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@bethmaru

She/Her/Elle Canadian. Curious. Contrarian. Contentious. Contrasts.

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mb baker@bethmaru· 3d

Just a hawk having a snack in the suburbs. #naturephotos

Hawk on a rooftop eating something that was previously furry or feathered :/

mb baker@bethmaru· 3d

Okay 4/9 done, 5th unit is ready to sew. I’m getting to the part where I’m thinking of what I’m going to do when it’s done :(

Units 1,3,4,7 of the Tilda flower branch quilt.

Tiny two by two inch squares sewn into pairs 252 of them in a 7 x 14 unit of colour and contrasting putty.

mb baker@bethmaru· 26d

Butterfly meets Monarch #naturephotography

A flower stand in black metal with a butterfly decoration and a flying Monarch butterfly

mb baker@bethmaru· Jul 19

#SilentSunday

mb baker@bethmaru· Jul 2

Mammatus clouds #naturephotography

Black lamppost with mammatus clouds during the sunset.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 29

Adventures had: river reeds and water seeping in killed the motor and it failed. But it was fun.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 28

Completed!

1.5 inch pixel quilt unit - mostly green and blue squares on a putty chambray fabric background.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 26

Wild Meadow rue or fireworks in floral form as I like to call them.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 25

Almost one full unit patched together, #7 of 9, 1/9 completed.

Two seams left on unit 7. Green, blue and grey squares with putty background all chambray.

Behind the seams… showing my construction efforts.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 24

What a beautiful day. I felt like trash. But I fought the ground Ivy and watched the pollinators. #nature

Canada flag unfurled in the mid-day sun.

Women holding a heap of creeping Charlie over her shoulder.

Women in a sweatshirt catching some Sundays.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 23

Block by block.

252 blocs all in sets of 4x4 sewn together and ready to sew together again.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 21

252/2268 😴

A quick photo of 252 2 inch squares sewn into pairs and arranged in a pattern.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 7

Colour pallet… for 2000 square quilt😳

Colour swatches from Cambray fabric - from pale beige to burnt red and all the pinks, purples, blues and greens in between.

mb baker@bethmaru· Jun 6

Starting a few new handmade projects. #crafting

mb baker@bethmaru· May 24

Sewing Sunday.

Collar and tag of a new pattern I’m trying in Navy and red Edo cotton. Pattern is Factory dress by Merchant and Mills and seen off to the right.

mb baker@bethmaru· May 18

#blueskymonday

mb baker@bethmaru· May 6

Still impressed by last night’s skies. #colour

Yellow willow tree reflecting in the sunset and river.

mb baker@bethmaru· May 3

Bright but freezing river.

Ripples of sunlight and the river bottom

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 28

Hint of rainbow

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 28

Trying to get back into exercising. Early mornings are a good motivator.

Running cloths, shoes and a dock at sunrise.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 26

Trout lily shines bright.

Yellow lily flower with green and brown leaves.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 26

I made my own luggage and it held together. #stitching

Merchant and Mills Francli weekender bag in fern with supplies from The workroom Toronto.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 16

tiny boat.

Hand stitched embroidery boat, water and the words Captain mom.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 14

River season has arrived.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 6

Sunday dinner: Short rib, wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes and rapini. #sorryNotSorry

Rapini, wild rice, roasted sweet potatoes, beef short rib in a white bowl with a fork.

mb baker@bethmaru· Apr 1

First Wednesday in April… dressing up for the spirit of the day.

mb baker@bethmaru· Mar 31

Making a window sign using Dall-E to celebrate the #artemisII launch tomorrow evening. Practicing my prompting across services. Big difference for graphics.

Back of window poster for Artemis II with an astronaut and the launch date.

mb baker@bethmaru· Mar 3

🥰 My colleagues + colleagues that MSTeams calls “external” are the best... 👏👏👏 So much so that this might be actually footage of me leaving at the end of the day having felt supported and ready to get back to it. Certainly a big smile on my face. More Olympic art courtesy of a nibling illustrator.

A stick figure on a snowboard with speed lines waving and saying Bye!

mb baker@bethmaru· Mar 2

Back on the ice tomorrow… Might be a rough re-entry. Mostly accurate depiction I think 🤔 art: courtesy of my nibling’s Olympic illustrations

mb baker@bethmaru· Oct 10

Fall is almost over, it was so dry the trees gave up early.