STICKERS!!!! I’m in love with them! They are transparent on the edges, so it looks like you’ve got a bear/owl/bat stitched on whatever needs something bad ass on it. #wildlife #wildlifeart #natureart #birding #owl #grizzlybear #bats

Honored to have been selected to present as an emerging artist at this years making & thinking conference at the folk art center in Asheville! What an amazing and inspiring weekend! #craftguild #artyear #southernhighlandcraftguild #embroidery #folkart #appalachia #natureart #blueridgeparkway

I stitched a bunch of cute flowery hats that are now for sale on my website! I love a bucket hat 🥲 #handembroidery #flowerart #embroidery #artyear #shopupdate #shopsmall #natureart

Going on now! Www.fieldguideembroidery.com #embroidery #shopsmall #wildlife #wildlifeart #bird #birdart

Earth Day sale tomorrow 6 pm eastern! Discounts, new work, signed books! Good things! #embroidery #handembroidery #smallbusiness #artsale #blundstoneboots #earthday

These special hand embroidery hats will be posted to my website at 8pm this evening! They each have special meanings, as they represent empathy, resistance, resilience, rage, and community. Www.fieldguideembroidery.com #embroidery #wildlifeart #birdart #birding #handembroidery #artforsale

New Activist Beanies! 🤜 RAGE- Grizzly/Stinging Nettle RESILIENCE- Beaver/Fireweed EMPATHY- Orca and Waterlily COMMUNITY- Canada Geese/Sagebrush RESISTANCE- Wolf/Bristlecone Pine #artyear #shareart #embroidery #wildlife #wildlifeart #artisactivism #fiberarts #handembroidery #natureart #art

February reading round up as a break in your (and my) doom scrolling. The Song of Achilles was my favorite out of the bunch! Ps always love new friends on storygraph 🙂📚 #booksky #reading

Wrapped up my intermediate embroidery class last week and my students absolutely killed this pattern, truly it’s hard to tell which the example piece is 😂 I LOVED teaching this class and all of the unique stitches! #artshare #artyear #wildlifeart #wildlife #natureart #fiberarts

Walleye! I stitched this custom hat for someone that wanted a really special gift for their walleye biologist partner and I was so thrilled with how it turned out! #fishyfeb for February today! #embroidery #handembroidery #artyear #artshare #fish #wildlifeart #wildlife #fiberarts

Another day, another #scenicspecies hat! A crested Cara Cara on the beach! I was in Texas for that big freeze a few years ago and watched one of these birds pick at some frozen fish that washed up. #februarty day12: 🧡 #embroidery #bird #artyear #birding #ocean #shareart #wildlife #wildlifeart #art

#sensoryart for February day 11! More squirrels because I just can’t get enough of them. These cuties are red squirrels. 🐿️ Those embroidered fluffy tails use a stitch called turkey work! #embroidery #artyear #handembroidery #artshare #wildlife #wildlifeart #nearbynature2025

In third grade I got sent to the hallway because I couldn’t contain my laughter over the Gulf of Alaska and was disruptive, I thought it was a joke about the Gulf of Mexico. But now Gulf of America is the actual joke and it’s all come full circle I guess and sadly it’s not funny, it’s stupid.

SUPERBOWL actually is SUPERB OWL and I especially mean that this year as I cannot stand the chiefs 😂 Owls all the way, baby, followed by Eagles. 🦅 #embroidery #handembroidery #artyear #artshare #greathornedowl #bird #birding

#blueskyartshow today is #reflections. I’m reflecting on my time spent watching Cara Cara’s on the texas gulf shore, reflections in the water, and on my past #scenicspecies series. Hard not to absolutely love this one. #bird #birding #wildlife #embroidery #artyear #raptor #birdwatching #ocean

Participating in #fishyfeb, here is another of my #scenicspecies series. Based on a tide pool, depicting a little sculpin, gumboot chiton, anemones and ochre sea stars. This one remains unclaimed, and currently discounted! If you are a tide pooler, maybe it’s the hat for you! #embroidery #artyear

Second hat I’m sharing from my #scenicspecies embroidery series, an orca emerging in front of glaciers in Alaska. This was something I witnessed several summers ago and will never forget! ✨pure magic✨ #februarty day 6: (false) eyes #artyear #fiberarts #wildlifeart #wildlifewatching #artshare

Can’t wait to share these hats from my all time favorite project with you. The theme was #scenicspecies and told a story of an animal and their place I have had the privilege to visit. Here we have the Grand Canyon and a elusive Gila Monster. #artyear #februarty #fiberart #embroidery #artshare

Had to dig a bit for #februarty day 4: purple! This hat was such a breakthrough moment for me, I really felt something big coming on. Stitched back in 2021, pikas and surrounding wildflowers were an obsession of mine. I hope this hat is still going on adventures! #artyear #embroidery #wildlifeart

One of my earlier embroidery pieces, also one of my biggest! That fluffy turkey work squirrel tail took me forever. This was a holiday gift for my squirrel loving brother! #februarty day 2: sensory #blueskyartshow #natureart #wildlifeart #nearbynature2025

Pronghorns are one of my favorite mammals, paired with goldenrod, perfection in my mind. Here are a pair of blundstones I stitched, and the patterns will be in my upcoming book “The Field Guide to Embroidery” so you can stitch your own. #februarty day 2:shoes #blueskyartshow #wildlife #wildlifeart

I love reading. And I love talking about the books I’ve read with friends. #booksky, here are my January reads! I made myself a goal of reading 40 books this year, and I’m bumping it up to 50 after this month!

An adorable little stitched Sanderling on a bright sunny beach. I love to watch these fluffy ping pongs on legs sprint in and out of the waves looking for snacks. #februarty day 1: light ☀️ #blueskyartshow #birding #embroidery #wildlifeart #birdart #handembroidery #nearbynature2025 #bird

My intro and intermediate embroidery students came into class with their heads hanging low, feeling out of sorts yesterday. I was right there with them. I put on cheery music and we got to stitching, by the end of class we left smiling. I really think art is healing, and my students are killing it.

My favorite thing to do on Bluesky right now is search #embroidery and hype up as many people as I can! It feels good to make something with your hands. Proud of you all. Make art!

This hat is based on a story shared with me of a mother on a prairie path with her two sons. The boys became smitten with a garter snake they had been walking parallel to, and the snake equally so with them, as they poked their head out to say hello. #januarty 30: green #wildlifeart #embroidery

Adding my #birdwhisperer art for January, a Common Loon! Truly a favorite bird of mine, I’m always shocked by how large they are! This pattern can actually be found in my upcoming book The Field Guide to Embroidery! #nearbynature2025 #birdart #birdwatching #artyear #wildlifeart #embroidery

Someone reached out to me this week and asked if I could add some branches underneath this wolverine I had stitched for a semi-custom order. Obviously I said yes, and I’m super pleased with how it turned out! What do you think? #wildlife #wildlifeart #embroidery #handembroidery #natureart

Alright, where are my #booksky pals who thought #onyxstorm was hot garbage at? I need to vent. 📚

Woah! Ebooks now available through indie bookshops! Huge announcement by @bookshop-org.bsky.social. Goodbye Amazon! Library and indie bookshop gal through and through!! 📚📚📚 #booksky