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Ellen Luckett Baker

@thelongthread.bsky.social

art + craft https://thelongthread.com/

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Want to push back against the bigoted attacks targeting trans and gender-nonconforming people? Here are specific ways you can helpβ€”with your time, money, and everyday actions.

18.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1782    πŸ” 1146    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21
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If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up.

I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.

12.06.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3938    πŸ” 1331    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 92

Without comment. Keep hammering this.

11.06.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2493    πŸ” 1234    πŸ’¬ 122    πŸ“Œ 56
Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, as a teen, sewing costumes for his town’s Three Kings Fest.

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, as a teen, sewing costumes for his town’s Three Kings Fest.

Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 65 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo* of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

*as a teen, sewing

19.05.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3440    πŸ” 874    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 25
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The Road to Freedom: Early African American Quilting The strong tradition of African American quilting has existed ever since the dawn of America. Quilts from this period are bound into horrific acts of slavery, a reminder of the terrors that shaped the...

Quilting served as a quiet form of resistance. Denied the use of bright colors, enslaved women used scraps of fabric to stitch patterns into their bedding and clothing, preserving native African textile traditions. 145 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

28.03.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2100    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 11
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Let’s Move the Needle Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch. Craftivism, or the space ...

Ooooh want a sneaky discount on my book? Use code: QuiltCon20!

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...

22.02.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
Embroidery that says: sending you love because WOW what a shit show!

Embroidery that says: sending you love because WOW what a shit show!

This months newsletter is out. Lots of info, action items, events, and this free pattern so you can share some vday love!

open.substack.com/pub/badasscr...

13.02.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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For Faith Ringgold, the American Flag Has Always Been a Potent and Powerful Symbol - Culture Type β€œFlag Story Quilt” (1985) by Faith Ringgold is currently on view at the Spencer Museum of Art. Β  THE AMERICAN FLAG, its design and all that it symbolizes, is the basis for some of the most politically...
06.02.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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𝘜𝘯π˜ͺ𝘡𝘺 π˜”π˜’π˜¬π˜¦π˜΄ 𝘜𝘴 𝘚𝘡𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, Faith Ringgold, 2022.

05.02.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Presenting ACL-Blue!

50% of proceeds from the sale of this yarn will go directly to the @aclu.org!

Support the orgs supporting our community in this time of need and craft wisely! #craftivism #indiedyedyarn #dyesky #aclu #resist

01.02.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5
Patchwork quilt with scattered stars in yellow, red, blue and green.

Patchwork quilt with scattered stars in yellow, red, blue and green.

To celebrate Black History Month, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite makers!

Star Puzzle, 2001, by Nora Ezell (American, 1919–2007).

01.02.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My quilt about women’s reproductive rights has been banned from all American Quilters Society shows this year. It’s been part of a traveling show with SAQA. My artist statement is too long for here. It’s on my website: laurashaw.net/quilts#/your-mother

#quiltsky

29.01.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 748    πŸ” 262    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 41

We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!

29.01.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 23783    πŸ” 3903    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 131
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Of Salt and Spirit Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South surveys some of the richly diverse quiltmaking traditions maintained by Black women in the US South during the twentieth and twenty-first centu...

New book announcement!

Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South
Edited by Sharbreon Plummer
University Press of Mississippi, December 2024
www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/O/Of-S...

28.01.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No other words needed (although I have a lot more to say).

I Dissent. 2024.

Made by me with letters from @carolynfriedlander.

See it in person at Quiltcon 2025 in Phoenix.

Now let’s fight like hell for our country.

#quiltsky #idissent #wordquilt #modernquilter #quilter #craftivism

20.01.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Firewall For Freedom: States Must Safeguard Our Rights | American Civil Liberties Union

We’re building a firewall for freedom with our affiliates across the nation. Join us.

20.01.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Kathy Fuld

Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Kathy Fuld

Lygia Clark, Planes in Modulated Surface 4, 1957

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137177

15.01.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY

10.01.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

The fall of the Roman Empire but very stupid and everyone has phones.

13.11.2024 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 23674    πŸ” 3437    πŸ’¬ 524    πŸ“Œ 156

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