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idea for a textile project - using iron scorch marks to create a printed pattern

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i just tasted my homemade foraged sloe + hawthorn gins for the first time after infusing for 3 months and Damn the sloe gin is rly good. i deliberately used much much less sugar then all the recipes say, barely any in fact, bc id rather use it as a spirit than a liqueur and sugar ruins all other flavours for me lol. i used vodka as the base but added a couple of juniper berries (just dried from the shop, i havent managed to find a local juniper tree yet) to make it more gin-like - i think the hawthorn gin is actually a bit too heavy on the juniper so i removed them from the jar and gna let the hawthorn infuse for maybe a few more months.......... not sure if i wanna strain the sloes out yet or wait for it to get more intense...... Hmmm. anyway for a first attempt im p pleased :)

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my first embroidery!! its a Sudoku twins puzzle (two sudokus overlapping) its a bit wonky but in a charming way i think. i will cut it out to make a patch

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finished belt whoo!!!!

made of:

cool ribbon from the local buttons and ribbons shop

black suede scavenged from panels of a 2nd hand skirt

improv buckram made of some kind of jute/sackcloth and PVA glue

belt clasp from the sewing shop

close ups of the adequate but somewhat messy stitching at the ends:

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progress shots: making a belt from a fun ribbon i bought at the local ribbons and buttons shop

i mounted the ribbon on a black suede tube i made from a strip of a big second hand suede skirt i found for this very purpose (and have plenty of left over suede to make a carrying case for my portable cd player!! yay) fun tip when working with leather or suede it is SO MUCH EASIER to use paperclips instead of pins.

and to stiffen it i made a kind of improv buckram thing?? i cut a strip of this v course jute/sackcloth material i have loads of (took it home after a wedding at work years ago, they were using it as table runners) and spread it with diluted PVA glue. cut it to size then threaded it inside the belt.

i machine stitched the ribbon to the belt, sewing thru both layers of suede and the buckram stuff - first time using leather needles on my machine! - and hand stitched the ends shut

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ive been collecting fruit/veg net bags and tin can lids for some time,,,,, wonder if i can make something wearable out of this pile of rubbish

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drawing excercise: make up as many different tiles as u can on the same grid, each in a 7x7 square

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Prayer rug, Dagestan, early 20th century

via Viscontea

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trying 2 decide if i want to leave it here or fill in all the gaps...... hmmmm

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prev post is a development of this pattern

pattern derived from a nice metal chair i sat on once. the ~portal~ is the shape of the chair's backrest, partly filled in with the pattern of holes, with in between bits of different sections partially filled in, and the background is the negative of the pattern

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staying up late drawing lots and lots of tiny circles in my square grid notebook. thats what life is all about

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while trawlin thru my junk folder to save the best spam i have noticed a depressing new trend in email topics; theres been quite a few recently on the theme of heating and energy bills

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started writing a poem about cats :) there will be many more stanzas

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some examples of automatically generated poems, created by code written 2 replicate spam emails

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variations on a theme

automatically generated poems based on a spam email entitled “Invite me for a dinner”

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u press the button and it makes a poem!!! i did it!!!!!!!!