patriceskov
@patriceskov.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Books, cats, garden flowers, nature, fabric crafts. Avoiding politics and hate.
Today I'm celebrating that I got the fitted sheet on the bed the right way the very first try!
#christmasmiracle #fittedsheetnightmares #murphyslaw
#christmasmiracle #fittedsheetnightmares #murphyslaw
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Today I'm celebrating that I got the fitted sheet on the bed the right way the very first try!
#christmasmiracle #fittedsheetnightmares #murphyslaw
#christmasmiracle #fittedsheetnightmares #murphyslaw
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
1/2 Complete! Excuse the husband's limited wingspan. First time doing HSTs. I learned a few things. It is very difficult to get perfect points with HSTs. And I also learned that not perfect points does not bother me nearly as much as mismatched plaids on the side seams of store bought pajama pants.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
1/2 Complete! Excuse the husband's limited wingspan. First time doing HSTs. I learned a few things. It is very difficult to get perfect points with HSTs. And I also learned that not perfect points does not bother me nearly as much as mismatched plaids on the side seams of store bought pajama pants.
Does anyone else remember in Grade Nine Home Ec class being taught to just drive over those pins keeping your seams matching properly? Or is that just me misremembering to excuse my bad behaviour once again?
#sewing #pinanxiety #homeec #pointmatching
#sewing #pinanxiety #homeec #pointmatching
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Does anyone else remember in Grade Nine Home Ec class being taught to just drive over those pins keeping your seams matching properly? Or is that just me misremembering to excuse my bad behaviour once again?
#sewing #pinanxiety #homeec #pointmatching
#sewing #pinanxiety #homeec #pointmatching
I'm not American, but this is so true. The US seems hellbent on downplaying all of these.
This country does not do well with collective mourning or acknowledging death by contagious illness. You probably never heard of the pandemic of 1918, if you're under 35 you probably never seen the AIDS quilt and the fact that we've never had a national acknowledgment of the people who died of COVID
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I'm not American, but this is so true. The US seems hellbent on downplaying all of these.
Looking out at the fresh snow. "What is this shit, mom?"
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looking out at the fresh snow. "What is this shit, mom?"
1/2 I'm making progress on the quilt top. I felt like sewing today, not cutting or pressing so I broke my own rule about not sewing blocks together before they were completely laid out. (It was a new rule and nobody listens to me anyway.) Three more rows for twin size!
#quiltsky #starburstquilt
#quiltsky #starburstquilt
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
1/2 I'm making progress on the quilt top. I felt like sewing today, not cutting or pressing so I broke my own rule about not sewing blocks together before they were completely laid out. (It was a new rule and nobody listens to me anyway.) Three more rows for twin size!
#quiltsky #starburstquilt
#quiltsky #starburstquilt
Making progress on the starburst quilt top. I like to take photos as I go because it is much easier to identify layout issues that way. I had made a goober in the third row that basically threw the whole thing out. Of course the mistake was in the part I had already sewn into rows. 🙄
#quiltsky
#quiltsky
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Making progress on the starburst quilt top. I like to take photos as I go because it is much easier to identify layout issues that way. I had made a goober in the third row that basically threw the whole thing out. Of course the mistake was in the part I had already sewn into rows. 🙄
#quiltsky
#quiltsky
It's a grey old November day out there. Currently deciding between a snacky snack and a nappy nap.
#snackysnack #nappynap #November
#snackysnack #nappynap #November
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's a grey old November day out there. Currently deciding between a snacky snack and a nappy nap.
#snackysnack #nappynap #November
#snackysnack #nappynap #November
I finally finished binding this quilt. I love everything about it. The colours and how they go with the large block feature fabric are just scrumptious. I lucked out with the backing and I love how it both matches and contrasts with the colours in the feature fabric.
#quiltsky #largeblockquilt
#quiltsky #largeblockquilt
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I finally finished binding this quilt. I love everything about it. The colours and how they go with the large block feature fabric are just scrumptious. I lucked out with the backing and I love how it both matches and contrasts with the colours in the feature fabric.
#quiltsky #largeblockquilt
#quiltsky #largeblockquilt
I wish there was a button on my body I could push when my hair is at an exact length and style I really like, and it would stop growing until I got tired if it. That would have been a few days ago.
#haircut #bodymaintenance #toomuchwork
#haircut #bodymaintenance #toomuchwork
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I wish there was a button on my body I could push when my hair is at an exact length and style I really like, and it would stop growing until I got tired if it. That would have been a few days ago.
#haircut #bodymaintenance #toomuchwork
#haircut #bodymaintenance #toomuchwork
The sun is streaming so gloriously in the window. I've had to kill three of those tiny jumping spiders it woke up. How the heck do they get in here anyway?
#jumpingspider #sunnyday #november
#jumpingspider #sunnyday #november
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The sun is streaming so gloriously in the window. I've had to kill three of those tiny jumping spiders it woke up. How the heck do they get in here anyway?
#jumpingspider #sunnyday #november
#jumpingspider #sunnyday #november
I started a new quilt today. I'm doing it in stages, the cutting, marking, sewing, block trimming. This is how far I got today. It's going together so quickly it's almost scary! This one is part of my quest to USE MY STASH!!!
#starburst #quiltsky #usethestash
#starburst #quiltsky #usethestash
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I started a new quilt today. I'm doing it in stages, the cutting, marking, sewing, block trimming. This is how far I got today. It's going together so quickly it's almost scary! This one is part of my quest to USE MY STASH!!!
#starburst #quiltsky #usethestash
#starburst #quiltsky #usethestash
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
The third of three crumb quilt tops is done. See those blue strips in the middle? I meant to do that. It's not that I didn't measure and ran out of the red/pink because I just started cutting and sewing. No way. Who would do that? Not me.
##crumbquilt #scrapquilt #quiltsky
##crumbquilt #scrapquilt #quiltsky
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The third of three crumb quilt tops is done. See those blue strips in the middle? I meant to do that. It's not that I didn't measure and ran out of the red/pink because I just started cutting and sewing. No way. Who would do that? Not me.
##crumbquilt #scrapquilt #quiltsky
##crumbquilt #scrapquilt #quiltsky
Today for the first time, I could not see the needle on my sewing machine well enough to thread it. What is happening to me???
#seniormoment #ageismorethananumber #geezers #pointlesstofightit
#seniormoment #ageismorethananumber #geezers #pointlesstofightit
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Today for the first time, I could not see the needle on my sewing machine well enough to thread it. What is happening to me???
#seniormoment #ageismorethananumber #geezers #pointlesstofightit
#seniormoment #ageismorethananumber #geezers #pointlesstofightit
Does anyone else feel like their entire future rests with the Toronto Bluejays right now?
#bluejaysbaseball #worldseries
#bluejaysbaseball #worldseries
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Does anyone else feel like their entire future rests with the Toronto Bluejays right now?
#bluejaysbaseball #worldseries
#bluejaysbaseball #worldseries
How does one not look at the brown stain on Ohtani's hip while he's pitching? I am alone?
#ohtani #worldseries #nohtani
#ohtani #worldseries #nohtani
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How does one not look at the brown stain on Ohtani's hip while he's pitching? I am alone?
#ohtani #worldseries #nohtani
#ohtani #worldseries #nohtani
I 100%hate November. Will it snow, will it not? Can I throw out grass seed, can I not? Am I wasting $180 on snow clearing? November is the worst month, except for maybe March. Or April.
#worstmonth #novembersucks #winter
#worstmonth #novembersucks #winter
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I 100%hate November. Will it snow, will it not? Can I throw out grass seed, can I not? Am I wasting $180 on snow clearing? November is the worst month, except for maybe March. Or April.
#worstmonth #novembersucks #winter
#worstmonth #novembersucks #winter
Big sports day today! Football at 1:00, hockey at 2:00, baseball at 7:00. The trifecta of TV. I should be able to get a lot of hand stitching done on the binding of my quilt today. 😉 Go Bombers, Jets and Bluejays!
#jetshockey #bluejaysbaseball #bomberfootball
#jetshockey #bluejaysbaseball #bomberfootball
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Big sports day today! Football at 1:00, hockey at 2:00, baseball at 7:00. The trifecta of TV. I should be able to get a lot of hand stitching done on the binding of my quilt today. 😉 Go Bombers, Jets and Bluejays!
#jetshockey #bluejaysbaseball #bomberfootball
#jetshockey #bluejaysbaseball #bomberfootball
Whose idea was it to have a World Series game on Hallowe'en? Has to be a bunch of men with no concept of community or family culture. How rude!
#worldseries #bluejaysbaseball #Halloween
#worldseries #bluejaysbaseball #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Whose idea was it to have a World Series game on Hallowe'en? Has to be a bunch of men with no concept of community or family culture. How rude!
#worldseries #bluejaysbaseball #Halloween
#worldseries #bluejaysbaseball #Halloween
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October 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Shadow has stage 2 kidney failure and requires special $$$ food. Also has diabetes and requires twice daily insulin injections but that's another story.... but it's all okay now because the lids to the super small ridiculously expensive cans come with little cat ears. So worth it.
#catkidneyfailure
#catkidneyfailure
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Shadow has stage 2 kidney failure and requires special $$$ food. Also has diabetes and requires twice daily insulin injections but that's another story.... but it's all okay now because the lids to the super small ridiculously expensive cans come with little cat ears. So worth it.
#catkidneyfailure
#catkidneyfailure
So many horror movies could simply be avoided if people would just stay out of the basement.
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So many horror movies could simply be avoided if people would just stay out of the basement.