i sewed this regency shirt entirely by hand (including dorset buttons) in 44 hours and 24 seconds so you could watch me frolic in it for 42 seconds

Fic writers who wrote migrainous-hunter I love you Inspired by This fic from @just-here-with-my-thoughts and this one too by lucifer_elliot and this one by @oohhihoney

sick and tired of seeing people use zip ties for boning. listen to me i am a costume designer stop using plastic which does not hold your shape (the whole point of boning) you do not need to buy proper coiled boning or anything: go to a hardware store and find flat metal tension spring (google tells me that's what it's called, unfortunately i also don't know what its used for in hardware store related things so i cant describe it if that isnt the correct translation, soz) you can get a roll of 15m x 4mm tension spring for about 15 euros where i live and then you just have to cut it with metal shears (you can use a regular cutting pliers probably but if you have metal shears you will be happier) then either file down the edges a bit if you're genuinely gonna wear it a lot, or you just wind some tape around the edges to make sure putting them in the channels isn't gonna rip your fabric and anyway now you have an actually functional boned garment. go to a hardware store and show them this pic btw:

^ this is what you want. also bc this is 4mm wide around stress points like closures you want to make 2 channels right alongside each other and put in 2 pieces of tension spring for stability

I FINALLY FOUND SOME FREE TIME TODAY AND THAT MEANS MORE ONEIL RAHHHH

Finishing and posting o'neil's (and elias') reference sheet <<<< piecing their design doodle by doodle /silly

Im unfortunately not the type of person who can juggle academics and social media at the same time :'D but that wont stop me from trying to post! >:)

Version without text underneath the cut!

And of course, additional thoughts about the design in the tags ;)

"Dalaga" means young lady in tagalog! ^^

I’ve been working on a new plushie and I just realized I never posted the last one which is just very sad. We must fix that. I would like to introduce you to Sasha, my Heavy Jumping Spider (vaguely anyway). He’s based off an old character of mine and I love him very much.

It’s times like this where I wish I knew anything about knitting.

I sew, I make little plushies with needle and thread, I don’t know how to crochet, I knoweth not how to combine needles and yarn to make socks or beanies or coats. Knitting is trending, I am very happy for the knitters out there who are having their craft properly appreciated, im just sad because the free pattern I saw I can’t do cause I don’t know Jack about knitting

I noticed that people were enjoying the plushies so uh *breaks your vessel*

i know there have been reddit users migrating over to tumblr, but have there been anyone creating a reddit sub here? i saw that post about making a side blog and turning on submissions to act kind of the way a reddit sub would, and im curious if anyone has tried it bc i would love to give them a follow

the one thing i used reddit for was for subs like r/sewing where it was a centralized thing on that specific topic, not memes or such, and tumblr doesnt really have that, looking at/following the sewing tag is not the same thing

he looks very not well but it’s ok because he’s Will cipher

I think you made #sewing trend!

Uh-oh, someone unaware seeing the trending tag might start thinking that sewing is fun and not entering a bargain with The Devil where you trade your blood for plushies.

In related news, I just saw my own post on my dash, reblogged by one of my mutuals from someone who wasn't me (you know who you are) so like. That was interesting.

DRAGON IS DONE I think that took all of the crochet energy out of me for the next few weeks so this will probably be my last crochet project for the year. Took me 4 days and I kinda wish I gave myself more time especially because the body kinda looks a little wonky when working in continuous rounds. I might go back to working on my needlepoint or sewing projects soon though. Also Niki nui for scale and also all the update photos I posted privately in various discords included him so they feel like a package deal. My coworker will not be getting a Niki nui as part of the gift.

If you want to make this little guy for yourself you can find the pattern here!

Creative people…

BEHOLD

I have made (roughly 90% of) BATPANTS

Fun fact! You’re allowed to repair and amend your clothing! Even if it’s the first time you’ve picked up a needle! It can be really fun and relaxing to just spend time with something, and it’s a big fuck you to the clothing industry and fast fashion too! It’s actually really fucking insane that at some point we just decided as a society that mending clothing was an irrelevant skill. People used to have drastically fewer garments over their lifetime, and now we’re filling up deserts with discarded clothing. Holy fuck! Let’s repair our clothes ey??

Also like, does it cover as much of your body as you want it to? Do you like how it looks? Does it meet your personal standards of what is practical? Is it comfortable or does it fulfill its purpose? Then it passes as clothes and is cool! That’s all there is to it!

Also to be clear,

eat the rich. If you’re here to make a fuss about how there wouldn’t be climate change if we all recycled/repaired/etc, uh, ha, go away. Billionaires would like you to continue thinking the average person is the problem so they can continue rampantly hoarding wealth and being shitty

But also it helps to do what you can in your own niche and it saves money too which is nice in this capitalist hellscape

Have a good self repair sunday

just got myself my first sewing machine and people around me are all like “oh wow!! i can’t wait to see what cool outfits you make :)” and i nod and agree with them like a goddamn chump knowing full well i got this for the express purpose of elongating my furby

scribbling on notepad like a detective…. in order to feel human…. you have to be an active community member…