Moira MacDougal
@moiramacdougal.bsky.social
Knitter, sewist, general lover of fibre arts. Baker. Passionate about climate, housing, transit, and quirky Alexandria politics.
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📍 Alexandria, VA
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📍 Alexandria, VA
First block of my second quilt is done! I fear I’ve escalated in difficulty, and this is going to take a lot longer than I thought. Though hopefully not the almost seven years it took me to finish the first quilt.
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
First block of my second quilt is done! I fear I’ve escalated in difficulty, and this is going to take a lot longer than I thought. Though hopefully not the almost seven years it took me to finish the first quilt.
Y’all my Singaporean in-laws are about to arrive for their first joint visit to us in years and years and we were thinking of taking them to Tortas Y Tacos La Chiquita as it’s close and it’s definitely outside what they can usually get in terms of cuisine but looking for suggestions!
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Y’all my Singaporean in-laws are about to arrive for their first joint visit to us in years and years and we were thinking of taking them to Tortas Y Tacos La Chiquita as it’s close and it’s definitely outside what they can usually get in terms of cuisine but looking for suggestions!
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It’s worth thinking today of all the elections you *aren’t* hearing about because they were unopposed. In so many sheriff and prosecutor offices in particular, including in blue-ish or even solidly blue areas, “tough-on-crime” folks often reign for many years without ever being challenged.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s worth thinking today of all the elections you *aren’t* hearing about because they were unopposed. In so many sheriff and prosecutor offices in particular, including in blue-ish or even solidly blue areas, “tough-on-crime” folks often reign for many years without ever being challenged.
So so good to see. More than I even expected, more emotional to see this win than I thought!
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
So so good to see. More than I even expected, more emotional to see this win than I thought!
My dentist is retiring (sobbing still) but my hygienist is staying with the new merged practice, this is the best news I’ve had all week.
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My dentist is retiring (sobbing still) but my hygienist is staying with the new merged practice, this is the best news I’ve had all week.
Still sick, but seeing my cats enjoying sun spots is cheering me up.
June 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Still sick, but seeing my cats enjoying sun spots is cheering me up.
I’ve been really sick all week (still in bed 🤒 in fact) but seeing all these photos from the No Kings protests are so cheering me up!!
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I’ve been really sick all week (still in bed 🤒 in fact) but seeing all these photos from the No Kings protests are so cheering me up!!
Not both me and my husband filling out the near miss survey within a month of each other for the same intersection (both drivers trying to turn right on red and not checking for pedestrians/stopping at all)
Link here for NOVA folks:
Link here for NOVA folks:
Near Miss Survey
NoVA FSS Near Miss and Dangerous Location Survey
survey123.arcgis.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Not both me and my husband filling out the near miss survey within a month of each other for the same intersection (both drivers trying to turn right on red and not checking for pedestrians/stopping at all)
Link here for NOVA folks:
Link here for NOVA folks:
Y’all I fixed my broken floor lamp (thank you Girl Scouts!) and ordered Jets pizza and I’m going to have a lillet spritz and pretend it’s not cold and wet and sad outside.
April 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Y’all I fixed my broken floor lamp (thank you Girl Scouts!) and ordered Jets pizza and I’m going to have a lillet spritz and pretend it’s not cold and wet and sad outside.
Saw this very good Newfie enjoying the cold weather on my walk to a friend’s place in DC. Meanwhile my fingers are so cold I can barely type.
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Saw this very good Newfie enjoying the cold weather on my walk to a friend’s place in DC. Meanwhile my fingers are so cold I can barely type.
My one tariff-panic purchase was an entire gallon of my family’s favorite vanilla. And I did get it for less than $1 an ounce, soooo not feeling too bad.
April 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My one tariff-panic purchase was an entire gallon of my family’s favorite vanilla. And I did get it for less than $1 an ounce, soooo not feeling too bad.
Bought an expensive microchip feeder to try to keep one cat away from non-prescription food, only to realize the US has not standardized pet microchips and so her type of chip is not compatible with this feeder (which is from a UK company). I know this is my fault for not checking but I'm so mad.
March 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bought an expensive microchip feeder to try to keep one cat away from non-prescription food, only to realize the US has not standardized pet microchips and so her type of chip is not compatible with this feeder (which is from a UK company). I know this is my fault for not checking but I'm so mad.
I used to joke my in-laws got a great deal by sending their son to the US for school, cause they got me! And the real truth is I got a full ride to my university, exactly in part because my husband chose to come to the US and his parents paid an astonishingly high price for him to do so.
"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Universities are caving to Trump with a stunning speed and scope
Some of the nation’s oldest and wealthiest institutions are swiftly bending to President Donald Trump, who is acting on longstanding conservative criticisms of universities as elitist and progressive.
www.politico.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I used to joke my in-laws got a great deal by sending their son to the US for school, cause they got me! And the real truth is I got a full ride to my university, exactly in part because my husband chose to come to the US and his parents paid an astonishingly high price for him to do so.
I call my senators most mornings (usually to complain at them these days)! 5calls.org has scripts if you need them and all the offices and numbers.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I call my senators most mornings (usually to complain at them these days)! 5calls.org has scripts if you need them and all the offices and numbers.
Instead of the SOTU, I’ve finally entered all (ok not technically all but basically all) my fabric into my threadloop account. @threadloop.bsky.social I both love and am horrified by the automatic calculation of total yards.
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Instead of the SOTU, I’ve finally entered all (ok not technically all but basically all) my fabric into my threadloop account. @threadloop.bsky.social I both love and am horrified by the automatic calculation of total yards.
Had a supply run to Stitch Sew Shop and spotted this on King St. 👀
March 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Had a supply run to Stitch Sew Shop and spotted this on King St. 👀
Was not prepared for Friday to be worse, but really shouldn't have been surprised by it.
Y’all it has been a week both work wise and also *waves hand* and like it’s not even over yet?!
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Was not prepared for Friday to be worse, but really shouldn't have been surprised by it.
Y’all it has been a week both work wise and also *waves hand* and like it’s not even over yet?!
February 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Y’all it has been a week both work wise and also *waves hand* and like it’s not even over yet?!
Reposted by Moira MacDougal
Anyone know much about Bernina sewing machines - the Artista 185 in particular? I am thinking of grabbing one that seems to be in good shape but it's still pricey and I'm used to my practically ancient Bernina 801 matic so the newfangled features this thing has are daunting! 🧶
February 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Anyone know much about Bernina sewing machines - the Artista 185 in particular? I am thinking of grabbing one that seems to be in good shape but it's still pricey and I'm used to my practically ancient Bernina 801 matic so the newfangled features this thing has are daunting! 🧶
Reposted by Moira MacDougal
if you're a democratic senator and you're still voting to confirm trump nominees despite him allowing elon musk to gleefully dismantle the government then your brain has fallen out of your ass.
February 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
if you're a democratic senator and you're still voting to confirm trump nominees despite him allowing elon musk to gleefully dismantle the government then your brain has fallen out of your ass.
What and I cannot stress this enough the actual fuck. But also in good news found pussy willow at Whole Foods so my decor for our New Year’s party is actually going to be so great this year. Also their stem and leaf mandarins were extra nice.
February 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What and I cannot stress this enough the actual fuck. But also in good news found pussy willow at Whole Foods so my decor for our New Year’s party is actually going to be so great this year. Also their stem and leaf mandarins were extra nice.
Screaming, crying, throwing up. That is all.
a woman in a white shirt stands in front of a mirror
Alt: a black woman in a white shirt stands in front of a mirror waving her hands screaming frantically
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Screaming, crying, throwing up. That is all.