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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Rain lilies are everywhere. Big fields of white and pink rain lilies carpeting road medians and fields and yards. Such a lovely sight after all the rains. #austin #rainlilies

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Under the full moon rising, we paddled out to watch the collection of short films put out by Waterwork and the trail conservancy of Austin last night. Great adventure, perfect weather, great art, good for the soul! #waterwork #austin #kayak

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

using 1/4” masking to mark the sewing lines. I LOVE this stuff because it is so easy to bend around curves, and change the placement to get a better line. #artquilt #handquilting #quilt #modernquilt #minimalism #quiltsky

quilt surface of dark blue with bright stripes in a grid, WITH masking tape showing the placement of handquilting lines...shaped in multiples of 3 arcs.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My randomly sprinkled zinnia seeds, have sprouted and are starting to bloom as the brown eyes susans are fading. Color in the garden. Summer. Orange. Red.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Have you ever wondered why this lovely pink and orange coneflower is called a purple coneflower?? #misnomers #centraltexasgardening #purpleconeflower #pinkandorange #flower

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Today’s postcard with a scrap of bile colored fabric. Seemed fitting. #talaricoforsenate #corruptcornyn

You voted with Trump 99% of the time and he still won’t endorse you?? How humiliating! Makes you a follower not a leader. Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it. Postcard to john cornyn.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

On our watch, with our money, the gov't is paying private contractors to detain humans, deny them due process, and medical care. Paying other humans to beat up, murder, anyone who disagrees with them? I wonder what they will do with those detention centers after the immigrant roundup is complete?

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

My first finish in 2026. No. 21 32" x 23" Small but packs a powerful punch. I love the organic shapes of the little arches! #quiltsky #modernquilt #halfsquaretriangles

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Speaking of "...suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars [K. Noem referring to immigrants]..." how much are we paying ICE for human trafficking?

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Truth matters. The distance is vast between what I saw and what you (k noem) said I saw.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Art in public places. This one reminds me to breathe in and breathe out. Relax. #austin #art

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

of course it's about the oil.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I spent an afternoon this week making ATCs (altered trading cards). It was fun to revisit leftovers from quilts past. I also love that my succulents volunteered to host a photography session with the cards! #atc #art #quilt #miniquilt #worrydolls #succulents #queenvictoriaagave #play

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

On our hike yesterday, the trail was covered with large stands of these cheerful yellow flowers! #getoutside #hiking #nature #wildflowers

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

My redbud is blooming…way too early. I guess it is confused. #redbud #centraltexasgardening

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We got some rain this week!!! So, yeah, rain lilies!

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Dark cloud in the distance looks like a mountain top peaking up through the saturated pink and orange clouds, but it’s not. Taken with iPhone through my binoculars. #austin #sunset

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

My garden spider disappeared from the center of her web. I found her here, with her two lovely egg sacks. #gardenspider

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

No 17. 84.5" x 84.5" So nice to have this one finished after a few false starts. You can read more about this one on my blog if you are curious. #modernquilt #quilt #Halfsquaretriangles #art #artquilt #minimalism #handstitching #quiltsky

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

But it was foreign affairs journalist Ishaan Tharoor who captured the larger story of Trump’s speech. “A senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” Tharoor wrote, “‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’” [YES, YES we do!] #HCR

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

No. 16. 50.5" x 40". It's a piece about privacy, or the lack of privacy, from a slightly humorous point of view. Original pattern, machine pieced, appliqued paper fish #halfsquaretriangles #koi #artquilt #modernquilt #modernhouse #mistyfuse #SAQAart #paper #paperart #quilt #privacy #quiltsky

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I have now written 200 postcards. Doesn’t seem to be helping and yet I will not stop. #activism #protest #democracy Use your voice while you still can.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

No. 12 for comparison. Same blocks as No. 13. #modernquilt #quiltsky #HST

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

No. 13 in the wild with an Urban Cow in Austin, TX. The exact same blocks as No. 12, though it looks remarkably different! Love this one! New blog post about it coming tomorrow! #modernquilt #HST #quilt #quiltsky #cowart #quiltsinthewild

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Part 1 of No. 11 is up on my blog. A fun color palette to play with, and a LOT of yellow! Defining Yellow as a neutral. 😅 #artquilt #modernquilt #minimalism #yellow

A stack of fabrics, On the left, a gradient of 30 warm colors ranging from pink to orange to red. In the middle, one long strip of bright yellow. On the right a gradient of 40 colors from green to umber to brown.

A yellow couch with a quilt design wall behind it, mostly covered in yellow fabric. Lovely colorful striped IKEA rug on the floor.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Orange. It’s hot and dry here, which is perfect for this Pride of Barbados. #nativeplants #usewaterwisely #centraltexasgardening #orange

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Today’s postcard to the white house.

ICE. How to pair the most violent in our society with the most vulnerable.

These are not the qualities of a great leader. Rescind the funding for ICE. Stop the detentions and deportations of hard working immigrants. Stop politicizing the armed forces.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

From July 6. Bull Creek. With water. We have measured 4” of rain near this spot. Normally it is barely flowing with a trickle of water. A little rain can go a long way. #flashflood #bullcreek #austin

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

No. 2 From a photo shoot a few weeks ago. Same creek, same spot as the previously raging waters video I posted. I am struggling with the emotional toll of last week’s flood and I was not directly affected. My heart goes out to those who were. #quiltsky #modernquilt #creek #quiltsinthewild #bullcreek

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

These remind me of a thing, a person is a person no matter how small. #antifascism #drseuss #hortonhearsawho

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

No. 7 24.5" x 24.5" Austin's troll, Malin by Thomas Dambo. Malin is here to remind us that we should share water and resources with the animals that live here with us. I thought it was the perfect complement for my little blue quilt. #quiltsky #modernquilt #quilt #HST #blue #troll @thomasdambo

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

No. 6, 48" x 27". Crazy in love with this one, so I had to get it's portrait with another favorite of mine, this stone rhino. Anyone else noticing how their joy is significantly dulled by world events? Wishing you peace today. #peace #joy #quilt #modernquilt #quiltsinthewild #art #quiltsky

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I am on cloud nine that my quilt, What's Next, has been juried into the International Quilt Festival in Houston this fall! Here it is on a field trip to one of my favorite boulders at Bull Creek. #quiltfestival #quilt #modernquilt #quiltsky #saqaart #themqg #artquilt

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Anyone else notice the irony that the head of the executive branch has significant deficits in executive functioning?

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

No. 5 has been posted on my blog. This little stand of flowers looked fantastic the day before, and now, a little beaten down by the winds and heavy rain. Nonetheless, I love the simple joy of these saturated colors and minimal design. #hst #modernquilt #blue #yellow #quiltsinthewild #quiltsky

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Protest in Austin off to a slow start due to evacuation of the capitol and grounds from a credible threat late this afternoon. Opened again, people are SHOWING UP!! #nokings #peacefulprotest @50501movement #peoplesmovement #austin

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Third year of transforming my backyard with native plants instead of a lawn. The rain has really made my plants bloom. Very cheerful in light of our continued constitutional crises. #gardenspaces #breatheinbreatheout #getoutside

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

No. 3 is up on my blog. 25.5" x 25.5". Interesting project and a number of unexpected surprises in the design. Less fun to piece all those little curves, but I LOVE the overall effect, especially with the quilting lines. #quiltsky #modernquilt #HST #HSTseries #saqaart #minimalism

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Quilts in the wild. I have finally started writing blog posts about my new HST series of work. This is No. 1, hanging on the deck railing with my garden in the foreground. Pretty! :) #quiltsinthewild #modernquilt #flowers #garden #quiltsky

A small quilt hanging on a brown deck railing with a small garden of pink and yellow flowers in front of it. The half square triangle quilt is half pink and half orange along the diagonal, with every block contrasting the warm colors with shades of blues.

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Sharks, Thieves, and Bottom Dwellers, 6" x 9". One of my journal quilts from 2005. It seems vaguely timely now as we watch a silently complicit congress give their full consent to the destruction of our democracy. Note the fish skeletons at the bottom... 🙁 #saveourdemocracy #nokings #quiltsky

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Starting my postcard writing project. It doesn’t feel like much, but it’s more than nothing. Aiming for 2 per day. #resist

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/04/2025

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Kathy York @kakiyork.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

whoo hoo! Susan Crawford wins a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin!!

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