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Valerie E. Vancollie
@vevancollie.bsky.social
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Scientist. Writer. Belgian.
She/Her/Hers

Writing blog: vevancollie.wordpress.com
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Apparently, my police do not have a patrol car 🚔 but a patrol cat 🐈‍⬛.

I'm not certain whether to fix this typo or not.

#writesky #writingcommunity #fanfiction

Image by Zyad Madkour
A black cat with a white tuft at his throat sitting on a car hood with other cars in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Rather than start a new #crossstitch project, I'm going back to my pandemic fox.

It's a big one!

#wipwednesday #stitchsky #craftsky #crossstitchlove
A partially completed cross-stitch of a fox curled up on a bed of leaves on black Aida. The leaves are half-crosses in shades of brown and grey, while the fox is in shades of orange, yellow, red and white.
June 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I'm on #crossstitch fire lately!

Another finished project.

#crossstitchlove #stitchsky #craftsky
White Aida fabric with a black silhouette of a woman's head and arms printed on the fabric. Her dress (cross-stitched) is blue and silver with pink roses and green leaves, the flowers popping outwards. Some of the threads have a silvery sheen to them.
June 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Guess what? It's #wipwednesday, so here are some progress photos.

It's going fast and I love the shiny threads!

#crossstitch #stitchsky #craftsky #crossstitchlove
A counted cross-stitch pattern of a woman wearing a blue and silver dress with pink roses that pop out. Some of the threads are shiny. The woman is a silhouette outlined in black on white Aida. Most of the cross-stitch is done. The same cross-stitch from the back, showing progress better as there's no printed pattern to obscure the progress.
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Another week, another #wipwednesday.

Front and back photos to show progress from Sunday due to the printed fabric making it hard to see.

#stitchsky #crossstitch #craftsky #crossstitchlove
Printed pattern of a lady wearing a dress with roses that come out of the dress. She is outlined in a black silhouette while the dress is blue with pink roses and green leaves. Most of the roses and leaves are done. The same as the other photo, but from the back of the cross-stitch, thereby showing the progress better as the printed pattern doesn't show. Just the back of the cross-stitched areas.
May 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Feeling a bit naff today, so I started a new #crossstitch instead of going out and making others sick.

Unfortunately, it seems to be a printed one. Mistake when buying.

#stitchsky #crossstitchlove #craftsky
A printed cross-stitch pattern on white Aida of a woman in black outline wearing a flower pattern dress. Various colours have been started and are already cross-stitches.
May 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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And done!

One of my fastest #crossstitch projects with this level of backstitching and French knots.

#stitchsky #craftsky #crossstitchlove
A finished cross-stitch project on white Aida of seashells and a seastar in pastel colours. Details in backstitching and French knots.
May 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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As much as I love #crossstitch, I dislike doing the backstitching.

It adds amazing detail, but I don't like doing it, so my work always slows when I reach that stage of a project.

But the detail it adds...

#stitchsky #crossstitchlove #craftsky
Close-up of a cross-stitch work showing some and an area of browns, pinks and purples. The same view as the other image, except the area with the browns, pinks and purples has white backstitching showing its a corral next to the seashells.
May 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Made great progress on my #crossstitch this week.

All full & half crosses done, onto the backstitching now. Then the French knots.

#wipwednesday #stitchsky #craftsky #crossstitchlove
Cross-stitch of seashells and a seastar in pastel colours. Backstitching in dark brown done.
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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A warm spring zephyr
perfume wafts into the air
petals raining down

#HaikuFeels #Haiku #Poetry #micropoetry #spring #poetrysky #skyverse
A close-up of spring flowers growing on the branch of a tree. They are white with soft hints of pink, surrounded by green leaves and other trees in the background.
April 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Kinda lost track of time for #wipwednesday, but here's where my #crossstitch is at now.

#craftsky #crossstitchlove
A cross-stitch in progress with pastel colours of seashells and a seastar.
April 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Easter eggs to please
Bright flowers delight the bees
Spring wafts on the breeze

#haiku #easter #spring #poetry #poetrysky #skyverse
Photos & poem - V.E. Vancollie
A glass bowl full of eggs with white ribbons to hang them onto something. The eggs are decorated with white and brown paint in various patterns. A close-up of a flowering tree with lots of lovely medium pink flowers and some leaves.
April 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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A week on, and my #crossstitch is a lot further.

I really love how it's turning out!

#wipwednesday #stitchsky #crosssky
A work in progress cross-stitch project in pastel colours. It's of seashells and a seastar.
April 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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My latest #crossstitch project.

I can't believe how fast I'm doing them lately!

#stitchsky #wipwednesday #craftsky
Image showing Aida cloth in a metal hoop with a partially completed cross-stitch. It's in pastel colours with a seastar visible amongst other, currently indistinguishable, seashells.
April 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Have some lovely spring flowers to brighten your day!

#bloomscrolling #flowersky
Photo of a tree branch with pink flowers
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Finished my #wildscotland cross-stitch I got for my birthday!

#crossstitch #crossstitchlove #stitchsky
A little cross-stitch of a wolf in tartan pattern.
March 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The best job title I've seen in my #jobsearch so far!

Totally irrelevant, but I couldn't help but glance over the job criteria given the title.

Kudos for creative title. Gotta wonder at future interview questions for jobs afterwards, though...
Wording "Ghostbuster to the COO"
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Second colour now fully done.

Anyone wanna guess what it is yet?

#crossstitch #crossstitchlove
Small cross-stitch in progress with lemon yellow and bright red colours all done, hinting at what the project is.
March 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Anyone want to guess what my new #crossstitch project is?

It's a lot more colourful than the last one...

#crossstitchlove
A red and yellow cross-stitch only just started.
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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My finished sleepy kitten #crossstitch!

I love this little one in all its shades of brown.

Photos with and without the backstitching.

#crossstitchlove
A finished cross-stitch of a sleeping kitten sinking into the sofa cushions. This version has backstitching. A finished cross-stitch of a sleeping kitten sinking into the sofa cushions. This version has no backstitching.
March 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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We were messing about with AI art & produced this.

I think that, in addition to playing who can spot the most anatomical impossibilities, this lends itself well to who can spot the most bad lab practices!

Being out of work, I couldn't take a real photo of female
scientists #InternationalWomensDay
AI generated art of diverse female scientists, focusing on biology and genetics. As per usual, most of the people have anatomically impossible details like too many fingers. There are also numerous instances of bad laboratory practice.
March 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Ahead of tomorrow's #InternationalWomansDay let me pre-emptively answer two questions I *know* will be asked all day:

Yes, there's an International Men's Day.

And, it's November 19 - a day more searched for in March than November...
Three women embracing each other, as seen from behind. They are wearing jeans jackets and holding sprigs of baby's breath flowers.
March 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Finally started up my #crossstitch again!

A lovely little kitty slipping into the sofa cushions.

#crosssky #stitchsky
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Not that I'm complaining, but what the heck?

These are my blog stats for the day so far. Nearly 700 of these visits were from Japan between 8-10am GMT.

Anyone have any ideas? The activity seems centered on the main page...

#writesky #writingcommunity
February 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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I know #AI hallucinations and just plain getting things wrong isn't really funny, but this one is a gem.

Can you imagine how that would have changed #Numb3rs?

And I wasn't trying to use AI, Google just unhelpfully gave it when I was looking up the details of the quote.

#writesky #fanfiction
January 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM