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InarticulateQuilter
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My quilts speak for me: see gallery of recent quilts in pinned posts below
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At 7 AM this morning, I realized that because my protest sign is quilted, I could add a pocket to the back to hold stuff! Was able to bring extra masks and wipes (plus the recommendations for what to say if the police stop you that @D_J_Nathanson shared stuck to […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Back of a quilted protest sign, with a pocket near the bottom holding wipes and masks. At the top of the sign is a print out of responses should someone be stopped by the police, recommended by the Mastodon user mentioned in the post. Those responses read - I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going / I am not answering any questions Am I free to leave? I do not consent to a search I refuse to provide a password or unlock my device I want to speak to a lawyer Walk, don’t run
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Wasn't able to take a lot of photos of the #ranchobernardo protest in #sandiego today, but there were easily 1.5x-2x as many people as I've ever seen at this location before

The quilted hat in 80F weather maybe wasn't the best choice, but a guy who said he […]

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Two protestors posing along the roadside. The man on the left is holding a sign that reads "Only Dictators Need Force and Fear"; the woman on the right is wearing a purple quilted witch hat and holding a purple quilted sign that reads "Stitch Witches Against White Supremacy"
October 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Auditioning some sashing and setting squares. This is fabric I have on hand, but I’m not completely sold on it (or on the idea of sashing at all)

Also, I might need to break my color scheme for a couple of those cats’ ears, they are disappearing so badly

#quilting #wip
Four wonkily pieced cat blocks with sashing on a design wall. Almost all the scrappy fabrics used to make the striped, long-necked cats are shades of teal green, except the cats have pink noses and white chins and pink and white have been used to make wonky star setting squares in between the teal sashings. Each block is outlined in a black and white stripe, too, just to add a bit of contrast.
October 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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#california #yeson50 #gotv
Xeriscaped yard in Southern California with a “Yes on 50” yard sign
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Inspiration for #inarticulatealleycats is the Feline Frenzy pattern by Kimberly Rado and Green Cats by Gareth Lucas

Lucas’ print is available at iCanvas, but I can’t find a copy of Feline Frenzy other than on a sketchy free download site (which is why, in […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Ad image for two quilt patterns by Kimberly Rado, Dog Daze and Feline Frenzy. The quilts feature simple wonky, scrappy dog and cat blocks 9 hand-drawn striped cats, all a bit goofy looking, done in shades of green on green backgrounds. The cats have pink noses and white chins with googly eyes and long necks
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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It worked!

Not going to be able chain piece because I’ve got to be a bit more precise with the placement than I expected, but at least I got a striped cat

#quilting #inarticulatealleycats
Wonky, fun quilt block of a striped cat head and long neck. The cat is pieced from two shades of teal on a third teal background, with a pink nose and white chin
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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I have been missing Buggy Barn patterns, so I tried to make my own. It’s not quite the same as their stack’n’whack simplicity, because I ended up drawing the pattern, then cutting it up and adding seam widths to each individual piece, but I’m about to give it a […]

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Cut pieces of mostly teal fabrics that vaguely look like a skinny striped cat; hopefully when sewn together properly, they’ll look more like a skinny striped cat
October 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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When I saw the Elizabeth Hartman pattern, I couldn’t resist. Going to be a quilted pillow

#santasrepresentativeinallthesouthernstatesandmexico #quilting #holiday #armadillo #friends
An armadillo-themed quilt block pieced from 2 different medium gray fabrics with a large red bow around its middle. Above the armadillo, tall thin dark grey letters spell HOLIDAY with pieced red dots between them so that it resembles the font used on the TV show Friends logo
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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@Viss
San Diego I voted sticker
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Gotta my sign and a hat to block the sun — ready for the Oct 18 #nokings #protest in #sandiego
Quilted protest sign with appliqué letters that reads “Stitch witches against white supremacy” in white on a purple fabric background, next to a quilted witch hat in scrappy purple fabrics with a black and white stripe tie around it
October 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Playing around with this #crossstitch font to see if it works for project I have in mind before I buy, but I’ve had to fix so many things (mismatched serifs, that terribly designed S) that I’m starting to think it’s AI generated

I don’t want to support AI but I […]

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A cross-stitch graph of tall, tri-color (yellow, dark yellow and black) serif letters spelling LEMONS with the O as an actual lemon and 3 different attempts to make the S
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I know the proportions are a little off, but instead of a regular quilt, I decided these Dresdens will be a daybed comforter and two king pillow shams

This is also a #finishorfrogalong project as those Dresdens are made with Riley Blake dots and chevrons from […]

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Three pieced items displayed in full on a design wall. At the top are two pillow shams, each with the word MERRY appliquéd in the center in black with quarter Dresdens in alternating punk and red in the corners. There’s a thin black and white stripe accent border and a wider red outside border on each, too. Underneath the shams is a quilt top comforter that features 8 equally spaced pink and red Dresdens, in two rows of 4. The Dresden center has two small borders, one black and white stripe and one red, then an exaggeratedly wide border of a Grinch novelty fabric.
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Finished ✅

I wonder if it will fade too fast if I hang it in the front window 🤔

#crossstitch
Unframed cross-stitch that reads “show me the judicial warrant”. Show me and warrant are in a simple, dark navy font; the is in a bright blue decorative font. Judicial is a tall, kinda fancy two-tone font with bright blue on the inside and red on the outside
October 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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This was a clear bobbin with black thread when I put it in - is my sewing machine bleeding?

#spookyseason #quilting #sewing
A empty reddish bobbin in a seeing machine bobbin case
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I’m quilting a sign for the October 18th #protest — I’ll be wearing a quilted witch’s hat so I’d like to do the first one, but not a lot of people got my #nokings/Only Quilt Rulers sign from last time 🤷‍♀️ so maybe it should be the second one?

Let me know what you think…

#quilting
Small purple quilt with white letters reading “Stitch witches against white supremacy” Small purple quilt with white letters that read “Witches against white supremacy”
October 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Questions for people who have made Dresden plate #quilts by the machine appliqué method —

Did you baste the Dresden and use the quilting stitches to hold it permanently?

How did you baste - glue? dissolving thread? big stitches?

If you instead stitched it […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Six red and pink Dresden plate blocks on a white design wall
October 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Having guests over for a backyard BBQ this weekend made me realize I’ve put off new outdoor pillows for far too long (also getting a head start on holiday outdoor decor, too)

#quilting #sewing
Two piles of cut fabric/batting for pillows, each with two different fabrics. One with colorful flamingos coordinating with seafoam circus stripes and one with a Ho Ho Ho red on white print coordinating with red polka dot
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Really liking this two-tone #crossstitch font (it’s a random Pinterest font, the best I can find for credit is ‘Nicole’)
The word “judicial” in a tall, thin cross-stitch font that has royal blue stitches outlined in red stitches
October 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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One of my quilts is being raffled off by a #sandiego org to raise $$$ for mental health treatment in prisons

CARE NOT CAGES QUILT RAFFLE

Tickets are on sale at two locations in San Diego. If you're local and have an extra $5 you might win the quilt, but […]

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$5 Quilt Raffle Raise funds to advocate for proper mental health treatment for our incarcerated loves ones Treat MI Don't Mistreat MI Winner announced at the monthly 4th Friday Courthouse Rally, November 28 @ Noon, 1100 Union Street, San Diego 92102 Buy Raffle Tickets: Pillars of the Community 6403 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA, 92114 Monday through Friday / 9am–5pm University Coffee Co 3550 University Ave, San Diego, CA, 92104 Everyday / 7am–3pm "Public Safety Poetry" Quilt by D McLeod, The Inarticulate Quilter Size 67" x 84" Estimated value $875 Quilt description: Red, white and blue rose quilt with the phrase "Roses are red, No lives are blue, defund the police, abolish ICE too" in improv pieced letters. The word red is in red fabrics, blue is in navy fabrics and the remainder of the letters are pieced from scrappy colonial blue fabrics. Red and navy improv pieced roses accented with moss green leaves appear above and below the words, all on a scrappy white background. There is a small red scrappy border and a wider navy scrappy border surrounding the central image.
October 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The Seamsters' Union is at it again! This time the Kansas quilt guild is back with a 2025 protest quilt featuring Sunbonnet Sue:
https://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2025/09/sew-sue-me.html

If you are unfamiliar with it, here's a good write up about the the […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Quilt block featuring two images of the classic quilt motif Sunbonnet Sue behind the thick bars of a cage, with an appliquéd alligator in the foreground that looks like it's pushing open the cage door to get inside
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Anyone doing the Hoffman Challenge this year?

I don’t want to enter, but if I can find FQ bundle on sale I’d like to make a quilt in honor of my great aunt who was an amateur geologist. That gemstone pattern that’s been very popular lately reminds me so much of […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Radiating purple and pink batik fabrics with a white text circle in the center, Amethyst Hoffman Challenge 2025-2026
September 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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New #quilting ruler 🎉

Have a pattern in mind but wondering if there’s a way to possibly improv it too?
Creative Grids 8” Curvy Log Cabin Trim Tool acrylic quilt ruler
September 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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Anyone know why my #iphone screen suddenly has lines? I did drop it, but it initially seemed fine, couple hours later it’s doing this

#askfedi
Screenshot of my homepage with lots of small horizontal lines across it
September 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The felt Advent calendar numbers are finished!

Without #finishorfrogalong I don’t think I’d have gotten this project done in time for December 1. I sometimes need that extra push and I appreciate @consumablejoy organizing it every year for just that reason 💚

#sewing #felt #wool #christmas
A Victorian looking lamppost with a cross bar that holds a long felt Advent calendar shaped like Kermit in a top hat from A Muppet Christmas Carol. His top hat is exaggeratedly tall and has been machine embroidered in white with the phrase "there's only ... more sleeps 'til Christmas" with space for a felt number to be attached between two blanket stitched holly leaves. The number 24 in s displayed in the calendar while a pile of white circles with additional numbers is on a small table nearby.
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Making some felt Advent calendar circles and needed a way to get even blanket stitches along the curve. I’ve seen straight stitch guides but not anything curved, so I made my own. It’s working so well the stitches look like they were done by machine!

Only 9 […]

[Original post on mastodon.art]
Embroidery sewing supplies (DMC floss, needles, pin cushion) next to a stack of white felt circles with black numbers embroidered on them. Two finished circles have been blanket stitched around the edges already. In the foreground is a prepped set of circles with a paper pattern resembling a spirograph clipped in place to follow while stitching
September 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM