we all behave like maxwell's demon 😌

blogging from the maze 💙 here to have fun, look at paintings and read silly little turns of phrase

[orteil42]

everyone needs a creative outlet to stick a creative fork into

[taumoeba]

women in stem (scheme, treachery, embezzlement, money)

[pointnclick]

Thank you for coming to my this

[closet-keys]

[ID: Meme of a Seinfeld scene where Kramer states, "it's like a sauna in here" while literally being in a sauna. It is edited so that the background consists of pages from the book House of Leaves, and the text is changed to read, "It's like a House of Leaves in here."]

Me signing on to tumblr on November 20th, 2022

[doomsday-dj]

There was recently a copyright infringement case in YA and I need everyone to know that the following sentence was in the legal decision:

“Hot, sexy, dangerous boys, central to virtually all young adult romance novels, cannot be copyrighted.”

[kuttithevangu]

“Regarding setting, the court held that both works taking place in Alaska high schools was not protectable because Alaska is a public place and setting a teen novel in a high school is a common genre convention.”

Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney | Loeb & Loeb LLP

Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney | Loeb & Loeb LLP

[kogiopsis]

I've read the entire decision (skimming over the purely legal precedent/definitions bit) and here are some of my favorite bits:

[internationalemeteorologie]

David Hockney

Three trees near Thixendale (series). 2007-08

"Trees are the largest manifestation of the life-force we see. No two trees are the same, like us." David Hockney

[ceruleanheaven]

brought nothing to the gun fight. whatever man

[okayyoureacab]

Hexagon Quilt

[rumade]

This is the second time I've seen a video of this technique and this explanation is so clear! It does use more fabric than English paper piecing (EPP) but you end up with a double sided hexagon so don't have to source fabric for the backing.

I'm doing EPP at the moment but I have a hole punch to make the papers and just use leaflets and junk mail, so it doesn't feel wasteful. I don't think it's difficult either- in the video she mentions it's not for beginners, but I don't have that much experience with hand sewing or EPP and I've been finding it pretty easy so YMMV

[lindstromm]

I saw this video yesterday and was seized with the need to try it out immediately. Lookit my cute lil' hexagon baby!!

Here is what the backside looks like. OP notes this takes more fabric than paper piecing, but that excess fabric makes it already triple-layered. Besides not needing backing fabric, I don't think you'd need batting for this quilt at all. It's already thick and soft just from folding all that fabric into a hexagon.

[lannamichaels]

Hexagon quilt tutorial video by tiktok user camelscrafts. Method:

Each hexagon begins as a 6" circle. camelscrafts does this by creating a paper template using a compass. According to the video, a 6" circle will create a hexagon that is 2.5 inches tall.

These hexagons are hand-sewn. Thread the needle.

With the fabric right side facing, find the center of the circle by folding it in half right sides together, then folding it in half again (wrong sides are facing). The top of the triangle shape is the center of the fabric circle.

Make a small stitch into the center of the fabric. The wrong side is still facing.

Unfold the circle. There will be a small stitch in the center.

Now the hexagon is created by folding the circle into itself: With wrong side facing, take the needle to one of the edges of the fabric (it doesn't matter which one). Pull the needle through and pull the thread tight. This will fold down the fabric and create an edge of the hexagon. Crease the fold with your finger.

This fold has two corners, one at the top and one at the bottom. Put the needle into one of the corners and pull the thread taut. This will create another fold.

Continue this going around the circle until all of it is folded down, creating the hexagon. camelscrafts notes that the last corner pulled in may be a little bit "wonky" (no precise point in the corner) if the corners were not done precisely. However, that corner is pulled into the back, so is not visible from the front.

The hexagon is now formed. Sew around the folds in the middle of the circle to hold the folds in place. Tie off and cut the thread.

Attach hexagons to each other along the sides. With right sides together, whip stitch the sides together.

[tea-and-secrets]

I moved to Luxemborg in a manic episode, told no one and just photoshop myself into photos of nyc (my old location) behind me in photos I steal off peoples Instagram. My friends and family (even my old nyc buddies) just think I'm busy and can't come visit or hang. It's been 9 months.

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[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

OP handmade a set of willow-leaf curtains, hanging a piece of spring right by the window. The swallows are also hand-cut. They spin around when the wind blows in. (cr 星河理想+)

[mutant-distraction]

Phil Davies

"The Egret was in shadow and the background was in full sun"

[raylangivins]

has everyone seen the website that gives you a rothko for your local weather?

[389]

‘Phosphorescent Sea’ (1933) by M. C. Escher

[thunderstruck9]

Tanya Merrill (American, 1987), Crows over Italian Landscape, 2023. Oil and graphite on linen, 60 x 72 in.

[clowntainment]

[magnetic-deflection]

m,y tuube:)

[thisshitaintnothintomeman]

im moving arbitrarily. im just doing shit

[speciesbarocus]

Roman mosaic floor discovered under a vineyard in Negrar di Valpolicella, Veneto.

[birdsquirrel]

#something about this really gets to me #how if you get enough dirt on your floor it just becomes the ground #and eventually someone is trying to farm in your living room