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Maddie Ballard considers sewing as a necessity, a hobby, and a way for us to look forward.
Sewing as a Way to Shape the Future—and Survive the Present
In June 2020, my partner and I moved home to Aotearoa New Zealand after two years in the UK. It was the middle of Covid, so we moved in with my partner’s parents, where I spent much of my time cons…
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October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Maddie Ballard considers sewing as a necessity, a hobby, and a way for us to look forward.
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Consciousness of Shock by Victor Brauner, 1951
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Consciousness of Shock by Victor Brauner, 1951
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137666
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English actress, dancer, and singer Anna Neagle was born #OnThisDay in 1904. She is believed to have worn this c. 1940 Germaine Monteil bias-cut navy crêpe evening gown, with a sheer low back and voluminous sleeves, in a Warner Bros film. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
English actress, dancer, and singer Anna Neagle was born #OnThisDay in 1904. She is believed to have worn this c. 1940 Germaine Monteil bias-cut navy crêpe evening gown, with a sheer low back and voluminous sleeves, in a Warner Bros film. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory
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Abstract Speed + Sound by Giacomo Balla, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137301
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137301
October 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Abstract Speed + Sound by Giacomo Balla, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137301
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137301
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Oof, pour me into a Fortuny ensemble and mix me a cocktail please. My long-ish work commute felt longer than usual today but anyway, home now and the weekend is upon us. Happy Friday to you all. Late #1920s #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
October 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Oof, pour me into a Fortuny ensemble and mix me a cocktail please. My long-ish work commute felt longer than usual today but anyway, home now and the weekend is upon us. Happy Friday to you all. Late #1920s #nasjonalmuseet #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Image from an 18th-century pattern book consisting of 36 ink drawings showing precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the #Buddha and Bodhisattva figures. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-tibetan-book-of-proportions
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Image from an 18th-century pattern book consisting of 36 ink drawings showing precise iconometric guidelines for depicting the #Buddha and Bodhisattva figures. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-tibetan-book-of-proportions
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Little Accents by Vasily Kandinsky, 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137937
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137937
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Little Accents by Vasily Kandinsky, 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137937
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137937
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Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer
YouTube video by Joe Lynch
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October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Totem Inschrift, by Carl Heidenreich, 1963, 📸 by @GoslingPhoto
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Bindalli Wedding Robe
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102091
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102091
October 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Bindalli Wedding Robe
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102091
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102091
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Woman with a Fan by Jean Metzinger, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137464
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137464
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Woman with a Fan by Jean Metzinger, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137464
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137464
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Composition in Gray (Rag-time) by Theo van Doesburg, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137437
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137437
October 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Composition in Gray (Rag-time) by Theo van Doesburg, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137437
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137437
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#OnThisDay in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe passed away under mysterious circumstances. Of all the artists who gave life to Poe's macabre tales over the years, perhaps none captured them quite so brilliantly as the Irish artist Harry Clarke: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #OTD #EdgarAllanPoe
October 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#OnThisDay in 1849, Edgar Allan Poe passed away under mysterious circumstances. Of all the artists who gave life to Poe's macabre tales over the years, perhaps none captured them quite so brilliantly as the Irish artist Harry Clarke: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h... #OTD #EdgarAllanPoe
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This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1927 Chanel cream, black and gold ombré silk coat. Chanel took inspiration from Japanese kimonos for the coat's pattern and wrapped silhouette that suited the Art Deco aesthetic. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
October 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1927 Chanel cream, black and gold ombré silk coat. Chanel took inspiration from Japanese kimonos for the coat's pattern and wrapped silhouette that suited the Art Deco aesthetic. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory
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Cats (rayist percep.[tion] in rose, black, and yellow) by Natalia Goncharova, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137260
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137260
October 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Cats (rayist percep.[tion] in rose, black, and yellow) by Natalia Goncharova, 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137260
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137260
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Coat by Jeanne Lanvin, 1910-13. Via Palais Galliera.
September 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Coat by Jeanne Lanvin, 1910-13. Via Palais Galliera.
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The Juggler (The Magician)
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/1137834
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/1137834
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Juggler (The Magician)
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/1137834
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/1137834
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This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this periwinkle crêpe chiffon & silk crêpe evening gown. It features a draped chiffon overlay on the bodice and a draped panel cascading from the waist around the back of the slightly flared skirt. Sold by Augusta Auction. #fashionhistory
September 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this periwinkle crêpe chiffon & silk crêpe evening gown. It features a draped chiffon overlay on the bodice and a draped panel cascading from the waist around the back of the slightly flared skirt. Sold by Augusta Auction. #fashionhistory
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Speckled Tanager, a species of
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scientific name: Ixothraupis guttata
Genus: Tangara, commonly called Tangara Tanagers, True Tangaras or Tanager.
📷 Rashid Khan
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scientific name: Ixothraupis guttata
Genus: Tangara, commonly called Tangara Tanagers, True Tangaras or Tanager.
📷 Rashid Khan
September 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Speckled Tanager, a species of
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scientific name: Ixothraupis guttata
Genus: Tangara, commonly called Tangara Tanagers, True Tangaras or Tanager.
📷 Rashid Khan
Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Scientific name: Ixothraupis guttata
Genus: Tangara, commonly called Tangara Tanagers, True Tangaras or Tanager.
📷 Rashid Khan
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this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite
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Fashion designer Stella McCartney was born #OnThisDay in 1971. She designed the grey silk floor-length gown, with black piping at the bust and shoulders, that Helen Mirren wore to the premiere of The Queen at the New York Film Festival in 2006. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #FashionHistory
September 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fashion designer Stella McCartney was born #OnThisDay in 1971. She designed the grey silk floor-length gown, with black piping at the bust and shoulders, that Helen Mirren wore to the premiere of The Queen at the New York Film Festival in 2006. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #FashionHistory
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This is a favourite that I haven’t shared in a while. Pauline Trigère was a construction genius, all clean sleek lines. Her late #1960s emerald evening gown is double faced with a deep orange silk just visible on the matching cape #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a favourite that I haven’t shared in a while. Pauline Trigère was a construction genius, all clean sleek lines. Her late #1960s emerald evening gown is double faced with a deep orange silk just visible on the matching cape #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Fifteenth-century handwriting as seen in The History of Ink (1860), a book including beautiful samples of penmanship from 1500 BC to 1834 AD: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-history-of-ink-including-its-etymology-chemistry-and-bibliography-1860
September 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Fifteenth-century handwriting as seen in The History of Ink (1860), a book including beautiful samples of penmanship from 1500 BC to 1834 AD: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-history-of-ink-including-its-etymology-chemistry-and-bibliography-1860
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For once, this month has a healthy number of new science fiction offerings. A Hell Diver prequel novel, an elusive poem from the past, and the return of John Scalzi's Old Man's War series!! promise a stacked list of sci-fi releases for September 2025!
#Sciencefiction
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#Sciencefiction
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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in September 2025 - Reactor
An interplanetary courier, a police detective, a poet, and a spy all appear in September's new SF releases.
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September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For once, this month has a healthy number of new science fiction offerings. A Hell Diver prequel novel, an elusive poem from the past, and the return of John Scalzi's Old Man's War series!! promise a stacked list of sci-fi releases for September 2025!
#Sciencefiction
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#Sciencefiction
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