Lilly
@lillerina.bsky.social
Doula, drag queen, mermaid, intersectional feminist. Invisibly disabled, happily married, queer AF. Making quilts, clothes, books and mistakes. She/her.
I remember seeing @swistle.bsky.social talk about being sad she used good people names on pets and thinking that's OK I named my 23 pet rats bizarre names I would never give a human. But now I'm thinking about names (NO REASON 👀) and dang Sybil was great but I wish I saved her name.
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I remember seeing @swistle.bsky.social talk about being sad she used good people names on pets and thinking that's OK I named my 23 pet rats bizarre names I would never give a human. But now I'm thinking about names (NO REASON 👀) and dang Sybil was great but I wish I saved her name.
I recently started learning the Clàrsach (Celtic lever harp) and this morning my harp teacher noticed my hedgehog dungarees and asked if I like hedgehogs.
I was also wearing hedgehog socks and have a hedgehog tattoo, I am building a house out of hedgehogs I am not chill about them at all
I was also wearing hedgehog socks and have a hedgehog tattoo, I am building a house out of hedgehogs I am not chill about them at all
August 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I recently started learning the Clàrsach (Celtic lever harp) and this morning my harp teacher noticed my hedgehog dungarees and asked if I like hedgehogs.
I was also wearing hedgehog socks and have a hedgehog tattoo, I am building a house out of hedgehogs I am not chill about them at all
I was also wearing hedgehog socks and have a hedgehog tattoo, I am building a house out of hedgehogs I am not chill about them at all
I feel like I waited for so long for #lessonsinmagicanddisaster and it's lived up to everything I hoped. It's surprising and challenging and beautiful and deeply, beautifully queer, and I love it and I think it's @charliejane.bsky.social 'S best book yet.
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I feel like I waited for so long for #lessonsinmagicanddisaster and it's lived up to everything I hoped. It's surprising and challenging and beautiful and deeply, beautifully queer, and I love it and I think it's @charliejane.bsky.social 'S best book yet.
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In English, if someone is dressed very fancily they could be described as being “dressed to the nines.” An equivalent phrase from the Walloon language is riletchî come on vea k' a deus meres. It means “licked like a baby cow with two mothers”
September 23, 2024 at 10:56 AM
In English, if someone is dressed very fancily they could be described as being “dressed to the nines.” An equivalent phrase from the Walloon language is riletchî come on vea k' a deus meres. It means “licked like a baby cow with two mothers”
You know when all your big projects are dragging? Did you know you're allowed to just stop and quickly cross stitch something for a fast win? It feels like cheating but it's good to get a finish sometimes.
September 22, 2024 at 8:43 PM
You know when all your big projects are dragging? Did you know you're allowed to just stop and quickly cross stitch something for a fast win? It feels like cheating but it's good to get a finish sometimes.
We got a yoga ball and the rats are SO CONFUSED
September 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
We got a yoga ball and the rats are SO CONFUSED
Is it weird that the people I most want to follow here are the mom bloggers I met in Swistle's comment section like 17 years ago?
September 22, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Is it weird that the people I most want to follow here are the mom bloggers I met in Swistle's comment section like 17 years ago?
@swistle.bsky.social I know it's too early to think about Calendars but I'm already planning to get this one and I'd hate for you to miss out www.davidmbird.com/store/2025-w...
2025 Wall Calendar - Coming Soon — David M Bird
The new calendar will be available on September 2nd. Hooray!
The calendar measures 12 x 9.5 inches when closed, and 12x19 inches when
open. Each month features a different photo with caption.
There...
www.davidmbird.com
August 26, 2024 at 8:02 AM
@swistle.bsky.social I know it's too early to think about Calendars but I'm already planning to get this one and I'd hate for you to miss out www.davidmbird.com/store/2025-w...
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Audiobooks don't count as reading. Neither do e-books. Or printed books.
You haven't *really* read a book unless it was tattooed on the entrails of a one-eyed goat under the full moon during the winter solstice. While wearing a piece of rutabaga on your head.
You haven't *really* read a book unless it was tattooed on the entrails of a one-eyed goat under the full moon during the winter solstice. While wearing a piece of rutabaga on your head.
May 2, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Audiobooks don't count as reading. Neither do e-books. Or printed books.
You haven't *really* read a book unless it was tattooed on the entrails of a one-eyed goat under the full moon during the winter solstice. While wearing a piece of rutabaga on your head.
You haven't *really* read a book unless it was tattooed on the entrails of a one-eyed goat under the full moon during the winter solstice. While wearing a piece of rutabaga on your head.
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Today I had the excellent experience of saying, hey, someone with my skills can do this, and have the person I was talking to say, "I've been looking for someone who can do that!" And now I have a new commission which is always nice.
October 21, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Today I had the excellent experience of saying, hey, someone with my skills can do this, and have the person I was talking to say, "I've been looking for someone who can do that!" And now I have a new commission which is always nice.
Beware of people who are prone to self mythologisation. Notorious anti-trans activist JKR lies all the time: when trans activists shared a picture they took outside her home (her address has been public knowledge for a decade) she suggested to her followers that they had sent her threats of violence
October 20, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Beware of people who are prone to self mythologisation. Notorious anti-trans activist JKR lies all the time: when trans activists shared a picture they took outside her home (her address has been public knowledge for a decade) she suggested to her followers that they had sent her threats of violence
Going to my favourite board games café tomorrow which is next-door-but-one to my favourite bookshop 😍 @argonautbooks.bsky.social I'm coming in for my spooky bag!
October 20, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Going to my favourite board games café tomorrow which is next-door-but-one to my favourite bookshop 😍 @argonautbooks.bsky.social I'm coming in for my spooky bag!
So I have opened an online shop obviously and so far I'm selling these pouches for carrying period products, and handbound journals. The website automatically lets people sign up for marketing emails, but like. If you buy a pretty journal, do you ever want to be emailed again by that store?
October 19, 2023 at 2:32 PM
So I have opened an online shop obviously and so far I'm selling these pouches for carrying period products, and handbound journals. The website automatically lets people sign up for marketing emails, but like. If you buy a pretty journal, do you ever want to be emailed again by that store?
I'm in search of books/novellas where the author's surname or title (can exclude the/a as needed) begin with Q, U, X or Y. I read mainly science fiction or fantasy and I only read books by cishet white men if they are by Terry Pratchett. Book side of bluesky, please help?
October 19, 2023 at 8:57 AM
I'm in search of books/novellas where the author's surname or title (can exclude the/a as needed) begin with Q, U, X or Y. I read mainly science fiction or fantasy and I only read books by cishet white men if they are by Terry Pratchett. Book side of bluesky, please help?
Rats who take the opportunity to sneakily free range themselves whilst mother is stealing the poops, have to go to the carrier to think about what they have done.
October 15, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Rats who take the opportunity to sneakily free range themselves whilst mother is stealing the poops, have to go to the carrier to think about what they have done.
I spent today embroidering this baby quilt with the child's initial. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
October 14, 2023 at 6:05 PM
I spent today embroidering this baby quilt with the child's initial. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
I decided that I am done with having a job where I have to wear boring clothes. I'm rearranging my life to hopefully never have to wear a suit again.
October 13, 2023 at 9:04 AM
I decided that I am done with having a job where I have to wear boring clothes. I'm rearranging my life to hopefully never have to wear a suit again.
Sparking joy today: these tiny hedgehogs which I put on the spines of books I bind.
October 10, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Sparking joy today: these tiny hedgehogs which I put on the spines of books I bind.
I got these fabrics to bind some books... Anyone in the market for a spooky handbound journal? Let me know. I've opened my bookbinding commissions.
October 10, 2023 at 9:04 AM
I got these fabrics to bind some books... Anyone in the market for a spooky handbound journal? Let me know. I've opened my bookbinding commissions.
Tha Saffron a' cadal 🥹 cho ciùt
(Saffron is sleeping. So cute.)
(Saffron is sleeping. So cute.)
October 5, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Tha Saffron a' cadal 🥹 cho ciùt
(Saffron is sleeping. So cute.)
(Saffron is sleeping. So cute.)
I facilitated a group, many of whom had never sewn before, in piecing the centre of this quilt top. I've added the borders and will finish it. Helping people try new things, seeing adults realise anew their capacity for learning and creating, is such a beautiful way to spend time!
October 5, 2023 at 8:01 AM
I facilitated a group, many of whom had never sewn before, in piecing the centre of this quilt top. I've added the borders and will finish it. Helping people try new things, seeing adults realise anew their capacity for learning and creating, is such a beautiful way to spend time!
Good morning everyone! Hello from Agatha, my little rat. She is very tired today.
(Don't worry: Agatha has two sisters)
(Don't worry: Agatha has two sisters)
Madainn mhath a h-uile duine! Halò à Agatha, an radan bheag agam. Tha i gu math sgìth an-diugh.
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
October 3, 2023 at 9:37 AM
Good morning everyone! Hello from Agatha, my little rat. She is very tired today.
(Don't worry: Agatha has two sisters)
(Don't worry: Agatha has two sisters)
Madainn mhath a h-uile duine! Halò à Agatha, an radan bheag agam. Tha i gu math sgìth an-diugh.
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
October 3, 2023 at 9:33 AM
Madainn mhath a h-uile duine! Halò à Agatha, an radan bheag agam. Tha i gu math sgìth an-diugh.
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
(Na gabh dragh: tha dà phiuthar aig Agatha.)
Is there a bookbinding side of bluesky yet?
October 2, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Is there a bookbinding side of bluesky yet?