@badasscrossstitch.bsky.social
Art activist. Craftivist. Chicagoan. Educator. President of the Joyful Menace Society. My book, Let’s Move The Needle, is out now. 🖖🏼. Big fan of libraries and dogs. Super 🏳️🌈. Gen X
It would be neat if Anonymous actually ever did what they promised to do.
08.03.2026 17:31 — 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0
The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
04.03.2026 22:40 — 👍 2887 🔁 1544 💬 127 📌 286
White woman in red plaid pants standing on a stage speaking
The cover of the conference program featuring an embroidered piece of art of a monarch butterfly resting on a hand with stitch text that reads estoy contigo
A big pile of my book - let’s move the needle before they were distributed to attendees
8 women sitting around a circular table looking at the camera and smiling as they make felt banners
The last few days have been nothing but joy and strategizing.
I had the privilege of shenanigating at the @naea-arteducators.bsky.social conference.
Art teachers for the win!
Thank you! This is how you shut off the stupid song transitions in Apple Music that came with the last update.
05.03.2026 19:42 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks!
05.03.2026 18:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How do I make Apple Music stop DJ blending my playlist songs into each other? Anyone?
05.03.2026 16:36 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1
Today I gave a keynote for the National Art Educators Association conference and I shared that I have 3 heroes
1) librarians
2) art teachers and
3) captain Picard
Y’all these art teachers are holding our schools together with duct tape and hope. Heroes.
French knots for the win!
03.03.2026 12:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Are you a @netrootsnation.bsky.social goer? Throw a vote our way if you would like to see this panel happen in June.
02.03.2026 21:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’ll teach you how to embroider on Saturday via zoom if you like. Pay-what-you-can.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980883201...
Perfection!!!!
01.03.2026 12:25 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An embroidery of a little girl in giant skirt with a peacock feather in her hair blowing a horn and it reads off to cause a kerfuffle
Happy International Analog Day!!!
Attend a community event or just celebrate on your own by making time to unplug from digital tech. Make something, go outside, play a game, read a book!
Here’s a list of public events:
www.badasscrossstitch.com/internationa...
Unpopular opinion? But I am sick of attending public community events inside of religious spaces.
27.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 31 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Chicago area folks, join me on Saturday to celebrate International Analog Day. Set down your devices and connect with others. Book swap, art supply swap, art making, art giveaway, puzzles and more. Stop by anytime.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1981947739...
I went to Catholic school 1st - 12th grade.
The brainwashing should have worked.
But they taught me how to read and to think critically.
The brainwashing failed as a result.
We're all sending the same $100 among each other as the rich get unimaginably richer by the hour.
24.02.2026 00:03 — 👍 1294 🔁 321 💬 9 📌 0
A magazine rack with a gun magazine, a book on how to navigate negative thoughts, another on spiritual warfare and a fourth on bible studies for women
Just stopped by the grocery store in Florida.
22.02.2026 23:57 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 2
With regular irregularity Bending The Arc is here again! This time with a plug for International Analog Day via @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social and the SOL writing challenge @twowritingteachers.bsky.social plus a cookbook rec:
bendingthearcnewsletter.blog/2026/02/22/b...
An alligator in the water.
Today I got see lots of wild alligators and it made me so happy.
20.02.2026 23:06 — 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Yuuuup. Full ew.
18.02.2026 23:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week in a convo with students I shared that there are plenty of people who I don’t like personally but I have the utmost respect for their work.
It surprised some people. Which surprised me.
Well shit. I didn’t see that. Sigh.
18.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I’ve gotten five seemingly random invites to things through Paperless Post from people I know but they all felt off so I didn’t open them.
All were phishing schemes.
Won’t be opening any Paperless Post invites. Sorry if yours is legit lol.
Omg it’s a big book day!!! Also yay fireplace!
18.02.2026 16:49 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yasssssss!!!! 👏🏼❤️✊🏼
18.02.2026 14:20 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We sure are! Come join us
17.02.2026 12:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Come hang out with us!!!
17.02.2026 02:20 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
16.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0A white lady in sensible sandals set fire to a building. The tides are turning.
14.02.2026 02:18 — 👍 732 🔁 66 💬 21 📌 1
A whistle with a heart pinned to it. The pink heart has a banner running across it in black and white that reads abolish ice
I made you a tutorial so you can make your loved ones some whistle bling for Valentine Day. #craftivism
www.patreon.com/BadassCrossS...