Ruth

@sugarglider

Wildly swerving between cozy pictures of sewing projects and cats, and what some people call 'politics'. I write weird because doing a PhD messed up my writing.

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Ruth@sugarglider· 29d

Lost two hours of my life driving this little one to the animal rescue centre. I don't even like pigeons.

A photograph of a feral pidgeon in a cardboard box.

Ruth@sugarglider· Jul 24

I love this guy. I sat further down the sofa so I wouldn't disturb him, as he is still quite a flighty boy (he's a rescue), and after a few minutes he got up, turned around, and settled back down with his back pressed against me. Such a cuddlebunny when he can relax enough to let himself.

A photograph of a black cat siting curled up on patchwork wool blanket, with his back resting against the photographers leg.

Ruth@sugarglider· Jul 6

How was my weekend? Well, let me tell you, it was a *little* bit stressful...

A screenshot of data from a smartwatch showing a graph of stress and rest for Saturday 4th July. There is no rest, only stress.

Ruth@sugarglider· Apr 17

Skimmed the Men's Fitness magazine from the library. I've been wondering why even I have noticed some of the 'information' was... well...not rigorously researched. Then saw an article this month with this VERY clearly AI image ACROSS A DOUBLE SPREAD. Shameless slop! They didn't even check the hands!

AI generated image of an old man and some weirdly identical sheep. The man appears to have five fingers in his right hand.

Ruth@sugarglider· Mar 28

You would have enjoyed this improbably decorated car park in Dublin.

Blocky concrete car park with interesting rising external bracing.

Ruth@sugarglider· Feb 8

I need to stop watching GPWS/TCAS remixes but some of these are banging

Ruth@sugarglider· Jan 29

This is the most recent version, still more than a third is just a picture I don't seem to be able to turn off?

Ruth@sugarglider· Jan 29

Yup, and the image on the post above is misleading, as I'm not even talking about the bit with the data in, just the picture - you can see on the screenshot below how much wasted space there is.

Ruth@sugarglider· Jan 4

Safely through the post to its recipient, I can share this multi-pocket dice bag, which opens out to be a protected dice rolling area. A scrap busting project too, which is always satisfying. I used the Bernina pattern available free online. #sewing

A small pouch in multicoloured cotton is held up by a white person's hand. The pouch is tied with red strings that have glass feathers and wooden beads on the ends.

A pouch has been opened up on the floor, and you can see it's silver satin lining and printed cotton base. A collection of DnD dice are in the middle of the pouch.

Ruth@sugarglider· Dec 15

Finished this secret santa gift for a friend, using up some of the fabric stash to get me in under the value limit. It was really enjoyable to make something specific and relatively simple, and to bring into concrete reality wishes of shelter, warmth, comfort and protection for them. #sewing

A photograph of a mid length brown cotton cloak with a soft purple lining and a prominent leather strap across the upper chest. The cloak is arranged on a sewing model.

Ruth@sugarglider· Dec 14

Hung out with this chonky girl this weekend, who got a lot of fuss from me (whenever the dog would let me).

A photo of a black and white cat lying on her back with her belly spread out.

Ruth@sugarglider· Nov 30

Saw this patchwork apron, made in 1943 in a Japanese internment camp In Sumatra, by Mary Brown, which has a lovely even decorative stitch over the joins. #QuiltSky

A pin-on apron from the 1940is made of multicoloured scraps of fabric joined with a decorative stitch is mounted on a display board, and an open hand-written book sits in front of it.

Ruth@sugarglider· Nov 22

Went to the Manchester Art Fair, which houses Manchester Contemporary, and the best thing there was this amazing orange puffa-jacket for an orange safety cone. I loved it. So much detail, whimsy and joy. And quite an antidote to the beige works.

An orange traffic cone completely encased in a custom made hi vis puffy orange cone coat.

Ruth@sugarglider· Nov 22

Hey #quiltsky, look at these lovely little pieces of EPP from the late 19th century! I am particularly charmed at how imperfect they are; I have read too many discussions of '18 stitches an inch' perfection in our ancestors, and it is a joy to see these wonky, slightly slapdash #quilt pieces!

A photograph of two pieces of English Paper Piecing patchwork, probably from the end of the 19th century.

Ruth@sugarglider· Nov 21

Amused myself this evening by drawing the first part of a winter scene on my window using cheap paint pens. Hands really hurt, and it probably would have been easier with real Posca pens, but I'm still happy with the results.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 28

One of my absolute favourite Tom Cardy songs. Perfect for apooky season! What a banger!

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 21

Nope, dont like it. But I think I know what I want to do instead. #quilting

A photograph of EPP quilting pieces arranged in an odd tiling pattern.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 19

Tacked up enough white EPP pieces to start to think about how I will lay out this quilt. I think it's going to look like this, perhaps. For this layout I could make the white pieces as stretch hexagons rather than the rhomboids you see here. Not sure what would look better though. #quilting

A photograph of a collection of fabric rhomboids, some white and some in a number of different patterned green fabrics.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 13

All finished. Took it slow and focussed on not gripping anything too hard. This is a traditional Ulu design from poakalani.net which I'm looking forward to echo quilting by hand in the distant future when it has been pieced into the #sampler quilt. #quilting

A photograph of a fabric quilt block. The background fabric is light purple and there is a Hawaiian Ulu design hand appliqued to the top in peach coloured fabric.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 12

Absolutely loving this #quilting technique. Pretty gutted that it is very hard on my hands.

Close up photograph of part of a Hawaiian quilt block made with peach fabric needle-turn appliquéd on to pale purple fabric. The white basting stitches can clearly be seen and the needle is still in place half way around the appliqué, which isn't finished.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 12

Enjoying this Hawaiian Ulu #samplerquilt block made in the traditional way with needle turn appliqué much more than yesterday's Dresden. I'd like to make a full size Hawaiian style quilt at some point in the future, though this style is very hard on my hands so it'll probably take ages. #quilting

A fabric quilt block of pale purple with a peach coloured fabric tacked on top in the shape of a traditional Hawaiian Ulu bread design with fourfold symmetry.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 11

Awaiting the white sheets I have ordered to supply the necessary white fabric for my EPP project, I have returned to do some of the #SamplerQuilt blocks from Lynne Edwards. Not super interested in this appliqué Dresden Plate but I was pleased to finish it. #quilting

A photograph of a fabric quilt block composed of petals of fabric in peach, light purple and grey purple, with a dark purple centre and a grey fabric background.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 6

Asthma, but make it more *cozy*.

A photograph of a brown aerosol inhaler, with seasonal autumnal stickers of brown ans red autumn leaves and an orange pumpkin.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 3

Something inspired by this. Except more chill, all greeny-blues, and probably with more white space. And EPP not machine pieced. My partner is a fabricator so I sat with him and used his skills to get the templates drawn up; I eyeballed the proportions rather than measured anything, v enjoyable.

Ruth@sugarglider· Oct 2

USA and the UK are kinda on fire BUT I have a brand new EPP #quilting project!

A photograph of two fabric rhomboids on a black background.

Ruth@sugarglider· Sep 23

Not a cup I like to leave out at work.

A photograph of a cup balanced precariously on a radiator. The cup is white and has the words 'If you talk to me I will scream I swear to god' in hand written capital letters on it.

Ruth@sugarglider· Sep 20

Had a lovely week on the western Welsh coast - 'where the mountains reach the sea' - and I will definitely be back. This was the view from the back of the place we stayed. We were often battered by winds but that was part of the charm.

A photo of a back gate and fence, beyond which you can see a promenade, beach and white topped waves.

Ruth@sugarglider· Sep 18

Yesterday's dinner was fish and chips with a view. You can tell this is the countryside, because the gulls showed no interest in robbing us.

A wide angle lens photograph of a sandy beach, a thin strip of reflective water, and a wide blue sky with plenty of high, fluffy white clouds. The sun is settling off camera to the right, and the dark grey clouds are beginning to sweep in from the left.

Ruth@sugarglider· Sep 14

No idea what I shall do with these, but aren't these printed cottons from Abermaw Quilt and Craft lovely? The Christmas animals are so cute and the blue waves very hyper, I love them. Did not cave to the wonderful black-grey William Morris prints, I do not have WM money 😆 www.quiltandcraft.co.uk

Ruth@sugarglider· Sep 13

No filter needed on the western coast of Wales, though it was absolutely exhausting walking several miles of sandy beach in strong winds. Very happy to find coffee and cake in this little town this afternoon.