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A catching-up post

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Where Do You Buy Fabric?

As you may have heard, all Jo-Ann stores will be closing this year. For many crafters, this was their main or only place to buy fabric and craft supplies. And so I know a lot of people are wondering: where do I buy fabric now? I have been sewing for 17 years, so over the years I have built up a bit of a mental rolodex for online fabric shops. I’m going to share that with you in the hopes of…

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Kabosu did not deserve to have her image turned into cryptocurrency. She did not deserve to have the meme she was known for across the world to become a code word for a fascist coup.

Her name is Kabosu. Not Doge.

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A Tale of Two Quilts

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Redemption

All shall love me and despair. In August I wrote about competing my 1860s Zelda costume and coming away disappointed, frustrated, confused, and despairing. I had worked incredibly hard on my historical Zelda costume, and made so many pieces with the best craftsmanship I was capable of, and two separate panels of judges had decided in consecutive years that the costume was not worth any kind of…

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Some thoughts on the new year… and a new sweater!

Well, hello 2025. We’re 25 years into the 21st century and I don’t think we ended up where anyone thought we would. It feels both strange and inevitable. The last few years have been tough for me in many ways. I have no doubts that 2025 will present its own challenges, and that I will deal with them as they arise. But in these first few days of January, I am feeling surprisingly at peace going…

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Black Snail #0520 1890s Skirted Jacket (and hat!)

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Fabergé Shawl

Do you ever have a task to do, which would take pretty manageable effort, but you keep putting it off for longer and longer until it grows into this insurmountable thing? Well, unfortunately, that’s been my blog lately. So I’m going to try to push past this inertial intimidation (as I refer to it) and just… write a post. And then put pictures in it… and then publish it to the blog. Okay, let’s…

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Closet Core Kalle Tunic

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1860s Zelda: 2024 Edition

I haven’t blogged about it, but this year I’ve spent a lot of time and effort upgrading my 1860s Zelda cosplay. A lot of my changes were the fulfillment of projects I wanted to do earlier on in the process, but just hadn’t gotten around to. As of the first weekend in August, though, all of that is done. I have posts planned on some of the specific projects, but I also wanted a chance to share…

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Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure and Capsule Wardrobe

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Floral Regency Waistcoat (Laughing Moon 125)

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Design Something Fitted, You Cowards

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1790s stays and shift

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Sewing Camp 2024

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Tears of the Kingdom: Wiggle to Detach (colorized)

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I love you Pikachu