✂️ needlesmith ✂️ @patchworked@mastodon.art

I used to want this one. It’s quite good and may be in sale near you if you’re into #sewing
https://mastodon.art/media/8Bd3w-Qd8U7-H8aGgs8

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I’m trying an experiment in which I draw things which may eventually inspire quilts. Possibly smaller quilts? I don’t know. This is tonight’s. Inspired by what I’ve seen in my town.
https://mastodon.art/media/R_lBj4MyhbgqgIoa0xQ

Rainy day sewing. It’s lovely and dark in here.
https://mastodon.art/media/-9-kAKIjRQIoFvuWXXM

Practical #sewing today. Various heating pads in various sizes! Used plain white rice.
https://mastodon.art/media/Kg2FrxPru9EPduwRijw

Taking a break to do some work on my sewing machine. I’m going to be piecing a quilt with some fabrics I got in a giveaway.
https://mastodon.art/media/R-WhFbNYrBiDmq_SV28

A picture of the back of the quilt, showing the quilting.
https://mastodon.art/media/Zl4rYCh46wG4XwUNtTA

More #quilting today! Every hand-#quilt project takes a lot of time. And spacing it out helps you avoid injury. It does mean spending a lot of time with the same project.
https://mastodon.art/media/F08C-oCGz7GC93hGebs

I framed my newest #crossstitch “Let’s Be Weird Together” with a hanging #bat and some improvised vines. #crafts #art
https://mastodon.art/media/e-MD9y4CcHpfwd1ai3s
https://mastodon.art/media/MtyHrKGD67TBSa8qsV4

Sometimes it’s very important for me to read books which are essentially permission slips in the middle of projects I’m doing.

This quilt is not by Nancy Crow, but she includes it in her book. And I am floored by once again encountering a modernist, pre-modernist quilt from the 1800s.
https://mastodon.art/media/vgeYHpcDLzC_NiWhqwE

I’m reading this book about Nanci Crow and her quilts tonight. I am utterly overwhelmed by what she does and I feel like I want to post a picture of every page, but I won’t be able to.
https://mastodon.art/media/Q4CSV-hNdIimdzsSdjA

I finished my bat/let’s be weird together #crossstitch. I am so glad it’s done before Valentine’s Day, although I know it may not get there quite in time. But still. Close!!! It’s for a very dear friend.
https://mastodon.art/media/rE0Bm8zWHAcJxsGuBFU

Making a #crossstitch combining two patterns. One is “let’s be weird together,” the other is a cute hanging bat. For a dear friend.
https://mastodon.art/media/jl4oGIAlhbOYW8xtivU

I got a little more work done on the bat tonight. It needed something to hang from. #crossstitch
https://mastodon.art/media/btIGet-i-aqKsuErZi0

This morning, I simultaneously feel the need to be doing or making something with my hands and pain from putting in too many hours over a 4-day span.

I'm strugging with patience and with not having the self-soothing comforts of hand work. But I don't want the pain to be worse.