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chainmail-butch · 1 month

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I went thrifting for some leather today. Now all I need is a harness.

#and several more leather jackets #and more leather boots #and some more gloves #and some chaps #and a vest that fits #and some bracelets #my face #archive

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vinceaddams · 7 months

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Any tips on learning to make buttonholes? I've been putting it off for.... *checks notes* like three years.... but better late than never and all that. I don't have any fancy machines so I gotta do it by hand but that seems right up your alley.

Thanks!

It IS up my alley, yes, I do most of my buttonholes by hand!

I'm actually part way through filming an 18th century buttonhole tutorial, but I expect it'll be a few more weeks before I finish that and put it on the youtubes, so in the meantime here's the very very short version. (The long version is looking like it'll probably be about 40 minutes maybe, judging by how much script I've written compared to my last video?)

Mark your line, a bit longer than your button is wide. I usually use a graphite mechanical pencil on light fabrics, and a light coloured pencil crayon on dark ones. (I have fabric pencils too, but they're much softer and leave a thicker line.) You may want to baste the layers together around all the marked buttonholes if you're working on something big and the layers are shifty and slippery. I'm not basting here because this is just a pants placket.

Do a little running stitch (or perhaps a running backstitch) in fine thread around the line at the width you want the finished buttonhole to be. This holds the layers of fabric together and acts as a nice little guide for when you do the buttonhole stitches.

Cut along the marked line using a buttonhole cutter, or a woodworking chisel. Glossy magazines are the best surface to put underneath your work as you push down, and you can give it a little tap with a rubber mallet if it's not going through all the way.

I'm aware that there are some people who cut their buttonholes open using seam rippers, and if any of them are reading this please know that that is abhorrent behaviour and I need you to stop it immediately. Stop it.

Go get a buttonhole cutter for 10 bucks and your life will be better for it. Or go to the nearest hardware store and get a little woodworking chisel. This includes machine buttonholes, use the buttonhole cutter on them too. If you continue to cut open buttonholes with a seam ripper after reading this you are personally responsible for at least 3 of the grey hairs on my head.

Do a whipstitch around the cut edges, to help prevent fraying while you work and to keep all those threads out of the way. (For my everyday shirts I usually do a machine buttonhole instead of this step, and then just hand stitch over it, because it's a bit faster and a lot sturdier on the thin fabrics.)

I like to mark out my button locations at this point, because I can mark them through the holes without the buttonhole stitches getting in the way.

For the actual buttonhole stitches it's really nice if you have silk buttonhole twist, but I usually use those little balls of DMC cotton pearl/perle because it's cheap and a good weight. NOT stranded embroidery floss, no separate strands! It's got to be one smooth twisted thing!

Here's a comparison pic between silk buttonhole twist (left) and cotton pearl (right). Both can make nice looking buttonholes, but the silk is a bit nicer to work with and the knots line up more smoothly.

I've actually only used the silk for one garment ever, but am going to try to do it more often on my nicer things. I find the cotton holds up well enough to daily wear though, despite being not ideal. The buttonholes are never the first part of my garments to wear out.

I cut a piece of about one arm's length more or less, depending on the size of buttonhole. For any hole longer than about 4cm I use 2 threads, one to do each side, because the end gets very frayed and scruffy by the time you've put it through the fabric that many times.

I wax about 2cm of the tip (Not the entire thread. I wax the outlining/overcasting thread but not the buttonhole thread itself.) to make it stick in the fabric better when I start off the thread. I don't tend to tie it, I just do a couple of stabstitches or backstitches and it holds well. (I'm generally very thorough with tying off my threads when it comes to hand sewing, but a buttonhole is basically a long row of knots, so it's pretty sturdy.)

Put the needle through underneath, with the tip coming up right along that little outline you sewed earlier. And I personally like to take the ends that are already in my hand and wrap them around the tip of the needle like so, but a lot of people loop the other end up around the other way, so here's a link to a buttonhole video with that method. Try both and see which one you prefer, the resulting knot is the same either way.

Sometimes I can pull the thread from the end near the needle and have the stitch look nice, but often I grab it closer to the base and give it a little wiggle to nestle it into place. This is more necessary with the cotton than it is with the silk.

The knot should be on top of the cut edge of the fabric, not in front of it.

You can put your stitches further apart than I do if you want, they'll still work if they've got little gaps in between them.

Keep going up that edge and when you get to the end you can either flip immediately to the other side and start back down again, or you can do a bar tack. (You can also fan out the stitches around the end if you want, but I don't like to anymore because I think the rectangular ends look nicer.)

Here's a bar tack vs. no bar tack sample. They just make it look more sharp, and they reinforce the ends.

For a bar tack do a few long stitches across the entire end.

And then do buttonhole stitches on top of those long stitches. I also like to snag a tiny bit of the fabric underneath.

Then stick the needle down into the fabric right where you ended that last stitch on the corner of the bar tack, so you don't pull that corner out of shape, and then just go back to making buttonhole stitches down the other side.

Then do the second bar tack once you get back to the end.

To finish off my thread I make it sticky with a bit more beeswax, waxing it as close to the fabric as I can get, and then bring it through to the back and pull it underneath the stitches down one side and trim it off.

In my experience it stays put perfectly well this way without tying it off.

Voila! An beautiful buttonholes!

If you want keyhole ones you can clip or punch a little rounded bit at one end of the cut and fan your stitches out around that and only do the bar tack at one end, like I did on my 1830's dressing gown.

(I won't do that style in my video though, because they're not 18th century.)

Do samples before doing them on a garment! Do as many practice ones as you need to, it takes a while for them to get good! Mine did not look this nice 10 years ago.

Your first one will probably look pretty bad, but your hundredth will be much better!

Edit: Video finished!

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And here's the blog post, which is mostly a slightly longer version of this post.

#ask #buttonholes #sewing #hand sewing #sewing tutorial #I've been procrastinating on the video this week #I want it done! I don't want to work on it I want new projects! I want to cut out more gloves!#currently forcing myself to do the last few buttonholes on these pants and then maybe I can cut out new gloves? as a treat?#but I hope I get some filming done tomorrow too

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carrotkicks · 8 months

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gotham sirens doodle

#art #dc comics #batman #harley quinn #poison ivy #selena kyle #the gotham city sirens #trying my hand at dc designs again #i dont see enough art of ivy being this super tall willowy woman with a hippie vibe so. i did that #very tall very thin. long long hair. paler sickly green. + tiny tiny outfit. an uncomfortable looking lady #and one thing that continuously bothers me about harley designs is how... punk/streetwear oriented they are?#it portrays she's a wild and uncontrollable character but it sorta flattens her to that imo?#harley has always been used for sex appeal after her first couple of designs in btas.#tried to make this one look more... classy? she's got some of her old clown elements in the gloves and collar. + tinted glasses

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daily-smol-beans · 9 months

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Day 124- smallishbeans whispers to you:

#daily beans #smallishbeans #ethoslab #boat boys #smalletho #i went insane this mcc btw #theyre so silly #and we finally got some bread REJOICE #also i have this hc that in mcc etho is even more of just a guy #hes just a guy with a bad fashion taste #no long hair no piercings no fingerless gloves #and no idea who kakashi is

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yridenergyridenergy · 4 months

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I did it! Heavily reconstructed artist photos for the release of 19990120. The thumbnails got blurred out; click for higher definition.

Needless to say, these pictures are available on demand for personal, private use without the watermark. But some would be utterly heartless and steal those if there weren't any watermarks...

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joltrify · 3 months

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id sell my left soul and my lung for more disabled Ben 10 aliens please omg

<3

hope i did okay this time around; still getting back into the swing of things

#also don't sell your soul and lungs though YOU NEED THOSE LOL-#thanks for the ask!!#i wasn't able to communicate this in this set but i had another doodle with armodrillo #they had some minor sensory issues and a glove/sleeve that acts as a 'compression hoodie' and helps with that...#but armodrillo already has that springlock in his arm so I scrapped the idea ;_;#i wish i had put a bit more research into this set; a lot of these were ideas i had in my head and chipped away at for a couple weeks...#please let me know if i could improve on anything- i certainly wouldn't want t hurt or offend anyone #anyway that's all. thank you and have a good night!#art #digital art #doodles #ben 10 #ben 10 fanart #ben 10 aliens #ben 10 alien force #ben 10 ultimate alien #ben 10 omniverse #rath #echo echo #ripjaws #snare-oh #cannonbolt #jolt rambles #end my suffering

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airoarts · 2 years

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[Image description: A digital drawing of a character who is a fusion of several different Tumblr Sexymen. He is tall and thin, standing with his hand on his hip, with purple skin, cat ears, and a cat tail, Komaeda-esque wispy white hair, a permanent smile with sharp yellow teeth, and one blue-and-yellow eye with a black sclera. He has red dots on his cheeks and skeleton feet. He is wearing a navy-and-red train conductor cap; large glasses tinted pink on one lens and yellow on the other; a gray suitcoat that splits into two near the end, with a yellow pyramid pattern on the inside; green elbow-length gloves; pinstriped black-and-green pants that are cut at the mid-calf; a white dress shirt that is layered and trimmed with lavender at the bottom, with a thin brown belt visible; a lavender tie; and pink fluffy slippers. He also wears a yellow strap around his shoulder and torso, and has a fluffy pink truffula pin and a badge on his suit that looks like a blue clock. He is holding a red scepter with an eye pattern in the middle. The background is a pale peach-pink color. End ID]

i decided to revisit the idea i had several years ago of a tumblr sexyman fusion, a post that got pretty popular at the time, since there are now different sexymen who are popular and also the concept of tumblr sexyman has been built upon significantly.

this is a fusion of sans, the onceler, reigen, tony the talking clock (based on aishaneko’s classic humanization), bill cipher, raymond, ingo, spamton, purple guy, komaeda, and alastor. can u spot the design elements from each one?

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mikeystrawberry · 1 month

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One last Scary before the finale!

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads fanart #dndads season 2 #dndads s2 #scary marlowe #did some minor adjustments to the design as well #okay coming back to add the adjustments #I defloofed her hair it’s straighter now #her vampire bangs are sharper but that’s mostly an art style thing here #I finally had an idea for a cute shirt decal instead of using the text from the cover art #I also added gloves like she has in my later season design but these ones are taller #and I added more safety pins on the skirt

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satans-knitwear · 9 months

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big Sweetheart 💕 energy tbh

Treat me ~ Tip me ~ More of me

#have some classy lil wiggles ✨#such a pretty dress i am obsessed! someone invite me to afternoon tea or something so i can wear it out more #satans knitwear #vintage vibes #vintage inspired #retro dress #opera gloves #elbow gloves #alt pinup #pinup girl #bi girl #cheeky #uk girl #wlw #my gif to you

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toonheartz · 4 months

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so as you might know, mickey's entering the public domain on january 1st

what if we did something really silly to celebrate?

i know it's really short notice but we can continue to do it even after the date because well, he's gonna be public domain! so what if...we all made "mickeysonas" and posted them with the tag #mickeysona?

kinda like how people made spidersonas and linksonas and sorasonas but more absurd, something that makes people think...why though

a sona is basically a representation of yourself, so in this case you'd be drawing yourself as mickey! or...mickey as you? minnies are also welcome :]

ANOTHER silly idea i had was to coin a term, a "mickey mouse", meaning an iconic or flagship character. like mario is nintendo's mickey mouse and pikachu is pokemon's mickey mouse. what if we literally just. started calling our main oc our mickey mouse. so show off your story's mickey mouse with the tag #mymickeymouse! will it catch on? probably not. but it would be really funny.

if you want to do either or want to see others do it, consider spreading this around!!

#mickey mouse #epic mickey #public domain #toon #sona #idk much on copyright law but i dont think it prevents us from getting a little silly for non-monetary reasons #but if you are interested in actually using the mouse!!#some fun facts:#only the STEAMBOAT WILLIE version will be public domain #BUT! he's not too different anyway #his name is still mickey mouse and his pants were red in promotional material #he does NOT need the hat but he likely CANT have peach skin/modern eyes. and probably the white gloves #also you cant pretend to be affiliated with disney #also someone who knows more about trademark pls confirm if name tomfoolery is a go

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wildstar25 · 1 month

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MiqoMarch Day 23 - Midnight

With their intended voyage into the void only a few days out, Arsay thought it the upmost importance that she steal her partner away to Kugane, that they might share one more fond memory together should things not turn out the way they plan in the thirteenth. It was as they crossed the very same bridge the miqo'te had once sat on together two years prior when Arsay gifted Y'shtola with a bracelet matching that of her own. A token of endearment which, Arsay confessed, she would have given to her fellow scion back then, had nerves not gotten the best of her. While their relationship has undoubtedly changed since the initial purchase of the jewellery, the sentiment remained the same. Y'shtola was someone who Arsay loved dearly and she will forever be grateful to have the seeker's life intertwined with her own. No matter where their free spirits took them, they would always hold each other in their hearts. A promise Y'shtola was more than willing to keep. She slipped the the string of beads around her wrist without a second thought. They were never to come off, not even when the two decided to delay their return to Radz-at-Han in favour of a private bath at the dead of night.

#miqomarch #miqomarch 2024 #ffxiv #y'shtola rhul #y'shtola x wol #wolshtola #Arsay Nun #WOL posting #arsay nun lore #arshtola #thanks to nhaneh for the body mod #i had to do some insane fov to get the moon and them in the same shot so sorry for the distortion #forcing arshtola lore into this prompt since idk when Ill ever get around to gposing the actual scene #this is between 6.1 and 6.2!#endwalker patch spoilers #i had the idea that arsay bought the Dai-ryumyaku bracelets from a vendor between 4.3 n 4.4 when shtola is off to the doman enclave #and arsay is like hey wait you should let me show you around kugane on the way over!#a fun friend date that ends with shtola finally accepting she has a crush on arsay and its terminal #and arsay having a single moment where she starts reflecting on feelings & thinks maybe she missed hanging out w/shtola more than she shoul #only to quickly butt that idea out of her head and continue being super normal #arsay notices these matching bracelets with red and purple string and shes like oh they are so cute and they look like #they belong in a pair it would be so sad if they were ever split up unexpectedly #i know ill buy them and give one to shtola wouldnt that be fun!#so she does that and then cant bring herself to give yshtola the damn thing because she starts second guessing herself #so arsay stashes the bracelets away and she started wearing hers later under her glove #fast forward to two years later and arsay finds the other one in one of her bags #and now shes dating yshtola and they are about to go somewhere super dangerous #what better time to tell your gf how much they have always meant to you #and what better way to do it than with a gift and some words spoken from the heart?#it was a little unconventional since arsay didnt really have marriage on the mind but it was a proposal in a sense

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robotsprinkles · 6 months

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Quick Cass painting. Tried a thing with the red background bleeding through her because I thought it looked cool (inspired in part by the batman 2022 and all the "red" fanart for it and also one of my art teachers who said I should let the underpaintings of oil paintings poke through — pretty sure those aren't the words she used — the actual painting)

#cassandra cain #batgirl #my art #digital painting #digital art #robotsprinkles draws #not sure how I feel about the boots and gloves(? sleeves? dunno) and the cowl #wanted to experiment with adding some colour separation to the suit but I think it makes her feel less inhuman/creepy/shadow-like #and more just a normal person in a costume #also yeah I kinda gave up on the belt(s) and pouches

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vinceaddams · 6 months

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17th century gloves are. very good.

#17th century #gloves #I'm trying to get work done on other stuff right now but I CANNOT stop thinking about fancy gloves #I. want. to. sew. fancy. gloves.#and I have so so many different ideas for cuff decorations #I should be sleeping but I'm looking at 17th century gloves on pinterest and hhnnnghhhhhhhhhhhhhh #the ones I'm sewing are more 18th century but I am taking creative liberties with some pairs because I can sew whatever I want #and I'm going to be good and finish the waistcoat I'm working on before cutting out another pair of gloves #so as to not increase my unfinished project number #but I will be constantly thinking about fancy gloves as I work on that waistcoat #I have more lambskins and leather paint coming in the mail

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diam-etrical · 11 months

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"They're all looking at you." "Believe me, they're all looking at you." [ref]

#aruani #im enjoying these leyendecker studies #i felt like my art has been stagnating for quite some time but I'm happy with how this turned out #annie leonhart #armin arlert #attack on titan #shingekinokyojin #snk #but rlly i discovered so many techniques doing this piece holy shit I should do more studies in general #aot #my art #i might do more!#i had to redraw that stupid glove 10times in a row mygod ai art could never #my suffering is for free #進撃の巨人

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puppyeared · 3 months

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i have an idea for a character design but what animals are usually associated with medicine??? the most common answer i got was snake, but i also thought of lab rats/mice, rabbits etc

#snake has the longest history with medicine especially since its shown on the rod of asclepius and the myths around venom #i also didnt know this but their shedding skin is referenced as symbols of rebirth and growth while their appearance resembles an #umbilical cord which gives it a really strong connection to health in some cultures.. although if i had to think abt modern medicine and #pharmacies the first thing i think of is white lab mice like pinky and the brain. for some reason i also thought of rabbits #bc of how its used for anti animal testing logos but thats more loose. however i did learn that the jade rabbit is shown to #use a pestle and mortar to create medicine in some stories so that could work...???? but its not as well known i think #i also thought of possums but that was more of an irony thing. same for bats but both are ironically really resistant to disease and act #as carriers. a death symbol like vultures or ravens/crows might work with a plague doctors mask but i feel #like that isnt the vibe im going for. black cat would be interesting considering superstition but im also on the fence abt that #actually what else is associated with medicine?? normally its stuff like pills crosses bandaids syringes etc #doctors coats and gloves.. especially plague doctor masks or medical masks in general but not much else huh #hand sanitizer and tissues.. pill bottles... blue nurse uniforms.. gauze and casts with signed names... hmmmm/.........#nurse dresses..??? sure?? i also see scalpels and knives but thats more for like. horror doctors for scary stories #im going for cute maybe even regular ass doctor vibe. like harvey sdv. or tony tony chopper #yapping

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pepperpixel · 10 months

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More powerpunk girls art!!!! Cuz they are just. Fun to draw ghgh- this time trying to get a better design for brat! Cuz even tho I liked the old one I had.. I wanted to try and give her a lil bit more edge… so! Here were some experiments w that! I didn’t succeed in. Solidifying anything, as u can probably notice. Considering her outfit is slightly different in every picture ghgh- but! Idk! Maybe that’s ok lol. She’s the sorta character who would have a bunch of different outfits it’s fine lol

#powerpuff girls #the powerpuff girls #ppg #powerpunk girls #ppnkg #ppg brat #ppg brute #ppg berserk #doodles #also featuring! I think the first picture I’ve drawn of brute smiling lol!#anyway yeah… been workin on these all day my brains mush… have some powerpunks I hope u enjoy them ghgh-#actually. more thoughts rlly quick.#why I wanted to give brat a lil more edge: there called the power PUNK girls… and I felt like brat was having a severe punk deficiency ghg #like. I don’t think she needs to actually BE punk. but just… needed a lil more edge.. a lil more a teensy bit #i am also thinking about this in regards to berserk. which is why I gave her lil fishnet gloves here lol. but idk!#I have some ideas for her but… I do like the design I already have for her too.. so idk. I’m thinking about it tho #ok now I’m done w thoughts lol

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