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Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Some days, the chaos wins. Do what you can, and don’t stop making a difference. You’ve got this. You know what is yours to do today.
Unhinged times call for risky action.
#MakeADifference #UnhingedTimes #ArtQuilt #MakingFaces #CollageQuilt #QuiltSky #Resist

Quilted face with red background, yellow wild hair and a slightly unhinged expression.

October 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM

Christy Reedy

@christyreedy.bsky.social

Halloween Ghosts #HalloweenArt #Lightworker #Ghosts #GhostWork #MakingFaces #ScaryFaces #ArtKnowz 😂 #HalloweenArtist #ShadowArt #LightAndDark #onelabart #digitalart #art #abstract #abstractart #BlueSkyArtShow #blueskyart #artonbluesky #blueskyartist #artistsonbluesky #womenartistsonbluesky #bluesky

September 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM

Nihara Nichelle

@niharanichelle.bsky.social

#birthday #happy #happybirthday #love #sisterlylove #bigsisterlittlesister #outonthetown #havingfun #makingfaces #sillyselfies #autistic #autism #autisticadult #autismlove #autismawareness #neurodiversity

January 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM

ellis

@desir.ee

I DONT LIKE MAKINGFACES BUT I PROMISE IM HAPPY ABOUT THIS

August 8, 2023 at 12:00 AM

🍀•shayla•🌼💎开

@jooniesmuslos.bsky.social

Always makes crazy faces! My little photographer 😘❤️ #thewedding #lovehim #crazy #makingfaces… http://instagram.com/p/mu_sOjmKOQ/

December 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM

Semi-Interesting Photography, etc.

@remid0d0s0.bsky.social

Amanda makes faces

Digital
📷📸🎞️

Instax square

#amanda #funnyfaces #makingfaces #instax #instaxsquare #dirtypolaroids #velvet #redvelvet #ohmy #yikes

April 29, 2024 at 3:23 AM

BlissAutumn

@blissautumn.bsky.social

Silly faces, cute vibes, and the perfect car selfie 💕🚗 Who else loves car selfies? #CarCutie #MakingFaces

January 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM

Stormy Leigh

@stormyleigh.bsky.social

I just LOVE gloves, don’t you?😉😅💦
Capture from video by Glen AZ
#operagloves #hotpink #ilovegloves #makingfaces

April 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM

Epstein Web

@epsteinweb.bsky.social

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#epsteinweb #efta00315142
https://epsteinweb.org
Available in the iOS app store now!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epstein-web/id6758880661

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MATT GROENING
Matt Groening was born in Portland, Oregon, on February

In 1987 James L. Brooks approached Matt about

is, the third of five children. His father, Homer, was a

creating animated shorts to fit between sketches of "The

cartoonist and filmmaker. From an early age, Matt created
his own cartoons, amusing his friends and annoying his

Tracey Ullman Show." Man agreed, but instead of using the
Life in Hell° characters, he created an entirely new cast:

teachers. Groening attended Evergreen State College

The Simpsons, which bear the names of his family members,

in Washington State, where he studied philosophy and
continued his interest in cartoons, comics and musk.

Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie (Bart is an anagram for brat).
The Simpsons were soon spun off into a half-hour

After his graduation in 1977, Groening headed to

animated series which first aired on December17,1989

Los Angeles where he struggled in immobilizing but irksome

with a Christmas special, followed by the series premiere

poverty. Increasingly frustrated by the traffic, smog, and
his landlords, Matt began to vent his angst to his friends by

on January 14, 1990. It has since gone on to become
the longest running prime-time animated show in

sending them cartoons starring a bug-eyed rabbit named

television history. An international hit, the series has

Binky. Groening soon began to publish and sell these cartoons
at the record shop where he worked. Their popularity

also spawned a licensing and merchandising empire.
Books based on The Simpsons include The Simpsons

encouraged Matt to syndicate, and in April 198o, Life In Her

Xmas Book, Greetings From The Simpsons, The Simpsons

formally debuted in the Los Angeles Reader. It was there that
he met his future wife, Deborah Caplan, and together

Rainy Day Fun Book, The Simpsons UncensoredFamily Album,
Maggie Simpson's Alphabet Book,Maggie Simpson's Counting

they formed Acme Features

Syndicate, which today

Book,Maggie Simpson's Book ofColors Cr Shapes, Maggie

circulates Life in Hell* to more than 25o newspapers
around the world in a half-dozen languages.

Simpson's Book ofAnimals, The SimpsonsRot in the Sun Book,
MakingFaces With The Simpsons, The Ultra-JumboRain-

Life in Hell* has also been collected in a best-

Or-ShineRut Book, Cartooning With The Simpsons, Bares

selling series of books with over two million copies in print,
including Love is Hell, Work is Hell, School is Hell, Childhood

Guide To Life and The Simpsons: A Complete Guide To Our
Favorite Family, a campanion book to the television series.

is Hell, Akbar 0'Jeff's Guide to Life, Greetings From Hell, The
BigBook ofHell, With Love FYom Hell, How to Go to Hell, The
Road to Hell, Binky's Guide to Love, and Low isStillHell.

of Bongo Comics and Zongo Comics.

Groening is also creator and publisher

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April 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

#Mood #MakingFaces #QuiltSky #ArtQuilt #Rawedgeapplique #CollageQuilt

August 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Pick a Friday mood!
Nostalgic, sorrowful, whimsical (more plant than person), or tired.

Raw edge, appliqué, and quilted.

#Mood #MakingFaces #QuiltSky #ArtQuilt #Rawedgeapplique #CollageQuilt

Orange hair on a green background. Row edge appliqué. Feeling nostalgic.

Spiky hair, Blueface on a red background. Raw edge appliqué. Feeling sorrowful.

Flowers, instead of hair on a green background. Raw edge appliqué. Feeling whimsical ( more plant than person !)

Wild blue haired woman with a blue face. Raw edged appliqué. She’s tired.

July 24, 2026 at 7:52 PM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Choose a mood today: mellow, electric, unsettled, or astonished?

Raw edge appliqué quilting in answer to the question: “What am I facing?”

#CollageQuilting #ArtQuilt #MakingFaces #QuiltSky #Mood #RawEdgeAppliqué #MakingFaces

Raw edge, appliqué quilt with red border, red and green hair.

Raw edge appliqué quilted face. Electric hair, pink and white, striped face, red border.

Raw edge appliqué quilted face. Red hair, black-and-white face.

Raw edge appliqué quilted face. Antique fabric for hair, clothing and border.

July 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

What is your mood today: sassy, mellow, confident, or fierce?

Collage quilting in answer to the question: “What am I facing?”

#CollageQuilting #ArtQuilt #MakingFaces #QuiltSky #Mood

Sassy raw edge appliqué quilt. Colorful hair, polka dot hat, dotted background.

Mellow raw edge appliqué face. In greens and oranges.

Confident, raw edge appliqué quilted face. In blues, with writing on her dress.

Fierce, raw edge, appliqué quilted face. In yellows and greens.

July 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Pick a mood for today: cheeky, chaotic, carefree, confident.

Collage quilting in answer to the question: “What am I facing?”

#CollageQuilting #ArtQuilt #MakingFaces #QuiltSky #Mood

Collage quilt. Blue hair, red background. She is feeling cheeky today.

Collage quilt. Green face black hair. She’s feeling chaotic today.

Collage quilt. Colorful hair, colorful background, colorful clothes. She’s feeling carefree today.

Collage quilt. Her hair is full of words that express her confidence. Just autumn leaves in her hair and a black squiggly background.

July 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Ready for a day in the gardens.

Raw edge appliqué.

#QuiltSky #ArtQuilt #FiberArt #Makingfaces

Quilted face with pink hair, grey hat, and lots of leaves. Raw edge appliqué.

June 26, 2026 at 12:08 PM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

I think it is time to listen to women.

#FiberArt #QuiltSky #makingfaces #ListenToWomen

Fabric quilted woman with dancing girls for hair.

Quilted face with turquoise background. Her shirt says “hers“. Title is: “not his.”

Listen to women Fabric collage quilt. Her hair is various women speaking.

Fabric collage face. Her hair is strong women.

June 14, 2026 at 9:32 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Some days it feels like you just have an attitude about the mess of the world. And you just don’t wanna pretend that it’s OK.

#QuiltSky #ArtQuilt #MakingFaces #FiberArt #Attitude #Womenart

Making faces quilted woman. Flowers hair, black and white background. she has an attitude.

June 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

Long faces. Tall and over the top.

#blueskyartshow #tall #fiberart #quiltsky #makingfaces

Tall, multicolored, long face. Collage quilt.

Birthday girl, long face, collage quilted. Green dress, purple face multicolored hair.

May 23, 2026 at 10:09 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

#blueskyartshow #edge

Emotions on the edge.

Quilted faces answering the question: “what am I facing this week?”

Part of my making faces project, 2019 - 2023. Collage quilting.

#quiltsky #collagequilt #makingfaces

“ facing a disjointed world”. Collage quilting, mostly in lime green.

“ grieving green woman”. Collage quilting, orange background, green hair and copious tears.

Frazzled face, in mostly black and red and white. Collage quilting.

Facing the world as a redhead. Black and white background, scary eyes. Collage quilting.

April 18, 2026 at 9:26 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

“Let Me Be Blunt”
Wishing a good day to everyone who is feeling feisty, telling it like it is, and continuing to resist the madness.

KelloggSisters.com/Wayfinding

#fiberart #womensart #makingfaces
#artyear #artquilt #climateart
#quiltsky #fiberartist #artsky#wayfinding #resistance

Women’s face with blunt turquoise hair, and the word feisty for a neck. She is on an orange background and is all about not playing it safe.

May 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM

Gina Kellogg

@gsew.bsky.social

“Grieving Green Woman”
Woman of the earth grieving what is lost and what’s to come.
Making Faces Project, answering the question: What am I facing?

Fabric collage, quilted.

See all faces at pin.it/6zoTKi2YZ

#womensart
#quiltsky
#resilience
#makingfaces
#grief
#climate