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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You wouldn't want to see yourself in a life like hers. Readers do anyway, and they walk away seeing their own life differently. Will you? Find out. Free on Kindle Unlimited, also in Kindle and paperback on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0H92Q89M6

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Before 2018 it was legal in all 50 states. Only 17 have banned it outright since. Three still set no minimum age at all: California, New Mexico, Mississippi. Last week a bill landed in Congress to help change that. H.R. 9758 and S. 5060. No hearing scheduled yet. #ChildMarriagePreventionAct

Color coded map of the United States showing the youngest age at which a person can legally marry under each state's statute. Seventeen states and Washington DC require a person to be 18. Eight states allow 17. Twenty states allow 16. Kansas and Hawaii allow 15. Three states set no minimum age at all: California, New Mexico and Mississippi. Source: Unchained At Last.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I was forced to marry as a child. One state said no. My mother found a state that said yes. It is still legal in most of this country. #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriage #ForcedMarriage #SurvivorStory 🌻 #FallingTogetherInPieces

A torn-out notebook page lying on a warm wood table, beside the brass base of a lamp. Handwritten in dark script: "The marriage was forced. The groom was chosen." Then, in red: "I was a child;" ending in a semicolon rather than a period, for the Semicolon Project. To the right of the page, a folded teal bandana and a folded purple bandana, both paisley. An engagement ring with a large clear stone rests on the teal one. A single dried yellow petal lies against the edge of the paper. Along the bottom: Falling Together: In Pieces, and OwlBones.com.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Here's the whole quilt as it hangs in my sewing room 😁 My favorite fabric butterfly ;)

The full quilt that appears on the book cover, photographed hanging on a wall. On a mottled gray and white background fabric, an appliquéd butterfly with stained-glass style wings in reds, oranges, purples, blues, and greens rises from a quilted figure of a woman curled on her knees, head down, her hair in a brown bun. The quilt is bound in black and was pieced and quilted by the author from the Metamorphosis pattern by Veruschka Zarate.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I pieced/quilted the quilt on the cover of my first book. A full life memoir, birth to fifty-five, written to my three grown kids. Paperback and Kindle on Amazon. 💙📚 #Quiltsky #Memoir #IndieAuthor amazon.com/dp/B0H93G629N

Book cover of Falling Together: In Pieces by Deborah Diana Gillespie. On a black background etched with dark sunflower line art, a quilted butterfly with vivid stained-glass style wings in reds, purples, and blues rises from a quilted figure of a woman curled on the ground inside a circle of light.
I pieced and quilted the quilt on the cover following the "Metamorphosis" pattern by Veruschka Zarate of Pride & Joy Quilting.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Same. But I'll be still be showing my support :)

Pink baseball cap with a frog wearing a crown depicted on it and the words "just a girl who loves frongs"

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

NO KINGS! ¡SIN REYES! 🇪🇸 PAS DE ROIS! 🇫🇷 KEINE KÖNIGE! 🇩🇪 NESSUN RE! 🇮🇹 НЕТ КОРОЛЕЙ! 🇷🇺 没有国王！🇨🇳 王はいらない！🇯🇵 왕은 없다! 🇰🇷 NÃO HÁ REIS! 🇵🇹 אין מלכים! 🇮🇱 NO HAY REYES! 🌎

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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 😁

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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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Especially when we have a government more into the money than the people...

A yellow-orange infographic with a black-bordered two-column table titled “ACTION” and “WHAT IT DID.” The table lists four rows:

1. One Big Beautiful Bill Act — Initially attempted to ban state AI regulation for 10 years, but that provision was removed before final passage.

2. EO 14179 (Jan 2025) — Revoked prior AI oversight rules to clear the way for aggressive AI innovation.

3. ‘Preventing Woke AI’ EO (July 2025) — Imposed ideological neutrality mandates for AI systems used by the federal government.

4. TAKE IT DOWN Act — Enacted federal law against non-consensual intimate AI-generated images.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I had some grapes looking sad and managed a glass of juice...now you've got me thinking bigger 😁

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

These three feathered friends love your heart and your sentiment

Watercolor illustration of three birds side by side, each labeled beneath. On the left is a Flicker, a woodpecker with speckled plumage, a red patch on its head, and black markings. In the center stands a Dodo, a plump, extinct bird with a curved beak and small wings, set against a soft shoreline background. On the right is a Titmouse, a small bird with blue and yellow coloring perched on a leafy branch. Together, the first letter of each bird name creates -->> FDT

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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?

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Pic taken Aug 5, 2025 in a small park pond in Colorado USA. This was just a little one, but the pond is full of its big brothers 💙

Young / small common snapping turtle, Aug 5, 2025 Colorado USA submerged near the edge of a small fishing pond next to a rock.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I had hoped they'd never have to get it.... But I GOT IT 💙 This was me with one of my signs 😉 Oh, and btw, which one's pink?💗

A protest sign showing what appears to be Donald Trump (only his comb over can be seen) inside the wall with the text in The Wall album's font stating "Build The Wall!"

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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....

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

After making Tula Pink's Butterfly Quilt, I swore I'd never make another person's "Orphan Block" quilt again 🤪 If you feel confident, make your own blocks to fit inside a heart the size you want 😁 Orrr, pay up and have fun! I paid for this pattern, and modified it my own way 😀 Either way; ENJOY!

Large, colorful quilt featuring a symmetrical butterfly design made from patchwork blocks in a rainbow gradient from purple at the top through red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Each butterfly wing incorporates intricate geometric patterns, with realistic human eyes peering from the upper corners and intense dragon-like eyes in the lower center. The background is dark with subtle tree-like patterns and scattered appliqué butterflies, framed by a multicolored butterfly-print border.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

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

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

😁 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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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 (ct: 103/2862)

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

It's a free EPP pattern provided by Liberty Fabrics. If zoom in, you'll see all the fussy cutting in the show quilt 😁

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My design wall has a day shift and a night shift. By day: Quilts in Progress 🪡🧵 By night: Sorcery. 🪄 💫🧙 #quiltsky #QuiltMagic #glowinthedark #glow #fpp #bom #foundationpaperpiecing #quilting

Two quilts in progress on a design wall. One quilt is black with a large meditating skeleton and the other is a wide variety of bright colors and designs within diamond shaped blocks.

The skeleton and the diamonds on quilt tops glowing where glow in the dark fabrics were used.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

4 more blocks for the "Alaska" quilt completed. Ooodles more to go. I wont be squaring them until I have them all made so I know which one is the smallest 🤪 I'm only making 4 a month so assembly will likely not happen until next year 😅 Alaska pattern by Edyta Sitar - Laundry Basket Quilts #quiltsky

Four Kaleidescope quilt blocks colored in various shades of brown.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Two more blocks completed for my "Empire Place" quilt (Pattern by: Sassafras Lane Designs). Goal is 2 a month and I made it just in time this month 😁 Anyway, just shopping my scraps for this quilt so who knows how it will end up 🤪 #fpp #quiltsky #bom #freepatterns #foundationpaperpiecing #quilting

8 diamond shaped quilt blocks in various colors and designs.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Just a kitty in a box in my sewing room .... She does love a good shoebox!

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

May's block is a little tulip box basking in the spring sun. 2025 FREE BOM from @juliushandmade.bsky.social Free Patterns available at: www.juliushandmade.com/2025-block-o... #juliushandmadebom2025 #fpp #quiltsky #bom #freepatterns #foundationpaperpiecing #quilting

Quilt Block depicting three tulip flowers (red, pink, and purple) in a wood flower box on the grass in front of a bright sun.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

A piece of my heart crossed the rainbow bridge today 😔💔 🌈🌉

Alaskan Malamute Senior being silly with a pair of reading glasses on his nose

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

One black goldfish for my pond BOM. He's a bit quirky with a little deformity, but that's just what makes him special 😊 Every pond needs a misfit 🙃 --- Pond BOM patterns from: quiltartdesign.com/product-cate... #quiltsky #fpp #quiltartdesign

A black and white fantailed goldfish on a blue background made from fabric into a quilt block

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Made another little quilt block for my "Around the Pond" block of the month. I shall call him Spidey 🤪 -- Around the Pond BOM quiltartdesign.com/product-cate...

Yellow and orange striped spider on a blue background made from fabric scraps to create a quilt block.

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I lost my sewing mojo. Spring cleaning came for a visit. I'm not sure we're friends. Send Help?! My creativity is trapped under piles of 'keep, donate, toss' boxes. Send snacks! 🤪

Cartoon image of frazzled woman being blocked from her sewing area by "Donate/Keep/Trash" boxes...

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

We didn't take many pics, only these right in front of CO Springs City Hall, but the crowds were on all sides of the streets and in the medium 😁 LOTS of Supportive HONKS! THANK YOU! This Is Important!! #April19 #HandsOff #DefendDemocracy #nokings #Resist #50501Colorado #Indivisible #50501Protests

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DeeDee Maker @deedeemaker.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I'm not buying. I'm all in on No Buy 2025 (I'm buying as little as possible). I do already have a rather large stash. I am trying to challenge myself to use my stash (& it is a challenge!). I think it's helping me explore combos I would have never tried in the past & I'm often presently surprised 😁

5 Empire Place Diamond quilt blocks and an FPP block depicting a boot print with colorful mountain scene inside all on a design wall. Work in progress

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