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Long Covid Quilter
@longcovidquilter.bsky.social
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Sewing as a survival practise. There are no treatments. Yet. Long Covid since March 2020, not recovered.
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How to hack quilting with Long Covid and cognitive dysfunction? Templates for everything! When I have a less foggy moment, I plan ahead. Accurate templates = cutting fabric without measuring anything. Zero panic, more ease.

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A strip of yellow sunflower fabric sits on a cutting mat. One end the fabric is covered by a quilter’s ruler, marking up a square. An orange square card template sits above the ruler to indicate the correct size for the fabric. The template has a series of shorthand pencil notes indicating how many of that shape are required, how they need to be subsequently cut, and which pattern piece this is for the Hope Star design (recessive flame).
March 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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My Long Covid chronic fatigue, cognitive dysfunction’s & disabilities are overwhelming and relentless. All. Day. Every. Single. Day. For over 5 years. I have never recovered.

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The words CURE. NOW. are printed in capital letters onto narrow rectangle of sunshine yellow and white gingham fabric in blue marker. Slivers of yellow are visible between the pen strokes. This was my contribution to the Long Covid Support campaign banner for Long Covid Awareness Day 2025.
March 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Long Covid Quilt. When I am healed & rebuilding my life, I want to draw upon the dandelion’s ability to thrive in all terrains. The cranes represent my local white egrets; reminders that it is possible to witness magic when I can get outdoors.

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A quilt made of square blocks with three strips of fabric. One block has red and apricot fabric, another has black and apricot fabric. These are alternately arranged horizontally and vertically to create a basketweave pattern. The black fabric has delicately drawn dandelions and the red fabric is a Japanese kimono fabric with equally delicately drawn cranes and flowers. This is a close up of one of the vertical red blocks with a crane, pictured standing on one leg with its beak open. The water is pooling in small waves at its feet, with pink and red flowers and verdant foliage. There is a strip of apricot fabric next to the crane with quilted lines in a cotton thread that changes from pale yellow to deep orange.
January 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Making a start on my banner contribution for Long Covid Awareness Day 2025. It’s hard to believe I’ll be on year 6 of Long Covid by then.

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A fragment of sunshine yellow gingham fabric is masking taped over a paper template on a green cutting mat. The word ‘cure’ has been written in capital letters onto the fabric. The word ‘now’ is visible through the from the template below.
January 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I’ve been trying to function with teaspoons of activity; full spoons are impossible. It’s frustrating. To counteract the feeling of nothing changing I marked my start point, so I could see hand stitching progress with my quilt binding.

#spoonies
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The reverse side of a quilt fills the lower third of the image. A plastic clip on the right hand side of the quilt binding is a short distance from a row of clips holding the un-sewn binding in place. The front of the quilt is visible as a cascade of folds, in apricot, red, and black fabrics.
December 2, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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Today’s wins are a mitered corner (it’s so satisfying when the edges meet so neatly), and stopping before I needed the seam ripper to undo ‘sewing whilst too tired’.

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The reverse of the quilt is shown to reveal the binding with a hand stitched mitered corner. The backing and binding fabrics are a damson red, the quilting is a golden yellow top stitch. Glimpses of the quilt top are visible underneath with the dandelion design in gold being the most prominent.
November 22, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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A short section of the binding is ironed, clipped in place, and a row of tiny top stitches completed with a short (hopefully) invisible ladder stitch. Followed by a very (very) long rest.

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A folded quilt shows hand binding as work in progress. The backing and binding fabric are a rich damson red, the quilting lines on the backing are a deep yellow gold. The front of the quilt has an elegant illustrative dandelion design, silver and gold on black alternating with a rich apricot fabric. The binding is held in place by small plastic clips.
November 20, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Preparing to trim this quilt. Masking tape notes on the ruler to constantly remind me what I am supposed to be doing. Life with severe cognitive dysfunction.

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A patchwork quilt work in progress photograph. A square ruler sits on the damson coloured fabric binding with masking tape reminders on where to trim the excess fabric away.
November 19, 2024 at 6:12 PM