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A LADY AWAKENED by Celia Grant, one of the books of all time

MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20h

Gonna do a thread highlighting some of the sewing patterns released in September - sourced from the threadloop pattern search, only considering patterns with sizing that goes up to at least a 60" hip.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 21h

I was homeschooled with no cable and no internet access, 2026 is the least isolated and weird that I have EVER been.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 22h

I decided this morning its Craftober. I will document and share all the crafts I do in the month of October. #craftober

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 01/10/2026

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I almost forgot that it’s cow parade season

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Let's fix that. The first three are an omnibus now, so it's easy to get started without feeling like an ATM. The Waverly Jones books are delightful. Our times aware, ACAB, character forward mysteries for the angry. If you yearn for justice but you live in the bad timeline, these are for you.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Little reminder that there's no such thing as machine made clothes. Every garment you have ever worn and likely ever will wear, was made with human hands operating simple machines. Every single one. The technology of textile industry has actually changed very little in the last century.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I recently realized that I hadn't actually appliqued my EPP bear to the background on my bear! quilt, so this evening I started hand appliquing all around the perimeter. #quiltsky #FatBearWeek2026

The quilt laid out over my desk, it is a black bear made up of tiny hexagons on a background of blue sky and green grass

A close up of the bear's foot on the patchwork grass and showing the needle and thread passing through the fabric.

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My evening went so nicely: had dinner I can't eat with the allergic boys, bath and skincare, walkies, ice cream, and then three separate craft projects while I watched what if man large. Self cared the heck out of my Sunday evening and now I'm going to bed at a reasonable time.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I bought the fingerless compression gloves with grippies for machine quilting and now I'm mad I didn't also get a gripless pair for other hand activities, they are so much nicer than my boring amazon compression gloves. Next paycheck I will solve this problem.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kiddo is off to his grandparents for fall break magic, and spouse is off to see a convert so I am a single lady tonight. Starting off with a restock and now I'm sitting down to grocery store sushi and a Dr pepper zero

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yesterday I pulled/cut weeds and today my body is objecting strenuously. NSAIDs are applied internally and externally and I'm having a lie down.

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explore.org @explore.org · 27/09/2026

Jolly and her Jollies - cuddle puddle.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wanna see my parents' mug shots? We're low contact for now, but there is a plan.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One quilt hot off the WIP pile and I'm contemplating the next. #quiltsky

A sketch on graph paper of a wearable office quilt

A rough digital mock up of blocks made up of an inner square in red, white, or yellow, and an outer square in indigo blue

An image of 8 fabrics: on the left are 4 blues, three with sashiko style prints, and one with little turtles. On the right there is a red yarn dyed fabric with little variable stripes woven in, then mustard and cream with sashiko style prints, and finally a red background with a scattering of cream and mustard flowers

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Official photo of my finished quilt. Block is "clown's choice" found on scissor tail quilting and most of the fabrics are reclaimed from thrifted shirts. Hand quilted. #quiltsky #sewsky

A large blue and white quilt with yellow binding being held up by an unseen person who very clearly specified that feet cost extra.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The garden got away from me to an embarrassing degree this year (every year). Tall grasses just absolutely took over.

An image of a deck and raised garden bed engulfed in 7 foot grasses

The same raised bed and deck revealed, with a good amount of blooming basil for the pollenators to enjoy and a better view of the dozen half barrel pits full of tomatoes.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I finished binding my quilt and now I'm going to sleep under it. #quiltsky

A blue and white quilt with blue lozenge shapes with a yellow binding is spread on a semi made bed.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Forget "what if man were large" as a solution, I want to see it be a PROBLEM.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My main problem with the Reacher TV show is that they keep saying man is large but also insist he can fit in a standard restaurant booth table. I wanna see that man get stuck in a booth.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you ever feel bad about your writing, remember that Lee Child wrote a whole book series of his own Mary Sue self insert tall homeless guy and it has a movie and 4 seasons of a TV show.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If the show Reaper ever writes in that he has a child they have a perfect opportunity for a parody of the Dusty Springfield classic.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I keep thinking of things I want/need to do this weekend and then I remember all the things I have scheduled that HAVE to be done and toss out everything else.

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 25/09/2026

Now would be a good time to remind people that the case which declared it unconstitutional to ban and criminalize the sale of contraception, Griswold v Connecticut, was based on the right to privacy SCOTUS has been chipping away at and was decided less than a decade before Roe.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quilters, immigrant rights advocates and an interfaith coalition unveiled the Stolen Neighbors Quilt at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday to honor Minnesotans detained by federal immigration enforcement - and advocate on their behalf.

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It must be a Wednesday, I've been called a Karen on reddit. (Pointed out abilism in a book during an author AMA and the fangirl got mad).

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have finished a new cat trap for our table - pattern was improvised. #quiltsky

A 20" square mat with 4 slightly wonky pumpkin shapes in autumnal fabrics and colors on a black starry background and with a green border.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did my nails (rip to the length last night, had a break) and now I'm stitching a binding and enjoying the stickers I put on my thumbs. Polish is INLP ink and Olive Ave constellation and the stickers are from Suatelier design #quiltsky #indienailpolish

My hands stitching on the binding of a quilt. The binding is green with small dots and the backing is black with large off white and small orange dots. The nails are black with an allover fine glitter and on the left there is a silver swirl of dots sticker and on the right I have a silver moon and star

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have just finished book 4 of the Waverly Jones series by Skyla Dawn Cameron and I'm about to start book five and then I will be out and rather grumpy about it because I'm finding them entirely engrossing.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The fat bear website is being hugged to death. I just want to vote. Things I will also say in November.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy first day of fall!! Did you know that fall is, perhaps counterintuitively, a great time to plant things? It gives the plant time to establish their roots in the soil so that next spring they can shoot out of the soil confident in the ground they’re in. Be a good witch and cast summon bug 🪲

An absolutely caked up toad with a big ol belly and his hand on his hip, wearing a wobbly
Old witches hat and holding a glowing flower says “feelin witchy? Cast summon bug! With an asterisk and the asterisk says grow native plants

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have scheduled emails for today and tomorrow's Fat Bear Week matches. THIS is the office sporting event of the year and I can tell its going to be a good one. #fatbearweek2026

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was an unpaid employee of my mother's unlicensed daycare through middle school, supposedly while being homeschooled.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Apples and Nutella, and on a plate because I'm fancy. With my fat bear water bottle. Because it's fat Bear week.

A white plate on a clean table with apples half hazardly smeared with Nutella, in the background is my Katmai national park nalgene bottle

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I got my blocks together and this decorative gourd mat is coming together. #quiltsky

A square mat with 4 pumpkin blocks in warm autumnal colors on a starry black background.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I keep getting ideas for things I could teach people about textiles and sewing, but I don't actually have a good venue to teach people. I'm not someone who can deal with all the logistics of YouTube (or have a tidy non shared space to do it in).

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have a decided lack of festive gourds around the house so I made some cucurbit inspired blocks tonight.

A quilt block that depicts a simple pumpkin with the body being made up of a mushroom print, a brown stem and black stars surrounding the pumpkin.

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have finished taking apart my whole bin of thrifted shirts. Before going out and buying more shirts I need to use some fabric. A lot of fabric. My bins runneth over. #quiltsky #sewsky

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MakeReadGrow @makereadgrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Breaking down some shirts to harvest the fabric and i love this print so I don't mind as much that it's got darts and taking out darts always leaves some scars on the fabric.

A thumb holding a seam ripper in place as it is seated in a seam on a cream fabric with tiny grey stripes and little tiny orange and grey flowers or sunbursts

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