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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Well. I guess that I’ve reached the age where I don’t hate Steely Dan anymore. Let’s not go crazy… I don’t *like* Steely Dan either. I’m just saying that now when I hear it, I don’t feel the rage of 1,000 suns.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Bought this graphing notebook a long time ago to draw quilt designs, but because I hate patterns and have no sewing discipline I’m just drawing up my vegetable garden instead.

Plenty of room to maneuver around the beds. Also a somewhat more interesting design to look at from my 2 story deck than your basic rows. But that might just be easier. We will see!

I only have like, two sunny spots available so here we go. And yeah there will be a fence around it to protect from giant dogs.

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Piper Pottery @piperpottery.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Day 31: Bubbles I LOVE making these bubble mugs - they are chaotic but sorta fun and they always turn out great. And I’m very sorry if you have trypophobia. Also shoutout to @kmacqq.bsky.social for the beautifully dyed quilt in the background #20pots #30pots #allthepots #bubbleglaze

My hand holding a stoneware dimple cup with gray bubbles glazed onto it. The background is a dyed turquoise quilt.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

When Trump said to Zelenskyy, “you’re gambling with WWIII.”, he was projecting. Trump and Putin are the gamblers, and Europe is smart enough to see it.

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Michelle Obama: Kids should have nutritious meals. The pro-life party: This is an outrage! RFK Jr: Kids should have measles, mumps, and polio. The pro-life party: Yes, king! Tell it like it is!

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It’s fine. I don’t need to sit on my couch, or anywhere.

Ah the majestic Great Pyrenees. And Stan.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov is this bullshit even legal? Displacing 200,000+ people from their health insurance?

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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/02/2025

Sign of the day…

How many Tesla’s should we throw in the Boston Harbor?

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/02/2025

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The chickens leave me the most beautiful gifts every day.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Exactly right

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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The good news is i saved you 60 billion dollars. The bad news is that is a typo i saved you 600 dollars and also your plane is falling out of the sky

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hey. Still navigating crippling anxiety? Existential dread? In fear for family members that are about to lose basic rights? Wellp. Try organizing your seeds. It’s a good maybe 1/2 hour distraction. Next up, channeling my energy into establishing a shit ton of garden beds.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The way this account uses emojis to save space really makes it hard to take these headlines seriously. Might want to rethink that, dudes.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We all cope with governmental collapse, crippling panic attacks, injustice all around, and rising costs differently. This is how I do it, I guess. I make gardening spreadsheets and rough layout sketches 😂

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

ATTENTION URBANA ILLINOIS: come to Lincoln Square Mall. I’m here selling things with my pals until 4 in the Food Coop hallway. Today only.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I love how this person was trying to really “sell” this task onto the government workers with flattery, and then it turned into the implication that they should “take the buyout” or do this illegal thing.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Is anyone else worried about the fact that the same billionaire that was flashing the Hitler salute is also the same one that has goons stealing everyone’s social security information? And his Trojan Horse wants to test run a straight up concentration camp at Guantanamo Bay with 30,000 migrants?

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Ok. Bernie will need to have a partial amputation of his tail. Still no estimate yet but I know it will be $$. If you like what I’ve shared on here so far, check out my website. OR, repost so that maybe others will. Feel free to DM with questions. Quirkyquiltress.com

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Lisa Kesler Studio @lisakesler.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I don't know about you, but I REALLY need some quality time with my favorite artists this weekend. If that sounds good to you, then come see us inside Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana this Saturday from 10 to 4. ☺️

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Well, Bernie (Sanders) here injured his tail last weekend. Tore the very tip right off. Looks like it’s not going to heal on its own and I will be taking him to the vet this morning. I absolutely cannot afford this and am in a tailspin. I might have to beg for some sales on here. Stay tuned. 😬

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I need everyone to know this as I post these things: 1. I am probably feeling the same sense of dread that you are 2. I also don’t know what to do 3. I am frustrated and scared 4. I am grappling with the fact that I still have to sell my art and struggle to come up with cute little captions

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dusthawk.bsky.social @dusthawk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Do people not realize they can beat the shit out of these nerds?

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EKAH @steampunkgrub.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hope you can join me this coming Saturday! TOADAL Eclipse of the Art Pop-up Sat. 2/8 10 am - 4 pm Lincoln Square Urbana, Urbana, IL Info: toadallyawesome.art #artpopup #urbanaillinois #champaignurbana #lunarnewyear #valentinesday #artmarket #centralillinois #midwestartist #uiuc #blono #handmade

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Here are some more tiny quilts I made over the weekend while the world was going up in flames.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Here’s the thing. Canada focusing on hurting red states the most at first sounds pretty awesome. But, this certainly won’t help nativism in those states and if anything will make that nonsense stronger.

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particle dogs @particledogs.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Just heard a RUSH song on the radio and it was all in 4/4 thanks to the tariff

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

okay but even in dystopian novels i'm pretty sure they have universal healthcare

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

LEGAL PEOPLE: Ok so this is cool, and I love JB and good on him… but is this at all legal? If someone has been pardoned, doesn’t the charge drop off of their record? If that’s the case and there is no criminal record, how does this get enforced? I could see defendants saying this is discriminatory.

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crass-stitching.bsky.social @crass-stitching.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Gotta iron and hoop this one but it’ll be available next Saturday, 2/8, at the toadallyawesome.art show at Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana!

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Burning these eggs helped me through the worry and stress that my disabled sister may or may not have access to health care at the flip of a switch, at any given point in time - because doing that sounds badass to unaffected white guys in suits. Yay tiny quilts

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Michael O’Morah @michaelomorah.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I created a little contra ism let’s make it viral!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

It’s the year of the snake. My original thought was to make literal snake plants.. like with snakes as leaves. But that would have required me to study several pics of snakes, and I just can’t. Sorry dudes but I hate snakes. -Love, Indiana Jones #miniquilt #plantart #nope

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Today someone asked me what size the snake plant quilt was, so instead of doing the normal thing and telling them the actual size, I used my head for scale and sent them this dumb picture. So there you go. Quilts as big as my head.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/01/2025

Let me say this in no uncertain terms: the President’s actions today are illegal. Cutting off people from healthcare, childcare, and other services is cruel. The State of Illinois will fight this unlawful order with everything we have.

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Kelly McCleary ✂️ The Quirky Quiltress @kmacqq.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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