@lesquilts.bsky.social
Quilter. Love live performances (theatre, music, dance, etc.) and history. Mom to an old border collie cross who enjoys adding dog hair to every thing I sew. Retired Social Worker; Social Justice advocate. Canadian.
My WIP Wednesday included hand-sewing in some more blocks to my Grandmother’s Flower Garden top. I’m slowly getting there - photo of pattern shows areas circled in yellow I still have to go.
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March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My WIP Wednesday included hand-sewing in some more blocks to my Grandmother’s Flower Garden top. I’m slowly getting there - photo of pattern shows areas circled in yellow I still have to go.
#Quiltsky
#Quiltsky
All the way from Prince Edward County, a brilliant response to Trump’s tariff threats
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youtu.be/8peiLVFsLdw?...
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
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March 3, 2025 at 3:24 AM
All the way from Prince Edward County, a brilliant response to Trump’s tariff threats
youtu.be/8peiLVFsLdw?...
youtu.be/8peiLVFsLdw?...
After more shovelling (winds created new drifts), I completed the 4th of 4 Netting blocks. To be honest, this block was a bit finicky, in no small part because the light fabric was directional. This made having all the ships upright on the half-square triangles challenging.
#Quiltsky
#Quiltsky
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
After more shovelling (winds created new drifts), I completed the 4th of 4 Netting blocks. To be honest, this block was a bit finicky, in no small part because the light fabric was directional. This made having all the ships upright on the half-square triangles challenging.
#Quiltsky
#Quiltsky
OK, back to my ‘happy place’ and working on the fourth (of 4) Netting block. Played Bobbin Chicken with disappointing results. Oh well, ‘onward we sew’!
March 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
OK, back to my ‘happy place’ and working on the fourth (of 4) Netting block. Played Bobbin Chicken with disappointing results. Oh well, ‘onward we sew’!
Listening to Charlie after digging out from the latest round of snow, and trying to come to terms of yesterday’s White House shameful display by Putin’s assets.
I am trying to dig out from another massive winter storm. The wind is bitter this morning.
This is the time of year in the north when spring seems so far away.
Here is a song I wrote for my band Grievous Angels. grievousangels2.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q50q...
This is the time of year in the north when spring seems so far away.
Here is a song I wrote for my band Grievous Angels. grievousangels2.bandcamp.com/album/the-gr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q50q...
First Signs of Spring -- Charlie Angus
YouTube video by Grievous Angels
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March 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Listening to Charlie after digging out from the latest round of snow, and trying to come to terms of yesterday’s White House shameful display by Putin’s assets.
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Have courage
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Have courage
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy
Stand up to bullies
Be like President Zelenskyy
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
Working on a group project with 3 friends. Pattern is 24-block ‘Spoondrift’ pattern by Janet Clare. We have been assigned 6 blocks each, and will sew 4 of each, and when finished will swap blocks with each other. Pic below is one of my assigned blocks, ‘Netting’.
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#Quiltsky
February 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Working on a group project with 3 friends. Pattern is 24-block ‘Spoondrift’ pattern by Janet Clare. We have been assigned 6 blocks each, and will sew 4 of each, and when finished will swap blocks with each other. Pic below is one of my assigned blocks, ‘Netting’.
#Quiltsky
#Quiltsky
Finished up BOM Month Two. I now have 4 completed 6.5 x 6.5 (ish) square-in-a-square variation blocks. I’m looking forward to seeing what Month 3 brings.
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#Quiltsky
February 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Finished up BOM Month Two. I now have 4 completed 6.5 x 6.5 (ish) square-in-a-square variation blocks. I’m looking forward to seeing what Month 3 brings.
#Quiltsky
#Quiltsky
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It's Nice To Be Disliked (By One Of Those)
February 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's Nice To Be Disliked (By One Of Those)
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Hey everybody, just because it’s Wednesday (it IS Wednesday, right? ) let’s all post a picture of the Gulf of Mexico.
February 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Hey everybody, just because it’s Wednesday (it IS Wednesday, right? ) let’s all post a picture of the Gulf of Mexico.
Well said, Charlie
Here's my latest reflection on a lesson I learned from a woman who was in the second tower on 9/11.
When the world is turned upside down taking action is the only way to survive.
Our democracy is under threat but politicians are still living in 2024.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/no-return-...
When the world is turned upside down taking action is the only way to survive.
Our democracy is under threat but politicians are still living in 2024.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/no-return-...
NO RETURN TO NORMAL
A Message To My Fellow Parliamentarians
charlieangus.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Well said, Charlie
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On the streets of Brussels I encountered numerous little plaques in front of doorways. They commemorate the Jewish families who were taken from their homes and murdered by Nazis.
Never forget no matter how many lies Elon Musk tells.
Never forget no matter how many lies Elon Musk tells.
February 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
On the streets of Brussels I encountered numerous little plaques in front of doorways. They commemorate the Jewish families who were taken from their homes and murdered by Nazis.
Never forget no matter how many lies Elon Musk tells.
Never forget no matter how many lies Elon Musk tells.
Two back-to-back snow storms hitting us this weekend. The first one stopped this morning and I have just finished shovelling. Time for some nice, relaxing quilting. The next storm has just started.
February 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Two back-to-back snow storms hitting us this weekend. The first one stopped this morning and I have just finished shovelling. Time for some nice, relaxing quilting. The next storm has just started.
Here are a couple of pics of the BOM, ‘Stellar Starburst’ I started today. I doing the ‘small’ version (6” blocks; finished quilt is 53”x53”. Month One involved cutting out the two feature fabrics.
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#quiltsky
February 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Here are a couple of pics of the BOM, ‘Stellar Starburst’ I started today. I doing the ‘small’ version (6” blocks; finished quilt is 53”x53”. Month One involved cutting out the two feature fabrics.
#quiltsky
#quiltsky
Started a new BOM today. Month one (cutting 2 fabrics) done. It’s from Paisleys Quilt Shop (near Carp ON). They ship anywhere in Canada, Australia and US; if you love Morris and French General, check them out at Paisleysquiltshop.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Started a new BOM today. Month one (cutting 2 fabrics) done. It’s from Paisleys Quilt Shop (near Carp ON). They ship anywhere in Canada, Australia and US; if you love Morris and French General, check them out at Paisleysquiltshop.com
Bruce nails it again.
Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
February 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Bruce nails it again.
Took down my Christmas quilt and put up this Drunkard’s Path quilt. Machine-pieced and quilted. 18 different batiks were cut into 1.5” strips, strips sewn together (light to dark). I then used the two drunkard’s path templates to cut out block pieces. Some parts only use one fabric. #quiltsky
January 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Took down my Christmas quilt and put up this Drunkard’s Path quilt. Machine-pieced and quilted. 18 different batiks were cut into 1.5” strips, strips sewn together (light to dark). I then used the two drunkard’s path templates to cut out block pieces. Some parts only use one fabric. #quiltsky
After taking a 2 week break from quilting to deal with a family matter, I went to my Monday hand sewing group today - first of 2025! It was great to work on my Grandmother’s Flower quilt, and spend some quality sewing and social time with other hand sewers.
#quiltsky
#quiltsky
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
After taking a 2 week break from quilting to deal with a family matter, I went to my Monday hand sewing group today - first of 2025! It was great to work on my Grandmother’s Flower quilt, and spend some quality sewing and social time with other hand sewers.
#quiltsky
#quiltsky
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Every #Christmas Eve, children in the #Netherlands place candles in front of 1,355 graves belonging to Canadian soldiers who died in 1945 liberating the Netherlands. The community gathers every year to thank their liberators and make sure these #Canadian heroes aren't alone on #ChristmasEve.
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December 24, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Every #Christmas Eve, children in the #Netherlands place candles in front of 1,355 graves belonging to Canadian soldiers who died in 1945 liberating the Netherlands. The community gathers every year to thank their liberators and make sure these #Canadian heroes aren't alone on #ChristmasEve.
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Happy Winter Solstice. I hope everyone makes the most of this short day. It is bright and cold in my neighbourhood - a good day for short dog walks and time inside sewing.
Looking forward to the returning light during this darkest day. Have a joyful winter solstice!
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky
December 21, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Happy Winter Solstice. I hope everyone makes the most of this short day. It is bright and cold in my neighbourhood - a good day for short dog walks and time inside sewing.
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Looking forward to the returning light during this darkest day. Have a joyful winter solstice!
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky
December 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Looking forward to the returning light during this darkest day. Have a joyful winter solstice!
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky
#wintersolstice #quilt #quiltsky