Artistic work across generations. Where do you find those connections? 🧵 . . [details for makers] batting + scraps from quilting + French knots. Framed using the tutorial from @heidi.parkes small quilts class. 📝 . . #quilting #textileart #embroidery #framedquilt

Kufic Allah in Denim. The piece and the making of. Available now on my website. 🔗 in bio and story 🧵 . . [details for makers] denim is one of my favorite things to work with. Sometimes I quilt with it, which every part of me loves except my hands. These stretched pieces are a nice gift to my hands. 📝 . . #kuficart #denimart #denim #upcycleddenim #islamicart

Creating work from my family’s old clothing for my family is where I’ve been for years. My walls are full now so I’m also finally ready to sell as well. Still only making things I love, though. 💙 . . #denimart #denimquiltblock #denimwallart #upcycledart #quilting

Posted a little trio of framed pieces on my website. I’ll put links in stories and bio.🧵 . . [details for makers] I love to create a restriction for myself and see what I get. All repurposed fabrics. From my families clothing. This is also what my laundry piles look like 😂 📝 . . #repurposeddenim #framedquiltblock #ohiostar

Process in reverse. Will get back to quilting posting soon, I think! . . #ceramics #handmade #pottery

This isn’t my culture. I’m not Palestinian. I thought about not posting about the thobe I’m making at all on my grid for that reason… but I want to share how much I love this thobe making class by @thethobeproject. Samia is a person whose presence is like a living library. Her next thobe making cohort starts in July. 🧵 . . [details for makers] our hands testify to how we used them. Our callouses build in the same ways as for those who practiced our crafts in generations gone by. We’ll never fully understand their lives, but we can get closer by picking up our needles. In every stitch, my intention is also to include a prayer for the suffering. 🇵🇸 Free Palestine. 📝

Just a bit more about some pieces that are in my shop! Link in bio 🔗 . [details for makers] The smallest scraps from our work are often the most interesting, aren’t they? All those layers of our life and work. SubhanAllah 📝 . . #handquilting #quilting #lifeinpiecesquilt #upcycledtextiles

New small collection available in my shop. 🧵 Did We Cross Paths? 🧵 Link in bio. 🔗 [details for makers] The sheer linen curtains I looked out during the pandemic. They allowed light into our home in the most beautiful way. This series is a rumination on missed connections, tattered objects, and my love for all that’s worn down by our lives. Other materials included are scraps from my quilting practice, leftover and reclaimed threads, and an old pillowcase (the framing fabric). I’m grateful that you crossed paths with my work and hope the right path is created in giving these pieces homes. Piece measures 5” x 5” and is stretched over a canvas. Technique from @heidi.parkes small quilts class. 📝 . . #hpquiltmaking #quilt #handquilting #repurposedfabric #smallquilt

Trying something new. Trying new things is hard. ✂️ [details for makers] this quilt was designed in @heidi.parkes Diary Quilt class. I started it one week after my mother passed away. 📝 . . #hpquiltmaking #diaryquilt #griefquilt #loss #handquilting #hpdiaryquilt

Eid Mubarak ✨✨ [details for makers] Kufic design saying “Allah” - God in Arabic. Banner for Eid made maybe 15 years ago. Both created with our old clothing. 📝 . #kuficdesign #reusedclothing #repurposedclothing #eidmubarak

Available along with a small capsule of similar work via the link in my bio! 🔗 . My twitchy eyes are ready to get back to larger scale work, but I know I’ll be back to making these again one day. 🧵 . [details] Through the year, I held onto the smallest scraps from things that I made. In the summer, I used thread scraps and junk mail to make paper. In the fall, I collected and pressed leaves. I used nothing new to make this collection. Through Rajab and Shaban (the months leading up to Ramadan), I made it my intention to turn all those precious remnants into artwork. Removing the smallest threads, and weaving others in. Using the tiniest stitches to create Kufic calligraphy (reading Allah - God). Maybe even when it feels like there’s nothing left, we actually have more than we realize. ✨ . . #kuficart #textileart #ramadan #ramadan2025 #stitchingibadah

I’ve put up a small collection of work for sale on my website for Ramadan. (Link in bio) I’m hoping to list a few more before the month begins iA. 🍁 . [details] Through the year, I held onto the smallest scraps from things that I made. In the summer, I used thread scraps and junk mail to make paper. In the fall, I collected and pressed leaves. I used nothing new to make this collection. Through Rajab and Shaban (the months leading up to Ramadan), I made it my intention to turn all those precious remnants into artwork. Removing the smallest threads, and weaving others in. Using the tiniest stitches to create Kufic calligraphy (reading Allah - God). Maybe even when it feels like there’s nothing left, we actually have more than we realize. ✨ . . #kuficart #textileart #ramadan #ramadan2025 #stitchingibadah

Weaving with leaf stems. As one does. 🍁 I’m working on a small capsule of work that will go up for sale around Ramadan, iA. Working title: It Felt Like There Was Nothing Left. Through the year, I held onto the smallest scraps from things I made. In the summer, I used thread scraps for paper. In the fall, I collected and pressed leaves. I’m using nothing new. 🧵 . . [details for makers] Kufic designs created with cross stitch. 📝 . . #kuficart #kuficcrossstitch #preparingforramadan #islamicembroidery

Best way to finally get back to old projects? Pick them up when you’re “supposed” to be working on something else! Working title: I Opened the Curtains to Let The Light In 🧵 . . [details for makers] the first sheets I bought myself as an *adult* (from Martha Stewart’s Kmart collection when Kmart was going out of business) are the background fabric. I turned them into curtains and used that way for 15ish years. So sun faded. So loved. 📝 . . #hpquiltmaking #handquilting #upcycledtextiles #logcabinquiltblock

I’m working on a small capsule of work that will go up for sale around Ramadan. Through the year, I held onto the smallest scraps from things I made. In the summer, I used thread scraps for paper. In the fall, I collected and pressed leaves. I’m using nothing new. Not entirely sure where I’m going, but I like what I have so far. 🧵 . . [details for makers] Kufic designs created with quilting and cross stitch. 📝 . . #kuficart #kuficcrossstitch #preparingforramadan #islamicembroidery

Making something beautiful out of our textile waste is my superpower. 🧵 . . [details for makers] pattern in development by me. 😳 Do you love process and scraps? I do! This pattern leans in heavy to both! 📝 . . #denimquilt #denimquilting #lifeinpiecesquilt #handquilting

Leaning into the sentimental and personal with a goal of making work that feels universal.