Donna Ann
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Donna Ann
@melablue.bsky.social
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iatse 44, crafter of all things, ally, 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, unapologetic feminist, democracy is not a spectator sport, i'll cook for all you f*ckers, bad@ssmommy, kindness and joy advocate, oh yeah…and cat lover!
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Alabama Folk School #quiltsky #geesbendquilters #wipwednesday #classisinsession #canigetanamen #choosejoy
White, teal, acid green and purple Quilt block in the style of Gee’s Bend quilter. Exaggerated log cabin pattern with wonky angles and mismatched quarter segments.
April 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Weekend at Alabama Folk School with the incomparable MaryAnn Pettway and China Pettway #quiltsky #geesbendquilters #canigetanamen #hardworkingsoldier #schoolisinsession #singerfeatherweight
April 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Mapping out Altadena in fabric. Thanks to instructor Valerie Goodwin and the good folks @zakfoster.bsky.social Nook. #quiltsky #mapquilt #improvisationalstitching #altadenastrong #resilience #choosejoy
Small blue and green quilt depicting a local Altadena neighborhood in a top view, two dimensional layout with improvisational stitching
March 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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What a time to be alive #bebrave #braveenough #bethelight #notmypresident #nooneelectedelonmusk
Window display that says “For there is always light if only we are brave enough to see it, if only we are brave enough to be it” written by Amanda Gorman
February 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Last week was stabbing things, this week is slicing and dicing...
#ournationisintatters #endracism #nobodycantakeawayyourexistence #transrights #standup #dosomething #quiltsky
Tiny scraps and slivers of blue and white fabric in a small pile on a table top.
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Because it's been a really good week to stab something...
Completed Gee's Bend inspired quilt top. Onward to backing, binding and quilting #quiltsky #geesbendinspired #whoneedsapattern #improvquilting #lookup #choosejoy
Jewel toned velvet quilt top inspired by Gee's Bend quilters in the joyful "non perfect/improvisational/make do" manner
January 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Enough said.
melania wearing an green jacket that reads, "I really don't care, do you?" to a migrant child detention center in 2018
January 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Finished object - repurposed jacket. Focus on love. Focus on truth. Focus on stitching. Keeping our faces to the sun.
#quiltsky #transrightsarehumanrights #choosejoy
olive drab repurposed jacket with natural dyed fabric that is quilted, pin tucked and hand stitched repurposed olive drab jacket front with natural dyed and pieced pocket accent and collar lining
January 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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And within 12 hours, yet another school shooting. Are we great, yet?
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM