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brightpractical.bsky.social
I’m Kate. I make fab things out of reclaimed fabrics & talk through the problems of the world. You gotta be kind to be cool in the right measure twice, cut once.
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Every day, you can speak for the voiceless and rise up for our Constitutional rights.

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Footage is from late in the protest (which I know because my fellow protestor who left at 1:30 isn’t standing next to me) and I suspect vastly underestimates the numbers but here we are, on the news again. Keep standing up for democracy!

submitted 3 hours ago • 2 comments

It was amazing to stand with my neighbors! .Hope to see you all again soon to protect Democracy!

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Thanks to @indivisiblewsc.bsky.social for arranging @handsacrosschi.bsky.social ! It was great to stand with our neighbors for Democracy.

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May 18, 12-2, See You on Ogden Avenue! Sign up with @handsacrosschi.bsky.social to be assigned a spot.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Trashy Mother Earth Market Time! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-trashy...

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Planning your Saturday? Check out the #remade wonders at the #nowherecollective Trashy Mother Earth Market 11-4 5/9 just outside Wrigley Field. #Remakers use discarded materials to make art you can feel good about. Check the website for materials being reclaimed at the event.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Best part of using reclaimed materials: totally weird options like glow-in-the-dark rickrack are waiting for you for 25¢. (Banners available at Trashy Market 5/9!) #artistsofbluesky #love #fabricart

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Might be overachieving for Saturday’s Trashy Market. #loveislove #sustainablesewing

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May 18, 12-2, see you along Ogden Avenue handsacrosschi.com

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⚠️ The White House budget proposal would fully eliminate IMLS—the only federal agency for library services—in FY2026. This would gut access to information and opportunity, especially in rural areas. We can’t let this stand. apnews.com/article/trum... #FundLibraries

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Tired feet, warm heart. Keep fighting for workers & immigrants, Chicago!

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

All You Need Is #love #artsky #sewsky #artistsky Catch ‘em at the Nowhere Collective’s Trashy Mother Earth Market 4/10/25 at Gallagher Way (outside Wrigley Field) where all the wares are made of reclaimed materials! www.nowhere-collective.com/events/the-t...

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Finally did a thing, hope to do more tomorrow #artsky #artistsky #applique #sewing #sewsky #upcycle #sustainablesewing

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

May you wake snuggled in flowers.

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The hands that built #America are rising. #MayDay is coming. May 1 - 11am #Chicago. Join us as we’ve endorsed Consejo De Resistencia along w +140 orgs as we march from Union Park to Grant Park. #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #Illinois #resist #rise #protest #ElonMusk #workers #Democracy #resistance

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Dear Anxiety, This is a most inconvenient time to need a break from the news. Yours sincerely, Justice Orientation

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Who doesn’t need movie musical themed party favor bags? Last week I finally sewed again after months. I always forget how healing art & math are for me. Hope to post more scrap sewing soon.

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I'm attending Indivisible Chicago's event, “International Workers' Day: May Day 2025 Rally and March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments