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Juniper the Dryad

@adesertdryad.bsky.social
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High desert dryad ♧ Albuquerque, NM ♧ Short fiction author and illustrator ♧ Fiber Arts adesertdryad.neocities.org

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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
organized all the floss i had space for, then made a quick little sashiko needlebook so that i quit losing needles in my project bag “if you want it and have the supplies you have to make it” has been really great for getting me to slow down on the random purchases this month
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
finally getting around to putting my thread on bobbins. about halfway done!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
newest doll has Snufkin joins the circus energy
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
a new embroidery project in the hoop! gonna be an a5 rings notebook for common-placing and writing as I find prebound notebooks frustrating for that purpose the lime green and cobalt combo is intense
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Nathan Anderson @nathanandersonart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A handful of my Book of the New Sun pieces, sans color-- it's been nice honing in on my linework over my entire career, I think it's come a very long way even from just a few years ago!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
finished the tarantula belt!!! both the Apache Jumping Spiders and the Grand Canyon Black Tarantula are local species here in New Mexico. I thought the gold batik was crying for something creepy in the leaf litter
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
on skein of floss’s worth of quilting on the sleeve of my Summer Nights coat project. I’m going to fill in the wings a bit more once I get the background done
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
spent a few hours basting and drawing out the stitching lines. im using a teal and green variegated floss and a sashiko-ish style of stitching
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Stephanie Kimbro Dolin @firstbitepress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Announcing a handmade, limited edition book, Babylon Songs. Handprinted poetry prints, bookmarks, & broadsides range from $5 to $350. Please consider supporting the Press & this book. For launch notification: ow.ly/wjha50ZzBIr #LimitedEdition #Handmade #books #letterpress #kickstarter
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
my planned thread is not bright/light enough and i think i might go pastel purple anyway
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
decided this is way too juvenile for my style so im taking off all the appliqué and doing big stitch quilting all over.
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
i finished the embroidery for the tarantula belt!!
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grouse @buddygrouse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
finished the shadow of the torturer. what a book!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
insomnia is a bitch
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Ruri @elizabeth-h63.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My friend gave me the design, and I stitched it onto a fabric bag. 🌼❤️ It’s too precious to use😊 #embroidery
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
mythology prints, some old some new trying to incorporate more Native American stories into my work. Here’s a thunderbird and The Woman who Married a Star
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
doing a linocut of The Woman who Married a Star
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
was gonna so turned edge appliqué but think it might be a bit too fiddly for a first quilting project so am just gonna do raw edge and buttonhole stitch it down by hand. plus should look cohesive with the big stitch quilting?
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
slow eek for embroidery with all the sewing I did. heres the progress
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i actually really enjoy ironing yardage
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
glamor shots of Pinky, my self drafted doll and household protector he’s the model for future characters and the clothes that go with them too
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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Definitely worth posting again. Beautiful, stunning and gobsmackingly gorgeous 🧶 #knit
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
a non-crunchy lunch for the botanical garden today. a huge hit with the kids and very easy when we were hot and tired
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This painting by Stephen Bone captures the unconfined joy of a bonfire. I love it for its innocence; the child depicted is his son, Gavin Bone, who also became an artist and exhibited several times at the Royal Academy.
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
natural history museum day with the kids! they did some excellent drawings too
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
traced my pattern nice to have a park project for the week
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
setting up a tarantula corset belt embroidery project to keep my hands busy at the park this week. its mostly solid black so should work well on that pretty batik. gonna do some cute lil jumping spiders on either side too. a little under 2 months till the craft fair!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
not allowing myself to buy new fabric until I make the stuff in my docket but boy is this royal blue voile tempting for the end of summer
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
like the obi belt a lot less than the corset one both in terms of the pattern and the embroidery. its cool but not like…wow
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I finally found eyeliner that doesnt irritate my eyes and goes on super pretty and smokey and am SHOCKED that it’s Egyptian kohl
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I finished the centipede belt! This was another self draft pattern. Hand embroidered and designed - about 11 hrs of work in all!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
i want to be a decorated journal person but really am not into cutesy stuff need to figure out where to get dark/regal stickers/washi/ect
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
made a belt, cleaned the yard, fixed a bike productive afternoon
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
my haul from the annual quilters destash in town! great deals and some beautiful exhibition quilts. particularly excited about the kaffe fascett vases (fine enough for a blouse) and the roadrunner/quail batiks
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
one down, one to go. the belt assembly should be easy peasy too
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
unfortunately the batik was just too busy for the design so I’m using this brown linen (blend???) instead. ive had just enough for years!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
ready to transfer my desert centipede embroidery design onto some of this lovely golden and brown leaf print batik i think this obi style belt is going to be very cool
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
rereading sappho that incopied into my reading journal and missing my best friend (sapphonically?)
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
color and fabric options for a desert centipede obi belt. i think the batik is super cool but may be too high contrast for the motif
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
nabbed this cutie today
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
WHERE are all the websites about random species of critter i want some in depth passion project about the jumping spiders of north america not some blurb on wikipedia
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
kind of weird how I’m a fan of most arachnids (provided they aren’t like…ON me) but would kill every tick in the world, consequences be damned
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
this is like a weird combo of the Pandora and Orpheus myths. Probably my favorite of the book so far
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Eliot Hodgkin is best known for his still life work in tempera, but before he got into his stride making these subjects, he painted scenes in London showing the devastation caused by air-raids during WW2 and the resulting wasteland. This work is entitled: 'Undergrowth.' (1941)
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
idea for a new embroidery project - a travelers style notebook cover still thinking about it a bit but getting close. these are an Apache Jumping Spider, Bark Scorpion, Vinegaroon, and Desert Centipede
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
sketching a new embroidery project design. the faux-travelers notebook needs work but i think a centipede obi belt would be SO cool and also very flexible sizing
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
brainstorming another embroidery project - maybe a fabric travelers notebook? with centipedes and tarantulas
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
STAG BEETLE
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I finished the bug belt!!! VERY pleased with how it came out and happy to have learned so much making it Ignoring false starts and messing around, it took about 13 hours of drawing, embroidering, and sewing. It’s boned for structure so no scrunching!
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Juniper the Dryad @adesertdryad.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
all that’s left is the eyelets and cord!!! I am a big fan of embroidery on functional objects and hope to get a lot of use out of this belt.
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