#MaenadGoals

here be dragons

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Quarantine Craft

Yo, I’m back… for the moment….

I’ve been working on one of these in non-quilted, classic black because I’m boring, and am nearly done with it, now, but man that last eyehole finishing bit was hard to wrap my mind around. It all suddenly made sense when I was halfway through doing it wrong (hot tip: finish one of the eye circle things before you sew the other side, in case you’re like me). I think I’m on the right track now… might have it done today or tomorrow, if I don’t end up having to take an angle grinder to my sunglass lenses, which aren’t quite the right shape.

Photo from a few days ago, before I had straps/lining/bias tape around the eyes. Pattern by @mctreeleth​

Oh, and if you’re like me and don’t have fusible interfacing/bias binding/batting, and can’t find them because pandemic, you can still get by. I used the same material (a dress that was in my mending pile for so long I forgot I had it – I have like 6 black dresses anyway, NBD) as interfacing. I just cut it to the same seam allowance and carefully pinned to the outer layer before sewing. This did make it harder to do the topstitching neatly, though…

I also made bias tape from the same dress (hopefully never doing that again). I had some felt which I used instead of batting, but only ended up using it for the eye circle donut bit. With two layers of fabric and top stitching, it actually holds its shape surprisingly well. It’s not perfect, but I also haven’t sewn anything in years, so I’m pretty happy with it.

[maenadgoals]

Almost done! Just gotta finish the other eye and I’ll be ready to creep out the neighbors. 

[maenadgoals]

Quarantine Craft

Yo, I’m back... for the moment....

I’ve been working on one of these in non-quilted, classic black because I’m boring, and am nearly done with it, now, but man that last eyehole finishing bit was hard to wrap my mind around. It all suddenly made sense when I was halfway through doing it wrong (hot tip: finish one of the eye circle things before you sew the other side, in case you’re like me). I think I’m on the right track now... might have it done today or tomorrow, if I don’t end up having to take an angle grinder to my sunglass lenses, which aren’t quite the right shape.

Photo from a few days ago, before I had straps/lining/bias tape around the eyes. Pattern by @mctreeleth​

Oh, and if you’re like me and don’t have fusible interfacing/bias binding/batting, and can’t find them because pandemic, you can still get by. I used the same material (a dress that was in my mending pile for so long I forgot I had it -- I have like 6 black dresses anyway, NBD) as interfacing. I just cut it to the same seam allowance and carefully pinned to the outer layer before sewing. This did make it harder to do the topstitching neatly, though...

I also made bias tape from the same dress (hopefully never doing that again). I had some felt which I used instead of batting, but only ended up using it for the eye circle donut bit. With two layers of fabric and top stitching, it actually holds its shape surprisingly well. It’s not perfect, but I also haven’t sewn anything in years, so I’m pretty happy with it.

[maenadgoals]

Stephen Foster: The Camptown ladies sing this song.

My skeptical ass: Do daw, though? Do daw?

[maenadgoals]

I, an assumed-to-be-tech-incompetent woman, just had to email my dudebro gamer roommate instructions on how to pirate videos in a way that doesn’t result in me getting emails from comcast threatening to terminate our service over three episodes of Stephen Universe. 

Weird fact: I’m certainly not a computer wiz, but I am a damn good pirate. 

[maenadgoals]

Iowa man says his dog shot him while they were playing

An Iowa man says his dog inadvertently shot him while they were roughhousing Wednesday.

Move over, Man Bites Dog. There’s a new headline in town. 

[blankpointdankmemes]

[matt-ruins-your-shit]

[spaceshipoftheseus]

Look, this is my litmus test: I pretend I am the original Earl of Sandwich. I have asked for non-bread foods to be brought to me inside bread, that I might more easily consume them one-handed while gambling.

This does not enable my wretched regency habits. This is not what I asked for. I do not deign to grace it with the name of my house.

[fracturezzzzz]

[alienpapacy]

someone’s burgled my ham

[trexila]

What does this even mean

[maenadgoals]

I Have Lost My Chill I Am Scientifically Incapable of Chilling

[sockdreams]

Beware the Ides of March!

Friends, Romans, tumblr users! As foretold in yesterday’s ominous owl posting, today we celebrate one of our favorite historical holidays, the Ides of March. We here are Sock Dreams are huge nerds, so of course we had to cast some of the main players from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in socks:

Julia Cesare - the great general of Rome.  Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Marcus Bootus Knife Socks - Caesar’s best friend and eventual betrayer.  Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

Gaius Cassie Anklet - The master manipulator.  The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

So, who’s your favorite? Are you team Brutus? Team Caesar? Does Cassius speak to your dark, dorky soul? Let’s us know – we’ll lend you our ears! ~♥~Rosalind Socks by Sock Dreams • Free Shipping in the US • $5 International Shipping Find us on facebook | twitter | pinterest | instagram | sock journal | g+

[sockdreams]

Today the bird of night does sit Even at noon-day upon the marketplace, Hooting and shrieking.

An ominous portent… what could it mean?? 

Hmm…. we’ll have to get back to you on this…

~♥~Rosalind Socks by Sock Dreams • Free Shipping in the US • $5 International Shipping Find us on facebook | twitter | pinterest | instagram | sock journal | g+

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DIY Tutorial: Historical Ribbon Garters, the Feminist Way

March is Women’s History Month, and as a company largely run by women, we wanted to bring you a historical DIY tutorial! We’ve mentioned a few times in the past that early garters were just ribbons which people used to tie their socks up, though the phrase,“just ribbons” doesn’t really tell you the whole story. Some of these ribbons were incredibly ornate, and some included embroidered mottos!

Keep reading

[maenadgoals]

Yeah, I’ll be down to be alone with this coworker in approximately never. 

[stolentweets]

[druidviolence-deactivated201810]

[curseworm]

[sylferino]

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Reblogging just to point out that the last person to add to this thread has since changed their blog’s title to, “ im not selling weed it was a joke.”

[maenadgoals]

“When the fuck did I write ten pages of this?”

A question I seriously just asked myself.

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Now I’m just gonna be extra confused this evening when I open the file again and it’s 13 pages.

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“When the fuck did I write ten pages of this?”

A question I seriously just asked myself.

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I am having a 6 month long feminist meltdown

To be accurate, it started over a year ago, it’s just intensified a lot over the last six months.