#DIY stars

[paperstreetdolls]

[emiink]

Made some Star Trek pants because I have a problem!!!! Had a lot of fun with this project and I’m gonna wear it everydayomgeheheheh :D !

A very special thanks to @strawberfolk for all their gracious help and for cradling me in their arms when the sewing machine literally attacked me at gunpoint

[chrono-phage]

[loichte]

Finished the blanket - finally

I can’t believe it's over 😅

Pattern: Starlite

[handmade-by-jane]

[stardew-bajablast]

if you haven’t at least tried sewing or crocheting or knitting your own clothes, you really should. even if it’s just one time and you never do it again, i really think everyone should do it at least once

learning how to crochet was what finally made me grasp the abject horror of the fast fashion industry and realize just how laborious and time consuming it is. i have to take a few days off a week so my back/wrists don’t get sore — and i get to do this as a leisure activity in the comfort of my own home, rather than in a sweatshop. it takes dozens of hours to produce a single item. there is just something about trying it yourself that makes you realize just how little the people making our clothes are being paid for retailers to be able to sell clothes at such obscenely low prices.

i understood in the abstract that people were earning literal slave wages to make my clothes, but that concept wasn’t real to me in a way i could understand until i spent 14 hours making something that i myself wouldn’t have even been willing to pay more than $10-20 for if i saw it in a store.

i have not bought any new clothes since learning how to crochet. every time i see clothes at a store (especially obviously handmade items like crochet), and i look at the price tag i feel genuinely sick to my stomach.

i’m not saying everyone needs to make their own clothes in order to be against fast fashion, but what i am saying is if hearing about the conditions and wages secondhand has not been enough to make you stop buying it, if you find yourself becoming desensitized to the suffering of the people who make your things, you should try making something yourself.

you need to see firsthand how physically and mentally demanding it can be and imagine how much worse it would be if you were forced to sit in a sweatshop for 16 hours a day doing it nonstop, earning pennies an hour to do so. you need to spend weeks laboring over something only for it to turn out looking like shit so you realize just how much wisdom and technical skill goes into these supposedly “unskilled” and undervalued jobs. if the abstract concept isn’t enough to get through to you, then you need to get hands on.

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Man I just love dressing crazy. Star-shaped eyeliner, jacket covered in bottle caps with smiley faces, bright pink glasses, piercings in my face. I thrive in the weird looks from strangers. I love being that person little kids think is a fairy and remember for years. I love giggling at myself while I make faces in the mirror.

To me, this is what it is to be punk. To make weird, messy art. To sing your crooked voice as loud as you can. To be the most beautiful ugly. To be that creature 8 year old you wrote stories about in their school notebooks. To be the greatest you you can be.

There is nobody on this Earth who can do you like you. So why not go out and be the best you the world's ever seen?

[trekfacility]

sisko wanting to build a spaceship out of wood and try it out just for funzies is so me!!

[baharnoth]

im making kirks green tunic for a con next month,, its me and fabric glue against the world fr 🙏🙏

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

making chinese liuma流麻 of robin by 霜茶shuangcha

[tvnorvestt]

➩ Tutorial on a Paper Star 🌱

[paperstreetdolls]

[wybienova]

D.I.Y.

[ominouspuff]

Draw it in Your Style (Mutuals Version)

In order, (top to bottom, left to right), @chiliger @omaano @ddeck @ghosts-of-rishi @ivvmell.

This took way longer than expected, but what a ride. I’ve tried to incorporate some details in each piece that reference artworks each person has created in the past, that caught my eye. Let me know if you’ve got questions; thoughts were brewing while drawing each piece

There’s no way I can do full justice to each of your techniques, but it’s been a fascinating time researching pieces and appreciating your talents. Thanks, all!

[loichte]

Still a wip

Finished photo on my profile

[stargore]

MY STAR STUDS CAMOEBSHENEHEJHSKZJWK STAR STUDS STAR STYDSDHS

STAR STUDSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

I PUT SOME ON MY OTHER PATCH VEST TOO BUT I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES

IM SO HAPPY STARS ARE LITERALLY MY THING THEY’RE MY BRAND AND NOW THEY’RE ALL OVER MY PATCH CLOTHESSSSS :3333333

STARS!!!! STAR STUDS!!!!!!!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️