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Shutdown Sewing
@shutdownsewing.bsky.social
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Fiber artist...mostly quilts, but love to sew and have learned to knit and crochet! Business was established in 2019.
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Join us at Bites, Beats and Brews today! #quilting #craftshow #alexandriava
July 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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1/ Shutdown Sewing is hitting the road this Saturday for the Beats, Bites & Brews Fest in Alexandria! 🎉

🧵 Handmade goods
🎶 Live music
🍺 Cold drinks
🍔 Food trucks
📍 Carlyle Square Park | 🕚 11AM–6PM
Photo of Shutdown Sewing booth with goods available for sale including aprons and linens. Text reads "See You Saturday! Beats, Bites, & Brew Fest" Carlyle Square Park, Alexandria, Saturday July 27, 11 am-6 pm"
July 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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And finished!
Pair of purple handmade sneakers
July 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Now that my political campaign is over…for now…back to making things I love. First up…snazzy shoes while we are on vacation. #quilting #makers #sewingismytherapy
Finished quilted sneaker Sneaker in progress. Hand sewing the upper to the sole. Adding grommets for the shoe laces on to one of the uppers Pieces for making personalized purple sneakers
July 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Working on some personal t-shirt quilts today!
A feminist inspired t-shirt quilt A volunteer inspired t-shirt quilt A sports themed t-shirt quilt, mostly with Washington Capitals shirts A traveling souvenir t-shirt quilt
March 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Still cold? ❄️ It's never too late to pickup a cozy flannel infinity scarf...and they have a zippered pocket that fits your keys, cards or other small necessary items! www.shutdownsewing.com/product/flan...
Black and tan flannel infinity scarf with pocket blue and grey flannel plaid infinity scarf with pocket
February 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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One of my more recent finishes in December. I used a musical theme for the quilting on my embroidery machine. #quilting
T-shirt quilt
January 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Flannel infinity scarves with pockets all finished! Better pictures to come! #sewing
three examples of folded flannel infinity scarves with pockets: black and tan plaid, blue and grey plaid, purple and black plaid blue and grey plaid flannel infinity scarf with pocket unzipped to show interior.
January 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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T-shirts are stabilized and cut…I’m now sitting with this layout to see if I like it before I piece the quilt. Most importantly I want my #spaceshuttle shirts next to one another. This is quilt 5 of 9. #quiltsky
Cut t-shirts prepped for a quilt top
January 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM