Rebecca Halvorsen

For my birthday back in October, my husband gave me an IOU for an uninterrupted quilting weekend and this past weekend he took our daughter to visit my in-laws so I could stay home and sew all weekend. It was magical. First on the docket was finally finishing my dragon quilt. I finished piecing this one a little over a year ago, but I've been super delinquent about actually quilting it. I finished it with black matchstick quilting in the background and color-matched outline quilting over the...

"The only thing more powerful than hate is love." - Bad Bunny This sew along has been truly inspiring, and I am so impressed by your creativity, advocacy, and the incredible sense of community you brought to this project. I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. When I first came up with the idea for this sew along, my dream was to flood Instagram with images of protest quilts. I never imagined just how far that dream would reach. I am completely blown away—and so deeply grateful—for...

"You have the capacity to do extraordinary good in the world. And so to everyone who is watching, do not despair. This is not a time to throw up our hands. This is a time to roll up our sleeves. This is a time to organize, to mobilize, and to stay engaged for the sake of freedom and justice and the future that we all know we can build together." - Kamala Harris, 2024 concession speech Reflections: Last night, I got an unkind comment on one of my Instagram posts about my Hate Has No Home Here...