Kim
kvdspek.bsky.social
Kim
@kvdspek.bsky.social
Quilter, Wood turner, woodworker, succulent love, election/voting nerd, engineer, former teacher. All with zero fucks remaining.
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This is the best thing I’ve read recently. Thank you, Qasim!
To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."

And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
Jesus in Islam
What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary
islamtoday.substack.com
So glad @quiltlovinlisa.bsky.social inspired me to pull out a quilt that I quit in 2022. I’ve now finished the top&bottom rows and the 2nd and 2nd to last rows. The middle 3 are single rows. I assume I’m sewing blocks together after I finish all blocks.

#quiltsky #quilting #quilt
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is beautiful. And if you don’t tear up when you watch it, you are likely dead inside.

#ladygaga #mrrogers

youtu.be/gMFQmOBO6D4
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga
YouTube video by Lady Gaga
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Share this with everyone you know who is looking to buy their first home!
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Today I used a roach clip for the first time in forever. Granted, it was for sewing a quilt top, but still …

#quilt #quilting #sewing
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Watch this!! ⬇️⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Hey @masslive.bsky.social ,

I canceled my on 1/7. I was charged again today. I’ve spoken to 2 agents today and emailed proof of cancellation (your email) and proof of payment. I emailed digitalservice from 2 different accounts and I got email saying that your server rejected it as spam!

Help me!
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This! ⬇️
Also, if you didn’t vote at all, you are entitled to 0 opinions on any elected official.
VOTE!
Guess what? If you supported the alcoholic Fox News pundit to become Sec of Defense, the anti-vaccine sexual abuser to become Sec of HHS, the PDFile protector to become AG & the WWE actor Sec of Education, you get to have 0 opinions on anyone Zohran Mamdani has appointed to his Mayoral cabinet.
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
My daughter suggested that instead of making a temperature quilt, I should make a quilt with a color for each book I read of a certain genre. In theory, an excellent idea. In reality, if I assigned red to any thriller/ murder book, I would have a big red quilt.

#quiltsky #quilting
a red background with a black gradient is a plain red background .
Alt: a red background with a black gradient.
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is the best thing I’ve read recently. Thank you, Qasim!
To help counter the anti-Muslim and Islamophobic disinformation from Trump and his acolytes, I started a newsletter titled "Islam Today."

And today I wrote about Jesus in Islam, and how much Muslims and Christians actually have in common. Enjoy!
islamtoday.substack.com/p/jesus-in-i...
Jesus in Islam
What Muslims Believe About the Son of Mary
islamtoday.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Finished! Wall hanging for a friend. 9 wonky triangle log cabin blocks, presents under the tree, a little “Starry Night” quilting action. Faced, no binding.

Designed by me. Possibly, though not necessarily probably, covered in snot because I’m sick.

Nothing purchased!

#quiltsky #quilting
December 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Christmas wall hanging for a friend, pieced and needs to be quilted.

Strip quilt wonky triangles. Stars in the night sky. Presents under the tree. Bows on the presents (except ones to add after quilting).

Design by me, mostly while I had a fever or on drugs. 🤧

#quiltsky #christmasquilt
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Another toddler (should have been baby) quilt and pillowcase done! Now both have been mailed.
And, 🤔, I made a 🌈 quilt. Does that make me a groomer 🙄?

🎼 🎵 You may say I'm a groomer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I made my 1st quilted #adventcalendar for my Irish friends! They were away until 12/15, so had to open days 1-15 last night. numbers aren’t on the quilt yet.
Quilted and backed w sheer fabric so that it looks like stained glass when backlit.
Still needs a little more work.
#quiltsky #advent2024
December 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’m finally finishing 4 very late baby (now toddler) quilts.
Here’s the first one. There is a pocket that holds letters so that she can spell names of people in her family, and her own name. (And a bag to wash the letters in)

#quiltsky #quilt #quilting.
December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you have a cat (and extra money because the kids are grown), the only thing you need to get for said cat is some wall or floor furniture from www.maupets.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Kim
11-year-old: We're learning about World War II and dictators in Social Studies.

Me: That's good. It's important to learn history so you don't repeat it.

11: We kind of already are.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A mourning dove flew hard into my dining room window. Unfortunately, it gave its life for my window, but not before leaving an impressive outline of itself. You can see individual feather impressions in the 2nd picture.
This happens relatively often (I just ordered decals to thwart the birds).
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I made a spool chest nto a side table.
The “DEXTER” drawer is on the top. A charging port (2 USBC, 2 USBA, 2 regular plugs) is in the bottom drawer.
I reinforced the bottom to install the hairpin legs and make a cord channel. Forstner bit came in handy!
#woodworking
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Today was the first time I saw a product price online that added in a tariff surcharge AND told me that it was added. I’m not buying this particular product (too $$$), but I will buy from the company. Good for them for letting us know the tariff surcharge.
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Scroll through. Especially to the image @geoffbowser.bsky.social made of the DOL posts since Labor Day. JFC! Not the America I see everyday.
A TPM Reader told me to look at the Department of Labor page on Facebook for something called Project Firewall. It's basically their name for cracking down on highly skilled foreigners on H-1B visas. Here's the Dept's description here. www.dol.gov/newsroom/rel...
US Department of Labor launches Project Firewall to protect America’s highly skilled workforce
www.dol.gov
October 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Most people who don’t use cannabis don’t understand what is said below.

“Patients don’t want to get high, they just want to get better.”

U.S. laws have made research on how cannabinoids work for different situations impossible. So we are out here self-medicating and 🤞🏻finding what works for us.
Will you look at that? Only 2 naturally occurring cannabinoids have euphoric effects.

That means there are 17 cannabinoids with unique effects that don't get you high. We owe it to patients to study these more than we do.

Patients don't want to get high, they just want to get better 🤙

#Cannabis
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Something good for your timelines - the Otter quilt is complete, just needs a binding. 29 x 37 inches. Oh, and a name. Suggestions welcome.

All Grunge fabric by Moda, all Glide thread by Hab&Dash. All free motion quilting on raw edge appliqué.
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reposted by Kim
COVID is still a threat - for everyone. People of all ages and risk groups should be able to get vaccinated if they want to. www.statnews.com/2025/08/27/f...
FDA issues narrower approvals for Covid boosters, revokes emergency authorizations
The end of Covid vaccine emergency authorizations may limit the availability of shots for young, healthy kids.
www.statnews.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Kim
In Red State Georgia , Immigration enforcement
Creates a setback for the entire state economy.
Karma for MAGA but unfortunately,collateral damage to all Georgians

www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodwor...
Flooring company files for bankruptcy months after FBI raid | Woodworking Network
Wellmade Performance Flooring has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to stay a lender-initiated foreclosure and pursue a going-concern 363 sale, according to the website, Bondorio. The filing was made al...
www.woodworkingnetwork.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM