• I made a pincushion. That thing occupying the White House is the virus-in-chief, VOTUS not POTUS! Vote it out, and COVID falls. Racism loosens its hold. Hey witchy menders, make a magic pincushion! A million tiny pricks puncturing the Trump ego! Let’s stab the tiny prick out of office. Reckon I’ll sell printable pattern & instructions, for donations to @aapolicyforum (where @kimberlecrenshaw started #sayhername ) and @customcolab (where BIPOC are mending fashion). If anyone’s interested I’ll figure out logistics. What do you think? Want a virus-in-chief pincushion? #votus #pincushion #sewhername #saytheirnames visiblemenders #visiblemending #mendamerica #mendtheworld #mendingmatters #amplifyblackvoices #defundpolice #subversivestitch #antiracism #menditation #craftivism #sewingprojects #patterndownload #mendbook
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    I made a pincushion. That thing occupying the White House is the virus-in-chief, VOTUS not POTUS! Vote it out, and COVID falls. Racism loosens its hold. Hey witchy menders, make a magic pincushion! A million tiny pricks puncturing the Trump ego! Let’s stab the tiny prick out of office. Reckon I’ll sell printable pattern & instructions, for donations to @aapolicyforum (where @kimberlecrenshaw started #sayhername ) and @customcolab (where BIPOC are mending fashion). If anyone’s interested I’ll figure out logistics. What do you think? Want a virus-in-chief pincushion? #votus #pincushion #sewhername #saytheirnames visiblemenders #visiblemending #mendamerica #mendtheworld #mendingmatters #amplifyblackvoices #defundpolice #subversivestitch #antiracism #menditation #craftivism #sewingprojects #patterndownload #mendbook
  • By the laws of instagram I shouldn’t post this. I mean yesterday was Breonna day and the Black lives posts were last week, and my feed should be all about mending. But I’ll survive the unfollows. Breonna was shot to pieces *asleep in bed* and her murderers are still free 104 days later. This IS about mending. I can #sewhername as a literal mend (check the yellow). And obviously this sick country needs mending. We menders know it’s all connected, don’t we? #menditation makes space in the ego. Mending with the names of Black women slaughtered by cops is symbolic and useless but it’s helping me grope toward clarity. I’ll shut up now, but even if you’re far away, please add your name to justiceforbre.com if you haven’t already (link in bio) #justiceforbre #justiceforbreonna #justiceforbreonnataylor #sayhername #blackwomenmatter #visiblemend #visiblemending #subversiveembroidery #comingapartattheseams #defundthepolice #defundpolice #blanketstitch #slowstitch #mending #mendingmatters #mendbook
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    By the laws of instagram I shouldn’t post this. I mean yesterday was Breonna day and the Black lives posts were last week, and my feed should be all about mending. But I’ll survive the unfollows. Breonna was shot to pieces *asleep in bed* and her murderers are still free 104 days later. This IS about mending. I can #sewhername as a literal mend (check the yellow). And obviously this sick country needs mending. We menders know it’s all connected, don’t we? #menditation makes space in the ego. Mending with the names of Black women slaughtered by cops is symbolic and useless but it’s helping me grope toward clarity. I’ll shut up now, but even if you’re far away, please add your name to justiceforbre.com if you haven’t already (link in bio) #justiceforbre #justiceforbreonna #justiceforbreonnataylor #sayhername #blackwomenmatter #visiblemend #visiblemending #subversiveembroidery #comingapartattheseams #defundthepolice #defundpolice #blanketstitch #slowstitch #mending #mendingmatters #mendbook
  • I’m still sewing names, yet the mend pile grows... It’s armpit season, when the 40s cotton frocks come out, all needing patching in same spot. Explains VM Junior, “It’s from raising my hand in class mom!” Mystery solved. And bright side of Zoom school found: less pitmending #pitmend #visiblemend #visiblemending #patches #vintagefabric #patchwork #patching #fortiesfashion #1940sdress #vintagetartan #zoomschool #slowstitch #slowclothes #mending #mendingmatters #mendbook
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    I’m still sewing names, yet the mend pile grows... It’s armpit season, when the 40s cotton frocks come out, all needing patching in same spot. Explains VM Junior, “It’s from raising my hand in class mom!” Mystery solved. And bright side of Zoom school found: less pitmending #pitmend #visiblemend #visiblemending #patches #vintagefabric #patchwork #patching #fortiesfashion #1940sdress #vintagetartan #zoomschool #slowstitch #slowclothes #mending #mendingmatters #mendbook
  • Meet Lisa Fayiza, who was the first to #sewhername —shame on me; I only checked out the tag yesterday. Read her original post below; follow for the unfolding story... Will those white coworkers notice? Will they ask? Will they... SEW? You’re a #mendspiration Lisa 🖤 Also shoutout to @wendysayeth who did it too. Posted @withregram • @slowwbby Today Breonna Taylor would have turned 27. I’ve been embroidering the names of lost black womxn’s lives on my work shirt uniforms. I’m a black waitress in an 98% white town, all my coworkers are white as well. For me sewing their names on my uniform is an act of standing in solidarity. This is my way of giving an open invitation to start a conversation that might not otherwise be shared. If a customer or my coworkers ask me about the name on my shirt I will tell them who these womxn were and the injustice that killed them. #sayhername #sewhername #breonnataylor
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    Meet Lisa Fayiza, who was the first to #sewhername —shame on me; I only checked out the tag yesterday. Read her original post below; follow for the unfolding story... Will those white coworkers notice? Will they ask? Will they... SEW? You’re a #mendspiration Lisa 🖤 Also shoutout to @wendysayeth who did it too. Posted @withregram • @slowwbby Today Breonna Taylor would have turned 27. I’ve been embroidering the names of lost black womxn’s lives on my work shirt uniforms. I’m a black waitress in an 98% white town, all my coworkers are white as well. For me sewing their names on my uniform is an act of standing in solidarity. This is my way of giving an open invitation to start a conversation that might not otherwise be shared. If a customer or my coworkers ask me about the name on my shirt I will tell them who these womxn were and the injustice that killed them. #sayhername #sewhername #breonnataylor
  • More on #sewhername since it seemed to strike a chord and maybe you’ll join me. I know this isn’t the work that’s meant by “do the work” but I’m doing this work till I figure out what that work is. And as Myisha T. Hill @ckyourprivilege says: “If you’re seeking to get it right, you've already failed. You can’t unlearn hundreds of years of ‘Imperial capitalistic white supremacy patriarchy’ in two weeks.” Sewing their names isn’t FOR anything. While stitching I think of that stolen life, of her kids, her mother, her world, and the trance begins to lift. How did I ever think my sisters’ reality had nothing to do with me? That their stories weren’t “ours” to tell. Of course they bloody are. #visiblemending #menditation #sayhername #saytheirnames #amplifyblackvoices #defundthepolice #defundpolice #mendamerica #mendtheworld #subversiveembroidery #slowstitching #slowstitch #mending #mendingmatters #mend
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    More on #sewhername since it seemed to strike a chord and maybe you’ll join me. I know this isn’t the work that’s meant by “do the work” but I’m doing this work till I figure out what that work is. And as Myisha T. Hill @ckyourprivilege says: “If you’re seeking to get it right, you've already failed. You can’t unlearn hundreds of years of ‘Imperial capitalistic white supremacy patriarchy’ in two weeks.” Sewing their names isn’t FOR anything. While stitching I think of that stolen life, of her kids, her mother, her world, and the trance begins to lift. How did I ever think my sisters’ reality had nothing to do with me? That their stories weren’t “ours” to tell. Of course they bloody are. #visiblemending #menditation #sayhername #saytheirnames #amplifyblackvoices #defundthepolice #defundpolice #mendamerica #mendtheworld #subversiveembroidery #slowstitching #slowstitch #mending #mendingmatters #mend
  • Rainbow darns, cardi finally ready for action. On Juneteenth this Pride month, if you’re looking for a bit of indoor joy (with your mending), may I recommend you move your boombsey doing African dance with @kukuwafitness and @coachcassfit —mama daughter team with whom I am completely in love. You’re welcome #happyjuneteenth #happypridemonth #visiblemending ##blackjoy #supportblackbusiness #darning #africandance #moveyourboombsey #mending #mendingmatters #mendspiration #indooractivities #mendbook
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    Rainbow darns, cardi finally ready for action. On Juneteenth this Pride month, if you’re looking for a bit of indoor joy (with your mending), may I recommend you move your boombsey doing African dance with @kukuwafitness and @coachcassfit —mama daughter team with whom I am completely in love. You’re welcome #happyjuneteenth #happypridemonth #visiblemending ##blackjoy #supportblackbusiness #darning #africandance #moveyourboombsey #mending #mendingmatters #mendspiration #indooractivities #mendbook
  • Say her name. #sewhername While I marinate in horror at own ignorance, I started mending this linen dress coming apart at the seams with names of the black women murdered by cops. Oh god so many. How did I not know their stories? On February 8th, 2015, Natasha McKenna, who had a history of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, called 911 during a mental health crisis. Instead of getting help, she died in Fairfax County Jail, naked and hooded, pinned to the ground by six deputies who tased her with four 50,000 volt shocks (an electric chair deals 2,500 max), while she pleaded with them: “you promised you wouldn’t kill me.” If you’re in a matching state of not knowing wtf to do (apart from you know, read, donate, listen, maybe go on a #juneteenth celebration/march), why not join me and #sewhername ? It’ll take you 5 mins to find someone you maybe never heard of, whose story was buried, who mainstream media forgot, who will make you weep, whose death was our collective fault #sayhername #natashamckenna #saytheirnames #defundpolice #visiblemending #mendamerica #mendtheworld #amplifyblackvoices #subversiveembroidery #stitchwitch #slowstitch #mendbook
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    Say her name. #sewhername While I marinate in horror at own ignorance, I started mending this linen dress coming apart at the seams with names of the black women murdered by cops. Oh god so many. How did I not know their stories? On February 8th, 2015, Natasha McKenna, who had a history of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, called 911 during a mental health crisis. Instead of getting help, she died in Fairfax County Jail, naked and hooded, pinned to the ground by six deputies who tased her with four 50,000 volt shocks (an electric chair deals 2,500 max), while she pleaded with them: “you promised you wouldn’t kill me.” If you’re in a matching state of not knowing wtf to do (apart from you know, read, donate, listen, maybe go on a #juneteenth celebration/march), why not join me and #sewhername ? It’ll take you 5 mins to find someone you maybe never heard of, whose story was buried, who mainstream media forgot, who will make you weep, whose death was our collective fault #sayhername #natashamckenna #saytheirnames #defundpolice #visiblemending #mendamerica #mendtheworld #amplifyblackvoices #subversiveembroidery #stitchwitch #slowstitch #mendbook
  • Dear #mendmay crew, I know you understand the delay in this here prize for one randomly picked 31-mend completist. Still I’m sorry! But now, here we go... I need a bit of crowd-sourcing please—would you comment here if you did all the mends? And even if you didn’t, would you ping someone if you think they did and they missed this? Reminder: it’s 100 bits and bobs and threads and fabrics and notions from my vintage haberdashery stash. You’ll all go in the hat 🎩 and I’ll pick one when it seems I’ve got you all covered. Love and mending to you all! Mending in the big sense #loveandmending #mendtheworld #visiblemending #mending #mendingmatters #mendingmayhem #haberdashery #vintagehaberdashery #notions #vintagenotions #slowstitch #slowclothes #darning #patching #instagramchallenge
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    Dear #mendmay crew, I know you understand the delay in this here prize for one randomly picked 31-mend completist. Still I’m sorry! But now, here we go... I need a bit of crowd-sourcing please—would you comment here if you did all the mends? And even if you didn’t, would you ping someone if you think they did and they missed this? Reminder: it’s 100 bits and bobs and threads and fabrics and notions from my vintage haberdashery stash. You’ll all go in the hat 🎩 and I’ll pick one when it seems I’ve got you all covered. Love and mending to you all! Mending in the big sense #loveandmending #mendtheworld #visiblemending #mending #mendingmatters #mendingmayhem #haberdashery #vintagehaberdashery #notions #vintagenotions #slowstitch #slowclothes #darning #patching #instagramchallenge