ᓂᑐᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ nitohtamowin, the act of listening (red breasted merganser)
2024
hand quilted scrap fabric and seed beads
as i worked on this piece at my home on the colonially occupied land of my native ancestors i thought about the words of palestinian poet marwan makhoul;
In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political
I must listen to the birds
and in order to hear the birds
the warplanes must be silent.
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the colonizing genocidal power that continues to lay waste to my people, keeping us poor, unhoused, and sick is the one of the powers contributing to the genocide of palestinians. Indigenous liberation is intertwined globally, land back for me means land back for us all.
finally got enough sun to take good photos of the blanket i just finished crocheting!!! really really pleased with this. 50/50 cotton and bamboo viscose, all colors hand-dyed by me as well. 2.5 months of work!!!
this is based on the persian tiles pattern, though i only used the videos they provide for free on youtube and did by best guess on the rest, so i am sure it isn’t exactly the same. i would love to make another with this pattern someday, maybe plan my color distribution a little better, and be able to afford more yarn for an overall larger blanket as this one’s only about 3.5 feet across
This was one of my first attempts to use a sewing machine several years ago, and I later started using it as a pin cushion. I needed some way to have it hold my tapestry needles, too, as I kept losing them, so after a year, I hot glued a magnet for her wattles. Lately, its her top-heavy behavior that's been bothering me, so I tore out a few stitches, put some loose change in her bum, and sewed her back up.
She makes a satisfying thump when I put her down on the table now.
Life is about change and growth or something like that.... maybe next year I'll put something in her comb to sharpen pins and needles with.
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