#maybe draft a pattern

[aahsoka]

the desire to slow down and just read a physical book vs the desire to be able to do other things while listening to an audiobook

[divorcedwife]

i have the apartment just for myself for a few days so it’s time to go wild (do some sewing)

[padfootastic]

v random rant ab next gen fics under the cut bc i wanted to get this out but also it’s just. very ridiculous and don’t want to subject unsuspecting people to it lol

i’m reading next gen fic and realising what it is that bothers me so much ab most of it. and just, many fics in general.

it’s the sheer thoughtlessness in the characterisation. i’m reading this potter kids at hogwarts thing and james is a horrific bully who turns on al as soon as he goes into slytherin. the rest of the weasley family is no better. rose is like hermione in first year but infinitely worse, with fanon!ron’s hatred of anything green and silver. all the kids are just. weird.

and it doesn’t make any sense???? like, on one hand you write harry and ginny as good, loving parents. if you take into account all the other adults, as well as the effects of the war and the collective history and experiences they all have, it stands to obvious reason that the kids would be raised differently. would have certain quirks. but won’t necessarily be the same archetypes ykno?

like, idk. it just falls into lazy characterisation for me, and that’s not a bad thing. it’s just so. annoying. bc these are literal blank slates and u can make things SO fun but just. don’t.

a lot of marauder era characterisation goes this way too. but i think i get so annoyed by the next gen stuff is bc i genuinely love all those little shits sm for characters who are essentially nonexistent. it is once again the same issue of me having extremely niche headcanons and getting pissy when everyone else doesn’t think so lol

[krembearry]

trying to figure out a taur plush pattern... ough. wish me luck

[bismuthburnsblue]

YOU SELECTED: WING COLLAR

and thats the collar! it was pretty close in the end, but wing collar just pulled through- ill be real with you guys, i have NO idea how im going to go about making this part of the pattern, but i hope you'll find some entertainment in listening to me figure it out!

I think that makes pretty much all out major decisions on this project! i could definitely run several more polls about the details on this dress, but it, at the very least, feels too far out on the making to really be thinking about the fine tuning, for me! maybe ill put up a couple more a few months down the line, huh?

but before we go, right at the beginning of this, i mentioned the chance of doing an overlay to tone down this fabric, and now im offering you the choice! ive pulled two fabrics from my stash for you to vote on!

As usual, images and personal thoughts under the readmore :)

heres the options! above is it laid out over the full length, below is them laid out with each other- i think below is a far better example of the reality (the chiffon REALLY washed out in the picture, but i wanted to include both to give you as many visuals as possible

(below: top=dot, middle=none, bottom=chiffon)

my main interest in doing an overlay is that i worry that the fabric is too vibrant for me to get a reasonable amount of wear out of this garment- i am very much an all black bitch, and this fabric actually has quite a lot going on. i think if its toned down a bit i would reach for it more.

However. any overlay is going to instantly make the sewing process a good deal harder. chiffons and mesh are much more finnicky fabrics to work with than the plain cotton, and even with flat lining it, its going to be a bit of a challenge to make sure the layers stay nicely together and the top fabric isnt bubbled over or tucked anywhere. im also concerned flat lining simply wouldnt be enough for the skirt panels, being as big as they are, and that a top layer will gape away and hide the design completely

On top of that, the chiffon blocks out a lot more of the design than i was really going for, honestly. its very covered in person. you can get sheer-er chiffons, but i wasnt planning on buying anything new for this. counter to that, i also feel maybe the mesh doesnt block out enough? in person i had to flip it back and forth to really see the way it affects the colours.

i also also feel like. it immediately makes it feel more formal to me? takes it from a plain cotton dress, to something Fancy- im not sure that makes sense, but thats the way it feels to me. this isnt really pro/con, just. a thing to consider.

(i guess on that note- i worry it may make it less washable? a more delicate garment? i have an overlocker but its still stress on a potentially delicate fabric)

i think the tldr of all of that is. i have many concerns about doing an overlay. but if it goes well, it may make the dress significantly more wearable to my style, which is always an important factor to consider. i really am trying to make more things i will truly Wear, so its a thing i have to consider.

[dandyshucks]

i was considering maybe buying proper fabric this time around to make the Insp.ekta plush but Michaels doesn't sell minky so i guess that's not happening 😭😭😭

[tj-crochets]

Any chance I could buy a little mushroom plushie guy?

Probably! Depends on which version you want; I'm willing to make more plain mini mushroom guys, and I still have both the original mini mushroom prototypes*, but if you want an inky cap mushroom creature it'll probably be more expensive. I've been adding beads to the current one for about an hour and I'm still not done lol *I'll want to keep at least one because I have not yet typed up the assembly instructions, and I try to keep at least one prototype of every pattern until I have instructions saved

[lover-of-mine]

in case you need an idea for the countdown gifs, I would looove gifs of buck picking up chris (5x2 I think?) / buck picking up eddie in 4x14 (transition gif or two idc I love the scenes so much and I just saw a tiktok edit that made me die)

Yk what? I like that, it's going on the list. Stay tuned, my queue will put it out eventually.

[synnthamonsugar]

I simply do not have a body that's fit for women's pattern sizing. I guess.

[skrunksthatwunk]

not to make the only analysis of her ever bc no one talks about drop dead gorgeous but thinking about how lisa swenson spends much of the movie talking about her (gay) older brother peter and his drag shows and his acting with so much love and how her room is covered in posters for broadway shows and it and nyc (famously/stereotypically gay city, esp broadway) are recurring motifs with her and how much of her character is centered on him. on his performance, especially of femininity. and how joining the pageant (a performance of femininity) is just what girls do in mount rose. and how when she quits (the "just what girls do" performance of femininity) and gives amber her costume so she can compete despite an establishment (gladys leeman and all she represents as far as class and privilege and gender performance go) stacked against her, she says it's fine because she wouldn't win, comparing herself to peter, saying, "this family only needs one liza and peter's got much better legs". one of them can perform femininity in a way that's fun and impressive and she's not it, to her. how she says her parents won't be that mad since they only had her to give peter one of her kidneys, as if it doesn't matter, just a sad fact of her life that she is second to him. how she is second to him, how this is gendered. how she gives amber a suit in a performance that's all dresses, how that nyc-stained (and thus queer-stained) costume is eventually what carries her to the top, to the national level of girl performance, which she walks away from as it falls apart due to capitalistic corruption (tax evasion/fraud, specifically). how they kiss each other's cheeks and hold each other. how she is more upset than amber is that she doesn't win, how when her father scolds her for quitting by comparing her to peter, she screams that he's gay. how it sounds like that's something obvious to her that he didn't know, either because peter told her or because she sees his queerness in his actions. how she is filled with such a genuine passion and love and charisma that despite all this she does not feel like a character made as a plot device, whose sole trait is that she loves her gay broadway brother, but that she is a young queer woman dealing with the staunch, conservative gender roles of her hometown (an early scene has the pageant staff shut talking liberal women and their hairy armpits and dressing like men) compared to that fantasy world of queer nyc, with her queer brother and his drag shows. she puts herself second and compares herself to others because that is how her parents treat her, but she still has her own vivacity. she is a person. and even though she didn't get to sing new york, new york in her suit, she uplifted another girl she thought deserved her shot at upending the leemans' system. it's noble and it's sad and i really really like her and i hope she got to nyc someday, where she could kiss girls and kick it with peter. that's all

[cloyingcadaver]

x

[cultivating-wildflowers]

btw here’s my current smaller project

[dballzposting]

I domt think that I can look at this redbubble sticker the same way anymore now that I know that he licks that cat

[hallasimss]

in honor of BHM we're taking it right back to the f*cking roots. sharing my very unorganized Afrobeats/diaspora playlist with you all (which in reality is just an extension of my more traditional playlist, created in an attempt to map out my genetic/cultural history through song), pls treat it nicely (and suggest songs/artists if you have any you think i would like) sksksksk

[land-of-classpects-and-analysis]

Bits and pieces of analyses I’m lined up to do for May:

Who is the Heir of Hope?

Where does the Prince of Blood fit in their world? (I’ve already worked a little on this one, as well as a few others listed here!)

What is the Page’s struggle/journey/power?

Who is the Page of Light?

When does the Prince of Blood reach (for) their potential?

Who is the Thief of Space?

How does the Prince of Blood reach their potential and use it?

Who is the Lord?

Who is the Rogue of Mind?

Where does the Page fit in their world?

What does the Witch of Breath do/struggle with?

What does the Heir of Hope do/struggle with?

Who is the Bard of Breath?

Who is the Witch of Rage?

Where does the Rogue of Time fit in their world?

What is the Lord’s struggle/journey/power?

What does the Maid of Life do/struggle with?

What does the Thief of Space do/struggle with?

When does the Page reach (for) their potential?

How does the Page use their potential/power?

What is the Heir’s struggle/journey/power?

[technoxenoholic]

i am having such a nightmarish time of trying to get the sleeves in this pattern to fit properly... my arms are very long and thin and the widest part of them (below my actual fucking shoulder at least) is right at the elbow, especially when i bend my arm, which makes trying to find a solution that gives me enough room to bend my arm comfortably without making the elbows of the sleeves horribly baggy and ugly when my arms are resting in a neutral position... well, as i said, i am having a nightmarish time