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Make Some Pocket Extenders for Your Pants

So I don’t know about you, but I’m often frustrated by the ridiculous smallness of girls’ pockets. At a bare minimum, I need to be able to shove my cellphone in there - come on, pants companies! So what I started doing was making myself pocket extenders. I’ve done this several times, for pants and shorts. It’s great.

I just got this pair of jeans, so I thought I’d show you how to do it. I kind of feel like it just hasn’t occurred to some of you that this is an option, so maybe now it will. All you need is your pants, some fabric (I just took a random piece from a scrap bin), a needle, and some thread (thread doesn’t even need to match the fabric since literally no one will see it).

See? Ridiculous. Like, half a cellphone, or only 2.5″. Useless.

So turn those inside out to expose the pockets.

Figure out how big you want your pockets to actually be. I kinda go by whatever looks like might be right. I didn’t really measure them. Fold the fabric in half, so you have a pocket, and then fold it in half again so you can have two equal ones.

Try to get the edges to line up enough, pin it in place, then sew up the sides! Are your stitches crazy uneven and wonky looking? Doesn’t matter; nobody’s going to see it. These are in the inside of your pants. The only thing that matters is that it holds up. So I double-did the corners, since those tend to get the most stress.

Cut open the bottom of the existing pockets.

Pin it in place, then sew around, joining the new pocket to the old pocket. I did this by keeping my hand on the inside, so I wouldn’t accidentally sew through the other side. Again, I reinforced the corners, and didn’t worry about what it actually looks like. Then I turned it in side out to make sure the inside was all joined properly.

Yay all done! And the pockets are so much bigger now!

Whaaaat I can fit my entire phone and entire hand and probably something else now, are girls’ pockets even allowed to do that?! Heck yeah they are.

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You are a goddamn hero.

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BUT WE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO DO THIS WE SHOULD JUST BE ENTITLED TO REAL POCKETS BECAUSE WE ARE REAL HUMANS

*sobs*

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Goose Creek Tower Phillip Weidner

What started as a 40′×40′ foot log cabin has grown into an extraordinary architectural marvel. Phillip Weidner, an attorney in Anchorage, Alaska, has been building his ‘Goose Creek Tower’ in the mountainous landscape of Talkeetna for years. the eccentric MIT alumni and self-described ‘frustrated architect’ has constructed this private home as a series of stacked houses amassed one on top of the other, gradually becoming smaller as they stretch towards the sky. Seemingly teetering and haphazardly placed, these individual dwellings have been piled into what appears to be an impossible structural feat, with small staircases and ladders inside leading from floor to floor. at the top, 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness can be observed for up 300 miles, he estimates, while at the basement level, a hidden escape tunnel leads to a safe room. weidner says ‘the Goose Creek Tower’ has finally topped out at 185 feet — he would have kept going, but federal air space starts at 200 feet.

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(1) We learned about peep dioramas.

(2) The peeps formed a witch club.

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Damn the man - SAVE THE PINHOOK! The Pinhook needs $80,000 to keep its doors open. Please read our story below and help us if you can.

When I was 18 and 19 years old, in Portland, I danced at an inclusive club that saved my life. (You can read the story of that club here.) The Pinhook is for many what the City was for me: a place where you can be yourself and be accepted as you are.

It is impossible to overstate the value of a place like the Pinhook.

They’re in trouble because of some accounting stuff and have to pay the taxman. If you have a little to spare, anything at all, I encourage you to help out this vital, incredible place.

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PINHOOK 4 LYFE

Durham wouldn’t feel like home for me without a space like The Pinhook. I have spent so many wonderful nights there and hope to spend many, many more.