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Lil crafty update
I have a first draft of a front torso sloper, which I will explain probably once I’ve got the back sloper done and can have a more interesting story to tell. Knitting a little bit every day on the wristwarmers for J – who says, “great, just in time for warm weather!” (She knows that… Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism and my quilt’s 15 minutes of fame
thanks to my longtime friend EZDZ for introducing me to the podcast mentioned below, and consulting on this scholarly article which you are about to enjoy Anti-Semitism: what it is and isn’t Not anti-Semitism: critique of Israel, a country that is doing war crimes, i.e. the campus protests demanding that universities divest from Israel and… Continue reading
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Things I do when I flare
Inspired by this post, an example of a writing exercise, by Allie Olson. I do many more things than these, including tell myself I should be napping or meditating and then telling myself that should is not a helpful word to keep around, but napping is incredibly boring especially when it’s the task of not… Continue reading
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Garden intrigue and so many crafts
I know you’re here for brassica content — don’t worry. I know what the people want. So let’s start there. Brassica mystery For the past four years of my longcovidness, what I eat has changed drastically. I eat chicken soup every day now, I haven’t had a potato since January 2021, and I use rutabagas… Continue reading
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Clinical support for calling congress
Cognitive therapy has begun I have a speech therapist now! She is doing cognitive therapy for me. (If you can explain why the professional is called a speech language pathologist but she’s providing me cognitive therapy, I’d love it. But also whatever, she’s helping!) She asked me what I want to work on – what… Continue reading
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FAD Friday 5: Fun-A-Day Round-up, and what February gives us
Finishing up Fun-A-Day In the last few days of Fun-A-Day I didn’t do a lot of sewing. Still without an iron (though I’ve got it now!), I didn’t feel incredibly motivated — and I had all that drama with running out of a med (got it back!) and doing a sleep study (went as well… Continue reading
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FAD Friday 4: Fun-A-Day Round-up
Yall. As I write this I’ve run out of one of my meds and am having withdrawal symptoms, and duking it out with a pharmacy to get a few emergency doses to get me through until the meds come in the mail. I have a sleep study tonight at the hospital, but I need to… Continue reading
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FAD Friday 3: Fun-A-Day round-up
Let’s imagine it’s last Friday. Here’s the fun-a-day round-up for the week! Jan 13 I did the color wheel exercise. The swatch challenge was to choose the color that was speaking to me — Rose! Such a nice pink — and then choose some analagous colors. Analagous means they’re neighbors on the color wheel. This… Continue reading
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FAD Friday 2: Fun-A-Day Round-up
Happy Friday! Here’s what I’ve been doing for Fun-A-Day for the past week. Jan 6 For the section on seasons – the swatch exercise. The assignment was to choose a blue for each season, then a pink, etc. The columns below are, from left to right: spring, summer, autumn, winter. Jan 7 I don’t recall!… Continue reading
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FAD Friday 1: Fun-A-Day Round-up (and a crucial money tip for sick and disabled folks)
Happy Friday! Here’s what I’ve been up to for Fun-A-Day so far, picking up where I left off on January 1st in the announcement post. (Skip to the end for the disability money tip.) Jan 2 Temperature color pull After this, I chose two fabrics from each pile to make blocks from. In the process,… Continue reading
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Fun-A-Day 2024: Color-A-Day!
Remember how I started this blog documenting Fun-A-Day 2023? Yeah I barely remember too. Learn more about Fun-A-Day here. This year I’ll be doing Color-A-Day! For Solstice/Sparkle Season/etc my mom gave me a copy of The Quilter’s Field Guide to Color (which I had specifically requested in the least subtle ways). In it, Rachel Hauser… Continue reading
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Another Jew for a Free Palestine: My biggest quilty finish yet
I finished this beautiful banner, and I’m so pleased — here is a gallery of photos from start to finish. Mercury is in fact retrograde!! I wrote a post about this that is lost in the ether. Round 2: Fabric I’ve mentioned that I have few quilters in my family. B is one of them,… Continue reading
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On the Mend
I’ve resumed sewing, but I’m not yet back to my baseline before the appointment. My body and my mitochondria are still on the mend. Here’s what I’ve completed: Works in progress: Works currently in Time Out: What I’m fantasizing about: A couple things I’d love to shout from the rooftops: The nice thing about having… Continue reading
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I’m using my words. Are you using yours?
My experience of social media for the past two weeks has been: And now specifically to white people who have been silent: If you are silent because you are scared to say the wrong thing, that’s a hard situation to be in. But it’s not harder than genocide. Consider the size of your fear, the… Continue reading
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Using my words
Before I say another word, let’s talk about the Social Justice Sewing Academy. They are probably my first role models for using quilts/patchwork for advocating for marginalized and oppressed people. Sara Trail has led incredible work with the SJSA. I knew pretty quickly that I wanted to create messaging around Israel’s attacks on Gaza, and… Continue reading
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Did someone say….Quilts for Palestine?
I have a secret Instogrum account. I never ever post there, you’re not missing exciting cat or quilt photos. But I do use it to see other people’s cats and quilts and occasionally other things, and am grateful to have come across this: Quilts for Palestine! I was unable to embed successfully. So here’s the… Continue reading
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Arts and crafts in times of crisis and war
My sister used to have a poster on her apartment wall, that had what I think is a Bertol Brecht quote: In the dark times, will there be singing? Yes, there will be singing about the dark times. Now, I have difficulty with “dark” as synonymous with “bad” or “grim”. But I love the reminder… Continue reading
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Jessica Wakefield gets fabric
(or, unbox secondhand textiles with me!) I’ve been wanting to do a post on how I deal with textiles that come into my house from unknown sources, or anywhere that might have been exposed to mold. Here’s the perfect opportunity: I bought some fabric from my favorite creative reuse center! Who is Jessica Wakefield? Elizabeth… Continue reading
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Labor
Note on this post for those who do not know me personally, as far as my relationship with labor: I’m white, American, have multiple advanced degrees and worked until I became too disabled by longcovid to work. Every job I’ve had has been the kind of job where I’ve been physically exhausted at the end… Continue reading
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