Emily Hall

@emhall47.bsky.social

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Writer and Literary Critic. Work in Gooseberry Pie Lit, Passages North, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story, Bending Genres, and FlashFlood. Prose editor for Pictura Journal. Contemporary Anglophone Lit PhD. https://linktr.ee/emhall47

A copy of the poetry book Hole by S A Viau.
A striped dress next to a peach curtain
Two books: on the left, Masatsugo Ono’s Lion Cross Point. On the left, Harmada by Joao Gilbert Noll
A hand holding several, yellow-orange cosmos blossoms
A brown poodle smiles next to a red blanket
An “Italian Spring Shawlette” knitted in pink yarn from Cat Sandwich Fibers is draped around a gray hanger.
A small, pink depression glass poodle is surrounded by pothos leaves. In the center is a bouquet of peach and white flowers. On the right is a stuffed goose in a calico pattern.
My 100-word story, “On Zillow, I See.”
A Tiger Lilly blooming in my back yard
A list of all those who submitted to every one of the the 26 micro marathon contests
Hot pink Impatiens with water droplets, sitting by brown magnolia leaves.
2 weeks left to submit your prose pieces to Pictura Journal
A black grow bag filled with russet potato plants
A ball of bright red yarn dyed with lac.
A book, Mare by Emily Haworth-Booth, sits on a brown desk
A picture of my flash hybrid piece, “At My Elementary School on the Air Force Base”
A bouquet of pink, green, white and yellow flowers in a glass vase resting on a mantle.
April remembered camellia bush with a bright pink bloom
Naturally dyed Aran weight yarn. I used cochineal with an alum mordant.
Icicles hang outside my window. There’s a peach, tasseled curtain and a lipstick plant
Cozy classic raglan in purple yarn by The Red Pansy
A tall amaryllis plant with lush, peach blooms.
A loaf of seeded wheat bread resting on a cooling rack.
A lime green shirt with a ruffle. The fabric is double gauze from Nani Iro. The pattern is the Sagebrush shirt by Friday pattern company
Four skeins of Aran weight yarn rest on a clothes rack in front of my back yard.
A miniature brown poodle sits in a blue bed, holding a gingerbread dog.
A wick shawl by Curious Handmade. The top color is copper, the second is a navy. Both are a fingering-weight tweed by Little Lionhead Knits. In the center is a stitch marker.
A stack of books. From bottom to top: The Pathfinder by Adam Johnson; Twelve Post-War Stories by Graham Swift; Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li
A Nicks blouse, Version B from Closet Core. Made in a crosshatch cotton from Merchant and Mills
In the center of the photo is a rust-colored dress. It was made with India cotton by Merchant and Mills. The pattern is also by Merchant and Mills: it’s called The Dress Shirt.
A brown cat sits on a white, ruffled tree skirt. Behind her is a Christmas tree with white lights. To the left is a mantle with stockings above it.
This is my Lazy Gardener’s quilt. There are white diagonal stripes contrasting with multi-colored stripes. All the fabric pulls come from the Flowerland series by Ruby Star Society
Cozy classic Raglan, at the point of sleeve separation, in a soft lavender yarn. It sits next to a cup of coffee.
A 50-word story I had published called “Full Potential.” The text reads: I watched as Mom-Mom made her bed. She raised the sheet corners like four strong sails. Plumped embroidered pillowcases until the roses bloomed. Leveled her handmade quilt with an engineer’s precision. And I felt such sorrow for this woman, who’d always warned me that girls shouldn’t have too much ambition.
A bouquet of chrysanthemums, orange red and burgundy, in a cut glass vase sits on a brown table.
A “Match and Move” shawl with yarn I naturally dyed. The pink stripe was made with avocado; the gold was made with tango cosmos blossoms; and the gray was made with black hollyhock.
A plastic crate is filled with various skeins of yarn I naturally dyed. Dye sources ranged from cochineal (bright pinks) to tango cosmos (the yellow on the left) and coreopsis (the orange near the back). The yarn was fingering or DK weight.
Autumn Tales shawl by Ozetta. I dyed this DK weight yarn with black walnut!
A quilt with white diagonal stripes alternating with multicolored patches. The pattern is “Lazy Gardener” by Tilda.
A cluster of zinnias from my garden, including Queeny Lime reds, Envy Greens, Cactus blend, and bright pink.
A Nicks Blouse in a blue, Cross-hatched cotton from Merchant and Mills. This is the tunic version.
A hummingbird hawk moth perches on a bright purple butterfly bush branch
The front of my Nicks blouse. It’s in teal cotton-linen fabric. The pattern is by Cottage Core. I made version C.
The chanterelle shorts I made. The pattern is by Sew Liberated. The fabric is an olive linen.
A group of assorted colored zinnias in a glass vase. They’re on a red bench by an azalea bush
A Merchant and Mills “Dress Shirt” in lilac linen.
My poodle, Calliope, when she was about 4 months old. She’s standing at a window, spying on neighbors.
A tidings shawl. Pattern by Curious Handmade. The copper color is by Sewrella while the contrast colors (a mint-rust for the upper stripe and blue for the lower one) are by The Red Pansy. The pattern calls for worsted but I used DK for more drape.
A Melinda handbag. The pattern is by SotakHandmade. The outer shell is blue canvas with red and white floral patches. The light pink on the left was naturally dyed by me! I used cochineal to achieve the color.
The front of my L’oeuf bag. Pattern by Sew Liberated. The bag has a jungle pattern and a blue strap.
A hodgepodge cluster of zinnias. Queeny Lime in the back, a purple and pink in the middle with a yellow and white in the front. Grown in my garden from assorted seeds.
A quilted bag with peach, mustard, and green patches rests on my white door. Pattern is the Reversible Riley tote by Ritual Quilt Company.
Plaid dress that I made using a slightly altered merchant and mills Hattie pattern. The plaid colors are orange, rust, lavender and teal.
A green envy zinnia is just opening up, and stands tall next to my squash plant.
On the left is a McCall’s sewing pattern, the 8281. I’m making version C. On the right is a skirt that’s tan and turquoise gingham with a solid turquoise pocket.
Quilted tote bag featuring hippos and tropical birds amidst a turquoise background with fish
From left to right there are three McCall’s dress patterns: the m8281, m7742, and m8312
Husband holding up a wonky star quilt with multicolored patches