#2023 group photo of all my patterns
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I’ve been sewing for four years now, and here’s a group photo of all the patterns I’ve designed in that time (well, minus a few plushies here and there that I did not keep the prototype)
#sewing#handmade#plushies#2023 group photo of all my patterns#it’s a little overwhelming to me to see them all together#I didn’t realize I’ve designed so many patterns
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Part 3: re: New Speculation that L&N have been together since Toronto
Pattern of L’s and N’s circle of friends
“9) N and N friend group posts including JD – I will post this analysis separately of a pattern that I’m seeing. Pattern is the posts from her side coincided with posts on his side (as in they happen in a specific cluster of days). Almost as if N knows something from his side will be posted and she a) has to distract herself b) distract the fans so that whatever L posts don’t get that much of a backlash c) has to send a secret message to L that she’s doing fine and she’s still 💯 in”
I think part of her secret code to L is as long as she’s wearing her claddagh ring, she’s still in. Even if she bought the ring herself to celebrate S3 success, I doubt that she will wear it all the time if it gives her bittersweet memories – I think she wears it to hold on to loving memories from Ireland. I don’t know what L’s secret code is - I think it’s as long as he’s on lifeguard duty, he’s still in 😂
I’m sure there are loads that I missed. I kept the IG posts from N to Bridgerton unless it’s really newsworthy or quite anticipated by fans. These are just from the pap walk onwards. I also included some posts from outside sources because of speculations that they might be coming from their team to further the goal that they are working on. Which makes me think (and this is going to be an unpopular opinion) that N may have a hand on DM posts of her and JD (me: hides behind a door).
I might really be reaching here -- deep in my delulu seeing patterns when they don’t exist – but listed out like this almost seems like there is a back and forth between their groups and what gets out publicly.
Aug 8th
L – Bridgerton press tour bloopers
N – Choose Love, political posts
A – Soho with friends
Aug 2nd
T posts Italy recap video
Aug 1st
N – Tatcha, skin care routine (self care)
A/R/S/T/C – various photos, stories, videos from Italy trip
July 31st
BG – Italy SM posts
Jul 30th
A/R/S/T/C – various photos, stories, videos from Italy trip
PM – Italy article
Jul 29th
A/R/S/T/C – various photos, stories, videos from Italy trip
“Pap” Maria – videos of lifeguard Luke
DM – Italy story
N and friends – JR birthday
Jul 26th
N – Dr. Who, CAA announcement
A – TT dance (Chris Brown)
DM – N/JD and L/A posts
L – unliking HBS IG posts
Jul 24th
N/LH/SMcS – IG stories of nightout; N’s new polaroid
DM – N/JD speculations; belated L/A spotted in Brighton Soho
Jul 23rd
A Fan account – posts of 20 somethings that L followed during HBS 2023
A – story, rehearsal for Lettuce dance
Jul 22nd
R/S/T/C – Brighton Soho for T’s birthday (not confirmed if L and A were there)
Jul 20th
A – Latergram LA photos
DM – 2nd pub shot with N/JD featured in DM
Jul 17th
A – story with Theo; TT dance (Apple)
Jul 16th
N – Polin team, NC last day of filming, Top 6 post
Jul 15th
A - Latergram LA photos
Jul 14th
JD/JR/LF – Football match (speculations N was there)
Other Sources - L/R/JV Football match (can’t confirm if A was there)
Jul 13th
N with Mum – Wimbledon with launch of new polaroid (L’s groomer did her hair)
L – Carla’s wedding (can’t confirm if A was there)
A – IG story of her made up face (looked like she’s going out, maybe implying she’s going to the wedding)
Jul 12th
DM – 1st pub shot with N/JD featured in DM
Jul 11th
A – Football story (with JV and R, can’t confirm if L was there)
A – TT late LA post (Good luck Babe)
Jul 9th
N – NC last day of filming, Top 8 post
Jul 6th
L – GQ Heroes dump
JD – story in N’s apartment
Jul 4th
N – BTS, entering Top 10; Independence Day Binge
A – TT late LA post (Million Dollar Baby)
Jul 3rd to 5th
R/S/Other Sources – photos and videos from GQ Heroes
Jul 1st
L – La La Land
From other sources – PR birthday, pool pics, 1st lifeguard duty
JD – People Places Things play date
Jun 28th
L – Laterals BTS
N – Shoes…more shoes release
A – TT GRWM post (Birds of a Feather)
Jun 27th
Other Sources – Galway video and photos (I don’t recall L or N reposting these in their own SM accounts)
Jun 25th
JD – hanging out in the park; N’s bag featured
Jun 24th – 30th (approx.)
L and A in LA (ugh)
A – LA hotel story
From other sources – PR birthday, pool pics
Jun 23rd
Other sources – more Loewe photos and videos, L supporting JB cause
L – Loewe IG stories
JVN – IG grid post, 6th slide “I hope you let them” – I think this is JVN message to N
Jun 22nd
N – wedding transformation
L – Loewe story teaser
Jun 21st
N/JVN – Taylor Swift with M and CW
Jun 20th
N – Wedding Dance
L – Fallon guest spot, photos and video
Jun 18th
N – wedding BTS
Jun 17th
L&N - really early in the morning GMT time, Washington Posts IG stories and posts
N – SKIMS campaign
L – L and Corey in Milan
A – Milan IG stories
Jun 16th
N – London Premiere photos; SATC TT; “Bridgertons” story
From other sources – more Milan videos and photos including at least 3 occasions with A in them
Jun 15th
L – Milan/D&G photos
N – Boob cake story (with JD, CW, and others); Tatcha post end of promo (self-care)
Jun 14th
N – TFMT table read; pre-premiere pics
Jun 13th
DM/PM pap walk photos
N – the furniture they broke
L – feel like celebrating, Men’s Health, London Premiere BV photos
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Okay anon, who wanted to be convinced about Loofmar *cracks fingers* ekhem, this will be longish 🕵️♀️
Am I 100% sure they’re dating? No. But tbh it took me a while to believe o and n were dating. But like i said before, cause that was me as well, when there’s smoke there’s fire. And listen, there is that possibility that they’re just casual fuck buddies, ofc. They both belong to that „incestuous” group of friends haha
If you look at Omar’s IG this year (posts, not stories, although it stays true for stories as well i think), he doesn’t post his friends. At all. We don’t count Edvin because he’s been posted either as a part of YR or OMR. And even his last year’s posts – the only posts unrelated to projects were his own selfies. And his mom. Once. I checked lmao. 2022? Nothing, except 2 vacation posts with n (who used to be in those vacay pictures but they’re deleted now). Maybe some friends posts in these years were there before, but if so, they’ve been deleted as well which means Omar changed his posting habits and just doesn’t share the kind of stuff he used to (and omg the yesterday’s archive account show us what we lost 😭).
So why all of a sudden he decided to share 3 work-unrelated posts from his vacation, that included photos that were questionable? Posting the photo of him leaning on Simon with double hearts on his story as if to put emphasis on this photo which btw was not the first one in the post so that was not automatic. And then the spainmar tiktok with a glimpse of Simon? FOR WHAT PURPOSE, if not to soft launch. He’s not stupid, he knows all this would be questioned and investigated by fans. He admitted to watching people’s reactions on twitter. So why? For promotion? It’s not like he posted photos with Shawn Mendes lol, Simon is just a random person for his international fans. Simon, whose social media presence at the moment is super rare. Why would Omar randomly shone a light on him?
Think about how we have like 5 pics in total of Omar and Simon being in the same photo/video from 2020 to 2023, and now all of a sudden we have so many this year? Those black and white photos on the bed from someone’s birthday in April. The parade. I know Hugo was apparently there as well, but still. And the family picnic with loofs (hugo was also there, which makes me think he’s dating hilda maybe?). and the concert with loofs (and hugo, which again, hilda?). that Pedro person birthday from a few weeks ago. the selfie at the concert with a third-wheeling hilda. I know omar has some bold photos with many of his friends, but why this particular one was posted and deleted because it belonged to his private account? Simon at grona concert, which on its own no big deal, but that’s my entire point – on their own, none of these things are much/convincing. It’s when you put them together, when you see the patterns change, when you connect the dots. C o m e o n. Has omar EVER said „hey, i have a bf, this is n?”. no! And he won’t say anything directly now either.
Which brings us to the last thing, the nail to the coffen: the stolen man tiktok. Let’s recap. 1. Omar’s not stupid and knows his fans are little detectives 2. Omar doesn’t say relationship stuff directly 3. Omar doesn’t post his friends outside of work (Sabotage TT was an exception) 4. Simon's kinda lowkey so Omar implying a relationship of any kind for shit and giggles makes no sense. So we take all that and still think that Omar went to Simon on a random day, in between formal events, radio interviews and Zoom interviews, in the same clothes, just to shoot a TikTok with him, shirtless, with a bag on his head, in his flat, playing the role of his „stolen man”. Sure :)
At the end of the day, it’s not that deep and this analysis is just in good fun because I'm bored 😎 If they’re not together, omar seems super content and that’s what matters
That must be my longest anon ever 😍 love it. I know a lot will just think tldr, but it's a nice long little recap of what happened over last few months.
And the last paragraph- whatever is or isn't going on, I just hope they're both happy. We're not seeing much of Simon but Omar looks super happy, so that's the most important thing 🙂↕️
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We took our Carol trip!
December 10, 2023, my good friend Sarah and I piled in my small Kia and made the 1 hr 40 min trip from Indianapolis, IN to see Cincinnati and Chevoit, Ohio shooting locations from 2015's "Carol." It's the only winter movie that matters to me. Here are some of the key locations we visited.
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Shillito Center and art deco exteriors in Cincinnati.
Shillito Center was a department store with art deco features including the beautiful clock pictured above. This was the exterior of Frankenberg's in the film. The Shillito's department store has closed but the beautiful building has been turned into luxury loft apartments!
The other buildings of note were the Bell Telephone Company's "Cincinnati Bell" building--my friend noticed that the decorative border on the building is comprised of a stone pattern of old rotary telephones! The exterior of the now-Hilton Cincinnati is another Carol shooting site, which doubled as New York City's Drake hotel.
This is the exquisite Hilton Cincinnati at Netherland Plaza. As you can see, the art deco influence is strong and the rooms are gorgeous and grand. We were hungry and wanted to have lunch but the only available menu was the Dickens breakfast buffet, priced at a formidable $89! So we enjoyed a drink and a bowl of peanuts at the bar. A quartet of professional singers in Victorian costumes sang Christmas Carols beautifully in the background. The bartender was dressed like they used to dress, in a beautiful tailored slacks, shirt, and vest uniform. He did not work at the Hilton in 2014-2015 but was delighted by our quest. The entryway to the hotel is known as the "Hall of Mirrors," inspired by Versailles.
This is the stone bathroom structure at Eden Park, which was the setting for the Christmas tree farm impromptu photography session. My friend watched Carol to prepare (she called it "fun homework") and I prepared by finding a tam o shanter hat at a thrift store. My parents had the scarf, blonde fur coat, faux fur hat, as part of their repository of items from doing over 25 years of community theater together. The rest of my clothing items are a regular part of my wardrobe. I vacillate between eras but I love 40s, 50s, and 60s best of all. I also think it's likely they filmed the scene of Therese and Richard on bicycle going through a park at Eden Park as well, but can't be totally sure.
Finally, Maury's Tiny Cove Restaurant in Chevoit, Cincinnati is the setting of the first lunch between Carol and Therese. The booth they used for shooting has been preserved and I reserved it ahead of time, although surrounding booths also have pictures from filming hanging over them. It's been long enough that the server didn't know much about the film but told us that a group of excited college students ate there once and requested the same meal Carol and Therese ordered in the movie. I had lasagna as we had not eaten much all day, and a Santa Cosmopolitan from their holiday menu. The food was wonderful and it was obvious a lot of people are regulars. We noted that there are glass windows over the booths now, unlike in the movie, probably added during the height of Covid.
Bonus, but a disappointment:
Carol & Rindy's beautiful house at Grandin Rd has been completely re-done and now looks nothing like in the movie:
And, "that's that"! A truly special and memorable experience.
Here is a link to a Google Drive with all of the unedited photos and videos we took if you want to see anything in original quality/detail. We shot video of the photography scene but it was mostly goofy and unusable haha.
We talked about the movie some and Sarah asked me which character was the best fit for my personality. Hands down, Abby. I was wide-eyed Therese once, never glam enough for Carol, but Abby will tell you the truth and not blush from it. My hero!
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2023/07/26 Blog post by Wakana 熱いビルボードライブを振り返ろう♪〜オレ!〜
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Let's Look Back on a Passionate Billboard Live♪〜Oh Le!〜
It's way too hot, I'm melting every time I step outside...Like every year, I carry around my three sacred must-have items for the summer time, a hat, a parasol and a portable fan. They are indispensable to me so this year, I am once again doing all of my activities with the help of them👒⛱. I recently realised that wearing a hat can trap a lot of heat so whenever I feel too hot, I take off my hat and put the fan on my head to cool it down! 😂This is a pretty good method! It cools down my head quickly and feels refreshing! (Of course, it is also effective to use the fan on your neck and back ♪) Your head can get surprisingly hot, so when you go out, try to cool the top of your head frequently♪\(^o^)/
Hi, this is Wakana (0 ̄▽ ̄0)/
Today, I would like to reflect on "Wakana Billboard Live 2023 ~Sono Saki e~" and share a lot of photos from the performances\\\\٩( 'ω' )و //// Some group photos first! This first photo is right after the 1st stage of the Yokohama performance on July 6th♪ (I felt relieved that I had successfully finished KEMONO so I look pretty refreshed here). From left to right we have our music director Satoshi Takebe, myself, manipulator & keyboardist Yugo Maeda, and guitarist Tetsuro Toyama♪ The next photo was taken right after the 2nd stage ♪ (Everyone was waiting for me to come back. I'm looking really smug here for some mysterious reason)
Then we have a picture of us after the 1st stage in Osaka on July 20th♪ (Billboard Live Osaka's dressing room has been renewed and transformed into a truly wonderful space!) And another shot after the 2nd stage♪ (Our infamous Sushi Zanmai pose~)
I'll also post some stage pictures\(^o^)/ First of all, a couple of shots of the Yokohama performances! Yokohama 1st stage and Yokohama 2nd stage. And then two shots from Osaka. The 1st stage and the 2nd stage! I already noticed it during the release event, everyone in Osaka is so freaking energetic, it's amazing! 😳 Of course everyone in Yokohama is also full of energy but the reactions I get in Osaka are on another level! 😂 A lot of people called out to me, I was so happy and surprised, for a while there I actually thought I was hallucinating 😂This really helped me recharge😭✨Thank you 😭✨ (And here is the view of the audience area from the stage @Billboard Osaka. We actually moved the tables a bit closer to the stage for the performances)
At the Osaka performance, the creator duo "two two two" who made the music video for "KEMONO feat.Shinya Kiyozuka" came to support me! I received a special souvenir from them, look at Kemono-chan hiding on the packaging! Cute~♡ I didn't even notice the two of them in the audience. Maybe there were two gentlemen with a hat standing on the side... 😭(It was delicious and we ate it all right away, of course I shared it with my musicians! I tried the Kodai cheese flavour of Shikajika)
Next up are my dresses! Here's the dress for the 1st stage♪ I like the botanical pattern and it has a nice breezy summer vibe♪ Then we have the dress for the 2nd stage! This time, I went for green and blue inspired by the album covers for "Sono Saki e". The blue dress makes me think of the waves of the sea and the beautiful sky, I love the delicate colour 😍 I was sweating a lot in it though *laughs* The hair style with all the braids was also amazing! I could never do this by myself so I can only have this kind of hairstyle with the help of a stylist and makeup artist!
Once again, I wanna say a big thank you to everyone who came to my Billboard Live performances😊 I put a lot of thought into "Sono Saki e" and took on various challenges. This live was special because somehow I felt it was needed in order to properly complete the album production. This way you could fully enjoy the music in a special atmosphere on a special day. I want to continue to walk “to the future” together with all of you. I hope that this feeling was conveyed to everyone. Being able to share these moments with you and being able to sing while looking into your eyes makes me happier than anything else😊And since it was also quite challenging I'll definitely never forget about it😂 I will continue to do my best \\\٩( 'ω' )و //// It has truly been a passionate summer! I'm really thankful to you for these experiences!
Last but not least, here are some pictures of me singing and dancing a Matsuken Samba all by myself before the 2nd Yokohama performance! (Oh-le-oh-le-�� => Matsuken Samba~♪) Amazingly, no one was watching! I was completely ignored. Outrageous!
I have another story to share with you about something exciting I did the day after the Osaka performance so I will post it on the blog soon! Until next time☆(*'▽'*)/
***Wakana***
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Me least Favorite SIX wig variants (Featuring some slight ranting x)
Same rodeo as the last one luvs x A: Not calling any actress ugly or not right for the role B: This is all My opinion, you're allowed to have different ones, we're all friends here On we go x
Aragon: Jade Marvin (Bliss 4.0) /Khaila Wilcoxon, Multiple cruise casts; Aragon Tour/24-25 Broadway
Both these wigs are mostly fine, there's 1 major thing that's bugging me though. Where's the structure??? Aragon's character is meant to represent regality & decorum, not a hair out of place. Here, the wigs are unkempt, loose, and all over the place. I can get behind Khaila's slightly, but Jade deserved a much better wig, or at least a re-styling.
Boleyn: The Boleyn Bob.
I personally don't mind the Boleyn bob, It's not my favorite style, but It works...To a degree. I can understand why some actresses have gotten it, but on others I'm just thinking..Why? Just as an example, Leah & Hannah have naturally long hair. Why bother using money to make a full wig, when the actress could use a hairpiece, or style their own hair? Design wise, i have a few questions too. Again using Hannah as an example. Why did they choose to trim the edges like that, and not use a full clean cut? Length-wise i have some qualms too, I feel like something a little longer, Like Leah's would've worked better for her. (Sorry, went on a wee tangent x)
Seymour: 2021-2023 Australia swings
I only have 1 issue here, and that's styling. For each swalt It's the exact same procedure. Straight hair, small crown, nothing else. No front styling like Braids, front piece etc, No variations in hair type, no creative freedom. Nothing. Just the exact same look for every swing. (I was gonna use the same argument for cleves with the low pony, but then i found a fuckin godworthy weave.)
Cleves: Janice Rijssel, Breakaway 4.0
Right x The side & back? Absolutely Zero issue with (Other than the weird break, but hey it's the cruises), love the cruises allowing a bit more creative freedom with the wigs. Front? Sweet Jesus, the front. The bit people r gonna see the most-
Who gave this the OK? Seriously, Who? Everything's flying at random angles, nothings bunched or grouped, strands are flying over the side-piece. I've looked at different images and trust me, this was not a 1-time thing. If anything, I feel bad for Janice. The wig does her Zero favors, Doesn't work with her face shape, her face sums it up for me. (THANKFULLY we got a glowup on the bliss, but christ almighty.) Ok ranting moment over x
Howard: All pony's since 2023
There's absolutely no issue with any of these, and this is more of a nostalgia thing. I really don't like the full pink pony's, i miss the days of the ombre, fade up's. We've not really had a "Bad" Howard wig, so i just thought I'd have a bit of a moment x
Parr: The side curl variant. Again. Right ok x We've had some stellar variations of this wig over the years, From London-the cruises!
These work for the actress design-wise & physically, and are an all-round 10/10.
Then, there are times where I'm asking if they could've tried out a few different looks. (No 2 is a particular fave x)
I think this is mainly an issue Standardization-wise, with higher ups wanting people to match either previous casts, or the principal. Take Ellie, When she first covered Parr she had the parr pony, which was still relativley new back then. It worked for her, and she looked stunning! Then, when she returned, she was for some reason given the side curls, and it never truly worked. In contrast, Principal Parr (Elna Breschi) was also wearing the side curls. Notice a pattern?
(All photos were found on the SIX wiki, I claim no ownership over any images used in this post) Please don't Kill me I beg
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Compostable Clothing Closures
Originally posted at my blog: https://garaksapprentice.blogspot.com/2023/09/in-search-of-compostable-closures.html
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Making clothes that are 97% biodegradable is surprisingly easy. Pick a natural fibre fabric, buy some 100% cotton or linen thread, and you're there. (You can even get 100% cotton overlocker thread - though you have to go searching for it.)
Those last few percent, though? That can be tough. One of the biggest offenders is closures. While there are plenty of clothes that don't need something to hold them shut, I confess I like having the option. Below is a round-up of various closures, and their compostability.
Note: for the purpose of this article, I'm treating metal closures as "compostable", in the sense that they're 1) easy to remove before you compost the rest of the object, and 2) infinitely reusable on other things, unless they break - at which point they're usually recyclable using our current commercial systems. And remember, re-using things that already exist is always preferable to buying new, "better" items.
Buckles/Rings
While less common than other closure methods, I find buckles, D-rings and O-rings are great when used in the right context. They're usually metal or plastic, neither of which are compostable - but metal will last practically forever, if it's good quality. Plastic tends to degrade over time, especially if exposed to the sun.
I find rings especially quick and easy to use, and a set of D-rings can give a very fine-tuned amount of tightening. My favourite belt uses two square D-rings instead of a buckle closure.
Buttons
The humble button, while ubiquitous now, took a while to catch on. Buttons as a common method of closure didn't become popular in Europe[^1] until about the early 1300s, around the same time that the tailoring revolution[^2] happened.
Nowadays, plastic is by far the most common material that buttons are made from. It's cheap and sturdy, but obviously it doesn't compost. So what are some alternatives?
Liz Haywood, a pattern maker who focuses on zero-waste designs, has thought a bit about this conundrum here. There's photos of several different DIY compostable and recycled buttons in her post.
For a completely compostable garment, wood, leather, horn, fabric, and thread buttons are your best bet. If, like most sensible people, you remove the buttons from something that's about to be worm food before you ditch it, the options expand considerably - metal, clay, recycled bottle caps, even glass buttons are all possible. You can have a lot of fun with making your own buttons - to match an outfit, or contrast with it, or maybe you'd like a different button for every buttonhole...
Another, related option is cufflinks - 18th century shirts often used cufflinks on the sleeves and one or two small thread buttons on the collar. That way one set of cufflinks could be used on multiple shirts, showing off a bit of wealth, while saving them from the (admittedly harsh) laundry practices of the day.
[1]: I have no doubt that buttons became popular in other parts of the world, too, but unfortunately I don't know much about it. Europe in the 14-15th century is my main area of study, mostly due to the fact that the historical re-enactment group that I'm a part of operates in that time period.
[2]: The tailoring revolution refers to the period where garments for the higher classes underwent a dramatic change in the way they were cut out. The very short version is, fashion garments shifted from primarily rectangular construction to more form-fitting, using the precursors of many standard cutting practices used today.
Elastic
While elastic isn't technically a closure, it's used that way in many different objects. Most elastic nowadays is made from polyester and synthetic rubber. No composting there.
But, all is not lost! You can now find elastics made of natural rubber and cotton! (I was quite impressed by this, to be honest. I thought I'd have to give up elastic for good.)
The downside, as is usual when you actually give a crap about the planet, is cost. You'll mostly only find it for sale online (Etsy has several options), and it can be more expensive (especially factoring in shipping). Prices on the compostable elastics I found were comparable to a mid-range polyester elastic at Spotlight (before shipping). I think that's actually pretty good, all things considered. (I don't trust the cheapest elastic, it loses its stretch ridiculously fast. A fact I discovered to my sorrow only after buying a 20m roll of it.)
As a bonus, supposedly natural rubber elastic lasts longer than synthetic elastics - this has been my experience with many natural vs synthetic things, but I haven't tested natural elastic specifically to know for sure.
The biggest downside here is the rubber - if you're dealing with a latex allergy, this is not the solution for you.
Hooks and Eyes
While these have fallen out of favour over the years, they do have their uses in a compostable closet. They're easy to buy, and easy to make if you can get hold of the wire - all you need is a set of needle-nose pliers.
Being metal, the hook/eye can be re-used until it breaks - which takes a while. Like buttons, they're easy to take off a garment and move to another one. Unlike buttons, they don't need a buttonhole - you can move both the hook and eye almost anywhere on a garment, really refining the fit of an item.
They are, however, somewhat limited in that application - hooks and eyes work best if they're under a small but constant amount of tension, pulling in opposite directions. I once tried to use hooks and eyes on a loose-fitting medieval tunic, and it just didn't work.
Laces and Ties
Before buttons became The Big Thing in medieval Europe (and for quite a few centuries after), laces and ties were the closure method du jour. Why did they stick around so long? The same reason pyjama pants often have a drawstring in them - they add adjustability to garments in a simple and easy to use (and create!) way. Stays and corsets are one of the most recognisable examples of this concept in action.
Lacing does work better on some things than others, but just about anywhere that you'd put elastic nowadays can likely use a drawstring instead. And there are some patterns (YouTube link) for adjustable garments that use lacing as an integral part of the design.
The main downside for me? They can be slow to use, and awkward, if you have difficulty with fine motor control. Mine is variable enough that I'll usually opt for a different closure, unless lacing or ties really is the best or only option.
Snaps
Confession: I adore snaps. They're fast and easy to use when my hands don't want to co-operate, and they can be wonderfully decorative as well as functional.
There are two general types - those you sew into place like you sew on hooks and eyes, and ones that are applied to the fabric using a press. The former takes more time to install, but can be replaced relatively easily if they stop working. The latter can technically be replaced, but it's a LOT harder and you risk damaging the fabric behind it while you try. They're also more likely to rip out of the fabric in the first place.
As for material, it's pretty much just metal and plastic (sometimes a combination). From a sustainability standpoint, metal is the better option - as long as you recycle it at the end of its life.
Zips
Zips are everywhere nowadays. They're easy to use, but can be hard to replace when they break. Putting them in correctly isn't always a cake-walk either. And in terms of compostability, the answer is definitely "no".
The vast majority of zippers on the market use a polyester or poly-cotton tape, with plastic or metal teeth set into it, and plastic or metal tabs and pulls. Because of the mix of materials, and the size of a typical zip, most municipal waste streams can't take them for recycling. However, textile recyclers[ ^3] such as Upparel usually take zips (and the things they're attached to!).
I also found a couple of different manufacturers creating zips out of post-consumer recycled materials - a pleasant surprise, and a strong move towards closing waste streams.
[3]: Clothing retailers are increasingly taking responsibility for their part in reducing waste by offering recycling programs through their stores. Recycling Near You and Frankie list some of the major programs in Australia, though it's worth noting that most of those listed only want whole textiles or large pieces - to my knowledge, Upparel is the only place that will take scraps, broken textiles, and related.
If I've missed a closure type, or you know of places selling compostable or truly recyclable versions of any of the above, I would love to hear about it. While I'm (currently) a far less prolific sewist than the blog name implies, I want to be deliberate and thoughtful in my sewing choices going forward.
Also, as a last random thought, I wonder if anyone has started making bioplastic versions of any of the above? Wanders off to do some research...
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Projects 6, 7/? for 2023!
Now that they have been delivered, I wanted to share two more little Ghost friends, made for my lovely and wonderful @whiskeysourgal93 and @tindragon09 💖💠
Also was able to get a group photo of all the Ghosts created to date!
Pattern is Destiny Ghost by jesstan
#destiny 2#destiny art#destiny 2 art#knitting#fiber art#fiber craft#ghost#destiny ghost#destiny#knitblr#kiki knits 2023#finished objects#it is interesting to note that Team Titan chose v similar colors#and Team Warlock chose varigated colors
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Readerly Exploration #4
October 2, 2023
Title: “Collaborative Reading and Writing: Learning in the Company in Peers”
Citation: Fisher, et. al. (2020), Chapter 4, “Collaborative Reading and Writing: Learning in the Company of Peers,” (pp. 82-96)
Takeaway: The big takeaway that I received from this chapter is that students need to be engaged in more independent and smaller group literacy groups in order to develop skills that they do not gain from a whole-group instruction.
Nugget: With younger students, it is important to have a variety of literary elements in the classroom, like group reading, peer conversations, or literature circles.
Narration: An important mentor in my faith is my mom! I decided to talk to her about her perspective on an excerpt of the chapter. I focused on page 94-95, which talks about how individual practice outside of the teacher’s instruction is valuable and important for a student to be able to completely develop under a literacy skill. I had a conversation about how I found it interesting that students should not be given just one thing to repeat over and over again. With this reading, I told my mom that I learned that it is more meaningful when a teacher gives smaller engagement pieces of literacy so that the students are not overwhelmed or falling under the pattern of repetition. My mom found it intriguing that this is how literacy can be taught, because she was in a completely different world when she was in elementary school. She cannot remember when a teacher valued independent working or reading, and if you were to fall behind in a large group instruction, there were no interventions to help you gain the skills you needed. I also had a conversation with my mom about how I hope to make an influence on my students in a way that they will not feel like they are falling behind and to give them opportunities to learn on their own. I also mentioned how I hope to influence them in a godly way, and show them the love that God has for all of us.
Multimedia documentation: Unfortunately, I did not get a photo from when we had a conversation. Here is a quote I found from the excerpt we talked about: “Time away from the teacher is an excellent opportunity to provide students with the practice they need to fully develop these skills. Practice when done well, moves learning forward” (pg. 94). Also, this is a photo of my mom and I when I was 10, just for fun! :)
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Title: “Small-Group Reading Instruction: Targeted Support through Guided Reading”
Citation: Fisher, et. al. (2020), Chapter 5, “Small-Group Reading Instruction: Targeted Support through Guided Reading,” (pp. 114-128)
Takeaway: A takeaway from this reading is that it is important to select literature for each student that is connected to their reading level while being able to create small group instruction and check comprehension for individual students.
Nugget: Students need to be asked important questions to be able to understand what reading is and what elements are valuable to gain from reading books.
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Radius - Week 1 - Monday
(18/09/2023)
After being given the project brief, one of my peer group members mentioned the desire to explore nightlife. While I have no experience with nightlife, my vague understanding was that there are a couple of places near the Riverside that are part of nightlife- House, Pharmacia, Squires. The three of us headed over there, the broadwalk of which was where most of my study ended up taking place.
There, a couple of sketches and observations were made. with particular attention to simplifying interesting shapes or patterns I noticed.
But truth to be told, life sketching is just not something I'm good at or enjoy doing. Most of my observations were done in photograph.
The above set of photos interested me due to the repetition of the objects. I got particularly stuck on the tables, getting smaller the more in the distance they are. The visual of it seemed interesting to me.
I also took the above photos after deciding that the feeling of being in a liminal space, a space unused for it's purpose and all the other themes of isolation were interesting to me philosophically. Though I'd be lying if a big motivation behind these wasn't also how it'd look interesting to take a photo from a specific angle. The last photo is taken in the space between the wooden bits that make up the table.
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Olive Brimstone book 2 episode 2
for screen reader:
So i was passing off all day. Hanging out with myself wasting away the entire weekend after meeting some hot shot yakusa ne? This is just how thats talked about in japan. Which in english means: this is how that group talks overseas. Anyways. All realities have an overlap. And I learned my experiments worked, i cant stop reality shifting. Problem with me wanting a pet snake. I am always for long periods of time returned to modern day 2023 BTG (before teh gate0 in the 20th century, in reality 2.5 which is the dominant timeline because its a reality that incorporates all other forms of media. Which means, that popcultlure magick is real in this world but thus theirs the sacredness you call upon the real shit, and then the ficitonal counterpart it pretends to be the fake shit, but that for this stuff all that shit feels so weird its encompulated. Also selife on ai.
Yep. So i visit alternate realities now in my sleep. Sometimes to reality shift you have to be in a meditative state, because in 2.5 all realities collapse into your history on this one, but to fully recall it you must have a history of respwaning. Heres one reality. 1.7AB, i was messing with snakes and a wormhole was in my backyard that zapped me since it appeared in 2 x-y = blank, over phrase? Thus? We as the whole family were teleported to modern day america. Only it looked like england. It really did. Rocco was my father my older teacher and my hair was stark blonde, and i was zapped from multiple realities into one and carried on my wayward my other friends cus teh multiverse was dying. I had one reality where i was my own twin brother who was a hot chick i wanted to bang,.
The best part about sliders is technically the math on the board is correct you could make a reality hopping compas that way, but it would be so dangerous that you woudn’t find oyur way home for 6 whole years, but the technology would all stay in one universe. COLD WORLD. Reality shifters and sliders if they had a gendre would be camp and truecrime. Its so weird. You know this by charintg style through patterns over teh years, and applying those histories of those patterns which are things that repeat again and again, over the same billboard. So lots of dots over not dots, stripes together, frillys over time. And everything has patterns since patterns are numbered, everything has numbers. Tihs reality shift taught me math.
[image shows a dark haried korean like but whiet and pale almost labino with dark features and rosebuds lips, chizled face, with awavy black hair and a pointed chin in warm lighitng on the cheeks of rose like nature and then an illstration next to the ai photo of him in a red female hooded cloak with a frilly fuzzy pattern]
f you reality shift always have someone elses youtube videos saved and know how to book bind. One day you’ll do it for real and you never know when they will be a world iwthout books.
[the pattenrs are layers of 3 or 4 like fingers on a hand. In different artsitic shapes, such as cubes, diagnals, and circles and smeers and blocks. over and over again one in black and white repeated pictures again and again and one in colors thats just squares with diffrent feelings like that of the colors. making layers of it. to test out patterns if your blind hold something shaped the same or trace teh lines on your hand again and again.]
Im not translate the title look up bookworm anime cus it honours that exact princess.
QUICK SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS NOVEL INTO SPAIN-’S SPANISH.
Patterns.
"image portrays more phychodelic pattners with more abstract shpaes and fungus/mushroom like shapes, in rainbows with a book of a blue haired middle eastern girl light skinned like a doll holding a giant red book in her 3 year old lap. with soups and breads surounding her".
Im not translate the title look up bookworm anime cus it honours that exact princess.
QUICK SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS NOVEL INTO SPAIN-’S SPANISH.
Patterns.
this last photo just kinda works on most adobe dragonspeak screen readers but not all.
same with this one.
live it from my perspective knowing it was an alternate reality. So i respanwed ended up in another reality for a while and came back to this one. Also guys, its okay to masturbate to me, it helps me with my slut shaming reputation and right now given the sex slaming chart were at the level slut shame or freak in the sheets. Take cults 102 on youtube, you’ll learn about libido. Just know my friend got sugery to look like childhood me which these photos recreate i look white and fat now, and you shoudnt masturbate to her unless you can make it special like here:
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She is lie this but for her triggers you must approach her for spells by me for the next two years. 🙂
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2QVMQbslWM&ab_channel=JadeSleiman thats right moths and watermelons the dolls of dollvinia have moved off tick tock.! BUZZ BUZZ -chloe the queen bea.
Also i want to kidnap paitinings, by training them to be like something the artist is afraid to not finish and then being kind and being like, i’ll prevent that gimme paitning here your moeny. Arrt actually acan be arthouse and ifne by not being finished and sketches are the best example of this.
Examples removed for priavcy.
By artist powderlue based off a commission i did. By the national art institute even tho its “HRRRRHG ARNIME” this is the nicest art in the best style on earth. LIterally. Finite. Proper high end art. If she did coloring books she coild make alot more. But saying this to eym is rude, so im not goign too. I aquire the rights to teh art i love it very much. Its about me and master, and its worth it. Its just him and I who do the work. He pays for my art, then i use it in reality shifting and he reaquries it. Zone is so cool guys. We lie to people and say we’re painting it like the ideas of the thing, but we’re not with zone captor aka the original doctor it really is just like that, with the zeroith doctor. Or im skisooprhenic. ID ont kno i gots coffee. I smeared hennah on my wrist and it smudged to look like a sea turtle my totem. Not spirit animal totem. Totems are aglic, or gaelic and thus cant be approprietated, while spirit animals totally can tho unless your cherokee..
Check this out and
Amd
Lastly i went back to bed mid entry, and woke up, im exhausted, and had a dream about kim jong un my uncle and being in north korea. Which iw as, and trying to turn round abouts. And evil sea momsters after me to drown me underwater. Why do so many mermaid like things think that that is a game?
-Olive Brimstone
7/31/2023
8:22 AM
#reality shifting#time travel#korea#teddybear#kim jong un#olive brimstone#tea boy#secret mask#identity#north vs south#civil war#the genders are swapped for korea#Youtube
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2024 Wrap-Up
December 30, 2024
Well, it's like SmashMouth said - "the years start coming and they don't stop coming." Let's just leave it at that.
Goal Recap
My first "vague" goal was 1890s stuff - specifically undergarments. I had started a corset cover in 2023, and I did finish it, but that was all I did.
"Vague" goal two was stashbusting. I thought I had done well this year, but I was wrong.
I picked up a bunch of upholstery fabric scraps (half-yard to 2yd pieces) from someone of Fb Marketplace, and purchased fabric for two of my sewing projects. While the upholstery fabric is mostly unused, the two purchases did get used right away!
And my final goal was to make more medieval linens from the linen I had left in my stash. I did mostly finish a simple coif - it's wearable, but the ties are still unfinished.
All in all, not great work. But that's okay. I haven't failed myself or anyone else with these, and I know I spent my year productively (mostly lol).
Project Recap
Started a simple medieval coif (stash fabric)
Upgraded Greco-Roman chiton (purchased fabric and buttons) (I wore this to the second of two ren faires I went to this year, with elf ears and a fun belt. It was really just an excuse to upgrade my chiton for SCA purposes, though.)
Belt favor embroidered with the recipient's cats in the style of marginalia (stash fabric and trim) (This was a gift for the guy I was dating at the time. I regret not getting a photo of the favor. I was really proud of the embroidery, and the fabric and trim came together very well!)
Embroidered medieval drawstring bag (stash and purchased fabric and trim)
Finished the 1890s corset cover I started in 2023 (stash fabric, buttons, and trim)
Started cute summer pajamas from Mrs Depew Vintage pattern 2035 (stash fabric and buttons, purchased trim) (The fabric was inherited from my grandmother, and I happened to have a coordinating pair of buttons to go with it!)
Made a fleece ear warmer/ear muff thing for my grandmother. (It's technically a Christmas gift, but she handed me a sketch and some fabric and asked if I wanted to make it for her, so... but I bought thread and twill tape to complete it.)
On top of those, I also helped three friends with sewing projects of their own this spring!
First was Melanie, a friend from the local SCA and English Country Dance Groups. I helped her sew a Regency dress and open robe for a Regency ball in March. We got the whole thing cut out and sewn in just two and a half days! I even had time to sew a reticule from her scrap fabric in between sewing days.
Next up was Breanna, a college friend, who wanted help sewing her first cosplay. She picked out a good pattern for her cosplay, but it included some tricky elements. She handled them like a champ, though, from learning to make piping from bias tape to sewing an invisible zipper on correctly the first time - all in less than four days!
Casey and I only had one afternoon of sewing, as they were in crunch mode for a convention, but we managed to get most of a circle cape done and talked about how their hat would go together.
While it was super fun to sew and spend time with my friends, these experiences really reminded me that I do not have the patience to teach. Sewing goes much faster with two people, though - one to sit at the machine and sew, and one to iron and pin pieces together.
I also took the time in November to make a digital catalog of all the sewing patterns I have. Between paper and digital, Big 4 companies and independent designers and self-drafted stuff I have 58 patterns. Which seems excessive. Perhaps some of next year's stashbusting will involve getting rid of patterns I haven't or won't use.
Summary
What will next year bring? Who knows! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but the last few years seem to have alternated between "lots of sewing" and "very little sewing," and this year falls into the second category. I'll try to set a very low bar, just in case. Even lower than this year.
Stay warm. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
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How Extra Cloud Storage Saves Your WhatsApp Connections
The free Google Cloud storage space provided to Android users for keeping their conversation history, including photos and videos, is being discontinued by the social networking app WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta. Google Drive WhatsApp data will count against the 15GB space limit, or users may join up for Google One.
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“As an important heads up, WhatsApp backups on Android will soon start counting toward your Google Account cloud storage limit, similar to how WhatsApp backups are handled on other mobile platforms,” Google noted in a post in November, giving users terrifying information about the upcoming changes. Begin in December 2023, WhatsApp Beta users will be the first to experience this upgrade. All Android users of WhatsApp will then progressively get it beginning in the early part of the next year.”
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My initial project Ideas
Zaeem Ahmad Blog Post #1
I initially had 3 ideas for group discussion. For a good immersive experience, in my opinion, people expect something they have never seen before or seen rarely, so that the visuals impact them more. For this I wanted to do something with the ocean or the outer space. I also did not want interactivity for my project as it would take a lot of time to implement.
Here are my ideas:
1)View of the outer-space, with planets and asteroids. The viewers go on a roller-coaster of sorts of the unseen space with this experience. They have a look at the planets, asteroids, stars and constellations.
2)A coral reef view with still camera. The viewers experience life in a coral reef with its stunning colours and outstanding beauty. School of fish moving around with a few other marine animals. Looking up the viewers get to see the amazing caustics created by the surface of the water.
3)After hearing all the ideas from my team members, I wanted to combine a few elements from theirs to mine. Scene fades in with the view of the ocean. Corals, fish, rocks. Huge cliff on one side with hints of a submerged cave. Could have ancient writings and drawings. The viewers are seated in a submarine. A big fish swims past, its eye as big as the view. Blinks, screen goes blank, glitches a bit with pixels shown on screen and viewers are teleported into space with random particles, patterns, floating in space. Its almost like it's a glitch in the world. The screen glitches at some point again taking us back to the ocean, continuing the loop.
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2023 Roundup
(also posted on my own site)
I started 2023 with pretty bad fatigue, having had covid in December 2022, following on from a different virus in December which had already given me weeks of post-viral fatigue. This improved slowly over the course of the year, only for the same thing to happen at the end of 2023 - this time, I first tested positive for covid on Christmas Day. I missed a significant amount of work as a result of all this, although I was ultimately happy with the progress that all of my students made - including the many who also missed a lot of school...
I started at a new school after the summer, and left both of the schools I'd been teaching at for a few years before that. It's smaller and more outdoorsy, and Maria Montessori's educational philosophy is far closer to mine than Rudolf Steiner's!
Outside of school, it's been a busy year. It was the third Weird Pride Day on the 4th of March; I had a fun online discussion on the day, but only got round to making a dedicated Weird Pride Day site just afterwards. I made a page on it about Weird Pride for Schools, one on the history of the idea, and pages about what Weird Pride is and its relationship with queer/LGBT identities.
Over on the Monotropism site that I made last year, I've expanded the Explanations page, wrote a piece about ADHD and Monotropism, a page for Mike Lesser, and 'I'm monotropic... now what?' to help anyone who's just realised this about themselves. I wrote a roundup of recent writing about monotropism - there's been a lot! I also wrote a piece on the Monotropism Questionnaire after our paper on it went online as a preprint and proved unexpectedly popular. Finally, I added the text of my keynote talk for the Scottish Autism Research Group (SARG) 2023 conference, Monotropism and Wellbeing.
Elsewhere, I adapted an extract from my piece on Musk from late 2022 (Elon Musk's Autistic Anti-Patterns) for Thinking Person's Guide to Autism, as We Need to Talk About Aspie Supremacists. In October, I contributed to Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh's 'Trans Facts' resource. In November I shared a meditation on the relationships between anger and power on my Medium. In December, I reported for Bylines Scotland on the Scottish Greens voting for a ban on 'behaviour modification' practices for disabled people (which is in the Bylines Gazette for December).
I made a few videos this year: for AMASE, I posted an update on autistic access to mental health with my partner Sonny Hallett doing most of the talking; and interviews with Elle McNicoll and Pete Wharmby. I also had a panel discussion with Pete and Elliott Spaeth at the ITAKOM (It Takes All Kinds of Minds) conference. On my own YouTube channel, I made a video of my piece On Smallness and Power, and my talk on LEANS and neurodiversity at school for a Korean conference, plus a short timelapse film of a sunrise with nacreous clouds. I also made a TikTok account, and posted some videos about Weird Pride and the Monotropism Questionnaire, plus a short rant about how nothing happens for a reason.
I was sole author of a perspective piece on autism & scientism this year, and a co-author on a paper that passed peer-review, about the LEANS project: Evaluation of wider community support for a neurodiversity teaching programme designed using participatory methods. Two more papers are currently going through peer review, with another to follow soon; I also hope to have two or three book chapters published in the new year.
For a year marked by chronic fatigue, I guess I got quite a bit done! I also took some photos and put them on Instagram, made some posts on my waffle blog, and even made a few sculptures - including this fairly silly Christmas present I made for Sonny, which I figure fits in with the rear-facing nature of this retrospective...
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