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Mrs. Needle
@illuminacaster.bsky.social
Because I keep stabbing myself with them.

30s/amateur sewist and artist/ttrpg fan/happily wedded. Home of the Senior Office Manager Maximus and Junior Office Manager Jack Eliot.

🔞 only, due to risqué art. I’ll post as time allows as I dabble in hobbies.
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Hoping to get this place a lot more artsy in the new year.

#improvementarc #art #procreateartprogram #sketch
Our Junior Office Manager Jack Eliot reminded staff today that it’s okay to be nervous as you step into the unknown since being committed to showing up for yourself is the real achievement.

#selfcare #catsky #blackcatsky #caresky
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It’s Midweek at the Office!

Sr. Office Manager Max reminds everyone that playing isn’t just for children, and that we should reward ourselves with a treat or a prize once we’ve accomplished what seemed like an impossibly hard task.

Maybe he’s on to something…

#selfcare #catsky #catsofbluesky
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Sr. Office Manager Max wants to gently remind you that coffee is not a meal, and it’s normal to need rest.

Take it from him, he sleeps 16 hours a day and yells to make sure all know when it’s meal time.

Please don’t disappoint Sr. Office Manager Max

#selfcare #catsky #catpurring #catsofbluesky
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Our Senior Office Manager wants to remind you to drink water, don’t forget to have a snack, and take breaks when you can.

#selfcare #catsofbluesky #catsky
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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If you're on the fence and want someone to peek at a pitch, or have any questions about the press, let me know! I'm not sure I'm going to pitch to this one but I would love to help get some new folks into the press <3 If nothing else, pitching helps you get an idea together that you can write later!
Are you a fanfiction author? Have you been wanting to break into publishing your original fiction? We're looking for contributors to BEYOND THE GALACTIC TIDE, our next anthology. What's it about? TL:DR... ACE IN SPACE! For the long version, visit our website: duckprintspress.com/beyond-the-g...

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January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
No sewing today, just nerdy reading bribery.

#readingcrafts #painting #payyourselftoread
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I was suddenly laid off from my job of a decade on New Year’s Day. I sacrificed countless hours responding to emergencies, and leaving family and friends to help people on their worst days. Now we begin to pick up the pieces, and figure out what to do.

#badday #hopeful #betterdaysahead #moodpainter
January 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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December 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
We made a lot of pullbags, so I took a break for my first simple drape and pin. The insides aren’t too pretty but folded and hand stitched the sides before going in to finish it with the machine. All that is left is to hem and add straps if I’m going too.

#garmentsewing #sewsky #quickproject
December 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🎄🎁🥂🌟 Merry Christmas from Hell!🎄🎁🥂🌟
#HazbinHotel
December 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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🦕❄️🧊🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Happy Holidays! On this day, the Senior and Junior Office Manager were gifted many toys from Santa Paws.

#catsky #tuxedocatsky #straytoforeverhome #catpics
December 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Working on a quick dress through drape, hand stitch, and then a machine finish
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🦈🦈🦈 WE NEED TO GO BIGGER 🦈🦈🦈
“Researchers studying huge vertebrae discovered on a beach near the city of Darwin say the creature is now the earliest known mega-predator of the modern shark lineage, living 15 million years earlier than enormous sharks found before.”

apnews.com/article/mega...
Before megalodon, researchers say a monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas
Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back to further in the Cretaceous period than was previously known.
apnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tis the season of Christmas Tree dice bags. With my TTRPG gamers, I have made these holiday dice bags out if a variety of fabrics with love, and many chopstick pulled out corners in mind.

#sewingsky #craftsky #holidaycrafts #fabric #christmastreepullbag
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This is your reminder to drink water, and then water your plants, do pruning, and check any hydroponic roots for rot or trimming.

#gardensky #urbangardening #plantsky
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reminder: Small business Saturday (and all year long) is a good time to patron your local craft and fabric stores to stock up for those seasonal projects!

The dark times of winter are upon us, so it’s time to fixate on homemade apparel and giftees!

#smallbusinesssaturday #craftsky #sewsky #PSA
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It was a good weekend.

#paxunplugged
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And the little boy’s is done too! Time to ship these off to their forever homes.

#quiltsky #babyquilt #quilt #finishedproject
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sewing Sunday. Finished out the girl’s quilt!! I’ll show the boy’s once done.

#quiltsky #babyblanket #DIYproject #sewingsky
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM