The beautiful swirls

I never signed a release

A stretched quilttop of my experience in the path of totality during the total solar eclipse made out of t-shirts.

An art quilt of exploding stars hangs on a wood paneled wall.

Sorta spacey!

Ugh I need to do better with mine!

Multiple reports of an ‘explosion’ in Northeast Ohio There are multiple reports of an explosion all over Northeast Ohio.

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Multiple reports of an ‘explosion’ in Northeast Ohio There are multiple reports of an explosion all over Northeast Ohio.

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A colorful quilt study lies on a carpeted floor. The study is an improv with Friendship Stars and Snowballs. It’s made with t-shirts only and uses magenta, teal, neon green and navy blue.

Stacks of Snowball quilt blocks and HSTs lie on my work table.

The same quilt study on the floor, but this one has a Brown Boston Terrier for scale.

Been a bit since I posted, but starting a new job has taken over life and made quilting time harder to come by. Still makin it happen though! Here’s a study of Friendship Star and Snowballs made with @sherrilynnwood.bsky.social and the Improv That Block Squad, always made with T-shirts 🧶 #quiltsky

I love this mashup of quilting and painting! 🤩

A brown Boston Terrier snoozes while being zipped into her girl’s hoodie

Three Men and a Muppet

It was a wild day!

L o l

I still have a Jackalope card around here somewhere…

I’m a sucker for the schtick

🤩🤩🤩 If you’re ever near Cleveland, I run the programming at a creative reuse center! Hoping to get some upcycled quilt stuff going on!

“Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” Pink Floyd (Ok it’s actually a really weird song, but the title fits the theme)

I mean…where some old European movie was filmed!

In Mansfield you can visit the old reformatory where Shawshank Redemption was filmed!

"There She Goes", The La’s & The Original Architects of Britpop | New British Canon YouTube video by Trash Theory

There’s a great Trash Theory that deep dives into this song! youtu.be/LEGCUiDpeXM

One of the best on Bluesky!

I put a “Somebody loves me in Cleveland” tshirt in a white elephant exchange this holiday season, and family fighting ensued! A good problem to have 😆

A photo of the the front and back covers of the book “Hey, Al!” by Arthur Yorinks.

Ok I would be devastated to find out you never read this book as a child! There’s a similar birb on the back cover that always confused me as a kid 😆

This Morning in Cleveland, Ohio

A beautiful gray cat with striking green eyes stands outside on a wooden deck.

Here’s my beautiful Nancy, gone six years now. Miss those gorgeous green eyes! Don’t miss the cat dirt stuck in her luxurious fur 😹

When you were talking about vet care in London, I wondered why you might be there….
OMG Taskmaster!!!!!!!

I piece t-shirts together just fine! No reinforcement first (though some really thin t-shirts might need it). A normal quilt sandwich with batting and another layer (usually a bed sheet) has worked really well for all my T-shirt quilts!

A photo collage of nine images. All nine photos feature a different quilt I made in 2025. The photo in the middle features me holding a quilt up.

My #artistvsartist this year! There were some upcycling and mending projects as well, but mostly t-shirt quilts! 🧶 #quiltsky

I swear I’ll make it a really cool newsletter!

Seasoning a Chalkboard: The Complete Guide Why Season a Chalkboard? Seasoning a chalkboard (also known as priming) is necessary prior to use. Without seasoning, any marks you make on the chalkboard will leave “ghosts”—meaning the marks will ne...

You’ve got to season your chalkboards before you use them the first time, Ken!
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Love this purrfect creative reuse! 😻

An art quilt hangs on a wood paneled wall. The quilt it made from t-shirts: white, black, and hand bleached. The blocks are improv Sawtooth Stars, in various states of explosion. Hundreds of red, metallic stitches hold the quilt together. There are sequins, beads, and pearls as added texture. The quilt is about 1’ x 3’ and it hangs from a bamboo rod by silver metal clips.

The back of the quilt. I used a scrap of black fabric of unknown origin. The metallic, red stitches are obvious from this side. You can also see the metal rivets of the set pearls. I like this side, too.

A side angle of the quilt. Many of the textural elements catch the light coming in through my basement window.

A detailed shot of one of the stars, showing the variety of textural details. Metallic threads, sequins, seed beads, and set pearls. The diverse results of bleaching different black t-shirts is also apparent, with some deep orange, and others a barely faded brown.

It took a year, but I finished! This quilt was made for my friend who experienced a Bipolar 1 break that rocked our world. He’s doing well now, but there are still reverberations from that time. It was a reliable creative object to lean on throughout. More info in alt text about process! 🧶 #quiltsky