Benita Skinner

@BenitaSkinner
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After 25+ years of designing my quilt patterns (all still available from my website), I’m now back to creating textile art quilts, using embroidery & embellishments.
I’m sharing how I create these, through a weekly video, hoping to inspire other hand stitchers.
I do this while living off-grid, with my cats, in a forest in Nova Scotia.
Websitehttps://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/

Sometimes a Girl's Just Gotta Sew!
And today is such a day!! 🙋‍♀️

Happy Weekend Stitching... 🪡🧵🥰

#quilting #sewing

Hey! Today I'm launching Tiled Words, my own unique spin on the daily word puzzle genre.

You can play Tiled Words for free on any device here: https://tiledwords.com

Tiled Words merges tile-placing board game mechanics with crosswords. You rotate and rearrange tiles to find clues and rebuild a broken crossword. Every day there will be a new, hand-crafted, themed puzzle for you to solve.

Today I'll be showcasing the game at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo with the Portland Indie Game Squad, so if you're in the neighborhood, come say hi!

This game has been a labor of love. Please share it with your friends and check back tomorrow for a new puzzle

#GameDev #WebDev #Design #WordPuzzles #Wordle #indiedev #indiegame

This is the result of my playing with those silk ribbons, last week! 😍👏🪡🩷💙

Yes…I’ve apparently not run out of creative ideas, to add to my Bits & Bobs collage quilt 😁🥰

#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #SRE #embellishing #textileart

5 Different Yo Yo Suffolk Puff Flowers & How I Made Mine DIY
This week’s video here:

https://youtu.be/mW64bQPCTgA?si=MfHN4fXfuu3xcwIS

Plus more of my Bits & Bobs collage quilt progress, on the same 📺 YouTube channel: @BenitaSkinner

#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #embellishing #textileart

5 Different Yo Yo Suffolk Puff Flowers & Tutorials to Make Your Own

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I didn’t really have a plan in mind when I started this quilt, just wanted to make some cat blocks and use up some teal green fabrics

But 2 blocks didn’t work right, so I had to add some words

And then it was too short, so I needed to add some length top and bottom. When it became obvious the quilt needed pink rows, I was lucky to have enough in my stash because originally I’d only used scraps for the noses

For a quilt with no plan, it ended up kinda fun

#Quilting #InarticulateAlleyCats

I’m playing with silk ribbons! 🥰👏🪡🩷💙

#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #SRE #embellishing #textileart

"Sewing small pieces of fabric together, gives me a 'pieceful' heart and a quilt to wrap you with my love." ❤️

📍 There's a free printable version of this, which can be used as a quilt label, on my Victoriana Quilt Designs website.

#quilting #sewing

Bits & Bobs – Adding the Delft Blue Tiles & Some Charming Elements #handstitching

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I finally finished and gifted these initial wallhangings, for my friends Heather & Janet! 🥰👏😍❤️

📍The whole Personalize It! alphabet & tutorials to use them, are available on my Victoriana Quilt Designs website.

#quilting #sewing

Little Details Add Charm! 👏🪡🧵

https://youtube.com/shorts/ksvqUDsqjGM?si=fMuBK_c4K018MRCt

I also share a video each week, showing my Bits & Bobs collage quilt progress, on the same 📺 YouTube channel: @BenitaSkinner

#quilting #sewing #handstitching #embroidery #embellishing #textileart

Little Details Add Charm #handstitching

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