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Why did I make an ad for a 19th century corset shop? No idea. A lesbian fairy whispered in my ear "Draw a muscle mommy in a corset." so i did it.

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this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this, which i have only tested at a small scale and not this final version exactly (where i have done such things as further widening the cheeks and finalizing the leg shapes.) i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐

(IVE UPDATED IT WITH A FIX!!)

go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!

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Made a dress out of different colored scraps. I had an odd amount of silk left over from a project where I was using it for applique and I didn't want to waste any. There wasnt enough of any one color to do something so I cut it all up and sewed it back together into this!

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It’s that time of year again folks

Celebrating the holidays with spirk cookies (spookies) kirk by my sister, Spock made by yours truly

Chag sameach!!

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Shoutout to this customer at work who didn't know the difference between a bolt and a yard of fabric and put in an order for 8 bolts and then freaked out when it got here and said she didn't want it. we have enough burlap to clothe a small village because of you. What the fuck are we supposed to do with this. We could make individual sacks for every fucking potato in Idaho. We could supply table runners to every single rustic themed white lady pinterest wedding in the continental united states and still have enough to become a rice bag manufacturer. I hope you dream in burlap

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everything u need to know about me can actually be explained by the fact that i read that poem about the serving girl wearing the pearls so they're warm for her mistress when i was like 11 and it rewrote my brain chemistry forever

like this Changed Me

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Finished the shoreline shawl!

It's just so pretty, exactly how I pictured it.

The body is Dye Mad Yarns Genny Worsted in the Great Lakes set. The stripes are:

1-4: Superior

5-7: Ontario

8-9: Michigan

10: Huron

11: Erie

CC/Edging: Valley Yarns Ashfield

Slipped the first stitch of every row through the body of the shawl. I normally do this, but for some reason it wound up super tight - it can't lay completely flat because of this. Next time I think I'll add a yarn over at the end of each row, dropping it when I get back to it.

Pattern is Cinder Rose by Kalurah Hudson. I made it bigger, but didn't take enough notes to know how much bigger.

(the yarn doesn't look that creamy in real life)

This thing is so heavy and snuggly, it's like wearing a blanket around my shoulders.

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i followed a sewing pattern that didn't have any irl finished pics of it, and the whole time i was like 'yknow this doesn't seem like it'll work very well, but i'm the novice so i guess i should follow the pattern' and well.

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tumblr discourse after 13 years on this fucking website

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by popular request (one friend telling me to draw this)

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Evening Gown with Intricate Floral Decal and Beadwork

c. 1912

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society

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Dress

about 1912

Girolamo Giuseffi

Newfields