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casey - 27.

[lokaror]

In my new gacha game, you can now pull for scantily clad anime women who represent famous airplane crashes.

[petaltexturedskies]

Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[bruzum]

[doedipus]

[hapalopus]

UC Berkeley just updated its index of Evald Tang Kristensen's folklore collection, with attached English translations!! And they're really really good translations!!! You have no idea how satisfying it is to see højfolk translated as hidden people

And it has very sound annotations where relevant! (which I'm not just saying because I agree with them kdjgdf)

The site is very javascript heavy and a bit of a chore to navigate (though much much better than the previous version of the site), but it's all worth it when you find something good. Here's a link :D

[deinonychian]

. ^ . \ / \ V \ \ F /-_. |/ \

the noble quetzalcoatlus

[great-and-small]

[romehbo]

[miamaimania]

“Swiss Knife Beetle” ✚ Victorinox Coleoptera

[inebubble]

@the-walrus-squad !!

[amwult]

[3000s]

tumblr giveaway

reblog to win one of that

[yossyislandd]

i am beautiful and would perfectly compliment the other items on your shelf should you purchase me

[segamascott]

[natalieironside]

Mad At You Island is where the events of William Shakespeare's The Tempest take place

[systlin]

So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

[systlin]

“Where did u get all this”

“Bets, u know I’m a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internet”

“oh yeah tru”

[hermesmuse]

Op can may we inquire about the website list

[systlin]

Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/

cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/

Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (they’ve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool I’m making a constellation winter skirt from)

More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)

Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/

A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon code  spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/

Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. It’s here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16

[wingedtyger]

I don’t know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when I’m watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?

(I’ve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)

[systlin]

Medium weight is what I’d go with.

And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.

[beggars-opera]

Renaissance Fabrics is good for all sorts of things

Mood doesn’t specialize in natural fabrics but they do have basically every fabric ever made so

[the-merry-otter]

For wools, I cannot recommend Woolsome enough! They’re a bit more expensive then the above links, but they have a spectacular range of colours and weights, as well as diamond pattern and herringbone weaves. They also have a range of linens, though not as extensive.

Woolsome

Historical fabrics for re-enactors

[justgarb]

Tiedtohistory.com has sheer voile linen

The Linen Lab has a variety of weaves, weights, and colors available

Period Fabric has a variety of wools, but switch to the full website if you’re on mobile

[elfwreck]

She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

I hate synthetic fibers and it’s difficult to find natural-fiber clothes that are made of cotton if you’re not looking for t-shirts.

It’s. It’s really really hard to find denim jeans that aren’t at least 5% spandex. It’s hard to find cotton shirts. It’s hard to find socks or underwear that aren’t poly-blends. Vests? Blazer? Sweater? Hahahaha. Oh, and many clothing websites won’t let you filter by fabric material, or at least won’t let you filter by “ONLY show me stuff that’s 100% cotton, or at least has no polyester.” (If you search amazon and try to filter for cotton, you will get clothes that have “cotton-like feel” in their descriptions.) (Don’t get me started on looking for silk.)

I need to dig out my sewing machine (or get a new one; it’s been buried in the Misc Whatever pile long enough that there’s a chance something’s been damaged) because I am 5'2" and I can never find off-the-rack clothes that fit right.

aaaand now that you’ve got places to get good fabric, you need something to make with it:

Free Bespoke Sewing Patterns | FreeSewing

FreeSewing is open source software to generate bespoke sewing patterns, loved by home sewers and fashion entrepreneurs alike.

Looking for free sewing patterns? Download patterns for dresses, tops, bags, and accessories. Start creating today!

Note: Ordering the patterns involves them trying to sell you the parts you need to make the thing; just unclick all of those.

[isayoldbean]

YO HOLD UP THIS AQUARIUM THEY'RE HAVING A YURI DATE IN HAS GOT COELACANTHS?!?!

[isayoldbean]

GIRLS. GIRLS STOP MAKING OUT. YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON THE MAJESTY OF THE COELACANTH

[fredersen]

a meba 🦠 is almost like a really really small anermal but not quite

[t4timekeeper]