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Quilting Lessons
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Quilting (and crafting) blog about my learning journey. All lessons (and most fabric) from my gram
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threesails · 7 days ago
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Visibly mended sweaters by Celia Pym :
“Time was really visible in this sweater. But I also loved the thinness of the yarn and the pointlessness of the exercise. It felt more like it was about preserving a relationship than a need.”
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threesails · 8 days ago
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75% of the second of four panels. Chipping away.
Pattern is ‘when sally met lucy’ (I think) on ravelry, it’s going to be a nice big sweater.
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threesails · 9 days ago
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Patchwork makeup bags
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Made patchwork makeup bags out of secondhand and recycled materials to ask my BFFs to be my bridesmaids using this tutorial
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threesails · 12 days ago
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My work gave us a couple days to work on crafts we don't usually do, so I spent some time trying to quilt! I've seen people quilting pre-printed panels, so made a design and got it printed to try with. (Pretty beginner friendly!) Then pieced together a smaller one (math hard). And finally messed around with some felt scraps. It was fun, but so hard not to engage the perfectionist part of my brain that wants to start over constantly.
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threesails · 26 days ago
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Winter is indeed coming around here... ❄️
My handmade wardrobe being sadly lacking warm and comfy sweaters (I'm more of a "loose tunics and flowy skirts" kind of girl) and me being a rather slow knitter, I turned once more to my faithful Marguerite, aka my sewing machine, for help in making a couple of jumpers. Here's the first one!
This pattern has been a staple in my wardrobe for years, although I have always used it to make sweatshirts until now.
I'm always a bit apprehensive when working with such knitty-knit stretchy fabrics but this poly-viscose blend worked like a charm: it didn't catch on my needle once, no wavy hems in sight, and it didn't even fray that much! 😊
Pattern: Camden, by Anne Kerdilès.
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threesails · 28 days ago
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eclipse, 2013, oil/cardboard, 15 x 20 cm
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threesails · 28 days ago
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Susan Abbott, Small Town, Cold Winter, Saturday Afternoon, 2025, Oil
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threesails · 30 days ago
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Traditional Palestinian tatreez embroidered pillowcases (and a scarf). Picked up in beautiful Hebron in the old city.
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threesails · 1 month ago
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Jef Bourgeau, 1950 Post-conceptual painter 
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threesails · 1 month ago
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Emilia Cantor
'The Luminous Cattle (El Ganado Luminoso)'
Oil, 51”x 51"
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threesails · 2 months ago
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this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this, which i have only tested at a small scale and not this final version exactly (where i have done such things as further widening the cheeks and finalizing the leg shapes.) i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐
(IVE UPDATED IT WITH A FIX!!)
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go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!
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threesails · 2 months ago
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Oh hey! Same quilt!
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tweet tweet! a cute little quilt made with a kit featuring Moda's Home Tweet Home pattern 🐦
this was my first attempt at paper piecing, which i learned how to do at my fave quilt shop's annual customer party! surprisingly fun once you get into the groove of it
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threesails · 2 months ago
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Fort Rock Sandals, 7300 BCE, Klamath and Paiute land
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1. 19th century sealskin thong, Greenland
2. Pazyryk swan made of felted reindeer wool, circa 400 BCE, Siberia
3. Child’s hat with bird, nalbound cotton and wool, 1000–1476 CE, Chancay culture, Peru
4. Knitted cotton sock from Egypt, 1000-1200 CE
5. Sidonian flask shaped like a date, 1st-2nd century CE, Syria or Palestine
6. World’s oldest surviving pants, woven wool, circa 1300-1000 BCE, China
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threesails · 2 months ago
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When Harry Met Lucy pattern update! WHEW there’s a few real big mistakes in there. I count 5. Can you spot em?
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threesails · 2 months ago
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Chair pads/mandalas! Pattern by Lilly Bjorn on Ravelry (brioche crochet masterclass is the pattern name: comes with another smaller pattern I believe).
I LOVE these. I made them several years ago and would happily make another few. They’re worked in FPDCs, with colors in alternating rows.
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threesails · 2 months ago
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a whale of a good time🐋
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threesails · 2 months ago
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IT IS DONE
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pattern is based on Andrea Cull’s DNA Pullover, and the double helix cable pattern was charted by @ub-sessed, which can be found here
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