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Hey m'dears, just a quick heads up. I'll be closing the etsy at 6pm(gmt)November 30th. Be sure to get your orders in before then

solarpunk-century

saving what you have: visible mending

Visible mending is a way to fix clothes with holes in a decorative way. Instead of trying to make the mend invisible as possible, it can be fun and creative to hi light the tears and holes with stitching that adds to the garment. I think this method is super cool to repair clothes you may really want to keep but also make more beautiful.

There are many techniques to mending clothes and here are some popular techniques that will help you save your clothes and also reduce your consumption of fast-fashon!

darning

The embroidery technique used to repair holes in fabric by using running stitches and thread woven in-between those stitches to repair a hole. If you’re interested in employing this stitch, check out this awesome darning tutorial by Evelyn Wood!

sashiko

This type of traditional Japanese mending practice is used to reinforce the strength of fabric as well as decorate. It is a great solution for mending holes with patches and well to reinforce thinning fabric! For learning the basics of Sashiko there is a wonderful beginners tutorial by Benzie Design.

patches

Patches are very versatile when used for repairing clothes. You can sew it over a hole in your fabric or you can also so the patch in the inside to have it peek out. There is a great tutorial for custom DIY patches by wastelesscrafts and Creating with misp has a tutorial on mending with a peek-through patch.

happy mending!

h-yomotsu

I made a tutorial for my chubby Rocky plush!

You should totally make your own little pal :)

Feel free to ask me stuff if anything’s unclear!

the-big-mood

Source

ryzrood

artifacts-and-arthropods

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed in the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia. It's remarkably well-preserved, thanks to the unique conditions in which it was buried; the permafrost ice lense formation that runs beneath the site served as an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter, which helped to produce a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows, aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk, and it's attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Sources & More Info:

The Hermitage Museum: Swan

University of Washington: Artifacts from Southern Siberia/Pazyryk

CRAFTARCH: Natural Felt as a Sculptural Textile

Felting and Fiber Studio: The Pazyryk Tomb and the History of Felt

kieraoonadiy

I'm currently working on a video on how this bird is assembled and a pattern, as best as I can manage. It will take me time, and I ask for people to be patient with me. I will post the pattern up for free on my Ko-Fi as soon as its available

kieraoonadiy

As promised, video and pattern!

The pattern link is below, the pattern is free to download. If you do, I just ask that you please credit me for the original pattern

This swan plush pattern is based on a 2400 year old stuffed swan found in Siberia. Please note that this pattern is "as is" , and is in t

vil-gereon

@mutantenfisch

Hey, m'dears.

Since TFNation tickets are on sale today I think it's time to reveal that I won't be tabling at TFN this year. I'll reopen my etsy later in the year with new stock but as for TFN I'll just be a fellow con-goer.

fanpolls

How many ships do you recognize on the Top 100 ships of Ships Week 2026?*

0 - 10

11 - 20

21 - 30

31 - 40

41 - 50

51 - 60

61 - 70

71 - 80

81 - 90

90 - 99

I recognize all 100 ships

Voting ended onFeb 20

*Here is the full list!

#About 46

Working on a new plush design. Rung is just a polite bean.

#Mtmte #Lost Light #Rung #Transformers #idw rung #Idw transformers

fixyourwritinghabits

Heads up on some fucked up spam comments going around AO3 - a friend just got a comment claiming the commenter had their name and address and was adding them to a list of ICE agents. Any comment claiming to have your personal information is a scam designed to panic you into engaging with it. Report, delete, and consider locking your fic comments to registered users only.

sodiumvaporss

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

creations-by-chaosfay

Sewing machine maintenance is a necessary part of a quilter’s routine for trouble-free stitching. Watch our video to learn how to clean your

When was the last time you cleaned your sewing machine? It's a simple task, and something I do between projects. Have you noticed your thread tangling or tearing? Stitches being skipped? A funky noise that shouldn't be there? Chances are your machine needs to be cleaned. Cleaning it will prevent it from breaking down and requiring repairs, and that can get very expensive.

creations-by-chaosfay

Just a reminder to clean your machine. This is mine after finishing the quilting of a table runner and piecing the current one. If your machine is skipping stitches or the bobbin thread isn't behaving. Check your machine. It may just need some cleaning.

creations-by-chaosfay

Just a friendly reminder to clean your sewing machine.

vinceaddams

And oil it, if it's one that requires oiling!

maddiebiscuits

huuuughhhhh yahoo selling scraped data from tumblr to AI sloo probably uughhhwaaauuwghhhhhh

maddiebiscuits

Parent company Automattic will reportedly sell Tumblr content to OpenAI and MidJourney for training data. Here's how you can opt out.

bwwaaaughhhhhhgggh enshittification continues

the-barn-rat

this is what you're looking for to opt out!!!

cappuccinoandglitter

It's under Visibility, not Privacy like I assumed at first.

I've been doodling lalafells today! Love these silly little dears.

Metem and Lumull are two of my favourite Dawntrail lalas.

#ffxiv #ffxiv dawntrail #Metem #Lumull #Lalafell #Fanart

daftpatience

this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this, which i have only tested at a small scale and not this final version exactly (where i have done such things as further widening the cheeks and finalizing the leg shapes.) i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐

go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!

daftpatience

woah this got big!! and after another try i have another untested tweak for yall. this should help the weird pinchy side seams out. yey

calltainn

My first attempt! I made the pattern a bit smaller as I wanted it to be able to fit in a pocket, but then (accidentally but perhaps unavoidably) sewed it with a wider seam allowance than the resized pattern indicated, so the face is proportionally a bit too big and I lost some detail in the ear shape. I'm pleased with it though! It was fun to make something and to do some handsewing.

daftpatience

SOO CUTE AND TINIE 😭

chthonink

I tried this pattern a while back to try out some minky and I get no points for making the pattern well but looook at my boyyy

His name is Tofu. Thank you for sharing the pattern I will love him forever

craftyscraplet

(Tofu looks so good! Love his little moogle costume)

I saw this pattern and whispered "Lil guy" under my breath.

Had to give it a go! I had some Decepticon cotton scraps left over from the dicebags, just enough to make this excellent creature!

doodlemancy

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈