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I’d also like to thank @kristinHenry, who’s recent ink drawings of the MN flag gave me inspiration when I was looking for the perfect complement to Gorman’s words

#Quilting #Protest #Minneapolis

Minneapolis protest quilt top show in full on a design wall. The design looks like the Minnesota flag, with the dark blue field/white star on top (the star is a improv sawtooth star, a nod to traditional quilting) Below, on the light blue field, lines from Amanda Gorman’s poem honoring Alex Pretti are improv pieced in a medium blue; they read “If we cannot find words, may we find the will”

InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · last week

Pretty sure everyone who saw me post about #AmandaGorman’s poem the other day knew this quilt top was coming

I’d also like to thank @kristinHenry, who’s recent ink drawings of the MN flag gave me inspiration when I was looking for the perfect complement to Gorman’s words

#Quilting #Protest #Minneapolis

InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

Seeing ads for the new HP branded sewing machine are so fucking infuriating

You want to pop culture brand a sewing machine? Give me a Picard 'Make it Sew" machine not an opportunity to give more money to that anti-trans crusader

#Quilting #Sewing

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Msloftis

@Msloftis@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

I think I’m finished editing my newest Star Trek quilt top. The backing fabric came in yesterday evening. I look forward to Handquilting and making this come alive. #StarTrek #quilting #applique #wip

Msloftis

@Msloftis@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

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InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Anyone know of a #Minneapolis fabric store I can support this week so they have a little extra business and can close on the 23rd?

#Sewing #Quilting

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InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Was thinking last week that there have to be quilts honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, right? So I went looking online and ended up curating this thread for #MLKDay - enjoy!

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Strong, Gifted and Black
By Carolyn Crump
37” x 38.5”
2021
Photo: Minnevangelist

#Quilting

Quilt featuring full body images of Dr. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and John Lewis walking with linked arms, digitally printed on fabric. The three men are superimposed over the US flag, and the red stripes of the flag are interwoven around their bodies. The lower third of the quilt is made up of cream and sepia log cabin blocks. The piece is machine quilted with an allover stipple stitch; the color of the thread both complements and contrasts in different areas.

InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Anyone know of a #Minneapolis fabric store I can support this week so they have a little extra business and can close on the 23rd?

#Sewing #Quilting

InarticulateQuilter

@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Was thinking last week that there have to be quilts honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, right? So I went looking online and ended up curating this thread for #MLKDay - enjoy!

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Strong, Gifted and Black
By Carolyn Crump
37” x 38.5”
2021
Photo: Minnevangelist

#Quilting

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DriftlessRoots

@DriftlessRoots@toot.community · last month

Finished my paper airplane FPP #quilt recently and am already well into the next project. Except for the backing which I don't like enough to show it's all thrifted and salvaged fabric. Each plane is ditch stitched on my machine and then the "speed lines" are big hand stitching. #sewing #quilting

Rectangular modern quilt with twelve horizontal rectangular blocks, arranged in two columns and six rows, each featuring a stylized paper airplane pieced from coordinating fabrics, and finished with a narrow blue binding.

The airplanes appear in a range of colors including greens, blues, pinks, yellows, reds, and purples, with each plane made from three related shades to suggest folded paper layers.

Backgrounds behind the planes are highly varied: some are tone‑on‑tone prints in lime or grass green, others are cool blues and teals with abstract patterns, and several are deep red with small scattered motifs like dots or swirls. — Rectangular modern quilt with twelve horizontal rectangular blocks, arranged in two columns and six rows, each featuring a stylized paper airplane pieced from coordinating fabrics, and finished with a narrow blue binding. The airplanes appear in a range of colors including greens, blues, pinks, yellows, reds, and purples, with each plane made from three related shades to suggest folded paper layers. Backgrounds behind the planes are highly varied: some are tone‑on‑tone prints in lime or grass green, others are cool blues and teals with abstract patterns, and several are deep red with small scattered motifs like dots or swirls.

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Julé Cunningham

@JD_Cunningham@sunny.garden · 3 weeks ago

Joy during oppression - Stephen Towns's mixed media quilting art portrays and celebrates family and community during a time of racial segregation in the American South, and his work calls back to the stunning quilts made by Black Southern women.
#art #MixedMedia #quilting #TextileArt #FiberArt

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/stephen-towns-safer-waters-textiles-exhibition/

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Stephen Towns' Quilted Works Emphasize Black Joy as Resistance in 'Safer Waters'

'Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury' continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum.

Julé Cunningham

@JD_Cunningham@sunny.garden · 3 weeks ago

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/stephen-towns-safer-waters-textiles-exhibition/

Colossal

Stephen Towns' Quilted Works Emphasize Black Joy as Resistance in 'Safer Waters'

'Safer Waters: Picturing Black Recreation at Midcentury' continues through June 14 at the Wichita Art Museum.

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Benita Skinner

@BenitaSkinner@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

I’ve posted this before, but in case you missed it…
📍The eye of a hand sewing needle is larger on one side, than the other.
If you have trouble threading your needle, try turning it around. 🪡🧵

I can’t count how many times knowing this has been helpful!! 👏

#quilting #sewing #handstitching #QuiltTip