#tags: sewing and shopping

[nysophically-azuna]

the plushies from the melting wishes. also theres kuroshu. i stan kuroshu btw ^^

[sleepnoises]

Hi! Big fan of your blog and art. I’m interested in trying quilting, and I have access to a sewing machine, but I don’t have hardly any fabric to work with. How did you build a stash of scraps for your quilting projects? Where do you get your new fabric from?

hi! thanks! here is where i get fabric, kind of in order of practicality/thrift, some points may not be useful unless you live where i live:

the local fabric thrift store

the sheet section at savers. or other sections even

my buy nothing group

clothes i owned that died badly (avoid using knits, e.g. tshirts)

unwise impulse decisions in the quilting store

the weird noncontiguous fabric store near my old job. great for muslins and (don't quilt with this) polyester stretch velvet

joanns i GUESS (yucky polyester content if you're not careful)

gifts from friends/my mom who is my friend

etsy in general; this is where I've got the two rifle paper co prints I've used to death

etsy specific: the japanese fabric import store i'm simply bewitched by (kimonomomo)

spoonflower if you're narsty

the scraps bags they sell at the sewing store in cambridge MA

anywhere i traveled to this past year i tried to hit up a fabric store and grab a few fat quarters as a souvenir

fabric dot com which no longer exists but I'm still working through the corduroy i bought there in 2020

i did some garment sewing before quilting so i had a lot of Bits cut out of yardage on hand—i find fat quarters can inspire a lot more preciousness than loosey goosey repurposing A Weird Little Bit

also i get joy from the consumerism aspect of the hobby 😑 this year is about using the stash up and not adding to it for me. don't tell that to my quilt store date this weekend

[asexualbookbird]

POUCH!

@bigcats-birds-and-books asked for a pouch to keep masks and things safe in a bag :) years and years ago, someone made me something similar but smaller and I just sat and stared at that for a while before Doing This. Thinking back, I probably should've done a mock up in scrap fabric but nothing went horribly wrong so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

last photo it's stuffed with one of those grocery bags that fold up and fit in a pocket. This was fun and healing and a good brain scratcher thank you!!

[orchidrabbit]

hey, i really like the Sacabambaspis, so i made a bunch of little plushies based on them.

they're all available to purchase from my ko-fi store right now!

[andyoullhearitagain]

Niche Memes I Have Made About Sewing And/Or Theater And/Or Sewing For Theater

A while ago I posted this image I made to represent the emotion of "When the costume shop manager is being particularly difficult"

(This is the iconic graphic design of the website offstagejobs.com)

And now I'd like to share various memes I have made about work in the hopes of finding some theater tech and/or sewing solidarity.

This one is "When you have to sew on your domestic machine at home after sewing on the industrial machine all day"

This one is "When you're stressed at work so you turn on "Appalachian Spring" to calm down but it's not working so the vibe is like:"

(That one's pretty specific).

These two are untitled:

This one's more of a general industry meme:

Ok this one is titled "After sewing all day and then going home and doing crafts and then doing craft projects all weekend"

And this last one is "Stuff in my Shakeapeare theater costume stock that just makes sense: Like twenty strawberry handkerchiefs"

Thank you for your time, niche memes are my passion.

[titleleaf]

I finished sewing my first little coffin shaped purse with this pattern for little coffin shaped purses (the In Memoriam pattern from Starling Stitches) and while there’s tiny things I would change about the pattern itself (making the interior illustrations more friendly to grayscale printing, basically) it was a fucking delight to sew. Hugely hugely satisfying to be able to sit down and finish a project, especially when my current big project has been hobbled by cat interference.

(Pic taken from the listing, obviously, not my own make. I don’t want to bother getting out of bed for that tbh.)

Next time I make it, I’m doing to do it as an ita bag. Gotta store my macabre pin collection somewhere, gang.

[redqueensemporium]

Ribbit Ribbit. Cluck Cluck. I did some cross stitch.

[fakemagicjaye]

strawberry bag progress~ o 3o (they will have straps... they're like, tote bags...)

[bawnjourno]

past few weeks sewing teehee

[nysophically-azuna]

mika omanjuu live reaction to niigo

[aruemon]

about two dollars for some whimsy

[jitterbugbear]

i started a sewing project after what... 5ish years(?) since i last touched a sewing machine. anyway i'm making a cute easy patchwork skirt let's hope it works out and i can live out my hobbit fashion dreams

[clevermonster-ritsu]

sillynade and sillymika holding hands

[orchidrabbit]

I've updated my ko-fi store! I have a restock of some items but also two new plushies and the exciting bit: made to order plushies! I have a four at the moment of some popular and requested plushies that I'll make on demand rather than have to be requested through a commission!

Thanks for checking out and supporting my work!

[bismuthburnsblue]

does anyone have any professional plus size dress forms theyd recommend? im preferably looking for the style that has the start of legs, not one thats joined all the way down.

ill take any reccs regardless of budget but i am looking for something on the cheaper end (of the prices good, body accurate forms can be, anyway!)

(im uk based, if that makes a difference)

[rotteneldritchhorror]

Being able to sew your own clothes may not be the most accessible things (especially sustainably) but I will forever be an advocate for being able to MEND your own clothes

Even if it’s a kinda ugly whip stitch on the inside of your shirt or a ladder stitch to adjust the size of some jeans or a mismatching patch on the sole of your socks— literally anything that’ll make your clothes last longer, even if it just means they’ll last long enough for you to give it away to someone else

And then when it can no longer be mended, use it to mend other clothes