close up of climbing wild rose, which has a pink 5-petal flower and a serrated leaf. Two buds are in the background.
June 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Made the #gladystop by Stitch Witch Patterns for a pride event in vintage rainbow seersucker. The reverse is dark denim.

#GarmentSewing #SewQueer #Sewsky #MeMade #PrideMonth
Front view of white femme with light brown hair wearing a rainbow tank that laces up the sides. Side view of white femme with light brown hair wearing a rainbow tank that laces up the sides.
June 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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That feeling when you pickup a box full of free native plants from a fellow gardener.

#nativeplants #gardensky #gardening
USPS box filled with wild ginger and May apples
June 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM