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HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2024 🎃👻💀

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Easiest Halloween Costumes Ever! 50 Shades of Gray and Social Butterfly

Find the original source here: https://x.com/coreytimes/status/1454156917522243588?s=46

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Made a hood to wear at home because my head was cold. The hood is just a big square folded in half and sewn part way into the middle in a Y shape to make sort of a pair of little darts, and then the other two edges sewn together and the remaining hole in the back gathered in somewhat uneven cartridge pleats, with the extra fullness being pleated into the neck.

The cape part is the rest of the fabric (which was a 1.3 m piece of cotton flannel from the thrift store) with the larger leftover rectangle forming the back and the smaller rectangle being cut in half mostly diagonally and added to the front.

It was a very quick project done almost entirely on machine, which is unusual for me. There are a few things I'd do differently next time - I'd make the hood a bit shorter so the front edge doesn't block my view so much, and I'd put the button loop right on top of the neck seam instead of sandwiching it inside the front edge seam of the hood. I'd have to cover the ends of the loop with a patch, which would be a good use for the neck hole cutout.

I think this pattern would work on a wide variety of sizes of fabric cut, as long as you cut the hood out first. Then the remaining piece could be cut into the cape portion and it might be very small or very large, and the two angled front pieces could be made to fit the edges on either side of the neck hole by adjusting the angle at which you cut that second rectangle apart.

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DIY Halloween Skull Pizza

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DIY Halloween Coffin Purse from Etsy

The $8.13 Pattern for this Coffin Purse from Etsy seller PerfectLittleParcel here.

What I like about this pattern is that it is all done with hand sewing.

This coffin bag is perfect for fans of hand sewing with a soft spot for the gothic! The project lends itself to beginners looking to improve their hand sewing skills, or experienced sewers wanting a simple but involved project. The instructions detail how to make the bag, from sourcing the materials to attaching the bag to a belt for ease of wear.

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3 Halloween Crochet Collars and Sleeves from Etsy

Top Image: Requiem Collar and Cuffs Crochet Pattern from OurWidow for $11.00 here.

Lower Left: Victorian Skull High Collar Crochet Collar from LunarStill for $3.91 here.

Lower Right: The Abramacabra Skull Crochet Collar Pattern from MadToymaker for $4.40 here.

I have posted so many Halloween Skull DIYs here.

Find the DIY Crochet Skull Shawl Free Pattern from kungen och majkis on Ravelry posted here on my blog.

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One of the first people I met on Tumblr 12

years ago!

Just feel like I need this in my life right now.

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Do’s and Don'ts of Designing for Accessibility

Anxiety

Autistic Spectrum

Dyslexia

Physical or Motor Disabilities

Low Vision

Screen Readers

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Find the PDFs for Do’s and Don’ts of Designing for Accessibility here.

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DIY Resin Fabric Jewelry

Create a leather-like translucent fabric using unbleached muslin, your printer, and resin. 

You can transform your resin fabric into jewelry by painting on the back side, and then embellishing the front. Back the resin fabric with lace and muslin, add eyelets and ribbons, and you have a one of a kind fanciful cuff.

For many more unique Resin DIYs go here.

Find the detailed DIY Resin Fabric Jewelry Tutorial and Clipart Templates at The Graphics Fairy here.

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DIY Inspiration: Bottled Emotions

The instructions on the back of the package read:

Directions for use:

Open a bottle only to add to its contents; reseal it quickly.

Keep contents in bottles and sealed at all times when not in use. 

Once inside the bottle, do not let emotions back out.

Warning:

These containers are designed for adult use. The lids are not childproof. Store out of reach of children and/or emotionally labile adults. In case of accidental ingestion or overdose, give child a time out. For adults, immediately induce crying. If that fails, consult a therapist immediately.

These Bottled Emotions come from one of my favorite blogs: Stuff You Can’t Have. You can see more details at the link, like how she made the packaging.

And this is the Victorian Bottled Emotions Set She made here out of a recycled chocolate box. For more bottled emotions check the link. GIF by me using ezgif, all images from Stuff You Can’t Have.

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Make Thoughtful Cards Out of Paint Chips Using Paint Names

I have been making cards, booklets, and posters out of paint chips for years. What is original about my idea (and I’ve never seen it done by anyone else), is that I pay attention to the paint name on the chip. 

All you need is a hole punch, scissors (if you want to cut the names into hearts for a card), and fasteners.

For 231 pages of DIY Valentine’s go here: truebluemeandyou.com/search/hearts

I have made cards with wine names, vacation themes, movie themes, and the list goes on and on. As I was picking up paint, I noticed that Home Depot had some great paint color names for Valentine’s Day and Galantine’s Day. All you need are free paint chips and cheap fasteners for the booklet. You can write on every page if you’d like, like the DIY Playing Card Valentine’s Day gift “52 Reasons I Love You” here.

And how perfect is “As You Wish” from The Princess Bride?

These are the cards I used for my booklet:

Heart Breaker

BFF

Heart to Heart

Epiphany

Stolen Kiss

XOXO

Joie de Vivre

I Heart Potion

Lover’s Knot

Night Music

Love Poem

Lovebirds

I Pink I Can

Love at First Sight

Infatuation

Diva Glam

Kiss Goodnight

Magic Scent

Romantic Poetry

Secret Scent

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I started this nightgown sometime last spring, and it sat partially cut out in The Pile for months, but I finished it a week or so ago.

It's made from a lilac coloured figured cotton bedsheet. It's a bit thicker than the ones I usually use, and I would not want to go thicker for this cut of nightgown, as the gathers are pretty bulky. The buttons are just plastic ones from my stash, which were kind of a gross beige-ish colour on their own, but purplish enough to look surprisingly nice against the fabric.

I wasn't quite happy with the placket pattern, but I changed it a bit and I think it should overlap the right amount next time I sew it up.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

“Beat as One (King and Queen)” by Elmo Hood here.

Elmo Hood A.K.A. Elliot Hood is one of my favorite artists. I’ve posted most of his playing card art on my blog here.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

“Beat as One (King and King)” by Elmo Hood here.

Elmo Hood A.K.A. Elliot Hood is one of my favorite artists. I’ve posted most of his playing card art on my blog here.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

“Beat as One (Queen and Queen)” by Elmo Hood here. 

Elmo Hood A.K.A. Elliot Hood is one of my favorite artists. I’ve posted most of his playing card art on my blog here.

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Make Thoughtful Cards Out of Paint Chips Using Paint Names

I have been making cards, booklets, and posters out of paint chips for years. What is original about my idea (and I’ve never seen it done by anyone else), is that I pay attention to the paint name on the chip. 

All you need is a hole punch, scissors (if you want to cut the names into hearts for a card), and fasteners.

For 231 pages of DIY Valentine’s go here: truebluemeandyou.com/search/hearts

I have made cards with wine names, vacation themes, movie themes, and the list goes on and on. As I was picking up paint, I noticed that Home Depot had some great paint color names for Valentine’s Day and Galantine’s Day. All you need are free paint chips and cheap fasteners for the booklet. You can write on every page if you’d like, like the DIY Playing Card Valentine’s Day gift “52 Reasons I Love You” here.

And how perfect is “As You Wish” from The Princess Bride?

These are the cards I used for my booklet:

Heart Breaker

BFF

Heart to Heart

Epiphany

Stolen Kiss

XOXO

Joie de Vivre

I Heart Potion

Lover’s Knot

Night Music

Love Poem

Lovebirds

I Pink I Can

Love at First Sight

Infatuation

Diva Glam

Kiss Goodnight

Magic Scent

Romantic Poetry

Secret Scent