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Gothic Fashion, Sewing, Jewelry, Crafts, Trash to Treasure & Halloween DIY Articles & Videos by Kristin Battestella as seen in Search Magazine & more! 🦇 Also @thereforereview.bsky.social FB/IG: Kbatz Krafts 🦇

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1h
Olga Wisinger-Florian Falling Leaves, 1899 Austrian painter. The painting shows a popular woodland walk of the age near Vienna #WomensArt #Autumn
Painting looking down a path surrounded by trees with autumn colours at a female figure in dark Victorian dress and hat next to a black dog
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
La Concierge - 1906 botfrens.com/collections/173/conten…
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dress botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Rogers Fund, 1944
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 1h
Final attempt at this franken #sewing mock-up! I thought about finishing it with lining & trim but this thrift fabric is terrible for anything but practice. I can see to make the crisscross front work that the shoulder seam needs to come up so now I'm ready to proceed on a knit orange #sewsky 😁🎃🖤💪🏻
Me frowning at this terrible ivory thrift fabric that I use for practice. I thought I could finish this mockup as a nice blouse but the material is too crappy! But the important thing is seeing how this basted crisscross bust pattern needs to come up at the shoulders in order to lie flat. Now I can try it on a better orange fabric and ultimately make more. Part Simplicity 2587 franken patterned with my own drafted nightgown copy, which was actually for the back and you can't see that where I didn't need to take out any princess seam dart excess because the pattern was correct!
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 7h
Speaking of Orange....I'm on a quest for the perfect Orange Shirt! Does it exist or am I going to have to make it myself? 🎃 #halloween #fallvibes #gothfashion #autumn
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Dilemmas in Orange? 🎃
My quest for the perfect orange blouse knows no end! These thrift find tops vary in style, material, and even shade of orange but do the...
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 8h
Felt good & wore my thrift orange sweater & bat jewelry today for a trip to the new Ollie's which was a total SCORE with Joann Fabric bolts! Hoard, #sewsky! 🛒💪🏻😁
Wore a black dress with a thrift orange sweater and bat jewelry to the amazing new Ollie's where I got fancy Joann Fabric closeout bolts of fabric. The thrift store down the street yielded another bag of goodies and behind me there's a decent draft on my dressform but you can't see that.
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My Jewelry Making DIY tips are featured in the #EverydayMagic Fall issue of Search Magazine! Read more #youcandoit #memade #fallvibes 🎃💪🏻🖤💎
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SEARCH Magazine’s FAll 2026 #EverydayMagic Issue | DIY
DIY | Jewelry Making 101 by Kristin Battestella “You can create your own wearable magical accessories with these beginner jewelry-making tips. It’s okay to start cheap and small. When a…
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Top hat botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Ethel Paxton, 1950
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
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Dark Shadows Credits @dscredits.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Episode 483 (489)
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026
'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hat botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Gift of Mrs. James G. Flockhart, 1968
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Assessor coming to the house this morning, going into my basement & me having to explain I have all kinds of horror & Halloween DIY things because that is what I do. Dude: That is so COOL! 🎃
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Nick Fuentes' Cozy Pumpkin Hug
ALT: Nick Fuentes' Cozy Pumpkin Hug
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
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aidan @manykarz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kip wants the bug 📷 Kodak Retina IIIc 🎞️ Harmann Switch Azure #believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A tabby cat with white sits on the bathroom windowsill, looking intently up at an assassin bug on the other side of the glass. He is also reflected in the mirror. Colors are wonky, peachy and blue-green
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Therefore Horror 📀🎃🍿 @thereforereview.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No I didn't NEED a bust of Mozart but I couldn't very well leave him in the thrift store alone. Advertise your classical music adoration! If I ever find a bust of Beethoven.....😁
Me in my me made polka dot dress holding my new bust of Mozart. He's going to live on the book shelf above my piano of course.
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
75F in Fall be damned! Wore my me-made polka dress with a thrift black sweater today, me-made orange bling & a pumpkin brooch. However twas my vintage shoes that got the compliments! Bought them several years ago to replace other worn out oxfords but the torti cat interfered with the shoe pics! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣🎃
me in a long thrift black sweater with my me made black and white polka dot dress from a self drafted nightgown pattern. There are me made orange earrings too and a pumpkin brooch but everyone complimented my vintage oxfords. I also made a matching polka dot hair tie because waste not want not #sewsky! Of course, there are fabric and pattern messes on my floor, ignore those. Me with the camera on the floor trying to take nice pictures of my fancy vintage oxfords that got all the compliments. But of course I don't know how to foot pose and the cat decided to roll right across the shot when the camera click. Toritude perogrative.
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not an impulse when we buy fabric, right #sewsky? 😸
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Mini Fall Fabric Haul Impulse!
Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz shares some quick Halloween finds and fabric impulse buys. Because there's always room for more polka dots...
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evening bonnet botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Princess Viggo in accordance with the wishes of the Misses Hewitt, 1931
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Already checking the proof on my DIY for the Winter Issue of Search Magazine! 📝💪🏻 The #EverydayMagic Fall Issue with my #jewelrymaking DIY is available now: searchmagazinenet.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/s... 🖤 Sneak Peak with Tortitude cat 🤣
My cinnamon torti cat amid all the pens and fake flowers and tools rolling on the floor amid my DIY project because that is what a tortitude muffin does.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brothers and Sisters. Postcard from my collection, mailed 1905.
Black-and-white photo of two tabby kittens and two tabby and white kittens. They are sitting on a little studio scene with books and a wooden box that looks like a jewelry box or humidor. Text at the bottom says brothers and sisters.
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The #EverydayMagic Fall Issue of Search Magazine is Available Now! 🍂 Peep my DIY Jewelry & more #autumnvibes 🎃
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SEARCH Magazine’s Fall 2026 #EverydayMagic Issue is OUT NOW!!!
Are you getting ready for Fall? Well, so is SEARCH Magazine, and we can’t wait for our #EverydayMagic issue! Here’s a sneak peek of our upcoming issue cover: Cover Reveal of SEARCH Maga…
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dinner dress botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Gift of Mary Pierrepont Beckwith, 1969
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If, in the late #1860s, you happened to be in the market for a pair of silk embellished heeled boots and you had the wherewithal to shop at Jean-Louis François Pinet, which boots are you choosing? Gold and burgundy, black floral embroidered or leafy brocade? #NGVMelbourne #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A pair of heeled burgundy silk boots embellished with a gold floral designA pair of heeled black silk boots with a multi coloured floral design embroidered over the surfaceA pair of heeled boots made from a cream silk brocaded with a busy leaf design. The boots button up one side
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’d like to propose an autumn filled with plummy crushed velvet which feels entirely appropriate as summer has given way to chill September mornings here in the South West of England. It would feel like hoiking around your own cosy sofa. Late #1880s #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Side view of a deep purple velvet bustle dress with high collar, fitted button down bodice and ruched skirt
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Made my Seafood Chowder of course. Tomato sauce, dash of wine, pepper, shrimp, scallops, mussels, clams, crab, calamari, polpo, mixed vegetables, Old Bay. 👩🏻‍🍳🍲🖤
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Seinfeld: I'm Shifting Into Soup Mode
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Doing a series of studies in orange #gothfashion. Was able to dress up & tone down this Old Navy top with a long black sweater before buying a DIFFERENT thrift orange Old Navy top for $4. My quest for the perfect orange top is real! 🤦🏻‍♀️🎃🖤😁 #codeorange #octobervibes
me in black leggins and a long black sweater with a thrift orange shirt underneath and some bonus orange leaf pins tying it all together. Does the perfect orange shirt exist? I intend to find it. This is NOT the orange shirt in the previous picture that was under the sweater but no it's another old navy orange thrift shirt find. This one has a regular hemline not a high cut scoop like the other so a slightly better shirt to style with a black skirt. my quest for the perfect orange shirt continues.
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's not an impulse when we buy fabric, right #sewsky? 😸
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Mini Fall Fabric Haul Impulse!
Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz shares some quick Halloween finds and fabric impulse buys. Because there's always room for more polka dots...
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It me & my tempermental cinnamon torti cat co-host with a little #sewing #halloween show & tell asking what would YOU make? 🎃🖤💪🏻🧵 #fallyall #codeorange #sewsky #catsofbluesky
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Mini Fall Fabric Haul Impulse - What would YOU make?
YouTube video by Kristin Battestella
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Thomas Gainsborough @tgainsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tree Study www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gainsb…
Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
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Therefore Horror 📀🎃🍿 @thereforereview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hunkered down in my Halloween pajamas for the storm. Be safe everyone! 🖤
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Kitty Kitten: Cute Cats Cuddling
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Nasa Astronomy Hourly Pictures @nasadailypicbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NASA Astronomy Hourly Picture - 2016-01-11: A Colorful Solar Corona over the Himalayas #Astronomy #NASA #Space
What are those colorful rings around the Sun?  A corona visible only to Earth observers in the right place at the right time.  Rings like this will sometimes appear when the Sun or Moon is seen through thin clouds.  The effect is created by the quantum mechanical diffraction of light around individual, similarly-sized water droplets in an intervening but mostly-transparent cloud.  Since light of different colors has different wavelengths, each color diffracts differently. Solar Coronae are one of the few quantum color effects that can be easily seen with the unaided eye. This type of solar corona is a visual effect due to water in Earth's atmosphere and is altogether different from the solar corona that exists continually around the Sun -- and stands out during a total solar eclipse.  In the foreground is the famous Himalayan mountain peak Ama Dablam (Mother's Necklace),   Follow APOD on: Facebook,  Google Plus, or Twitter
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Dark Shadows Credits @dscredits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Episode 22 (22)
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What would YOU sew with this black and yellow slinky polka dot thrift fabric #sewsky? I'm thinking just a nightgown? 🤔 Didn't mean to make this a video but at least you can see my cinnamon cat co-host. 📸😸 #sewing #catsofbluesky
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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old ecard that says Halloween is the time to buy candy, dress slutty, and scare kids but I do that every day so it fits.
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This feels like a quietly appropriate approach to autumn dressing, a loose early #1880s ‘at home’ kind of gown in reddy brown challis, a lightweight blend of wool & silk. The Watteau pleat at the back & panels at the front are embroidered with pale forget-me-nots #newcanaanmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Partial view of the back of a reddish brown loose gown of challis. It has a high collar, slightly puffed sleeves at the shoulder and a broad pleat centre back embroidered with small pale flowersFull length view of the red brown early 1880s at home gown. Long sleeved, with high collar. The floral embroidery continues down centre panels and around the collar, cuffs and pockets
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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mourning but make it fashion. Whilst this c1820 gown is indicative of loss written into the very black of its seams, it also demonstrates an awareness of prevailing style with puff sleeves & gauzy layers. Is this a grieving wife or a Merry Widow? @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A long black silk dress with short puff sleeves and long black gauze over sleeves. It has a high waist with self coloured decoration
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Kbatz Krafts 🖤🎃🦇🍂 @kbatzkrafts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Joan Bennett costumes by Mary Price (Vincent Price's wife) in We're No Angels are to die for gorg! 🖤
Joan Bennett in late victorian splendor for We're No Angels in costumes designed by Vincent Price's wife Mary Grant.
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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Still Life Bowl with Daisies - 1888 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…
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Walt Whitman @skeetsofgrass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For me lips that have smiled, eyes that have shed tears,
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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DoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That is between me and my shadow.
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyone who can laugh at themselves will never cease to be amused. Says Skeletor who doesn’t trust those who can’t laugh at themselves - I consider it a mental illness.
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Accessory set botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Waldo McCutcheon McKee and Thornton C. Thayer, 1961
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Corset botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of E. A. Meister, 1950
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