@smolsonquilter.bsky.social
Animal lover (I have 4 dogs and 3 cats), quilter, avid reader, and a darned good cook when I’m not feeling lazy. Minnesota is home. Votes blue. She/her.
WOW! 👀
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Quilt top with borders made, but not attached yet.
Original quilt top as the pattern is written. “Wishing Star” by Quiltworx, 57” square
This is the Wishing Star quilt top that I finished in November 2023, but I just finished these new expansion borders (which are not attached yet). This will bring the quilt to 68” square!
Colorway designed by Sew That quilt shop in Charles City Iowa.
JFC. It gets worse every g*dd*m day.
14.02.2026 00:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pam Bondi
For @rawstory.com
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Rep. Rebecca Balint (D-VT) with her whole chest out says ‘it didn’t have to be like this I want to remind everyone who supersized the ICE budget, it was Trump and MAGA Republicans in Congress, they are who did this.’ Go off Becca, speaks that truth to power‼️💥🔥💥
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Lucky Llama Tattoo in New Hope (NW Minneapolis). Jacoba Kaufman did mine yesterday. Final is color but the all-black was cool too!
01.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New rebel alliance loon tattoo for Minnesota. The final is colored but the black-only looked pretty cool too. Custom by Jacoba Kaufman at Lucky Llama Tattoo in New Hope (near Minneapolis) Minnesota.
01.02.2026 01:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0$50is not worth the trauma that my brain, ears, and eyes would suffer.
29.01.2026 17:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Boy he sure doesn’t want to give up the Epstein Files, does he?!
29.01.2026 00:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A bird smacked into my window (flew away and was fine) and left behind a detailed print! View from inside and outside the house.
27.01.2026 15:22 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"We reject Donald Trump’s lawlessness, corruption and violence. We the People dissent." @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social
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Here is my sunflower! I will look at it tomorrow to see whether I want to change any fabrics. And then it’s time to find a backing!
22.01.2026 18:22 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Progress on a fabric collage of a sunflower, from a Zoom class this morning. I am really loving how it looks so far!
22.01.2026 00:24 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My Frosty the Snowman quilt is on the longarm! The backing fabric is Rudolph’s Shiny New Year. I can’t wait to get it back and add the binding!
Quilt is 80” square.
My Frosty the Snowman quilt top is complete!
Pattern is Fractured Star
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14.01.2026 23:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Senile Satan, my wish for you is that you have the 2026 you really deserve.
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The center units for my new Fractured Star quilt are completed, and I have the paper removed from most of them. The fabric is Frosty The Snowman ☃️
06.12.2025 23:51 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Maisie, a 13-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer, is annoyed because she wants her dinner early. And now.
Maisie: paws my arm in her most annoying way.
Me: “It’s 4:05pm and it’s not time for your dinner.”
Maisie: walks in front of me, sits down, and begins to stare.
Maisie: starts mumbling to herself, and heavy-sighing. While staring.
Me: “okay, okay.”
All 4 dogs: total chaos and utter pandemonium.
Finished! This tote is for my niece Caitlin. Disney Villain fabrics, sparkly zippers, and Skull zipper pulls. It turned out pretty cute!
Pattern: ByAnnie’s Tools of the Trade, adjusted in width to hold a light board.
3 hours later, the seahorse is cut out from the white foundation, and pinned on the backing fabric.
16.11.2025 21:58 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
My appliqué collage seahorse is ready for the next step! I need to cut her out, and put her on the blue water background. Then I will build a little coral reef. What a fun project!
16.11.2025 18:23 — 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Northern lights in Austin MN tonight!!
12.11.2025 02:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
3 little zipper bags with hanging clips, to match the Backseat Babysitter that I made for a former coworker last week.
Pattern is ByAnnie’s Clam Up, in small, medium, and large sizes.
Quilting truths.
20.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Finished. Top strap goes around headrest, bottom strap on the base of the front seat. The side Velcro loops are for attaching to a stroller - the vinyl screen pocket will fold down.
Pattern is ByAnnie”Backseat Babysitter”
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15.10.2025 17:40 — 👍 5426 🔁 2540 💬 174 📌 81I would definitely prefer to paper piece these!!
03.10.2025 08:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wallet closed
Wallet open
I made a wallet using a faux ostrich leather. I added extra card slots and a magnetic snap closure.
21.09.2025 19:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
