Rachel E. Pollock

My book STICKS IN PETTICOATS:PARASOL MANUFACTURE FOR THE MODERN COSTUMER is available here: www.lulu.com/shop/rachel-...

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Please enjoy these details of an 1872 wedding ensemble recently donated to the historic clothing archive where I work.

I asked a friend to go early-vote together this weekend. We usually get coffee which is fine but this is a fun alternative. And we could still get coffee if we want.

A quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. n.pr/4yCOUnU

Please enjoy these blocked felt hats by my millinery students. Clockwise from top left: Francis Werth, Mackenzie Privett, Aerial Sanders, Brynn Turner, same maker, Alice Crist

We’re hiring a costume technology faculty position, $60K-$62K plus benefits unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/326...

Thrilled that my namesake hurricane looks like a giant schlong

Exciting new product for painting on nylon spandex la-bricoleuse.blogspot.com/2026/10/prod...

An elaborate antique quilt I inherited.

We’re hiring a costume technology faculty position, $60K-$62K plus benefits unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/326...

A new book about hats la-bricoleuse.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...

Clea is pausing her yellow mouse attack to wish you a happy #caturday

ooh this one and another poem before Yom Kippur God Says Yes To Me by Kaylin Haught

Clea is unimpressed with fine art. #caturday

Syrupy waffle flavor with a disgusting finish.

This 1914 reference on sewing religious vestments is back in print! la-bricoleuse.blogspot.com/2026/09/book...

I still believe that AI will only kill us spiritually and intellectually. Not physically.

Clea is too busy making biscuits for this #caturday nonsense.

“They took the goats throughout the state and visited at least 10 locations, including a Masonic picnic, assisted living centers & a back-to-school bash” Rabies is always fatal You don’t need to be bitten to contract it If you came in contact with baby goats in North Carolina, contact your doctor

Clea is becoming a couch cat. #caturday

Oyoroi Jam is a free iPhone app that allows users to play music alone or with groups, even if they have dexterity limitations (full disclosure: my partner made it) apps.apple.com/us/app/oyoro...

Hey New York! Your legislator has passed Right to Read legislation and now you're just waiting for your governor to sign it. Here's a petition to help urge her to do just that! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Clea spent #caturday exploring the window hammock.

This exists.

I don’t know who needs to know this, but there’s a McDonald’s themed metal band called Mac Sabbath. officialmacsabbath.com

I have lived east and west and while the west coast mountains will kill you through indifference to humanity, they are brash young mountains. The Appalachians are the home of things whose names humanity has never known, and they resent us as newcomers and take us down into the dark when they can.

Happy book lovers day! Never before have I felt so protective of all of us. Tech companies that have devalued the importance of books and education through the use of AI are invested in believing that we don't matter or that we don't exist or that we're idiots. We know better.

A Zen balloon game, my partner’s second release for Apple Watch apps.apple.com/us/app/oyoro...

Teachers rarely hear from parents who support intellectual freedom. A kind, respectful message reminds them they have allies in the community. A simple email can go a long way. #FreedomToRead #RightToRead #SupportTeachers #Libraries #Education

I’m astonished by the ability of my fellow humans to forget the events we all just lived through. Folks remember the masks and the remote school. The million US dead are rarely mentioned. Folks, we lived through a plague.

Clea wishes you all a relaxing #caturday

Listening to this now. It’s so good! (And creepy.)

Please help my graduate student’s research in occupational health & ergonomics for costumers, cosplayers, quilters, professionals, and hobby sewists! 🪡🧵✂️ Survey here: qualtricsxml5p8w6jw6.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

My partner is making games, this is the first release for the Apple Watch: apps.apple.com/us/app/oyoro...

All of these actually

Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies

Your daily affirmation: Weirdness, like a cartoonishly large mallet, is strength. Wield your weirdness against the world.

I love this. Going hard immediately with "It's forbidden to benefit from theft".

Please help my graduate student’s research in occupational health & ergonomics for costumers, cosplayers, quilters, professionals, and hobby sewists! 🪡🧵✂️ Survey here: qualtricsxml5p8w6jw6.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.

Operation MAHA Blast

It is a critical failure of the left that the explosive diarrhea parasite outbreak has not already been branded "The RFK Runs" or "The MAHA Squirts" or "The Trump Trots" or something along those lines. "Oh, man, I can't go because I got a bad case of J.D. Pants."

Clea reports that her yearly vet visit went well, and she was vaccinated against rabies for three years! Also she loves these spring toys. #caturday