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Lela

@lelacass.bsky.social

I make stuff -- sewing, textile art, gardening I read 🦘🐨

745 Followers  |  2,279 Following  |  16 Posts  |  Joined: 08.11.2024
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎡

On the tools yesterday...the embroidery machine that is.
Pattern and threads from Echidna Sewing ..love these Bush Buddies, they stitched up really well.
The Quokka is my favourite πŸ’š

#imakestuff #lelamakesstuff
#machineembroidery #australianbushxmas

25.11.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm making the switch back. Feels kind of rebellious to listen to something and not be monitored.

25.11.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A detail of an artwork by textile artist Deidre Robb. The image shows small sections of five embroidered tape measures. The embroidery is worked in dark grey and gold threads on white linen. The repeating patterns measure time, not size.

A detail of an artwork by textile artist Deidre Robb. The image shows small sections of five embroidered tape measures. The embroidery is worked in dark grey and gold threads on white linen. The repeating patterns measure time, not size.

My work 'Time well spent' is a finalist in the Trades Hall Art Prize 2025. I can't make it to the exhibition opening in Melbourne next week, but maybe someone out there can?

Details here:
www.weareunion.org.au/art_prize_op...

#TextileArt #Embroidery #CreateAgainstTheMachine

26.09.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making a sweet project that will be a gift. Hoping to finish it by early next year 🌸

10.07.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

19.03.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

12.03.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s January 27 and already this year feels deeply wearying.

27.01.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 6

Exactly

24.01.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm Australian, heard a snippet from a comment on tiktok about P2025. Found the document and was mindblown that this wasn't big news. This was about Sept last year.
I put it it in Chatgpt....nothing. no matter how I worded my question, it would not give me info.
I'm convinced this was intentional

23.01.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Making a sweet machine embroidered elf girl. Machine embroidery is new to me and (mostly) enjoying the challenge.
#machineembroidery #sewing #imakestuff

11.01.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.

In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.

05.01.2025 10:07 β€” πŸ‘ 32749    πŸ” 4954    πŸ’¬ 1333    πŸ“Œ 555
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Hi Jenn, I will do this. Is it possible to ask your reasons for this. I'm new to Bluesky and perhaps I'm doing this wrong, but I thought creating a list of people is an excellent way for me to go through and group people I really want to follow and see their posts. I love embroidery 🩡

25.11.2024 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

19.11.2024 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 29939    πŸ” 3920    πŸ’¬ 375    πŸ“Œ 192
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mood -

18.11.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

I started organising people into lists. I like following everyone, but for my niche interest areas...I put those people in individual lists so I can have some structure

16.11.2024 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Left hand holding a bunch of purple carrots that have been picked from my garden

Left hand holding a bunch of purple carrots that have been picked from my garden

Picking purple carrots from my garden. Loving the simple things

16.11.2024 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

15.11.2024 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome
I did the same. I don't crochet but I sew. ☺️

15.11.2024 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“Œ

12.11.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bad art is always beautiful because it means someone is learning how to be creative in this day and age. despite it all

11.11.2024 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20429    πŸ” 4867    πŸ’¬ 198    πŸ“Œ 119
A photo of a cross stitch pattern in an embroidery hoop on black Aida fabric that says "smash the patriarchy" - 5 yellow flowers with green leaves and stems branch out beneath the text.

A photo of a cross stitch pattern in an embroidery hoop on black Aida fabric that says "smash the patriarchy" - 5 yellow flowers with green leaves and stems branch out beneath the text.

All done πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

11.11.2024 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 20884    πŸ” 1442    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 42

The huge increase in activity on bluesky in the last week feels like the first time we could potentially have a viable alternative to twitter. Keep it up! We can do this people!

10.11.2024 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3712    πŸ” 397    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 16

Ok, guys. I'm tired...
Welcome to your new home.

Just remember, this isn't Twitter. It's more like the old Twitter, before fuck face ruined it. Try to keep that in mind as you look around and start making new friends.

❀️'s and πŸ”„'s are really important & appreciated here.

Love you guys
Xoxo

11.11.2024 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2998    πŸ” 500    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 8

πŸ‘‹ just joined today.

08.11.2024 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Self sown pumpkin and tomatoes in my garden going wild. In a world full of chaos, nature is therapeutically grounding πŸ’š

08.11.2024 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0