That zipper is 🤌

Working on a larger, stitched take on my tiny insect specimens. Didn't like the inkense on its own but with the stitching, it feels right. #slowstitch #moth #artsky #textileart #sewing

Completed the quilting on this piece based on a photo taken from Artemis II. Now time to color! #quilting #sewing #artwip #artquilt #earth

Close-up of a sewing machine in action, stitching over a detailed line drawing on fabric. The needle is mid-stitch inside a clear presser foot with a red guide, hovering over an intricate, swirling design that looks like layered petals or abstract shapes. Faint pink sketch lines show the original plan underneath the darker stitched lines. A blue grip glove rests nearby, steadying the fabric.

Getting some stitching in this morning before work. #quilting #sewing #artwip #artquilt

I started a spreadsheet to record my neighbor's band practice/loud music. Might slip a chart under his door. Anything to avoid confrontation.

I have never wanted to file my federal taxes less in my life.

If I go any bigger than this I'll definitely do QAYG! Like stained glass panels.

A hand traces intricate quilt designs onto glowing fabric on a lightbox, layering pink lines over blue sketch patterns in a careful, detailed process.

Tbh, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to quilt this. 😅 I want a Tiffany stained glass look but I don't want to blow up the drawing so large that it's difficult to wrestle through my machine. #quilting #artquilt #artsky #fiberart #artwip

Two adults smile at the camera in a close selfie, standing in front of a large pink poster for the Sondheim musical Company. One wears glasses and a patterned shirt, grinning broadly; the other, also in glasses, points upward toward the poster with a small smile. The poster features a stylized city skyline and bold pink lettering.

A theater stage set for Company is viewed from the audience before the performance, with people seated and chatting in the foreground. The minimalist set features black walls with scattered window frames, a glowing pink window at center, and small raised platforms holding furniture like a chair and table. Overhead spotlights cast soft beams onto the stage, creating a moody, intimate atmosphere.

Saw CMU's production of Company last night with @sora--kirei.bsky.social. We saw the national tour too and this was just as good.

While other prestigious universities are cutting arts and humanities in favor of STEM, CMU shows you *can* do both, and equally well, if you really want to. 🍸🎂❤️

I don't know how anyone has the mental energy to draw and create, but I am so glad that people do. <3

Seeing human made art will never tire, now more than ever.

Hand holding a colorful, hand-sewn fabric pincushion with a small bowl in the center made of hexagon panels with floral and koi fish prints, resting on a black blanket with two cats in the background.

Loved stitching up this #epp pincushion today. Gotta use up all the Philip Jacobs scraps! KFC scraps are why I *started* epp. 😸 #quilting www.etsy.com/listing/8268... #englishpaperpiecing #quilting #sewing #handsewing #handmade

I love this idea so much. It would be nice as something to do while winding down for bed.

I'm reminded of these wise words from Mr. Fred Rogers on what would have been his 98th birthday. We are all in this together. Let's renew ourselves to the fight for the common good. It's all the more important during these difficult times.

Art quilt of a large, dark-scaled fish in profile, swimming across a vivid blue, bubble-textured background with a soft white border.

This is almost done. I wanted to make the fish breaking the border and it was mostly successful I guess? Lessons learned. #artwip #artquilt #goldfish #artsky #freemotionquilting #inktense

Not sure why this is still controversial, but leave your cats INSIDE.

JESUS. Thats fucking terrifying. I see folks across thr pond claiming it's fine! They have no natural predators! Maybe not but humans and vehicles are what I fear most. Also, don't be fucking lazy. Enrich your cats life yourself. Build that bond.

First layer of color down. 😅 #artwip #artquilt #goldfish #artsky #freemotionquilting #inktense

FMQ done - time to figure out the palette... #quiltsky #artquilt #sewing #freemotionquilting #artwip #goldfish

Siamese cat sitting on top of a sewing machine

Sewing machine gargoyle #quilting #catsky #siamesecat

I used to keep goldfish like a decade ago and I think my next fish quilt will be a gorgeous black moor named Hallow. I cant get the tension right on my sewing machine rn so I gave up for the night. 🙃 #drawing #artwip #artquilt #artsky

Finally finished cryptid Queen Mab. ~24x36" cotton, whole cloth besides border, black Jaquard textile paint, free motion quilted on a domestic machine and hand painted. #artsky #artquilt #quilting #artbyhumans #siamesecat #spookyary

Okay, I'm over this quilt. It should look cool when it's done but oh boy I'm bored. 😅 #artwip #artquilt #siamesecat #artsky #freemotionquilting

I'm obsessed with how my cats ook like cryptids in webcam night vision mode. Had to try something with it. Free motion + black Jaquard fabric paint diluted with aloe vera. Putting it down in layers to build opacity. #artquilt #artbyhumans #artwip #quilting

Wow.

The official national touring production of Beauty and thr Beast is fantastic. A bit sparse, cast-wise but great nonetheless. I love how they changed the "ogre" lyric in "Belle" to refer to Alan Menken's other Disney stage adaptation, Hunchback of Notre Dame. Also, I'm gonna need to draw the gown ✨️

Art of Pittsburgh's South Side - Brew House Arts Art of Pittsburgh’s South Side February 26 – March 28, 2026   ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: Brew House Arts presents Art of Pittsburgh’s South Side, an exhibition of artwork by artists living...

I am absolutely blessed and lucky to live in a historic building full of creatives in such a beautiful and quintessentially "Pittsburgh" neighborhood. If you're in the area, please come check out the work of my neighbors and myself! #artsky

A grid of rainbow colors. Pigment settling into the paper irregularly.

Color mixing grids are my happy place. #artsky

My Engineer Daughter is also creative. She made this quilt.
I am very proud in many ways.

My set of 100 Derwent Inktense pencils arrives today.

Thanks so much!