#solarpunk crafts

[siriscrafts]

Patched up some holes in my shoes with embroidery floss! I enjoy visible mending and I refuse to get new shoes because these should last longer. They're not old! The insides of the heels are starting to wear as well, I'll have to reinforce those next...

[jasperthehatchet]

my bag 🌿⛓️🌻⚙️ more details in the image ID and more pics below

I found a small plain black leather backpack at the thrift store for $6 and made it my own :) I used silver sharpie for the swirls and made the buttons all myself with the exception of the metal ones

[Image ID: a small black leather backpack covered in patches, buttons, safety pins, studs and silver and metalic green spirals in the spaces with no patches. There are four patches on the front, an orange patch with a white trans rights symbol sewn on with white thread, and a circular green patch with a simplistic sun and moon drawin on it in black (a mirrormask patch) sewn on with black thread. And on the front pocket on the bottom, theres a dark green band patch with white lettering that says "she past away" sewn on with white thread and a black patch next to it with a red anarchy symbol sewn on the bag with red thread. There are silver spike studs lining the edges of the bag along the zipper and on the front pocket as well as soda tabs sewn onto the front pocket flap with off-white thread. And on both sides of the pocket there are safety pins decorating the empty space next to it. There are four pins on the side of the bag, a light green and white spiral pin, a light green and white "eat the rich" pin, and a metal fairy pin on the top half, and theres a metal frog with an umbrella pin on the front pocket in-between the two patches. Theres also a small orange carabiner on the pocket zipper.

On the left side of the bag, there is a patch on the bottom where a side pocket would normally be. An off-white band patch that says "bauhaus" in black lettering and it's sewn on with black thread, and there are silver spirals around it filling the space. There are some areas I left blank to make the swirls/spirals look like they're hanging down or growing up the bag like vines. There's a horizontal seam above all this that makes the area look like a pocket, and above this seam there's a metal pin with a sun, moon and stars on it.

The right side of the bag, there's no patch where a pocket should be, I instead filled this space with some spirals and more handmade bottle cap buttons. Two buttons, a larger type o negative band button that's black with white thorny vines, and a smaller red band button that says "doom scroll" on it in off-white lettering. Above the seam on this side I drew a bunch of silver spirals that look like they are growing out from behind the seam.

All thread mentioned in this post is embroidery thread, and some groups of spirals drawn on the bag are metallic green. End ID]

Here's the top of the bag as well as the straps that hang down

[Image ID: the bag has a rounded arch shape, and across the top of the leather I drew a cluster of green spirals in between the silver spirals I drew on the sides. There are some blank spots to avoid making the bag look busier than it already is. The loop at the top for hanging the bag is embroidered with a green leafy vine pattern. The same pattern is embroidered on the right strap that hangs down from the bottom of the bag, and on the right one, a gray barbed wire pattern is embroidered. I plan on sewing some more soda tabs onto the top of the bag at some point for the sake of adding more shiny things and also fill up some of that space I mentioned because while I don't want the bag to be too busy, I think the blank space i left on the top is a little too much blank space. End ID]

[suprsaturatd]

Shrimps is bugs.

[jenniiiiiiiii]

I swear, if I see one more well-intentioned-but-naïve beginner encouraging people to darn things rather than patch them, I'm going to scream.

Patches are more durable, easier, quicker, and more importantly, more fucken idiot-proof.

Oh, and speedweaves are a ripoff. If you must darn something, use a random round household object as god intended

[fennopunk]

Oh, I just realized I may have forgotten to show you a new craft project (or more like part of a larger one) of mine!

Crocheted wisterias!

This is very much still a work in progress. I plan on crocheting bunch of purple and pink (and maybe white and light blue?) flowers before making a green garland/vine thing and adding them to it and then hanging the whole thing above my bed.

As usual, I don't really have a pattern I could share 😅 I studied how others have made similar things, did some testing on what works for me, and basically created "a pattern" myself...

[thoughtportal]

turn junk mail into functional paper

[greenhorizonblog]

Solarpunk upcycling idea

[losttimesnail]

textile collagey embroidery piece 🐻

all w scrap materials i had laying around. trying to practice using from my supply stash to gain inspiration, rather than buying new supplies.

took inspiration from visible mending, collage, and the fun textures involved in textile work!

planning to sew a cropped tee and apply this like a graphic on top :)

(link to my crafting streams)

[siriscrafts]

How I mended a hole in knit fabric!

I patched yet another big hole in my reckless partner's sportswear and decided to document how I did it! I used an embroidery frame to help keep the fabric in place, but it can be done just as well without one. Other supplies are just a needle and some yarn. Here I'm using three strand embroidery floss.

I start by securing the fraying edge. Just stitching around the egde, all around the hole! If the edge is not straight, the parts sticking out will fold a bit when you tighten the stitch, but that's fine.

Here is the first step finished. Next, I stitch the two edges together!

There are a few different ways to do it, but the idea is to use the stitches around the edge to pull the two sides together with a ladder stitch. (This means that there's no tension on the fraying edge, just around it on the intact fabric!) I put the needle through two stitches on one side, then two on the other side and so on, always taking either the next two stitches or one previous and one new. Pull tight!

And voilà, the tear is fixed!

And here's another example with matching colours and finer thread.

[queer-ecopunk]

After:

Before:

Fuck tiny pockets!! I finally got around to extending the pockets on these corduroy pants I thrifted over a month ago! My handsewing looks like shit but they're functional

[suprsaturatd]

Got to the end of embroidering these tomatoes and realized that I accidentally made um. Her....

[jasperthehatchet]

Made more bracelets 🌿🧷🌿

Working on embroidered ones atm

[Image ID: 5 images of hand stitched fabric cuffs with studs and spikes. They are various sizes and all adjustable. The first one is made from the collar of a blue and white flannel shirt and it has messy frayed edges and 0.75 inch long spikes. The 2nd bracelet is made of the sleeve cuff of a light green shirt with cleaner edges and 1 inch long spikes. The third cuff is made of the sleeve cuff of a black and white flannel shirt with 1 inch long spikes and one row of black and white checkerboard pattern ribbon stitched along both sides of the row of spikes. The next two sleeve cuff bracelets have the same design, but one is dark red with smaller 1 centimeter spikes and the last one is dark purple with studs and no spikes. All checkerboard cuffs are my widest ones. On the bracelets with the checkerboard ribbon, I used white thread, but colored in the stitches over the black squares with a sharpie so it doesn't distract from the already busy pattern.

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[fennopunk]

I've been more quiet this Solarpunk Aesthetic Week than I planned, partially because I've been TIRED (I've been more social than usual and that's always draining for me), but also because I've been busy finishing my cardigan. By principle I never admit any of my bigger, personal craft projects are 100% finished, but this one is "finished for now"

It's the classic hexagon cardigan pattern, with two lined granny square pockets. It also works excellently as a throw blanket 😂

This was my first hexagon cardigan, so it's tiny bit wonky and I love it so much 🥰

[lemonthorn]

First attempt at double knitting! Missed a fair number of stitches in the pattern, but overall good.

[greenhorizonblog]

Sorry babe I can't go to the party, I'm busy learning about Japanese wood joinery

[hidefdoritos]

GUYS GUESS WHAT

I took my friend (who doesn't get out much and needs to have a quiet retreat space) to the library today.

I FORGOT HOW RAD THE LIBRARY IS.

-My library has private rooms with locking doors that you check out with your library card and then have keycard access to.

-These rooms are made of plexiglass for Obvious Reasons, but still. Rooms.

-I checked out a Lounge space and, guys, it's a balcony.

-It's over the main entrance to the library so you can see everyone coming in and out. The door locks so it's private, but it's also open air to the tall ceilings and has SO MUCH natural light.

-literally so much natural light the one exterior wall is floor-to-ceiling windows with a view over a fountain and a courtyard and the local shopping district. the sunset was rad.

-My laptop connected directly to the WiFi.

-There were so many people there! There are chairs spread throughout and a bunch of computers and people just chilled and hung out!

-My friend was thrilled to be able to navigate a quiet space with strangers who didn't speak to her, and then to have a retreat space.

-My library also has a Makerspace (!!!) and a Cricut machine (!!!) and I can email someone and get trained in how to use it!

-Someone was in the recording booth and I couldn't tell what she was reading but it sounded cool.

-There's a whole room along the side of the upstairs that's just for teens. Like literally just. The sign says that if you're not a teenager you should see the staff for other rooms. There wasn't anyone there when I stuck my head in but there's a giant whiteboard and orb-style chairs and

-sorry I forgot to mention that my balcony has not only a couch but also several big comfy chairs (like, I can sit on my chair and put my feet on it too and balance my book on my knees and it's STILL not too small of a chair) and a couple coffee tables and a corner where the sunlight isn't direct y'all it's so nice

-I'm so glad my tax dollars went to this, guys. We're stuck on campus for Thanksgiving break and we desperately needed to go somewhere that didn't cost money.

-for as much as I get on about the necessity of Third Spaces, you think I'd remember this.

-I also found out my friend likes Agatha Christie novels. She read me a section while I washed dishes tonight, and I think I'm gonna like them too.