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Threadly Intent
@threadlyintent.bsky.social
Left coast 🇨🇦 fibre artist for fun, museum data nerd for work.
I also keep a website that I will theoretically finish posting my portfolio back catalogue to one day... https://with.threadlyintent.com/
These picket patches seem more appropriate for end of week 7 of this strike.
#BCGEU #strike #blockprint #handmade
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I can’t resist alliteration, so I’m keeping my hands busy during my picket shifts with these picket pumpkin pouches now that we’re into the spooky season
#bcgeu #strike
October 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Keeping busy during the #BCGEU strike with these fresh picket patches. Can't believe we're half way through week 5 without a serious offer on the table.
#blockprinted #memade #strike #labour
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fixed some timing and needle alignment issues but holy moly did the previous owner ignore those. This base plate is actually punched all the way through! I didn’t know a needle could do that!
September 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Picked up this old MemoryCraft 5000 as part of an auction lot and while the internet tells me it’s not worth getting running, a win98 vm isn’t a huge obstacle and all the machine itself seems to need is new oil, a fresh fuse and ~30 years of compacted lint removed. Not today landfill!
#sewsky
September 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New post up about making my green smocked dress, I adore the results of hand smocking and this pleating machine really sped the process up vs my first fully hand-done attempt, but what a time commitment! with.threadlyintent.com/gobsmocked/
#sewsky #smocking #sewing #vintagesewing #vintagetools
September 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I love making myself stupid little things to decorate my work areas
August 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🧐 If a wall lizard were an entomologist, it would probably be pretty tempted to snack on its collection I figured...
#blockprint #linoprint #printmaking #testprint
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It was a pain to make that big Auryn appliqué, but I love how it turned out! My sister LOVED this one 🤩
#memade #sewsky #slowfashion #cape #smalldesigner
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I adore this comfy smocked dress. With 4 roomy pockets that beg to get loaded up I’m already thinking of this as my cargo dress 👗
#sewsky #smocking #memade #slowfashion
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Look at this little cutie! I love that there's always a hummingbird or 2 around this tree, but I've never managed to get a photo before!

#hummingbird #birds #nature
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Letting myself go full on with the fabric manipulation on this one. I finished the smocking on the waist like 3 years ago and left the bodice as a problem for future me until last month 😅
#smocking #handmade #sewsky #workinprocess #cottagecore
July 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I was in the woods when I stumbled upon a ruined old cistern where various mice and woodland creatures were having a weekend-long solstice feast.

They welcomed me with an acorn cap full of dandelion liqueur, but I don't don't how to tell that's not enough fuckin booze for me, I'm huge you dumb shit
June 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The tree off my balcony has gotten some particularly cute visitors
June 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Ayup.
All the LGBTQ+ 'phobes
June 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I just realized that since my sister isn't on Bluesky, she can't have her gift spoiled by me posting it here!
Her fav colour is blue, the twin faced moon and twinned snakes in the Auryn are nods to her being a Gemini.
The hood has so much volume, I like to think of it as a kind of privacy setting 😘
May 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'll never get tired of watching steam rise on a chilly morning
May 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One more set from Francis King Park
May 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Some more photos from my visit to Francis King Park
May 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Just sifting through some inspiration/reference photos from a visit to Francis King Park and slightly obsessed with how this one came out
May 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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they should make number-shaped crackers, so when you eat them you can say you're crunching numbers
March 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I love making tarot cases, maybe even as much as I love making witch hats. Making my deck a cozy, protective home really helps me feel connected to a new deck.
This one is made of alpaca felt, leather, silk, cotton and a fused glass cabochon, all materials were scraps &/or sourced 2nd hand 🥰
March 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Witch hats are something I return to again and again, the interesting shape and endless theming options just gets me.
I got to flex a lot of weaving, felting and sewing skills for this one, and it is definitely one of my favorite creations
#needlefelted #handwoven #witchhat #witchcouture #sewsky
February 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sharing another needle felted buddy. I had a mighty craving for a cuddly micro raptor friend, now he keeps me company at work! Made from alpaca fibre, he's sooooo soft 😍
I really like how well the loosely spun yarns stand in for feathers on the wings.
#microraptor #needlefelting #softsculpture
February 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM