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Here it is! The instructions to make a pieced and quilted plague doctor mask!

Just as a heads up, this pattern is not really recommended for beginners. There is not a whole lot of explanation of the basic techniques, and it requires a fair bit of precision, two types of fusible interfacing, and an assumption that you can keep a consistent seam allowance and do some hand sewing and know when to sew things right sides together and such.

I am not promising anything, different methods will yield different results, I have never made a pattern exactly as it was written and neither should you. If you want something the same as the next person, go to the shops.

Actually, nevermind, this is a quarantine craft, stay home.

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Please throw. (press play to hear sweet, pleading mews)

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pour one out

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From the mouth of a One Percenter -

Abigail Disney

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hell yeah i’m a catholic i’ve been addicted to cats my whole life

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she’s helping

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did sandra oh win any awards for this? 

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Jedi Princesses 

Bonus : Sith Ursula 

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Imagine This

Imagine that your partner has been hitting you. Yelling at you. You’ve been married for a few years, you’re both in your 30s, you have a little daughter, and everything you do seems to be wrong. You’ve been made fun of, mocked and belittled by your partner. 

But you need them, because you can’t take another failed relationship. You can’t be alone again, and they’ve got you convinced that all the beatings and scratches and scrapes are your fault.

You tell your friends and they laugh. No matter how many bruises or cuts you show them, it’s still your fault, so you hide them. You feel trapped, but you don’t feel like you can escape. You’re convinced that you’re just locking yourself in.

And you see online one day an article. Someone else went through what you have. They got the cuts, the bruises, the scratches. You see that here is hope and freedom from these beatings. The physical and emotional pain can go away, there is someone there to help!

So you write down a list of 10 abuse victim hotlines, for people being abused. And you call them one by one.

If you were a man:

6 of those hotlines would refuse to help because of your gender.

3 of those hotlines would refer you to or give you a number to a hotline dealing with people that abuse and are looking to stop.

1 of those hotlines would help.

Out of those 10, 2 of those would also laugh at you or say you deserved it.

If you were a woman:

10 of those hotlines would help.

Abuse is very scary, but what seems scarier to you; being abused, reaching out and getting the help you need, or being abused, reaching out and getting laughed and turned away over 60% of the time because of who you are?

Only 8% of men who call abuse hotlines find them ‘very helpful’ and get the assistance they need.

Women can abuse. Men can be abused. Men need equality and help too.

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“Why do you read so much?”

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Florence and the Machine at last night’s Spotify event in Brooklyn. As Florence began to sing Sky Full of Song a literal storm began to hit, she never faltered and embraced the storm.

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To all CHICAGO HOMELESS AND PPL WHO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO HEAT: CALL 311 IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF TRANSPORT OR ASSISTANCE. WARMING CENTERS ARE ALL HANDS ON DECK. LIBRARIES, POLICE STATIONS, AND PARK DISTRICT FIELD HOUSES WILL BE OPEN FOR ANYONE IN NEED OF SHELTER.

IF YOU REFUSE TO GO TO A SHELTER, THE CITY IS SUPPLYING BUSES FOR YOU TO SLEEP IN THAT ARE WARMED. PLEASE FIND ONE! PLEASE A TENT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THIS WEATHER. 

I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF NOT WANTING TO GO TO THE WARMING CENTERS. PLEASE FIND SHELTER. IT IS TOO COLD TO MAKE IT OUTSIDE.

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Shout out to all my straight sisters I’m so sorry 😞

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