Jenny Holzer.

Jenny Holzer.

If you're ever unsure if to top stitch or not to top stitch, here's your answer.

This is the part when it gets exciting, then you put it on and you realize you're gonna have to cuit it all into pieces again. (I'm gonna stew on it for a bit and finish the neckline before a go in with scissors.)

Elastics from a different recycling project when I made a ball gown out of a sofa cover.

Colour blocked sweatshirt: the adventure

So I got inspired and started on a little something which I decided - for my sake - to document.

This was the primary inspo:

I've got precisely two styles. One's a cottage fairy and the other is Nick Nelson. Whatever. That's how I roll.

The catch is, I'm broke, which means this will have to be a 'buy nothing for it' project. Which is cool, it makes things fun and alleviates some of the pressure I can put upon myself when sewing.

Good thing is I'm an owner of junk. In this case some hand-me-down baby blankets junk which I never used for my babies, duh. They're also not fancy enough for a second hand shop or a charity, so I'm okay with cutting them up and experimenting with the fabric.

As my friend says: I'm gonna Rachel Maksy this sweatshirt.

As anyone who's not colorblind can see, the colours do not really match the inspo. But that's ok, we'll see where the gods of improvisation will take us.

What an artistic portrayal of possibilities!

I ended up choosing the one circled in green due to the amount of fabric in different colours I had. If you ask me, all of them look like hockey shirts. That's probably thanks to my astounding drawing skills!

So I drafted a pattern by copying two of my already existing sweatshirt and some help from YouTube.

Pattern pieces pinned in place.

Of course my dumb ass forgot to add seam allowance which means I'll have to trace every piece of the pattern onto the fabric again. But that's a tomorrow's me problem.

In case you thought sewing is fast, this part took me around three hours. Yay!

To be continued...

i dont care how corny iris by the goo goo dolls is bc i love iris by the goo goo dolls and i will continue screaming iris by the goo goo dolls from the top of my lungs every time i hear iris by the goo goo dolls for the rest of my miserable life 

Some of the things I love about Heartstopper:

The focus on friendship

Showing love is more than a romantic thing, it's about hobbies, pets, friends, music and so on

Friends allowing friends to call them in on shitty behaviour

And genuinely apologising to the person they harmed

And also doing better after they were called in

The diversity when it comes to romantic and sexual attraction

The focus on gender dysphoria

The focus on gender euphoria!!

The focus on how lonely trans people might feel because of all the transphobia in the world

The support of your loved ones during mental battles

And them accepting your boundaries

Showing strength can be found in dark places too

Showing tears are not a sign of weakness

Respecting someone's privacy

And telling people it's not your story to share

Respecting pronouns

Actually checking in with your loved ones

And not just through texts

Nellie and Henry

Made it through the cutting part. I have an hour and a half left, so let's get sewing...

Colour blocked sweatshirt: the adventure

So I got inspired and started on a little something which I decided - for my sake - to document.

This was the primary inspo:

I've got precisely two styles. One's a cottage fairy and the other is Nick Nelson. Whatever. That's how I roll.

The catch is, I'm broke, which means this will have to be a 'buy nothing for it' project. Which is cool, it makes things fun and alleviates some of the pressure I can put upon myself when sewing.

Good thing is I'm an owner of junk. In this case some hand-me-down baby blankets junk which I never used for my babies, duh. They're also not fancy enough for a second hand shop or a charity, so I'm okay with cutting them up and experimenting with the fabric.

As my friend says: I'm gonna Rachel Maksy this sweatshirt.

As anyone who's not colorblind can see, the colours do not really match the inspo. But that's ok, we'll see where the gods of improvisation will take us.

What an artistic portrayal of possibilities!

I ended up choosing the one circled in green due to the amount of fabric in different colours I had. If you ask me, all of them look like hockey shirts. That's probably thanks to my astounding drawing skills!

So I drafted a pattern by copying two of my already existing sweatshirt and some help from YouTube.

Pattern pieces pinned in place.

Of course my dumb ass forgot to add seam allowance which means I'll have to trace every piece of the pattern onto the fabric again. But that's a tomorrow's me problem.

In case you thought sewing is fast, this part took me around three hours. Yay!

To be continued...

there is still time. there is still time. until your bones are in the fucking ground there is still time.