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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

October 6. 98°F. I am supposed to be wearing puffy vests, eating soup, and working in the yard all day. But this seemingly endless heatwave has me retreating inside, brewing yet more iced tea, and dressing in the lightest weight clothes I have. I am sick of this shit.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Drank some coffee late afternoon to get me through an evening meeting. Now I want to sleep. Sleeeeeep.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sewed a few quilted zipper pouches today, in my migraine postdrome. Working on my inventory for the December show/sale. Will there be any buyers this year? Who knows!

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Woke up in a migraine. Took all the pills, drank water, ate sugar. Slept again around noon. Evening finally caught some relief. A wasted day.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Great Horned Owls are hooting it up outside my window right now! 🪶

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We are having an irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatches. Been hearing them last couple weeks. Finally caught sight of some this morning. Just a wonderful sight. 🪶

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Couple of California Scrub-Jays were locked in battle on the ground today. Others were squawking all around. I shouted at them to break it up, and everyone in a cloud of dust, leaving behind a cluster of feathers for evidence of the fight. High drama!

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Dream Quilt 60 by 60 inches Machine pieced, machine quilted (domestic machine) I put this in the county fair and won a blue ribbon for it. The starting colors of blue and yellow came to me in a dream.

A stunning Quilt in four large quarter log cabin blocks. Colors are pinks (light to dark), yellow, pale blue. The upper left and lower right blocks go from yellow to dark burgundy. The upper right and lower left blocks are lighter in value and go from yellow ouut to yellow, with touches of pink and blue in between.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Removed soil from raised bed. Moved raised bed. Returned soil to raised bed. Planted seeds of buckwheat, fava beans, dill, and cilantro. Phew.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Is there an agreed upon wordmark or logo for “does not contain ai” like UL listed, or non gmo?

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My computer keeps destroying external drives that hold the entirety of my work and I find it distressing.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I have a new friend who is quite sarcastic, and the thing I am noticing the most is that I used to be much more that way and don’t know when I stopped. Maybe during 2020-2022? I also notice how obnoxious it seems to me, and I shrug; figure it is my karma to take it now. Lol.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Aching fingers and toes. Rain must be on the way.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The tree service is here with their chainsaws and other noisy machines. I am preparing for a potentially wet, stormy winter. I will get to keep the giant pile of wood chips for the backyard.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Getting the new Covid shot on Saturday.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Someone in my organization used the vistaprint “ai” to make a yard sign with three words on it. Managed to not totally lose my shit in a room of nice old ladies.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My table runner design is in Love of Quilting fall 2026 issue.

A magazine promotional photo of a patchwork table runner posed on a table with a basket of fruit and a ceramic pumpkin. The cover of the magazibe -Fons and Porter Love if Quilting- is shown in the lower left.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Finally getting around to cutting fabric for my next quilt. It has a lot of colors. I am going to need to keep organized.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I am going to go to the feed store to buy food for the chickens.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

One of my chickens has bumblefoot on one of her feet, so I get to soak her feet and bandage the bumble one everyday until it is better. She is a good patient for a chicken who does not prefer being handled.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Dropped of quilts and stuff at the county fair this morning.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Unsubscribed from another quilt related newsletter. Told them it was due to their use of chatgpt. They said that was hilarious and that I was missing out on a great research tool. They used it to research “dog days of summer.” Lol.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How is it that the mosquitoes bite me on both legs in exactly the same spots so that they are burning simultaneously?

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Supposed to get up to 106°F this evening. Too hot.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The woman said “i put the photo into chatgpt,” and i stuck my fingers in my ears and looked away. When she was done, I told her that ai had destroyed my industry. Will that stop her? Nope.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I have had these tiny triangles for a while. Picked up from the scrap bin at sew studio. Needed a break from other sewing stuff, so I worked on this for a few hours today. The hsts are about 2 inches. #quiltsky

Rectangles sewn into squares, with one light triangle and one dark triangle, then arranged in the “broken dishes” block pattern. The squares are approx 2 inches. The squares are not yet sewn together.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The checker man at the grocery store thought it would be cute to play keep away with my change. I did not lose my shit, but came close. Just stared him down until he handed it over. But like, what the fuck is he thinking?

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

There was a little plumbing issue today, and I went to the internet to find out how to snake a bathtub drain, and let’s just say I am going to rely on books from now on. The ai slop pictures of snakes in bathtubs were copious! Just bonkers!

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Peaches are ripening, time to make preserves.

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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

this is certainly doing numbers! why don't you run a piece by one of the ladies who matched with him and see what her perspective might be?

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I never met the guy, but he waged war on decency and Americans and women, and I am glad he can no longer do that evil work.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Made a batch of fresh squeezed lemonade today. It is potent! But very refreshing on a hot day.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Unsubscribed from a quilt newsletter when they said they used ai. Appreciate the transparency.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The visiting Bullock’s Orioles had a successful nesting season. Doubtless in the palm tree nearby. Northern California, Sacramento Valley. 🪶

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Feeling very extremely tired today.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Loved this episode about … quilting.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The ballot for California Governor has a very, very long list of candidates. My neighbor warned me, but I wasn’t ready for the mountain of names. Lol.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Happy to report that my yard is absolutely bonkers with breeding Black-chinned and Anna’s Hummingbirds. 🪶

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

It is apparently going to finally get hot here, after weeks of oddly cool weather, and I feel ill-prepared to face the blast furnace of summer weather in the Sacramento Valley.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A neighborhood cat killed the baby wild birds in a nest in my tree and I am bereft. I would prefer if cats were not allowed to roam free and do this type of thing.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Currently in the slog of sewing all the blocks together part of quilt making.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

fuck the met gala and fuck jeff bezos. that is the official stance of the handbasket.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Someone gave me about a dozen pairs of khakis, because I make quilts, and I wonder what, if anything, I could do with them. Not a color I usually work with.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Once again the weather is warm. Will it stay warm this time? If so it will be hot soon. So I think I should plant out my flower starts so they can get their root going sooner rather than later. I decided that this year I would plant a mass of zinnias & cosmos.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Weird weather. March too hot. Rainy April. It is soup weather. I had soup yesterday for lunch. Today I am in the greenhouse to be warm enough to eat frozen oat milk ice cream. I am here with my little seedlings that are waiting for warmer weather before getting planted.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I have had to slog through mailchimp contact management for hours today, and will do so again tomorrow. But…i got a bunch of piecing done on my next small quilt and will have it all sewn up by tomorrow evening.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Trying to get fabric cut for quilt retreat this weekend, but I have all this administrative work to do on the computer.

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

It is about to get wild over here. My FOS Black-chinned Hummingbird male showed up and peeped the feeder, along with migrating Rufous Hummingbird, and the resident Anna’s Hummingbirds! 🪶

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CC Quilts @ccquilts.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I finally started quilting a quilt that I put together last year. I had to ponder how I wanted to quilt it, and then change my mind 400 times before going with my original, boring plan to do straight lines. It was either start it today or go to office supply store. Lol.

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