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Elaine Wick Poplin

@messygoat.bsky.social

Quilt artist, fluent in sarcasm

216 Followers  |  72 Following  |  30 Posts  |  Joined: 25.07.2024  |  1.8074

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Cockroaches don’t seem to die either. Ugh.

25.08.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I cannot wait for the day when I do not hear/read that horrid man’s name on the news. What a glorious day that will be.

17.07.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, thank you for the shoutout! ❀️

12.07.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Groceries were 150% of what they were last time. I think the economic #trumpslump is starting to infiltrate our everyday life. Super.

05.06.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

$26 million.

Trump has spent 26 million tax payer dollars to play golf in West Palm Beach...so far.

07.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Silver tabby cat looking up at the camera, with huge and expressive eyes. She wants cheese very very much

Silver tabby cat looking up at the camera, with huge and expressive eyes. She wants cheese very very much

This is Ella, an almost 12yo species of particularly invasive lap fungus. She’s got 5 thumbs, a birthmark on her eye, and we named her for Ella Fitzgerald because she walks around singing. She has been wheezing and getting thinner and thinner lately, and scans show cancer in her lungs. I’m broken.

20.03.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Every left-leaning woman in your life is getting heavy into arts and crafts right now because they don’t know what else to do with their rage

17.03.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1024    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 64

What lip color goes best with existential dread?

18.03.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg! This is *incredible* and I’m so inspired.

18.03.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An embroidered quilt panel

An embroidered quilt panel

A handstitched embroidery on denim for my quilt panels. I found a sparkly earring in the junk box at the charity shop and added it for that little touch of bling ✨️

18.03.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Love it! I may have to get this pattern because I know my husband would *love* it. :)

04.03.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can JD be impeached too? Bc it seems to me that he totally is as culpable in this travesty as the Don.

02.03.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also: PDF pattern dropβ€” Jean jacket pattern that has taken me forEVER to figure out but I did it! I DID IT. Woo! And a half-clamshell apple core pattern in 3 sizes and 3 options that is fat quarter friendly. My Etsy shop is messygoatsews ❀️

02.03.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a heck of a week. Lots of quilt ideas swimming around in my head so I can respond to current events in a more constructive way than just worrying or mouthing off. *sigh*

02.03.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeahhhh… I considered making chocolate chip cookies today but didn’t want to β€œspend” the eggs that way. Seemed too indulgent.

24.02.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FebruARTy … #quiltsky #quilting #februarty #inspiringartists I made this quilt based on a section of a digital painting I designed in Procreate a few years ago, testing a technique I hope to teach someday.
[description: improv wall quilt in corals, greens, teals, and lavender suggesting coral reef]

10.02.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is stunning! Love it love it

10.02.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

HAHAHAHAAAAAA I love this one. 🀣

10.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m giving this past week sideeye. Totally. FebruARTY day 8. (I didn’t do the first seven but whatever) #quiltsky #quilting #quilts #improvquilting

08.02.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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#quiltsky #quilting

05.02.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Colorful quilt that says β€œWHEN EVERYONE YELLS NO ONE CAN HEAR”

Colorful quilt that says β€œWHEN EVERYONE YELLS NO ONE CAN HEAR”

Just adding to the online art show… keep pushing back, friends. Take care of yourselves. ❀️

05.02.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I found a source for half-clamshells so that construction is a bit easier, and they will be available in three sizes! Yay!

05.02.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Half-clamshell quilt blocks in a very colorful gradient array using Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics, lightest in the top left center and darkening on the way to the edges.

Half-clamshell quilt blocks in a very colorful gradient array using Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics, lightest in the top left center and darkening on the way to the edges.

Very colorful half-clamshell quilt blocks made from Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics in a random arrangement on the design wall.

Very colorful half-clamshell quilt blocks made from Cherrywood Hand-Dyed Fabrics in a random arrangement on the design wall.

How I spent my retreat this past weekend… pattern testing! I promised this pattern by the end of the month so I was walking through my instructions and making sure I had all the diagrams I should have. Getting much closer, and I have something pretty too! #quilting #cherrywoodfabrics

04.02.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Made this using Sam Hunter’s β€œQuilt Talk” book in 2021. I haven’t finished putting it together because I think I want to size down his name a little bit so it isn’t the longest line, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. I think it’s time.

03.02.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve made 10 of these. Two aren’t shown here because I either don’t have it anymore (I took it apart because it was too small for Santa’s elves) or because it was the prototype and isn’t quite right. But after a year of hard work, I think I finally have figured out this garment pattern stuff.

26.01.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love IYKYK work like this. Especially when people who don’t know (and wouldn’t like the meaning) gush and gush about the clever design at quilt shows. Warms every cockle of my heart.

26.01.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been hard at work getting my GenX Jacket pattern finished and ready to go. I’m excited but a bit worried about being able to keep up with orders… because of the size of it I’ll only be able to sell physical copies and I don’t enjoy the shipping part.

25.01.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been away. I’m tentatively peeking back in. *sigh*
Scary times for marginalized communities… nervous.

25.01.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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