April Cornucopia

 

Here's the April cornucopia, which is a list of links to things I consumed, enjoyed, got inspiration from or learned from over the past month.

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Two calls for entry upcoming from Fiber Art Now magazine for the exhibits: Excellence in Quilts and Excellence in Fibers.  Fiber Art Now has a new publisher they now share with Quiltfolk magazine.

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Robot dogs and drones helping map out and preserve the ruins of Pompeii. That last picture in the article of the robot dog in the doorway is really something else. And elsewhere in Italy, can you imagine digging in your yard and finding this?

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From the group I've made a couple donation quilts with,The Advocacy Project, an inspiring vermicomposting story.

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The Scout dress by Charm Patterns isn't my sort of dress any longer unfortunately, but it's so adorable and the 50's inspired allover border print from Spoonflower is excellent, check out that covered belt! I love the vintage Girl Scout fabric too.

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A truly excellent interview with Masha Gessen, "Is This How Russia Ends?"

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Some very good advice for artists about using social media. 

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Exchange those dull, worn-out rotary cutter blades for shiny new sharp ones. 

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A link I followed from Department of Salad substack for a delicious sounding Hummus As Salad that I need to try.

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In support of their Books UnBanned campaigned, free to all 12-21 year olds in the US, a one year Brooklyn Public Library e-card!

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A lovely 9 part video series from Maria Popova that are animated poems with music, The Animated Universe in Verse, very well worth watching.The first one is an Emily Dickinson poem, Bloom.

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Well now I'm never going to forget how to pronounce "chaise longue" correctly ever again. This song is so effortlessly cool and now I really want to go visit the Isle of Wight:

If you have a spare 13 minutes, watch the band's Tiny Desk concert.

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Design ideas for the Japanese Rice Bag pattern that I have purchased but haven't tried out yet.

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I've been listening to an excellent podcast called Maintenance Phase, and one of the cohosts, Michael Hobbes also has a YouTube channel where he makes long form breakdown videos on what the heck is going on. Here's one on the current free speech "crisis" that is very much worth your time to listen to.

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