Geeky Artist

Maddie | 30 | Geoscientist | Sewist | Christian

[giggling-kitten]

Finally finished my first hand pieced mini quilt! I'm quite happy with how this turned out

Some of the pieces were so small, and my machine hates small pieces of fabric, so I had to hand sew this

[tornadointhetundra]

what the fuck do you mean anthropic bought books and severed the pages from their spines to train their AI models what the fuck

buy the paper books so that AI can't holy shit they're physically destroying books now i feel like AI is becoming what George Orwell warned us about with the ministry of truth in 1984 i cant fucking take this anymore.

[eleilinnrallin]

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

[kimberlychapman]

Or this preferred Tumblr announcement system:

[badstitched]

Oh hey, there's a big blockbuster movie out right now. Guess I should share that I have a plethora of Greek Mythology cross stitch patterns… like this set of Amphoras.

🏺Heracles versus the Hydra of Lerna 🏺Belerophon tricking the Pegasus with the Golden Bridle 🏺A Siren luring in some sailors

Find these designs in my shop or in my big #xstitchzine Pantheon. Spoiler: More print copies of Pantheon are coming for Needlework Marketplace in August. Amphoras PDF

[ibbity]

Unicorn tapestry x stitch, 18 count aida (I think? twas a scrap I had lying around)

[mollybeenoel]

[princesssokphanny]

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow. Caught at just the right time. 🌈 🌕

[thememedaddy]

[iamasalmon]

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

[h0lyshift]

The older i get the more i understand why some people become obsessed with privacy, not because they’re hiding something, but because being constantly perceived starts to feel spiritually exhausting.

[melyzard]

Did you know that soda machines at restaurants and movie theaters spy on you? That most common new cars now record your sexual preferences and send it to the manufacturer (and also data about anyone who also gets in your car, walks by your car, and maybe happens to be within visual range of your car)? That grocery stores are trying to force customers to download an app to scan barcodes on shelves instead of putting up prices, so the app can scan the phone, decide how much that customer should be squeezed for, and adjust the price? That more and more innocent people are being sent to jail for crimes committed hundreds of miles away because an AI facial recognition algorithm spit their faces out and the cops didn't bother to do the most basic of checks?

I am not uptight about privacy because I'm hiding something. I'm uptight about it because the people who dismiss my right to privacy are dangerous to you and me and our families, personally, all the time.

And often, they are assholes, too.

[salt-angels]

this might be my silly inconsequential take about this but I think you should support your friends' art endeavours in whatever ways you can and very vehemently

say nice shit about their art. fangirl about it, compliment the art fundamentals or the vibe or the color whatever. share their posts online

it used to be so easy to create an art community online in the past and now it's hellish. fight the algorithms. spam your friends art. they will either rlly appreciate the attention or straight up need it.

theres something slightly heartbreaking about the thought that the people around you don't care about your creations. by all means, you should create art for yourself but also, sometimes that art is a direct window into your inner world and when friends and loved ones ignore that it can sting pretty bad

that's it folks be nice to each other out there and fight to create meaningful communities

[mrcrustybacon]

Finished this Stardew Valley piece for a friend. Took around 8 months but very happy with how it turned out.

[scrixels]

I'm Freeing my cross stitch patterns!

I still get emails asking for patterns since I broke up with etsy a few years ago, and while I don't really want to get back into making patterns, I still like the ones I've made. So, I've put them all (16 of them) up on my ko-fi, for free.

This set of patterns includes some ~rare~ ones!

This wasn't on etsy for long - but it's one of my very favs.

and not just the return of the Avatar map (designed in 2012), but finally the updated version.

If it is fanart - Absolutely free (in the hopes they get to stay up). If not, it's free/pay what you want.

Happy stitching!

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[giggling-kitten]

Finally finished this thing.

I go though stages of wanting to cross stitch all the time to not being able to even look at a pattern. This project fell victim to that cycle many times

[giggling-kitten]

My Liberty Lamb is finished!

The star is my favorite part