Carolyn E Holmes
@carolyneholmes.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
The many brown foods of Thanksgiving, just out of the oven.
Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, acorn bread
Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, acorn bread
November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The many brown foods of Thanksgiving, just out of the oven.
Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, acorn bread
Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, acorn bread
Dressed up in bright pink to go give a talk at Harvard.
What, like it’s hard?
(iykyk)
What, like it’s hard?
(iykyk)
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Dressed up in bright pink to go give a talk at Harvard.
What, like it’s hard?
(iykyk)
What, like it’s hard?
(iykyk)
This is the inspo. All the red-orange will eventually be filled in with printed fabrics, but now I need to figure out how to make those shapes.
It’s really all just making it up as I go.
It’s really all just making it up as I go.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the inspo. All the red-orange will eventually be filled in with printed fabrics, but now I need to figure out how to make those shapes.
It’s really all just making it up as I go.
It’s really all just making it up as I go.
Back at it again with the nonsense.
Recreational geometry!
Recreational geometry!
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Back at it again with the nonsense.
Recreational geometry!
Recreational geometry!
Snow days are fancy coffee days.
Rules are rules.
Rules are rules.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Snow days are fancy coffee days.
Rules are rules.
Rules are rules.
Christmas crafting! Victorian-inspired wire tinsel!
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Christmas crafting! Victorian-inspired wire tinsel!
Someone in Atlanta, please rescue this gorgeous quilt top (and quilt it) before someone buys it to cut it up for a boxy jacket that will be worn for like 1 year before going "out of style"?
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Someone in Atlanta, please rescue this gorgeous quilt top (and quilt it) before someone buys it to cut it up for a boxy jacket that will be worn for like 1 year before going "out of style"?
My favorite color is Fall.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My favorite color is Fall.
3rd grader needs to study for a map quiz?
Sounds like we all get to learn the 50 states!
Sounds like we all get to learn the 50 states!
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
3rd grader needs to study for a map quiz?
Sounds like we all get to learn the 50 states!
Sounds like we all get to learn the 50 states!
Thread matching: unmatched
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thread matching: unmatched
I voted.
Did you?
Did you?
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I voted.
Did you?
Did you?
I'm really glad that I have an actual PhD, so as to avoid the humiliation of listing an honorary doctorate as an *actual* job qualification.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm really glad that I have an actual PhD, so as to avoid the humiliation of listing an honorary doctorate as an *actual* job qualification.
Hippie nonsense: resumed
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hippie nonsense: resumed
"Hey Carolyn, how's your writing going?"
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"Hey Carolyn, how's your writing going?"
Not even going to lie, this may be my best achievement of the season.
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Not even going to lie, this may be my best achievement of the season.
Just hanging with some democracy enthusiasts here in Knoxville…
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Just hanging with some democracy enthusiasts here in Knoxville…
Color brainstorming for the new project…
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Color brainstorming for the new project…
952 y-seams.
6452 pieces.
Let’s gooooooooooo
6452 pieces.
Let’s gooooooooooo
October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
952 y-seams.
6452 pieces.
Let’s gooooooooooo
6452 pieces.
Let’s gooooooooooo
Yummmm! I made acorn bread
October 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yummmm! I made acorn bread
Some quilts just belong on beds! I started it maybe 2.5 years ago, inspired by an old wild star quilt I saw in a book. I abandoned it when it was all separate stars (picture 4), because I didn’t know what to do with it…In my finish-it-Fall-2025, I decided to take it apart and put it back together.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some quilts just belong on beds! I started it maybe 2.5 years ago, inspired by an old wild star quilt I saw in a book. I abandoned it when it was all separate stars (picture 4), because I didn’t know what to do with it…In my finish-it-Fall-2025, I decided to take it apart and put it back together.
$5 thread spool organizer from the thrift store = way more than $5 of
🌈rainbow JOY🌈.
🌈rainbow JOY🌈.
October 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
$5 thread spool organizer from the thrift store = way more than $5 of
🌈rainbow JOY🌈.
🌈rainbow JOY🌈.
Ah yes. Just what I’d been hoping for.
October 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ah yes. Just what I’d been hoping for.
Made a quilt. Calling it my scrappy American, because that’s what I am, darn it.
Blasting Woody Guthrie because this land was made for you AND me.
Blasting Woody Guthrie because this land was made for you AND me.
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Made a quilt. Calling it my scrappy American, because that’s what I am, darn it.
Blasting Woody Guthrie because this land was made for you AND me.
Blasting Woody Guthrie because this land was made for you AND me.
Sometimes, the only response to the muchness of the day is spanakopita.
October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sometimes, the only response to the muchness of the day is spanakopita.
Yes l, Chuck.
Like, literally. just *do* anything
Like, literally. just *do* anything
October 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yes l, Chuck.
Like, literally. just *do* anything
Like, literally. just *do* anything