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Ben Millett
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
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Adding quilting to this 12 yd (and yet more to grow) garland/scarf/thing while the teen plays Rivals.
A television shows Marvel’s Rivals with character Loki. In my lap is a long quilt folded into itself many times as I add quilting
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I saw someone post a few weeks ago about their Thanksgiving poutine and we had to try it: potato and sweet potato fries, curds, Brie, stuffing (ours: Nigella’s orange, cranberry, cornbread stuffing), cranberry sauce (ours: Ocean Spray’s orange cranberry relish), gravy. Really good!
Poutine on a white plate with the ingredients mentioned in the post
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Blog post coming soon about this “Stitch It on a Whoopee Cushion” series.
(Please tell me someone else remembers this throwaway line from Small Wonder.)
Photo from a hallway through a doorway. There are quilts on the exterior wall and on the interior wall.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Preview 2, now with quilts and hanging hooks attached.
13 canvases of various paint colors and patterns
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Preview of what I’ve been working on. (Shout out to Tyler Glenn for this gem of a song.)
Painted canvas with tiny quilts on them. The closes says “One man's trash is another man's treasure” and the canvas is a teal and magenta.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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An afternoon and evening of painting.
Brown paper with various paint brushes and tape. The paper has a blue rectangle where something fell. More brown paper, this time with a palette covered in mauve paint. The water glass has mauve water. There’s a paper towel and various painting implements
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Recipe in photo/alt, but this time I sprinkled frozen blueberries on top before it went into the oven.
Busy Day Cake INGREDIENTS 3 c flour; 2 c Sugar; 1/2 t salt; 3 t baking powder; 3 eggs; 2/3 c Shortening; 1 1/3 c. Milk; lemon & vanilla extract INSTRUCTIONS Put all together in 1 bowl. Beat well 2 min. Bake @ 350° for 30-45 min.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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The great thing about my grandma’s Busy Day Cake is that you can make the batter in the time it takes your husband to get ready to run, it bakes for the duration of his run, and is ready to eat by the time he’s showered.
Cake in a 9x13 with powdered sugar on top Slice of cake with blueberries
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I need the most recent because the second most recent isn’t enough. I DON’T WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TERRIBLE PERSON’S PROFILE AND BOOK!
Muted words about a terrible person and her affair with a person in the current president’s administration
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Et oublie moi
Parcours ces flots, efface mes pas
A white quilt with the words “Et cest le temp qui nous guidera” in dark blue thread and a running stitch around it in lighter blue
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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I went to Barnes and Noble to see what magazines might be options and whoops, I think I mostly got potentials just for me.
A stack of quite a number of magazines, mostly related to arts and movies.
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I’m not a perfect person
A white quilt with the words “the reason is you” in light green thread
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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These are so ugly. Of course I bought them.
Brown, tan, and lavender Nike shoes
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Let me take you on a midnight ride, baby, you and I, oh so much we could explore
Tony white quilt with the words “pull me closer under moonlit skies” in blue thread and pink seed stitch around the words
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Call your girlfriend
Tiny white quilt with the words “say it’s not her fault” in blue thread and cream-colored Xs
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I wanna cut to the feeling…
Tiny white quilt with the words “Cancel your reservations” in purple and yellow seed stitch
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Seen in Des Moines, too!
Red and green aurora borealis Pink aurora borealis Red and green aurora borealis
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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So… why not take a crazy chance?
A tiny quilt of white fabric with the words “why not do a crazy dance” quilted in orange thread, and a blue running stitch is doing loops and is super wavy.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Pretty stoked to drop these needle minders in the mail!
A white hand holds multiple cardboard envelopes
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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I’m taking an approach in between my Single Pager format and a regular pattern. I have a cutting guide and suggested cutting layout, a page of “use these patches to make these blocks”, a basic “put these blocks together to assemble the quilt” page, and then generic block construction instructions.
Eight pages of a quilt pattern, stacked so a bit of each is visible. The photo was made black/white.
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I keep telling myself these tables and diagrams are just to help me make, but that was four to five iterations (and as many hours) ago.
Three pieces of printed paper on a desk, with what looks to be a quilt pattern in the making.
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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<starts walk> Oh, it’s nice out! The sun is shining! Maybe I overdressed!
<reaches midpoint, turns around to go back> Oh snap. The wind was at my back that whole time. Good thing the sun is out.
Weather report, 26 deg Farenheit, with a wind chill of 7 deg Farenheit
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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In addition to the thread collection and needle minder, I’ve added these two zines to my online shop. (Pre-2022 Ben would not believe such hand work items are real.)

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Two zines on offer: Quilted Grotesk and Quilted Grotesk Micro.
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Hey! It’s November. Do you have your Thanksgiving Dinner (Quilt) ready?

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A wall quilt with fabric representing the colors of Thanksgiving dinner foods.
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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But this bathroom!!!! Amazing.
A green and white bathroom with yellow accents.
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM