Amanda the Scarlet @amandathescarlet - Tumblr Blog

I realized recently that theres still a lot of friends and acquaintances that havent found me (or that my autoblocker blocked on accident) so,

Help me find my friends!

I used to be isuggestforcefem until i wasn't, if you see this post hi it's me!

If you can't see my profile/can't follow me you probably got autoblocked on accident, so contact me on ultrakayak242 so i can solve it!

And if you already know me reblog this so the ones that don't can know? Love u

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.

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

liminalbeauty

Bernadette Banner did a quality test on all the linen she could buy online. This video is the result.

And this store is in Canada if you need to avoid the insane markup from the US right now-

Everyday Linen Our Everyday Linen collection features versatile mid-weight 100% linen fabrics ideal for garments and everyday sewing proj

inaccessiblitykilledchaoticbuggy

hate how I will have a very simple thing (tagging flashing lights is a bare minimum of accessibility) and people crawl outta the fuckin woodworks to tell me how stupid that is like bro

inaccessiblitykilledchaoticbuggy

Banging my head against a wall literally you’re correct and it is blatantly ableist to say otherwise

morning-stars-avenue

[Image ID: Two Tumblr hashtags which read "like hey guys. people can die from that." and "it isnt stupid people can fucking DIE if you dont tag for it". /End ID]

inaccessiblitykilledchaoticbuggy

reblog this version please

inaccessiblitykilledchaoticbuggy

Tags: please remember epileptics like me. Seizures can kill people at any point and not just from injuries they cause. Literally it’s called sudden unexpected death by epilepsy. additional tag: disability awareness

kdinjenzen

As of TODAY Twitch has quietly added the Generative Ai Training model into your account without your permission.

For the time being it is TOGGLEABLE and you can TURN IT OFF!

However, we do not know if Twitch will force this to be on at all times like some other platforms, like X/Twitter, have previously done.

Regardless of IF YOU STREAM OR NOT you should TURN THIS "TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE AI" SETTING OFF IMMEDIATELY!

To do so you must go to: https://www.twitch.tv/settings/security

And then scroll all the way down near the bottom.

There you'll find the "Training for Generative Ai" setting, toggle it to OFF!

Be sure to keep sending messages to Twitch that you do NOT want this to exist.

And another reminder that if you do stream on Twitch, like I do, you should start preparing you and your audiences to migrate elsewhere ASAP.

the-gun-licker

Thanks for the tips, I hope everyone seed this

caressthosecheekbones

nasa is using a 3D world graphic for the solar eclipse thingy today where germany is still devided in east and west adjfglkafdhgadfg. buddies, it's been almost 40 years.

chthonion

So I showed this to a physicist and they were like "Oh! Yes! It's a figure from Fred Espenak's very old paper where he did a bunch of eclipse graphics! I've been looking at these my entire internet life, basically, for every solar eclipse! They called him Mr. Eclipse. He just passed away recently 🥺"

Anyway apparently Mr. Eclipse made 5000 years' worth of solar eclipse graphics, which you can find the simpler versions of here

So now instead of laughing at NASA for their outdated graphics I'm emotional about Mr. Eclipse and his hard work

covid-safer-hotties

Background & aimsSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has a wide spectrum of clinical presentations rangin

:D Nothing to worry about here :D No long term effects from this *mild* illness :D Let's make sure kids get it three times a year :D

were--ralph

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default.

Opt out here, you're opted in by default

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punkitt-is-here

if you are a queer earring maker at a queer friendly event you should have clipons and ADVERTISE THEM you will make SO MUCH FUCKING MONEY there are SO MANY CUTE TRANS GIRLS who want to try your earrings but don't have pierced ears!!!!!! I repeat YOU WILL MAKE SO MUCH MONEY IF YOU DO THIS

punkitt-is-here

genuinely I have sold a couple runs of earrings now and I can provide solid evidence that advertising that clipons even exist as an option literally tripled my sales

deramin2

And please if you have the options, get traditional screw backs without a hinged clip. Everything with a clip works by squeezing your ear as hard as it can. Screw backs let you manually tighten it enough that they won’t slip off, but no further, and are much more comfortable for longer periods of time. They seem to be dying out, though, and increasingly hard to get.

mikeyfuckinway

"cozy bookstore" "cozy cafe with a bookshelf" "omg imagine if there was a place you could just sit and read at" we have this its called the library. you guys want to go to the library. the two college libraries near me have cafes inside and they are open to the public. people need to go to the library

lillie-garden

my pc won't start. i'm kinda panicked about it since streaming is my only source of income, & we haven't been able to get it started back up again. i'm going to try to take it in to a shop tomorrow & see if we can get it fixed, but worst case scenario i might. need a new pc. and i just don't have the funds for either of those.

i have no idea how much this will end up costing. i know, high end, replacing my pc, we are certain that the ram is working, it'd cost about $800. so uh. haha. fuck. that's worst case scenario. if anyone has anything to spare to help out. i'd appreciate it.

lillie-garden

right. $135 as of aug 11, thanks to stream yesterday

schmergo

Yesterday, I was at dinner with some friends and briefly forgot Harrison Ford’s name, but I was like, “His name is a president and a car,” which is how we got such acceptable alternatives as McKinley Camry, Van Buren Gremlin, Clinton Infinity, and Range Rover Cleveland.

caesarsaladinn

Lincoln Lincoln

cipheramnesia

I feel like it hardly matters anymore, but Flock isn't the only unsecured intrusive data selling crime inventing AI hallucinating automated license plate reading mass surveillance camera operators. Axon and Motorola and Amazon and ALPR and CCTV and security cameras should be equally rejected. All surveillance must go.

cipheramnesia

There is no such thing as benign surveillance.

cipheramnesia

You are never monitored for your safety.

asexual-amanita

Autism actually can make people violent and aggressive, and I’m tired of “autism advocates” saying it can’t. Many autistic people, especially higher support needs people lose control of their bodies during meltdowns and times of high emotion. Some autistics have limited control of their bodies at all times. This body brain disconnect is a prevalent associative feature of autism. This is not to say that measures shouldn’t be taken to protect and teach the autistic person and others, but you can’t erase real, but stigmatized parts of a condition, and then dare to call yourself an advocate. Just because a symptom is unpleasant or unpalatable doesn’t mean it’s not a genuine part of the disorder. Stop ‘cleansing’ your autism advocacy.

proudfreakmetarusonikku

and when people acknowledge it they treat it as an Evil Boy Thing which. no. autistic girls (and autistic people considered girls by these sort of people) do it all the time you just don’t acknowledge their existence.

emocat4eva

dragofelid

I think it's relevant now to share a sticker design/pin i plan on making for my shop. No more being in the middle. fuck harry potter and fuck anyone who is still defending/supporting this transphobic/racist series

pair-a-dice-smasher

WELP, WE'RE BONED

Hey all, Mytha here. i don't know how to put it flowerly so let me just be candid: I'm a disabled transfem, spoused to another disabled transfem, and we are looking down the barrel of a gun as we'll be Evicted by September by our current landlady due to various mishandlings by who was supposed to look out for us. We'll be out of HRT soon because the current heat wave is making going to the pharmacy to schedule bloodworks and go to the hospital to request our hrt borderline impossible. we have a single dinky fan to cool us both down and it's comically insufficient. I've been unemployed for the last 3 years due to my physical limitations (chronic pain is a pain in the ass, ha ha) and due to the fact that i live in Bumfuck Nowhere and don't have a car. I've used part of the 200€ we get monthly by our parents (same folks that put me in this situation by kicking me out, people!) to get a bike to possibly seek employment in a town 5km over, but again, the sun threatens to kill me and if not that i know Asthma will. been pulling all the stops all the time looking for a solution, but i seem to have exhausted all possibilities. making this post to start saving up for another place to stay by September. Rough estimate for new place down payment + moving.

0/2000€

Anything Helps

cat tax. i miss em a lot.