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The Joan of Arc sweater is complete! Made entirely out of secondhand acrylic yarn. Started April 22nd, finished July 11th.

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"hey why are all the barrier garments like linen shirts or chemises or combinations going away?"

"oh we have more washable fabrics now! you don't need to worry about sweat reaching your outer clothing when you can just chuck it in the washing machine!"

"cool!"

[100 years later]

"so uh all of those new washable fabrics are leaching microplastics into our water, and the constant machine-washing wears garments out faster. they're also not really sturdy enough to be mended, so we keep having to throw them out and now the planet is covered in plastic fabric waste that will never break down. also it turns out that the new washable fabrics hold odor-causing bacteria VERY well. so could we get those barrier garments back please?"

"sorry babe linen now costs $100000/yard and since it's been so long without them, nobody knows how to adapt barrier garments to the current styles anyway"

"..."

"maybe try this new $50 undershirt made of Special Sweat-Wicking Plastic Fabric! :) :) :)"

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Sapho by Edgar Maxence (French, 1871–1954)

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miscellaneous

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I'm switching to a hobonichi avec next year so that I can keep a commonplace book in the same cover. top two are the new setup, bottom two are my current set up. it's a nice spot to come back to when I need grounding

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dove, fox and stork embroidery scissors by Jean-Marie Roulot

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I really love it when a project starts to get complicated. the first crochet pocket I've ever done too! There's no excuse not to have them now! I'm on row 63A of the Ronnie Cardigan that will be released.... when @tinycouchcrochet (on ig) 's book is published!!!!! (idk when, but it'll be full of tunisian projects and I'm so looking forward to it)

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Harold, they're Lesbians

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not my usual post stuff but I've been seeing these pen and gear note books used as junk journals and I wanted to try :)

I'm actually super happy with the cover

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刺し子とは

What's Sashiko?

私は刺し子が好きです。

500年以上前の物のなかった時代、傷んだ布を補修や防寒のために布を重ねてたくさんの縫い目を施した事が刺し子の始まりです。

インドにもラリーキルトというものがありますよね。（わたしはラリーキルトが大好きです）

特に東北地方では寒くて綿が育たなかったため、目の粗い布の隙間を埋めるように糸を刺しました。

地方により独自の幾何学模様があります。

また、火事の時の消防士の防火服として布を幾重にも重ねて刺し子をし、彼らはそれを水に濡らしてから火の中へ行きました。

現在ではその模様を装飾として楽しむようになりました。

私は幾何学模様ではなく、傷んだ衣類をまた使えるようにするための刺し子が好きです。

作品のために新しい布を使うのではなく、古布を使って作品を作っています。

刺し子は布と布の間に空気をたくさん入れたほうが良いです。

縫い目を揃えることをあまり意識せず縫ってみてください

I like Sashiko!

More than 500 years ago, when supplies were scarce, Sashiko began when people piled up damaged cloth and sewed many stitches on top of each other to repair and protect the cloth from the cold.

Also, as firefighters' fireproof clothing in case of fire, they stitched several layers of cloth and they wet them with water before going into the fire.

I think it's similar to Indian rally quilts (I love rally quilts).

Each region has its own unique geometric patterns.

Nowadays, people enjoy these patterns as decoration.

I prefer stitching not for geometric patterns, but for making damaged clothes usable again.

Instead of using new cloth for my work, I use old cloth.

Stitching is better with a lot of air between the fabrics.

Try sewing without being too conscious of aligning the stitches.

And the more you wash it, the more the fabric and threads will blend, the harder the threads will be to pull out, and the stronger the fabric will become.

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movie night 📺🎞️

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the accidentally genderqueer grannysquare pillow

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Hand felted Mushroom fairy houses 🍄🍄🍄

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my nails match my project ☁️🌈

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A small patch (5x6”) done on the inner forearm of a well-loved denim jacket. Reinforced from the inside with white cotton and stitched over in off-white sashiko thread. A blue six pointed star was used to cover the small area that had fully worn through. Both the underside of the patch and the blue star are upcycled.

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Mending soothes my soul when life is loud🪡♻️

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My mom wanted a pillow cover for her birthday and requested purple. I subconsciously made a granny square version of the genderqueer flag instead 😅

Call that a..... Freudian slip stitch 🤭