#fabric postcard

[creations-by-chaosfay]

Quilted postcards! Tell us more!

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

A happy New Year.

[tj-crochets]

Friendly reminder that if a deal seems too good to be true, it might be! Also known as someone messaged me here, asked if they could make a painting based on one of my quilts (I am absolutely fine with that!), and then offered to pay me for doing so. When I said that was kind of them, but unnecessary, they insisted and kept pushing, trying to get my email, my discord, and then eventually my banking info. They insisted their "client" would mail me a check, and that since they and I were "collaborating" on this art piece, I'd deposit the check and then mail them their part. Many things about the whole pitch were suspicious, but two stood out from the very beginning: - for using a photo of my quilt as a reference, they said they'd pay $300 - the quilt they said someone commissioned them to make a 3 foot square oil painting of was the lumberjack quilt. Now don't get me wrong, I like my lumberjack quilt, but of all the quilts I've ever made I have serious doubts that the "various shades of denim" quilt is the one someone would want a painting of (Just in case they were not trying to scam me, I did make it clear that I was absolutely fine with them using my photos for reference. I even offered to take new photos of that quilt from different angles or in different lighting if they wanted! I said I had a ko-fi if they felt they really had to pay me! But no.)

[tohakumaru]

"...it's a long walk to the bazaar, better head off now if we are to make it by summer solstice..."

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finally finished the nomad's clothes & packed its wares for the bird-people pilgrimage. sorry for the back to back posts on this, i am actually packing up and moving myself, so just need tidy up some ends as things have to go into storage until i get to the new place.

here's the nomad on top of my drawer

it will have "its own place" soon, hopefully!

thank you for sticking around, we're back to normal posts after this (illustrations/models).

[garfieldstim]

gaon(xdinary heroes) stimboard 🌠

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[postcard-from-the-past]

Wahutu fabric making, modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo

Belgian vintage postcard

[artisticdivasworld]

Junk Journaling: Finding ephemera to use

Since we just talked about how to make a junk journal last post, now let’s talk about what you will use to fill it up and make it pretty. Junk journaling is like going on a treasure hunt where every little piece you find can tell a story. You can use almost anything to create your journal. First off, you might want to start with the basics, like old book pages. These can be from old novels,…

[wildbeautifuldamned]

Joan MIRO L'Oeil Bleu du Volcano Poster Proof of Photogravure 23.2 x 34.8 cm ebay isafred0

[bispacecadet]

Miku Expo Amsterdam having the merch store ahead of time and separately from the queue is so smart

[samanthamalay]

Dream Pool No. 3 collage by Samantha Malay; vintage fabric, postcard detail, beeswax

[mouseandboo]

Bee You by Gail Anderson Via Flickr: Handmade postcard made with fabric and embroidery. Received this for a mail art postcard swap.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

I'm unable to do any sewing right now, but I know some of you may be interested in joining in on this postcard fun:

This is very beginner friendly!

[postcards-and-postcrossing]

Thursday Postcard Hunt - ART: Crafts, Fabric Art, Textile

… is this week’s theme for Thursday Postcard Hunt. Postcard from Timor Leste back of card with textile info Timor-Leste, or East Timor, a Southeast Asian nation occupying half the island of Timor, is ringed by coral reefs teeming with marine life. Landmarks in the capital, Dili, speak to the country’s struggles for independence from Portugal in 1975 and then Indonesia in 2002. The iconic…

[autobahnmp3]

tomorrow's plan is to go to the art supply store where that might have the palette i want 👀👀 and also to my fave trift store for trinkets and sruff

[tohakumaru]

[ > you touch its nose.

it was hard, but smooth, unlike any noses or beaks you have ever had the pleasure to touch. the sensation is more like holding a small pebble in the palm of your hand. the creature pulls back, unphased at your hand but seeming (you think) at a loss as to what should happen next.

"i'm sorry. was that rude?", that comes out more insincere than you intend it to. you frown to yourself: recently, it has been difficult to say what you mean, even more so to mean what you say most of the times. this has not proven to be an issue but at this exact moment you find yourself rather tormented over the fact. you really are sorry for that brief but unsolicited touch.

no answer, of course.

a few minutes passed. the dinging of outlook signifies the end of your lunch break, bringing your eyes to the screen. as expected, no-one is dying. you keep your eyes on the email a lot longer than you expect yourself to, perhaps thinking that when you look back, "it" will no longer be there.

you are wrong. the creature remains, now holding out a small bundle of scrapped yarns.

instinctively, you feel some attention being cast on the 20p lodged at the back of your phone case. it has been there a while now, waiting for whatever kind of hypothetical rainy days that can be saved with less than a pound.

"don't you want to give me a new ball of yarn instead? i could give you this 20 note?" - why on earth do you say that, you wonder, slightly in awe of yourself, and definitely considering that hr call now.

the creature stays still; the attention on the coin lingers.

outlook emails notifications are the new heaven's horns these days.]

[gallusrostromegalus]

AEIWAM canon fun fact for no reason: Zaraki Kenpachi 100% fully believes in, and practices, tarot reading.

The deck he's using is, of course, completely sideways of a conventional tarot. There are no suits, not properly faces, as the deck is entirely comprised of Cards* that he picked up at some point and felt a connect with.

The Garbage Tarot is accurate to the point of violence, will happily tell people about the present or past but gets huffy and sarcastic if you try to prognosticate too much or too specifically. It will never tell anyone how they will die but will practically spell the name and address of who they're going to marry. Or murder. Sometimes both. You get to figure that part out, asshole.

It also seems to work only for Zaraki- even touching the deck can lead to disaster, at least according to Renji who tried to use it once and immediately had the worst run of luck of his life for a week that culminated in a monkey attack and having to get the rabies shots.

Despite its accuracy and the fact it shares Zaraki's peculiar sense of humor, he doesn't use it often. "I ask it when it's an emergency or it tells me it's got news. Otherwise, it's resting. What would happen if you kick in my door in the middle of the night to ask me about your love life? I'd fuckin' castrate you, that's what. Leave it."

* "Cards" here meaning "approximately 3x5 inch flat rectangle-ish objects with two different sides that can be shuffled. This includes, but is not limited to: beer mats he scribbled important names and addresses on, Smutty polaroids he found in the back of a desk drawer, a Christmas card, a compact mirror, laminated natural objects like flowers and snakeskin, swathes of fabric, tile, the checkout cards from Library copies of famous literature, postcards, business cards, academic flash cards, the very small menu of a seafood restaurant, and a handful or normal playing and tarot cards just to be funny.

It makes a horrible noise when shuffled.

Mayuri despises it, calling it superstitious bullshit and refusing Zaraki's offer to do a reading before an important project. Mayuri flounced from the building in disgust, and as soon as he set a toe outside, he was strick by lightning.

Unohana was disappointed that he'd believe in cartomancy at first but she's kept careful notes on the results of the draws and how things turn out and there's always an element of confirmation bias but she's slightly alarmed that it may actually work. To be fair, that would only be the fourth or fifth most improbable thing about Zaraki.