Mallory Gallery

A brown Boston Terrier snoozes while being zipped into her girl’s hoodie

Three Men and a Muppet

It was a wild day!

L o l

I still have a Jackalope card around here somewhere…

I’m a sucker for the schtick

🤩🤩🤩 If you’re ever near Cleveland, I run the programming at a creative reuse center! Hoping to get some upcycled quilt stuff going on!

“Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” Pink Floyd (Ok it’s actually a really weird song, but the title fits the theme)

I mean…where some old European movie was filmed!

In Mansfield you can visit the old reformatory where Shawshank Redemption was filmed!

YouTube video by Trash Theory "There She Goes", The La’s & The Original Architects of Britpop | New British Canon

There’s a great Trash Theory that deep dives into this song! youtu.be/LEGCUiDpeXM

Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art made by other people.”

Hero.

“He was tearing them up and just shoving them in as fast as he could,” said Ali Martinez, a witness to the event. “Like when you see people in a hot-dog eating contest.”

One of the best on Bluesky!

I put a “Somebody loves me in Cleveland” tshirt in a white elephant exchange this holiday season, and family fighting ensued! A good problem to have 😆

A photo of the the front and back covers of the book “Hey, Al!” by Arthur Yorinks.

Ok I would be devastated to find out you never read this book as a child! There’s a similar birb on the back cover that always confused me as a kid 😆

This Morning in Cleveland, Ohio

A beautiful gray cat with striking green eyes stands outside on a wooden deck.

Here’s my beautiful Nancy, gone six years now. Miss those gorgeous green eyes! Don’t miss the cat dirt stuck in her luxurious fur 😹

When you were talking about vet care in London, I wondered why you might be there….
OMG Taskmaster!!!!!!!

I piece t-shirts together just fine! No reinforcement first (though some really thin t-shirts might need it). A normal quilt sandwich with batting and another layer (usually a bed sheet) has worked really well for all my T-shirt quilts!

A photo collage of nine images. All nine photos feature a different quilt I made in 2025. The photo in the middle features me holding a quilt up.

My #artistvsartist this year! There were some upcycling and mending projects as well, but mostly t-shirt quilts! 🧶 #quiltsky

I swear I’ll make it a really cool newsletter!

Seasoning a Chalkboard: The Complete Guide Why Season a Chalkboard? Seasoning a chalkboard (also known as priming) is necessary prior to use. Without seasoning, any marks you make on the chalkboard will leave “ghosts”—meaning the marks will ne...

You’ve got to season your chalkboards before you use them the first time, Ken!
versachalk.com/blogs/diy-an...

Love this purrfect creative reuse! 😻

An art quilt hangs on a wood paneled wall. The quilt it made from t-shirts: white, black, and hand bleached. The blocks are improv Sawtooth Stars, in various states of explosion. Hundreds of red, metallic stitches hold the quilt together. There are sequins, beads, and pearls as added texture. The quilt is about 1’ x 3’ and it hangs from a bamboo rod by silver metal clips.

The back of the quilt. I used a scrap of black fabric of unknown origin. The metallic, red stitches are obvious from this side. You can also see the metal rivets of the set pearls. I like this side, too.

A side angle of the quilt. Many of the textural elements catch the light coming in through my basement window.

A detailed shot of one of the stars, showing the variety of textural details. Metallic threads, sequins, seed beads, and set pearls. The diverse results of bleaching different black t-shirts is also apparent, with some deep orange, and others a barely faded brown.

It took a year, but I finished! This quilt was made for my friend who experienced a Bipolar 1 break that rocked our world. He’s doing well now, but there are still reverberations from that time. It was a reliable creative object to lean on throughout. More info in alt text about process! 🧶 #quiltsky

I’m ready! This will be year two for me!

R. Crumb comic books are scattered across a table.

I was 16 working at a huge antique mall in the late 90’s when I grabbed these!

I work for Upcycle Parts Shop on Saint Clair…there’s a bunch of vinyl banners in the basement if you ever want to experiment with mending it!

❤️

🤩

Red and Blue Composition, by Ad Reinhardt, 1941 (flipped), 📸 by Andrew Mordzynski

Improv That Block Squad | Sherri Lynn Wood Celebrate the timeless tradition of piecing classic abstract quilt blocks, with the spontaneity and joy of improvisation. Modern Traditional Improv quilt-alongs, structured to get you flow-sewing wit...

I learned to quilt kinda backwards…I discovered improv quilting first! I’ve been taking workshops with Sherri since 2020 and I absolutely love them and have learned so much from the improv community. We start another round of blocks in January…join us!

www.sherrilynnwood.com/improv-that-...