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The Star-Democrat, Easton, Maryland, October 27, 1939

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Happy Halloween!🎃

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You said the rent was...?—Dijon, France 2016

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Black cat in New Zealand, circa 1965.

(Digital NZ)

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my take on rusalka - a water nymph from slavic mythology, also a spirit of a tortured young woman. they lure men into the waters using their immense beauty and drown them 🌊

subscribe to my kofi membership during october 2024 to obtain this art print 🗡️ (full theme to see here)

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laurie 😔

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i'm so glad you guys like this costume! it is one of my favorites. but I put my absurd pumpkin pants on one leg at a time just like everyone else.

...literally

anyway, here are some construction/project notes/wip photos in case you don't have 50 minutes to spare for the full video about making it!

inspo wise, The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg [this is an affiliate link] served as the major influence for this. the book is basically documentation of what this man and his son wore to major events in his life over a period of decades. he was getting ootd painted before it was cool.

the base pattern for the pantlegs came from another pair of ridiculous pants I made a few months earlier.

the paned portion is made from homemade piping sewn to strips of jacquard that are backed with twill tape to prevent fraying.

I made so much fucking piping for this oh my god. each of these strips was 20"+ long, both sides have piping, and these are the panes for ONE LEG. there were also sleeves. we're talking like 60+ yards of piping.

perhaps unsurprisingly, these strips were too thick to gather. so instead I had to overlap them to create the shaping over the leg. it looks OK but isn't ideal.

after this was done, velvet ribbon was sewn over the marked point to hold them in place.

oh! I also sewed a layer of mesh over the orange base fabric to dull it somewhat and provide contrast before sewing on the bands.

the upper portion of the pants was made from even strips of velvet and jacquard seamed together and fitted over a cotton base. the appliques were added to cover the fact the stripes meet at an angle at the side seam, and I sewed on orange sequins because I like sequins.

the happiness I felt when this fit was immense, I must say.

the bodice is two pieces, one for the front, one for the back. it laces up the sides with hand sewn eyelets. it wasn't very flattering as just an expanse of orange of the chest, so I added appliques to the front and back, too.

the black detailing around the top edge is made from varying widths of velvet ribbon.

the sleeves have similar elements of everything shown above--a paned upper portion, velvet ribbon trim, and a bit of lace at the cuffs.

unlike most of my projects the sleeves have no lining forcing the shaping, what you see beneath/between the panes is the chemise worn beneath this. it's made from the mesh used as an overlay on the pants with a jacquard/velvet ribbon collar which you can see peaking out above the neckline of the bodice.

oh! and then there is the pumpkin hat! there is a video on patreon about making this somewhere, I think.

and it's just that easy to live out your renaissance pumpkin prince/ess dreams!

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Ever notice how any time someone calls you "cringe", 99 times out of 100 what they mean is "you're happy and I don't like it"

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Traumatised after a brief encounter with The Goths

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This is the same thing as Santa Claus though I'm pretty sure

ghost hunting team that keep a nonbeliever named steve around as an emergency supernatural suppressant

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ꕥ The Addams Family ꕥ ➛ 2.14 - "Morticia's Dilemma"

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a sluge 😔

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Photograph of Private Hubbard Pryor After Enlistment in 44th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's OfficeSeries: Letters ReceivedFile Unit: Consolidated File for Colonel R. D. Mussey

This photograph was enclosed in a letter. The original caption reads: Private Hubbard Pryor After Enlistment in 44th USCT.

This is a sepia-toned photograph of an African-American soldier in a Union uniform.  He stands at attention looking directly at the camera.  His rifle is slung over his shoulder.

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16 frame shooting star animation. January 2022-September 2024 Needlepoint

Frames from my shooting star gif. 16 frames total. Each frame is 8x6.5 inches on a 10” mesh. Designed and animated in photoshop and needlepointed by me. I started drafting this 1/14/22 and finished animating it 9/25/24. It took approximately two years and eight months to finish. This is one of the largest projects I’ve ever worked on and I’m very happy with how it turned out.

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Good tweet is good.

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Inktober Day 01 - Backpack This year is the first in awhile that I won't be able to animate everyday. Instead, I'll be doing the inking traditionally!