Jessica Petersen

A dark tabby tuxedo cat named Pepper in a cardboard box labeled SWEET BELL PEPPERS.

I indeed have a Pepper! His brother was named Salt at the rescue before we changed his name to Pippin, but we couldn’t come up with something that was more fun to say than Pepper. It fits…he’s a spicy Pepper and a sweet Pepper. His nicknames hit other foods/drinks: Pepsi, Pepperoni, Dr. Pepper, etc.

Oh, I love this so much!

My son's beloved nature school teacher from when he was younger just published a book about uses for invasive plants, and I wanted to share it because she's the best! And it looks really interesting: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...

There are two #TaxTheRich bills up for discussion tomorrow in WA state legislature. If you are a resident and are so inclined, please see this link from @investwanow.bsky.social for info about how to put yourself down as in favor of both of these bills. 40007319.hs-sites.com/urgent-alert-1

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks! (How is there not a seahorse emoji?!)

Thanks!

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It’s called illusion mesh—similar to tulle, but much, much stronger and more finely woven.

Right back at you—this made me smile! ❤️

Fun project!

A stained glass-like mosaic of a golden seahorse in front of green sea grass and shimmery blue water. It was 3D printed with mesh fabric sandwiched between the layers, which holds all the mosaic pieces together.

A stained glass-like mosaic of a golden seahorse in front of green sea grass and shimmery blue water. It was 3D printed with mesh fabric sandwiched between the layers, which holds all the mosaic pieces together. (Close up)

Day 10 of 100 days of #3dprinting on fabric for #the100dayproject: golden shiny seahorse! Sometimes you make something and can’t stop staring at it in disbelief that you made it. This turned out so much better than expected!

It blew my mind when I first heard about it, and back then people were just printing on tulle (0/10 do not recommend printing on tulle, at least not the cheap stuff I tried!). So many possibilities!

Thank you!

Thanks! That’s sort of what I’m going for, so it’s good to hear I’m on the right track. My mom used to combine appliqué with the sequins/beads on my dresses. It was so cool.

A piece of black sheer mesh fabric with pink flowers and green leafy vines 3D printed on it is wrapped around a woman’s wrist.

A piece of black sheer mesh fabric with pink flowers and green leafy vines 3D printed on it is wrapped around a woman’s wrist. (Close up that is otherwise similar to the previous picture.)

Day 9 of 100 days of #3dprinting on fabric for #the100dayproject: a first attempt at achieving a similar effect to the thousands of sequins and beads my mom used to sew one by one onto my skating dresses back when I was a competitive figure skater.

Also first layer height is 24 mm...not sure if that's helpful for this problem, but Daniel at Kaizen 3D recommends that in his instructions for the PFLATs he sells so I thought it was worth mentioning.

I don't know if this would help, but I also set elephant foot compensation to 0. I did that to get more accurate shapes on the first layer, but it might help a little with small pieces sticking.

Oh no! I don't know how much I can help, because I somehow have lucked out and haven't had any issues, either with the PFLATs or the silk filaments. But I can share my settings.

Bed: 60°C
Nozzle: 230°C first layer, 225°C after (but had no problems at 215°C either)
Speed: 20 mm/s first layer

Wow now that was something buried deep in my memory! 😂 I can see it too now!

Love this! Reminds me of my rosy maple mothfolk D&D character. She’s a bard who canonically reads romance novels. 😂

A 3D printed design with different shapes repeated in rows. Each row of shapes has been printed with a different infill pattern to show the difference in appearance.

Day 8 of 100 days of #3dprinting on fabric for #the100dayproject: I spent a lot of time making this test print design over from scratch, this time in Onshape instead of Fusion, while getting CAD lessons from my husband. There are still tweaks to make but these are so helpful that it’s worth it.

A 3D printed sample of several different shapes repeated for five rows, with each row printed in a different infill pattern, which changes the movements the printer uses as it puts down the filament to fill the interior of each shape.

Day 7 of 100 days of #3dprinting on fabric for #the100dayproject: nothing too exciting today. I redesigned my shapes with infill sample print and tested it, but it still needs tweaking. One major improvement is that I made the bottom of the frame large enough for a label.

So if you have a young person in your life, and want to pass on in a small part the essence of a wise, kind soul who dedicated his life to peace, education, and justice, take a moment to read these lines to them. And if you don't have a little one at hand, maybe read them aloud to your own heart.

An older man with white hair, a white beard, and glasses smiles down at his laughing baby grandson in his lap.

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.

Today would've been my dad's 83rd birthday. When my son was little, he asked me to read these lines about infinity and eternity by William Blake to him as he grew up.

Thanks! 😁

A 3D printed bookmark on a page of an open book. It has six shimmery hearts in three different shades of blue held with a blue rectangle by black mesh fabric.

Day 6 of 100 days of #3dprinting on fabric for #the100dayproject: heart bookmarks! A different type of filament than previous days (Stardust and Celestial filaments from @polymaker.bsky.social) and an “Arena” PFLAT sheet from Kaizen 3D Prints on the build plate to add the holographic rainbow dots.

Cool!

3D printed flower earrings with rainbow colored petals.

Day 5 of 100 days of 3D printing on fabric for #the100dayproject: I reworked the rainbow flower earrings from yesterday to make them actually work as earrings. I tried photographing them on a white background this time to get the colors more accurate.