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Kathy Nida
@knida.bsky.social
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Art quilter, teacher, reader
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Ironing is the neverending story apparently…also working on two sgraffito frames. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries #sgraffito #ceramics
Bottom left bin is fabric fused to fusible web, other four bins are fabrics used so far Ceramic frame with carved grass, flowers, trees, sun Ceramic frame with carved leaves
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Still not done 😂 #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Top left is fusible web ironed to fabrics. Other 4 bins are the fabrics I’ve used so far
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Almost done…finished an eyeball, some teeth, a heart, and lungs tonight. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Top left bin is all fusible web pieces ironed to fabric. Other 4 bins are the fabrics I’ve used so far
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Couple more hours in, got all the water ironed plus the female figure. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin is fusible web pieces ironed to fabric; other 4 bins are the fabrics used so far
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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In the middle of ironing the water for the second bathtub…need to get up early tomorrow, so I couldn’t finish. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Bottom left bin is pieces of fusible web ironed to fabric, three bins to the right are fabrics used so far, three piles top left are ready to be ironed
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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I’m more than halfway, but not by a lot. I greatly appreciate ending my day with some meditative color-choosing and ironing. #artquilt #quiltart #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Top left box has fusible web pieces ironed to fabric. The other three bins have the fabrics I’ve used so far
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Reimagining La Linea exhibit, San Diego Mesa College. Mine is the purple piece in the first pic. Gail Schneider’s migratory butterflies Steve Harlow’s DEMOGRAPHICS 28 (Tijuana Kids with Bug). Anna Stump’s Cupcake Over Trump’s Wall, Pink Bunny Over Trump’s Wall, and Sheriff Over Trump’s Wall
Art quilt on right hanging in gallery, paintings to the left, a gathering of people Two butterflies made with ceramic bodies and metal Privately Property and No Trespassing signs 3 abstracted paintings of human figures and a car Three paintings of balloon figures flying over border walls
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Bathtub 2 in progress. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin has fused pieces ironed to fabric , right three bins have fabrics used so far
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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More ironing progress…I did other art things on my day off…they just didn’t get into a photo. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin is fusible web pieces ironed to fabric, other three bins are the fabrics I’ve used so far
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Water in bathtub 1 is done…on to the rug between them. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtub #bathtubseries
Top bin is fabric fused to fusible web pieces, bottom two bins are the fabrics I’ve used so far
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Body bag ironed. Thinking about the color of the water… #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Ironed bugs… #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Top bin is fusible web pieces ironed to fabric, bottom bin is the fabric I’ve used so far
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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The end of a truly chaotic day…#artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin has fabric ironed to fusible web pieces, right bin has folded fabrics, scissors and two more fabrics to the right
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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First I had to clean up and put away all the fabrics from the last quilt before I could start the new one (I didn’t get very far). #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Fusible web pieces laid out on a white table Piles of quilting fabric, sorted by color
November 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Cool cool…my quilt Why. Not. will be at Art Quilt Elements. So many extraneous periods. #artquilt #quiltart #relationships
Art quilt with two nude figures in space and the words why. not.
November 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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What it looks like after an hour of sorting bits of fusible web. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
11 bins of sorted fusible web pieces
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Finished trimming, 3 days later than I thought I’d be. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin has trimmed pieces of fusible web, right bin has trimmed trash and scissors
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Happy Halloween! Scary-eyed dog and another yard of Wonder Under cut out… #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Top bin is trimmed fusible web pieces, bottom bin is trimmed trash and scissors, what’s left to cut out is below, small beige dog with lit eyes to the right
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Some very chill and meditative trimming tonight…no, I have not finished grades. Be quiet. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin is trimmed fusible web pieces, right bin is trimmed trash and scissors, bottom is the rest of yard 3, untrimmed
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Finished the second yard of Wonder Under. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin has fusible web pieces trimmed; right bin has scissors and trimmed trash
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Just scrabbling for artmaking time…2nd yard of stuff being trimmed. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Bottom bin has trimmed fusible pieces, top bin is scissors and trimming trash, the rest of yard 2 is on top
October 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Cutting things out in the name of art. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Left bin has trimmed trash, right bin has trimmed pieces, at the bottom is the stuff I haven’t trimmed yet
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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13 hours of tracing and all I have to show for it is about 4 1/3 yards of Wonder Under. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
4.3 yards of traced pieces on fusible web, laid out on the floor
October 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Finally glazing these, plus I put the head in to be bisque-fired. Almost a year making this beast. Plus more tracing…almost done with that. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding
Sculpture of female figure Pieces traced on fusible web
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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That snake is up next. #artquilt #quiltart #politics #bathtubs #bathtubseries
Tracing pieces on fusible web, with mechanical pencil
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM