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cumshroom · 1 day
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gatabella · 3 days
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Rita Hayworth, c.1943
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milkweedman · 3 days
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These definitely deserve an actual photoshoot but I'm never gonna do that, so here's the usual 'pulled over to take pictures briefly'. Finally got my gloves back to a wearable and warm state after a couple weeks of darning (hard to call them done; im sure theyll need more work in the future). There wasn't any damage really, just severe thinning from wear, so it was a much faster mend than it could have been.
The gloves are suffolk wool naturally dyed by myself with horse chestnut hulls, prepared and spun by myself, then knit into gloves with my own pattern. The mending yarn is also entirely handspun scrap, with some of it being naturally dyed as well.
One of the gloves lost some length (or at least I think it did; there's no way it would have taken me this long to notice they're different sizes if I just made them that way); the only real difference between the two gloves is that I mended the longer one with my darning loom and the other by hand after getting annoyed with the loom. So I guess my tension by hand left something to be desired. It's not noticeable when they're on me though, so I don't care very much. No longer matching in exact size is a small price to pay for gloves that are much warmer and also look very cool B)
Additionally, they are acting slightly as hand compression gloves now, due to the fact that the woven darning doesn't stretch as much as the knit gloves. It's strong upon blocking but does stretch out with wear--interesting though. I've not had luck with medical grade hand compression gloves, so I'm curious about knitting or weaving a dedicated pair, now.
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cheapieclassic · 2 days
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🍀Ivy Dress🍀
Hello friends! Heres a better look at my recent tablecloth-flip :)
Made from my self-draft sundress pattern, it was a challenge to make the most of the small Irish tablecloth I fell in love with 💖
Styled with thrifted cardi & bag, plus a necklace I've had since 2007 :")
Heres to all you hobbits, lotr weirdos and fans of green magical girls 💚🍀🐛🍃🐸🌱🌿
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ericafails · 17 hours
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Made a carrying case for my discman! Also I bought a discman in 2024!
I'm trying to keep from buying new materials so except for some purse hardware and beads this was all stuff I had around. The yellow is from a jacket that was getting worn out. The black is from an old pair of jeans and from a previous project. I still have a ton of beads and rhinestones leftover from old pieces.
When I started all I knew is that since discmans are from my teen years, I had to do the Cool S.
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stage-bit-account · 2 days
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trailerheaven · 2 days
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handmade flies filet crochet dress - do not repost
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vincentbriggs · 3 days
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Hi! I really like your videos. You seem quite good at historical costume research, so I’m hoping you might have some advice.
I’m currently working on SCA garb outfits for my daughter and me. I’d like to use buttons to attach the disparate pieces that historically would have been pinned to decrease the danger of stabbing, but I’m having trouble identifying what kind of buttons would have been used in that era (1500-1550 Germany). Can you recommend any resources that would address that timeframe?
Hello, thank you!
I've never done anything close to that period, so I don't know at all what the best resources are, but I'll post this and perhaps someone who has done 16th century stuff will see it.
Just a general reminder - I am happy to answer people's sewing questions (when I remember they're in my inbox) but the further away from 18th century menswear something is, the less likely I am to know anything about it, and you'd probably have much better luck asking someone who actually sews the thing you're looking to sew.
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firesidetextiles · 1 day
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Betta fish needle minder made for a friend.
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dollsahoy · 2 days
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When I sew button-up shirts, I like to press as many edges as possible before I start sewing any pieces together. It's easier for me to work this way, because it means I don't have to wrangle an ever-growing project around on the ironing board and sleeve board.
These are all the hems--front, back, and short sleeves--pressed before assembly. (I did sew darts first.)
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I use a Dritz Ezy Hem (link to manufacturer's website, I am not compensated--I've had my Ezy Hem since before the very idea of people being compensated by companies in exchange for mentioning their products online) to press up the edges 5/8", then I fold the raw edges to the inside and press again.
When it's time to sew the seams that bring these pressed edges together, I unroll the pressed part and sew all the way to the raw edges
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Then I trim away some of the seam allowance corner, using the pressed lines to know how high to cut. The purpose of trimming the corner is to reduce bulk in the folded hem.
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Then I...well, then I serge the seam allowance, but I know not everyone does that, for various reasons. Then I fold the seam allowance toward the back and roll the pressed area back up. It doesn't always align perfectly, but it's close enough to flatten with my fingers. (If you're not serging, or are finishing the seams separately, they would be opened up before rolling.)
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Now it's ready to be stitched immediately, no need to get up and go press things.
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I stitch from the inside, so I know I'm actually sewing through the pressed edges--I understand this means that the stitching may not be perfectly evenly spaced from the edge on the outside, but it's close enough, and no-one's going to be scrutinizing my clothes to notice. They better not be.
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I also press the front bands and one side of the collar band before assembly
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I attach them, when it's time, to the shirt on the inside. Then I flip them around to the outside, encasing the seam allowances, and carefully edge stitching the pressed edge down. It's not the "hand-stitch on the inside so there is no visible stitching on the outside" approach the patterns generally want. But. I've sewn nine of this particular shirt, plus six of another button-up shirt pattern, since last summer, so it works for me.
I remember a time in the past when I was baffled by how to sew a button up shirt with front bands and two-part collars. Figuring out how to approach things in a way that makes sense to my brain--regardless of what the pattern says--helped a lot. (As did getting a vintage buttonholer attachment, but that's a different ramble.)
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junothehatchet · 2 days
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Patch update: I made a big sunflower patch out of an old potholder
Here's the before, when i took apart the potholder:
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There were large holes in two opposite corners. The side with the black and white dots will be a separate piece I'll use in the future. In the bottom image I used a white background so the holes can be seen more clearly
And here's the finished patch:
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I hemmed the edges, and I stitched the sunflower fabric to a patch of rusty orange fabric for extra strength and so I could mend the holes easier. I mended them by stitching the frayed edges to the orange fabric in the back. Anything can be a patch
[Image ID: the first four images are of a potholder that I took apart so it's just two large patches of fabric. About the size of a potholder. 7 inches by 8 inches. One side has a large sunflower on a white background with black dots. It's old and stained. The other piece is just covered in green leaves and smaller yellow sunflowers, with two large rips in the top right and bottom left of the patch. In the third image I put two white circles to highlight them because it's on a cardboard background, and the last image they're a bit clearer over the white background.
In the after photos, the second piece of fabric from the other pictures is hemmed and stitched to a slightly desaturated orange fabric with green thread the exact same shade of green as the leaves in the pattern. The second image is of the patch turned around to show the orange side. And with that green thread I stitched down the edges of the holes to the orange piece which is shown closer in the last two images. End ID]
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talos-stims · 11 hours
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kat elliot [wendell & wild] stimboard!
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Some more progress on my third crocheted blanket. I added a few more rows of colour onto the big granny stitch square and made some more skulls.
I also did a row of ghosts and I'm working on some eye squares as well :)
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serenity-the-firefly · 14 hours
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summerf10wer · 1 day
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Skirts for my mansters
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