It's a Cootie!
He's working on sitting before greeting friends. He doesn't like to have to wait...
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I make stuff sometimes.
It's a Cootie!
He's working on sitting before greeting friends. He doesn't like to have to wait...
Tater would like a redo.
I agree.
A million stitches.
A labor of love.
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Pad stitching is complete on this jacket.
My stitches have gotten more invisible so that's rad.
A million stitches.
A labor of love.
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I'm getting better at buttonholes it seems.
Hey Makers and sewists, with Joanns closing, there's probably a lot of you looking for alternatives.
May I suggest wawak? Not great for fabric (though they do have some essentials) but perfect for notions and tools.
www.wawak.com
Close up of a basted jacket panel
Pad stitching inside a jacket
Catch stitching inside a jacket
Close up of stitching on a jacket pocket
A million stitches.
A labor of love.
One stitch at a time.
A black cat plays in a sunny room.
I just completed my 3rd week in a row without a solid day of rest... I woke up and my body decided today was the day for rest.
Back to it tomorrow.
Hurrah.
"Live Mรกs" is the best name for this project โก
05.03.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0A wiggly Boston terrier.
A wiggly Boston terrier.
This is Cooty. Another Defacto co-worker. He is made of wiggles. One day I'll get a non blurry photo.
28.02.2025 14:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Last week- started classes again (one is a capstone)
This week- started work full time
Today - did a 14.5 hour day.
Tomorrow - god I hope this doesn't have consequences.
This is Tater. He is one of my defacto coworkers. Tater is the best.
20.02.2025 00:13 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My first buttonholes of the semester. We will see what feedback I get. I'd guess I'm still using too much tension, and regulating it poorly on the eye.
2 down, 20 to go.
I have some recurrent little whiskers that I call my baba training wheels.
12.02.2025 05:09 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You know, it's not like the US military logistical train requires any sort of decision making by people that aren't elected officials... ๐
11.02.2025 18:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Carmen Sandiego would be disgusted.
11.02.2025 18:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Schiaparelli was such a boss. She hung out with the surrealists and her designs show that she was absolutely on their level. Have you seen the skeleton dress in detail?
11.02.2025 17:44 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Please strongly consider other platforms. There is an E-book functionality on bookshop.org may be worth checking out for those of us trying to unplug from Amazon products.
11.02.2025 14:35 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0When the entire system is based around a militaristic devotion to meeting a standardized status quo, often relying on practices & techniques that leave so many students underserved due to different learning styles... yeah there's gonna be a lot left wanting.
American pedagogy is broken.
A kid home from school on a sick day.
A stained glass window.
Their family home.
An upstart local youth.
A contest of pastoral skill.
A county fair.
A crafts person,
a tool (perhaps their favorite tool, or maybe a tool they need to improve),
a bustling marketplace.
Surely it should really be Superb Owl.
10.02.2025 23:43 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm taking a History of Fashion class, and the subject of Tyrian Purple came up.
It's associated with royalty and wealth, but I think it's a perfect example of how much humans will endure to make something just because it's beautiful.
And that's pretty amazing.
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A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic molecules.
09.02.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 486 ๐ 46 ๐ฌ 37 ๐ 9As companies shell out big bucks for Super Bowl commercials, remember that many said they were forced to raise prices due to inflation.
Also remember that average profit margins in nearly every sector in the S&P 500 are running near or above 10-year highs.
Hello???
I may have commented this in the past, but a steak house in the Twin Cities named their most tender steak "Tbe Viking" because it had been well tenderize by losing 4 super bowls.
10.02.2025 01:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Gritty, the unhinged hockey mascot, in an Philadelphia Eagles jersey ice skating with a Philly Flyer flag
GO BIRDS!!!!!!!
09.02.2025 23:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Jook with sauce, garlic greens, pickles and eggs.
Multicultural comfort food.
07.02.2025 21:18 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0