Nathania Apple, textile geek
@purlsbeyondprice.bsky.social
Quilter, Sewist, Knitter, Embroiderer, & textile artist. Dir. Sales & Marketing at Cherrywood Fabrics. Costumer for Wayzata High School Theatre. Minneapolis-based. Queer, autistic, ADHD, breast cancer survivor. I believe in human rights & bodily autonomy.
Things I do with my theatre kid. We attend a lot of live theatre to feed our souls and to support the community. It’s an act of self care, and it’s damned political too. Arts comment on issues in our culture and give voice to marginalized groups. Supporting the arts, especially now, is resistance!
May 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Things I do with my theatre kid. We attend a lot of live theatre to feed our souls and to support the community. It’s an act of self care, and it’s damned political too. Arts comment on issues in our culture and give voice to marginalized groups. Supporting the arts, especially now, is resistance!
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This is absolutely--and I cannot stress this enough--not how it is supposed to work. An Executive without functioning internal checks is a constitutional crisis no matter what courts are doing. Courts are a last resort when the Executive is acting unlawfully, and an extremely limited one at that.
A leading liberal legal scholar weighs in on the current moment.
No comment.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
No comment.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is absolutely--and I cannot stress this enough--not how it is supposed to work. An Executive without functioning internal checks is a constitutional crisis no matter what courts are doing. Courts are a last resort when the Executive is acting unlawfully, and an extremely limited one at that.
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This is a great start, but we need more Democrats to fight like Sen. @schatz.bsky.social! The Trump-Musk power grab is a constitutional crisis and Senate Democrats aren’t powerless: indivisible.org/resource/how...
February 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is a great start, but we need more Democrats to fight like Sen. @schatz.bsky.social! The Trump-Musk power grab is a constitutional crisis and Senate Democrats aren’t powerless: indivisible.org/resource/how...
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"The goal has always been clear: destroy functioning government, cripple the nonprofit sector and obliterate the hard-earned bonds and benefits of 80 years of post-war American progress." @guitarwatson.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump Aims To Destroy American Civil Society. Here’s Why He Must Be Stopped.
Opinion | I think there’s a strong adjunct role for most of us building anti-MAGA strength in the 21 months left till the U.S. midterm elections in 2026.
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"The goal has always been clear: destroy functioning government, cripple the nonprofit sector and obliterate the hard-earned bonds and benefits of 80 years of post-war American progress." @guitarwatson.bsky.social
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Spent part of my weekend prepping to sew the new GenX Jacket, a new pattern from @messygoat.bsky.social using Cherrywood fabric, a print from my stash & some coordinating prints I found at SR Harris.
February 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Spent part of my weekend prepping to sew the new GenX Jacket, a new pattern from @messygoat.bsky.social using Cherrywood fabric, a print from my stash & some coordinating prints I found at SR Harris.
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The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress.
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
![“I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said. “And I actually checked with him a few times [and] said ‘are you sure?’”
The answer was yes, he said.
“And so we’re shutting it down,” Musk said.
USAID staffers were told that the agency’s headquarters in Washington will be closed Monday amid the turmoil.
In an email to staff early Monday, the agency’s leadership said: “Agency personnel normally assigned to work at USAID headquarters will work remotely … with the exception of personnel with essential on-site and building maintenance functions individually contacted by senior leadership.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreihfrxbqqzx6xoeoudgfglj52il2ts26n2dkmxhq6ulwdbt7thegzy@jpeg)
February 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The executive branch does not have the legal right to cancel appropriated spending or eliminate agencies created by Congress.
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and Musk are doing both. Entirely lawless and unconstitutional.
The world's largest provider of food assistance shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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One of my absolute favorite things is: Great Horned Owls 🦉 In the evenings I walk my dogs, and their hoot hoot hooots just … calm me.
Today one swooped in front of my car, landed on a branch, and looked straight at me.
As Rebecca Solnit says: “Everything we can save is worth saving”
Today one swooped in front of my car, landed on a branch, and looked straight at me.
As Rebecca Solnit says: “Everything we can save is worth saving”
January 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
One of my absolute favorite things is: Great Horned Owls 🦉 In the evenings I walk my dogs, and their hoot hoot hooots just … calm me.
Today one swooped in front of my car, landed on a branch, and looked straight at me.
As Rebecca Solnit says: “Everything we can save is worth saving”
Today one swooped in front of my car, landed on a branch, and looked straight at me.
As Rebecca Solnit says: “Everything we can save is worth saving”
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If you want to understand why so many cis people who don't even really know trans people are in a full-blown panic over something that doesn't affect them, that's why. Their real anger is over changing gender roles, especially growing acceptance that women aren't biologically inferior to men.
January 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you want to understand why so many cis people who don't even really know trans people are in a full-blown panic over something that doesn't affect them, that's why. Their real anger is over changing gender roles, especially growing acceptance that women aren't biologically inferior to men.
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Anybody who actually knows gender nonconforming kids could tell you that they are some of the most courageous people in the world.
Let’s hope the rest of us can rise to their standard.
Let’s hope the rest of us can rise to their standard.
January 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Anybody who actually knows gender nonconforming kids could tell you that they are some of the most courageous people in the world.
Let’s hope the rest of us can rise to their standard.
Let’s hope the rest of us can rise to their standard.
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Things I am doing to combat feelings of helplessness as the current administration attempts to dismantle our democracy.
January 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Things I am doing to combat feelings of helplessness as the current administration attempts to dismantle our democracy.
Finished my 3rd book of 2025, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. I literally gasped as I read the final page. Immediately diving into Iron Flame.
January 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Finished my 3rd book of 2025, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. I literally gasped as I read the final page. Immediately diving into Iron Flame.
Finished The Eye of the World. Second book in 2025 down.
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Finished The Eye of the World. Second book in 2025 down.
I am learning to be kinder to myself. On days like today I tend to minimize my achievements. “I got nothing done today.” Actually, I undecorated the Xmas tree, did four loads of laundry, cooked dinner, read 1/4 of a book, conversed with my kid about the sacredness of creativity.
January 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I am learning to be kinder to myself. On days like today I tend to minimize my achievements. “I got nothing done today.” Actually, I undecorated the Xmas tree, did four loads of laundry, cooked dinner, read 1/4 of a book, conversed with my kid about the sacredness of creativity.
Does anyone else get anxious as they approach the end of a book? I feel like every time I finish a chapter I have to take a few minutes to decompress.
January 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Does anyone else get anxious as they approach the end of a book? I feel like every time I finish a chapter I have to take a few minutes to decompress.
Check out the super awesome prize I won in @badassquilter.bsky.social birthday giveaway! I’ve been coveting this for months. Now it’s mine, all mine! Thank you, Maddie and @gedesigns.bsky.social !!!
January 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Check out the super awesome prize I won in @badassquilter.bsky.social birthday giveaway! I’ve been coveting this for months. Now it’s mine, all mine! Thank you, Maddie and @gedesigns.bsky.social !!!
Insomnia.
January 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Insomnia.
Comfort stitching while my sweet Bella pup looks on. Self-care mode activated.
January 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Comfort stitching while my sweet Bella pup looks on. Self-care mode activated.
Final assembly of blocks for the Frankie quilt, designed by GE Designs and made up in Tim Holtz & Cherrywood Hand Dyed fabric.
January 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Final assembly of blocks for the Frankie quilt, designed by GE Designs and made up in Tim Holtz & Cherrywood Hand Dyed fabric.
Mourning the loss of my dear friend David Lynch. We had some wonderful conversations and once upon a time I made him a quilt that he used while meditating. I will cherish my memories of him.
January 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Mourning the loss of my dear friend David Lynch. We had some wonderful conversations and once upon a time I made him a quilt that he used while meditating. I will cherish my memories of him.
Cast and crew of Romeo & Juliet, the current theatre production at WHS. My son, Devin, is starring as Romeo. Costume design by me! We open tonight.
January 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Cast and crew of Romeo & Juliet, the current theatre production at WHS. My son, Devin, is starring as Romeo. Costume design by me! We open tonight.
Certain authors' voices are so ingrained in my mind that when I read their work, I hear them as if they were reading to me themselves. Neil Gaiman is one of them. His voice is so deeply woven into my consciousness that he often appears in my dreams, as if he were Morpheus himself.
January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Certain authors' voices are so ingrained in my mind that when I read their work, I hear them as if they were reading to me themselves. Neil Gaiman is one of them. His voice is so deeply woven into my consciousness that he often appears in my dreams, as if he were Morpheus himself.
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Last full week before we brace for Trump 2.0.
Rest up everyone, it's going to be long hard fight to protect democracy.
Rest up everyone, it's going to be long hard fight to protect democracy.
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Last full week before we brace for Trump 2.0.
Rest up everyone, it's going to be long hard fight to protect democracy.
Rest up everyone, it's going to be long hard fight to protect democracy.
Hand embroidery on Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabric with Valdani 12wt Perl cotton.
January 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Hand embroidery on Cherrywood Hand Dyed Fabric with Valdani 12wt Perl cotton.