Laura Raymond
@lauraraymond.bsky.social
Vote Blue. Trying to get along, learn about life and stuff along the way. Retired researcher and volunteer. Love my husband, my family, my friends, reading, and sewing/quilt making.
Don't give up the ship.
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November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Don't give up the ship.
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Just for Skeets and Giggles (11.15.25)
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Just for Skeets and Giggles (11.15.25)
Okay, listen up.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Just for Skeets and Giggles (11.15.25)
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Justin told me, "Take this $50 and buy a Christmas nativity scene. The rest you can spend on quilting fabric."
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Justin told me, "Take this $50 and buy a Christmas nativity scene. The rest you can spend on quilting fabric."
This is just so stunning!
Talk about one of my favourite cosplay builds ever! Making this costume has given me such an appreciation for the Rings of Power costume team; it combines dyeing, trapunto quilting, embroidery, chainmail, beading, leatherwork…! #tolkien #ringsofpower #trop #galadriel #cosplay
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is just so stunning!
Progress on layout, should finish stitching together today.
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Progress on layout, should finish stitching together today.
Yeah, I'm just not loving this, and that's okay. I'm going to finish it and consider it a practice quilt that I can use to try out quilting techniques without worrying, then give it away when done. That frees me to make it again with fabrics I like more after I figure out what's wrong with this.
Possible alternative layout
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yeah, I'm just not loving this, and that's okay. I'm going to finish it and consider it a practice quilt that I can use to try out quilting techniques without worrying, then give it away when done. That frees me to make it again with fabrics I like more after I figure out what's wrong with this.
Possible alternative layout
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Possible alternative layout
Attempting to figure out if I actually like this possible quilt top layout. It's either not yellow enough or not scrappy enough - I can't decide!
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Attempting to figure out if I actually like this possible quilt top layout. It's either not yellow enough or not scrappy enough - I can't decide!
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"Ms. Pelosi did not just pressure the Reagan administration to display the AIDS memorial quilt — she personally sewed a panel to honor Susie Piracci Roggio, a flower girl at her wedding, who died of AIDS in 1986." Why Nancy Pelosi will always be the GOAT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
A Light in Very Dark Days: Nancy Pelosi and AIDS
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Ms. Pelosi did not just pressure the Reagan administration to display the AIDS memorial quilt — she personally sewed a panel to honor Susie Piracci Roggio, a flower girl at her wedding, who died of AIDS in 1986." Why Nancy Pelosi will always be the GOAT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...