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DeeDee Maker
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🌟 Quilter 🌟 Lover of nature, freedom, cozy quilts, crafty bags, pets, & a bit of gardening 🌱✨ FDT - 8647 - HandsOff! - NO KINGS!
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My interpretation of the "Alaska" quilt pattern by "Laundry Basket Quilts". All fabrics from my stash. I've had the pattern for several years now so I'm pretty stoked that I finally put it together 😁
Alt text written by A.I. A handmade quilt top called Alaska designed by Laundry Basket Quilts, pieced by DeeDee Maker. The quilt features intricate eight-pointed star and diamond patterns in rich shades of gold, brown, and cream, arranged in a symmetrical layout. A narrow dark inner border and a mottled golden outer border frame the luminous design, giving it a warm, autumnal glow.
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
I wonder if MAGA knows this...
MAGA, where do you get your healthcare?
YouTube video by Tom Powell Jr
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October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
Me, an old lady, trying to do “man jobs”:
40% proud,
60% scared,
100% likely to invent new swear words. 😅
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
Found a surprise art show at the fishing hole this morning 🎣✨ Hearts, stars, and smiles carved right into the earth. Nature’s canvas, human touch. #FoundArt #StreetArt #ArtEverywhere #SimpleJoys #ArtSky
Drawings traced into sandy ground: a smiling face with rays like a sun, a heart, a five-point star, a house with windows and a door, a mushroom-shaped figure, and what looks like a birthday cake with candles. The sketches are childlike and scattered across the dirt, giving the impression of playful, temporary art left behind.
September 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
A tip for the sharp tips 🪡
I often pin bias binding rather than pressing it in half, prior to attaching, and this works well for that!

Originally published in Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting, September/October 2009 issue

#quilting #sewing #pinsafety
Close-up photo of a sewing pin stuck through yellow fabric with large white polka dots. The pin has a small silver earring back on the sharp end Below the photo is a tip titled “Pin Safety.” The text explains that using earring backs on directional pins can prevent accidental pin sticks and keep pins securely in place until quilt rows are joined. Tip submitted by Joyce McCutcheon of Hohenwald, Tennessee.
August 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
Rest in yeast, gone but not for gluten 🤪
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Gimme a minute here.....I'm a l'il choked up.....
August 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
It looks like you’re trying to choose between reality and denial. Need some assistance?

#Clippy #ClippyPFP #ClippyMovement #ClippyResistance

(pssstt.... choose the red pill!)
Cartoon Clippy, the Microsoft paperclip assistant, cheerfully pointing at two buttons labeled ‘Take the red pill’ with a red capsule and ‘Take the blue pill’ with a blue capsule. A speech bubble above him says, ‘It looks like you’re trying to make a choice. Would you like to take the red pill or the blue pill?
August 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
I took this pic with my android phone through a dirty window well window. It's such a surprisingly good picture (at least I think so), I thought I should share it 😁 She's trying to be a good 🕷️mama 🕷️
#BlackWidow #Spider #Arachnid #Latrodectus #EggSacs #Web #UrbanWildlife #BackyardNature #Colorado
Close-up of a female black widow spider hanging upside down in her web beside two white, fuzzy egg sacs. Her abdomen is glossy black with a bright red hourglass marking; the background is blurred tan landscaping rocks.
August 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
Made with love for a friend coming back from a Traumatic Brain Injury resulting in Coma. Quilted 🧠 brain 🧠 up front for healing, 🌈 full Pride party 🌈 in the back for good memories.
(wife over 20 years worried patient would wake up hetero 🤣🤪😅)
Pattern=Brain Matters
#QuiltSky #FPP #Pride #TBI #Brain
Quilted pillow featuring a geometric rainbow-colored brain made from pieced fabric triangles and diamonds. The brain design is quilted onto a light blue crosshatched background, with the pillow appearing plump and finished. Quilted pillow back made with white fabric covered in colorful LGBTQIA+ pride-themed words and symbols, including rainbows, peace signs, and gender symbols. A vertical rainbow-striped fabric strip runs along the overlap seam of the envelope closure. Sayings include Love is Love, Love Wins, Love Has No Gender....
August 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
It is bold and it is complete 😁
Shall we name it "Close the Blinds"
Yes we shall 😎

#quiltsky #fmq #SnS
quilt in a bold blue and gold color scheme, draped over a sofa. The design features rows of small gold triangles on a deep blue background, forming a large central gold triangle. The quilt has a wide blue border and a gray backing with red dots visible on one corner.
August 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I finally finished this piece and hung her up in my quilting space 😁🥰 😁

Metamorphosis Foundation Paper Piecing Quilt Pattern by Pride and Joy Quilting

#quiltsky #FPP #quilting
A 30x35 inch wall-hanging quilt featuring a nude woman with closed eyes curled in a fetal position with her head resting on her knees. She has brown hair in a bun and red lips. Large, vibrant butterfly wings in shades of orange, pink, purple, blue, and turquoise extend from her back. The background is a textured gray and white fabric quilted to look like bricks with a black binding
August 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Still chugging along with this Somerset Garden pattern. Eventually, it should be about kind sized...but for now, we're here 😁 I really do enjoy English Paper Piecing... just need more time 🙃

#quiltsky #epp
English Paper Piecing quilt project in progress, based on the Somerset Garden pattern. Six large hexagon-based floral and geometric motifs in purples, greens, aquas, and blues are arranged around a central star. The work is laid out on a tan carpet, with each piece made from many tiny hexagons.
August 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Finished and able to be gifted before Halloween!
That's a win for me 🤪
I'm still overly humored by glow in the dark fabric 😃

It measures 35x30 inches and the pattern is "Mystic Whiskers" by Quilts of Whimsy

#quiltsky #fpp
A completed 30x35 inch quilt. The quilt features a black cat wearing a tall witch’s hat, perched on a tree branch in front of a large full moon. The cat is reading an open book, and the scene is set against a starry night sky with colorful autumn leaves scattered throughout. The same quilt shown in the dark to highlight the glow-in-the-dark fabric. The full moon glows a vivid green, revealing the silhouette of the cat and witch’s hat in front of it.
August 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
I'm only doing 4 blocks a month on this "Alaska Pattern" but I tossed the ones that are done on the wall for a look...

#quiltsky
Kaleidescope quilt blocks on a design wall. The quilt is obviously unfinished as there are blank spaces where future quilt blocks should go. The quilter is following the Alaska pattern by Laundry Basket Quilts and the colors are shades of brown from light to very dark.
August 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
😁 From Pond to Table 😁

🤣 I crack myself up 🤣

#quiltsky #EPP
A hand holds a small clear plastic container filled with neatly stacked, colorful English Paper Piecing (EPP) fabric shapes in front of a calm pond. The fabric pieces are primarily purple with striped and floral patterns. The background shows a sandy shore, blurred water, and trees. An arrangement of English Paper Piecing hexagons, Jewels, diamonds, and half hexagons are laid out on a black cutting mat. The pieces form a circular mandala-like pattern with vibrant purple, blue, and pink fabrics featuring stripes, floral designs, and starburst motifs, surrounded by light grey hexagons.
August 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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English Paper Piecing at the park yesterday. The weather was perfect 😁

#EPP #quiltsky
Peaceful park pond scene with calm water and trees in the background. In the foreground, an English Paper Piecing (EPP) kit is opened on a rock, displaying colorful fabric pieces, sewing notions, and small containers of supplies. A cozy black and gray jacket is draped under the kit
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
I finished piecing my Glow in the Dark Meditating Skeleton quilt top 🦴😁🦴
He makes me grin 😀

Pattern is " Spooky Meditation" by @juliushandmade.com
#quiltsky #fpp #foundationpaperpiecing
Quilt top featuring a meditating skeleton pieced in white and purple fabrics on a black background. The skeleton is seated cross-legged, with two purple bats flying above its head. Glow-in-the-dark quilt top of a meditating skeleton. The skeleton glows bright green against a completely dark background, showing its cross-legged pose with hands resting on the knees.
July 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
deedeemaker.bsky.social
There is no list...

#epstein #thereisnolist #fdt
Jax - i choose violence [Official Visualizer]
YouTube video by JAX
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July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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1st 2 blocks of the #Somerset_Garden free #EPP quilt pattern (by Suzanne Campion) are done! I am really enjoying working on it too much! Other WIPs are even further behind schedule now!) Need to tend to other things ... so hard to put it down! 🌸💎🧵

#QuiltSky #EnglishPaperPiecing

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Two completed diamond-shaped English Paper Piecing (EPP) quilt blocks from the Somerset Garden pattern are displayed on a white background. The left block features a 3D cube illusion made with floral, butterfly, and lavender prints. The right block showcases a vibrant kaleidoscopic star in teals, purples, and greens. Both blocks are framed with soft low-volume fabrics and bordered with deep purples, creating a cohesive yet dynamic look.
June 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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152 pieces complete! 😁
Only two thousand seven hundred and ten pieces to go 😅

#epp #englishpaperpiecing #quiltsky
Image of a hand holding 3/4" diamond and triangle shapes of purple fabric folded over English paper piecing papers and thread basted. There are more triangles and diamonds in the divided plastic case under the hand.
June 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Happy U.S. Flag Day Everyone!!! This is the one I'll be flying during the festivities today! 💙🏳️‍🌈🗽
(👹🧊👹)

#nokings #handsoff #june14
Blue flag with some red and white stripes and stars and large words that say "Unwilling Participant of an Idiocracy
June 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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There is nothing like a peaceful day with snacks and stitches. Starting a brand new EPP project and feeling that mix of calm and excitement 😀

IYKYK

#EPP #Quiltsky
A plate of snack foods sits in the foreground, including sliced cucumber, cubes of cheddar and goat cheese, red grapes, salami, a slice of folded deli meat, and walnuts. In the background, an English Paper Piecing (EPP) project is in progress, with colorful purple fabric pieces, paper templates, and sewing clips scattered on the table.
June 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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If you happen to be near Lowell MA I'm very envious because this quilt exhibition looks amazing

www.neqm.org/quilts-japan...
Quilts Japan: The 17th Quilt Nihon Exhibition - Details — NEW ENGLAND QUILT MUSEUM
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June 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Not sure what’s next for this #EPP #WIP, so it’s pausing here for now. Made with 3/4" hexagons, diamonds, & triangles. Could bind it as a table topper or keep going someday but 4now, I've got my eyes on a new project and I need a change so this 1 will rest for a bit🤪
#quiltsky
A hand-sewn English Paper Piecing (EPP) quilt top laid out on carpet. The quilt features a hexagonal layout made from 3/4" hexagon, diamond, and triangle shapes. Each diamond-shaped motif is pieced in vibrant colors and framed by aqua and teal borders, forming a visually striking and symmetrical design.
June 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM