wikihow’ed to embroider and it gave me hubris

eli or clown, she/her, this is my Artsy Shit side blog 👍

[artsandcraftswithclown]

finally made my art blog lol. anyway:

hi, I’m Eli (she/her) but I’ll accept Clown. I like embroidery, though I make pin badges too, and my main obsessions ATM are the mechanisms, the forgetmenauts, TMA and honestly any YouTube video essay about some shitty indie horror game longer than 45 minutes.

my main blog is @clownwithoutamedicallicense :)

Everything I personally have made will be tagged with #my work 👍

[balinia]

Left seven species fingerless glove complete! Featuring barley, olives, pomegranates, and grapes.

The collection of yarns I'm using for this project is quite varied. The brown, dark green, red, and purple are all two strands of size 10 crochet thread of slightly different shades held together to achieve fingering. I have an unreasonable amount of crochet thread I'm trying to use up.

[the-starlight-papers]

Finished the cat blanket I’ve been working on!

I still need to weave in about half the ends, and I’m going to do a loop of black around the outside to stabilize it and make it look a bit cleaner. Overall I’m really happy with it!

[redstonedust]

pet peeve is when you look up fashion references from a specific era and you keep getting modern day '[era]-inspired' fashion like NO i want authenticity damn it. i can see your 2020 photo quality and your 2020 hair and your 2020 makeup. youre not fooling me.

[bincliff]

hello i'm a historical fashion researcher and i have a lot of experience looking up things! this is a very widely experienced irritation and you're definitely not alone in this, but i am here to share everything i know!

so, ways to get around this:

turn off AI results. they're literally nonsense to us

don't use pinterest because the sources/provenance is often hard to trace

a standard internet search can be okay, but museum collections are the top tier (list of collections below this list)

instead of broad terms like victorian, regency, tudor, renaissance etc. try using the decade you're looking for. if you're not sure of what decade it is but have a vague image in your head, look on the fashion history timeline and just jump around until you find it. but even changing to e.g. 19th century will give better results than victorian

including terms like womenswear/menswear, daywear, formal wear, evening wear, court dress should increase the value of your search too

including "fashion plates" in your search can give you a nice impression of the intended silhouettes of the era. some of these might be a little stylised but will show you what was considered in vogue

for pre-fashion plate eras or things like makeup and styling, you'll have to look at portraiture or manuscripts. these are harder to actually find what you're looking for, but searching museum collections and limiting results to specific date ranges will be your friend

when looking at art, do bear in mind sometimes artists would paint fabric extra flow-y to show off their skills. it might not have been exactly like that in terms of fabric weight or drape. so, a pinch of salt required!

if you find something on image search where the provenance is dubious, reverse image search and you might find a source! i've been able to trace random pinterest images to real sources, but this does take a lot of time and effort and is often not worth the headache

some online resources and museum collections:

fashion history timeline is an invaluable resource if you're trying to get a feel for everything and should be your first port of call. it'll also link to good examples

the met has a vast number of extant examples of clothing, as well as fashion plates

costume institute fashion plates is a subcollection of the met for fashion plates (1800s-1922)

v&a also has many extant garments, fashion plates, and incredible articles on clothing and aesthetics. read the details of the objects because they'll often reveal a lot about the piece

lacma is good for C19th-20th pieces

nypl digital collection for photographs

national portrait gallery or similar for portraiture, or literally any museum in your country that has historical art

national museums scotland can be useful situationally but might be oddly specific

stout style history is a great collection for finding image references for fat people wearing historical clothes. survival bias of a lot of museum pieces tends towards smaller clothing that couldn't be repurposed, but this aims to counter that. it's not sortable, but is still a really nice resource

wikimedia commons is surprisingly handy! and the images, if you should need to link/repost them, are public domain

auction websites sound like a funny one to recommend. some won't have mannequins and some will. just look up historical garment auctions and you'll find some!

anyway, i hope this has been a good place to start for anyone interested! there are probably some i've missed because there are so many museums across the world and i don't know about all of them or can't remember them. but these are the ones i've used the most! (my specialisation/jobs i've had to research for have only really been in western fashion, so my resources reflect that)

[haemey]

Wikipedia has a list of fashion museums. Unfortunately, the page itself is only available in German, but the introductory paragraph is very short and after that, it's organised by country, and then it's a simple list. If you click on a museum's article, the website is usually linked in the overview table.

[paintedstitches]

The Fish Jacket in all its glory!

I don't know what to say.. I started the jacket 10 months ago. What a journey! I'm so proud and happy!

Thanks for your lovely and kind words and the overwhelming interest! Happy stitching everyone.

[theloveyd1000]

Recently, my sister finished the last of a set of Stardew Valley Cross Stitch for me. Today the frame I had made for it was finished and I wanted to share it with everyone!

[louisarmpits]

Stardew valley socks. Knit by me, pattern by oakwoodknits

[feluka]

the paul mccartney is dead conspiracy theory is the funniest thing in the world because i feel like if he did die and the beatles did replace him like parents replace a gold fish and the new guy managed to look exactly like him and play left handed bass, piano, and vocals in the same style and produce the same quality of music consistently for 30+ years then it'd be honestly rude to mention it at that point. like he's earned it let him have it

[feluka]

the double is the one that deserves the title of paul mccartney because he actually worked for it. the other guy was just born into it

[feluka]

they had to replace paul because he died under their care (they forgot to refill his bowl) but john was solo when he died so nobody could say it was their fault

[spellcheckpodcast]

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[thepioden]

I'm developing a curiosity and interest in fiber arts, someone please stop me before it's too late

[thepioden]

Girl help the fibercrafters who live in my phone are calling out to me like the sirens of legend, entreating me to dash myself upon the rocks of Having A Yarn Stash

[elen-aranel]

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[radiocatnip]

Did you see the Midnight Channel last night? 📺

Baby's first cross stitch, now with the matt, frame, and all the details finally, finally done. The last image is to show the slight bubble of the tv screen

[batbetbitbotbut]

CROSS STITCH???

[clownwithoutamedicallicense]

ok lads I need help

Rn I have these 2 spaces left on my bag and I need ideas of patch designs to fill them!!!!

I’ve run out of bands/things I really like ATM that I could use for designs so honestly I’m open to anything.

I literally just need ideas for designs that are black & white + vaguely fit the vibe of the other patches??

someone pls help I will give you everything in my bank account (student loans)

we are NOT gonna judge how wonky all the designs & placements are ok……… I’m literally van gogh

….also if anyone has suggestions for better placement of the patches to maximise the space I would love to hear them bc rn it’s just whatever order they were sewn on as I’ve changed and replaced all the patches over the years.

[rocksmakingthings]

I love you visible mending I love you scotch darning

everyone say thank you scotch darning

[artsandcraftswithclown]

this is my horrible bastard son. his name is Disease because he has all of them and he is the single most badly made wonky ass object alive and my pride of my life. He took me three days to hand sew and now all my limbs, fingers, back, neck and eyes all hurt but idc because he’s my pride and joy.

Baby’s first sewing project and I really should have followed a tutorial but we ball. I forgot to do his face and stuff him with weights BEFORE sewing him together, but at least it resulted in this incredible image:

[artsandcraftswithclown]

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY DISEASE!

Cant believe he’s a whole 1 already!! They grow up so fast ❤️ didn’t have a cake so he gets one (1) lit matchstick (as a treat).

[marsha-loftis]

I finished the quilt I’m gifting to my daughter. She is having her first baby., I have not washed this yet. It still has chaulk lines. I am pleased how this turned out.

[one-true-houselight]

[id: a photo of a quilt. It shows a scene of looking out a thick, ornate window to see the USS Enterprise flying next to the moon. Space is mottled with greens and blues. /end id]

[asoftspotforangels]

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

[wizardshark]

WOVEN TAPESTRIES???

[psychologicalwarclaire]

WOVEN TAPESTRIES?!?

[artsandcraftswithclown]

here’s my very, VERY (we’re talking 2 hours total) hastily made mech’s patch i panic embroidered after realising my favourite trousers had a hole on the ass and my replacement ones were NOT gonna get there in time for the party I have this afternoon!

V stressful few hours but ey, we got it done, and I’ve still got half an hour to get ready before I leave!