though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

XXXIII | Pittsburgh | writer | disability activist | Expect odds and ends about my dog, my caveman, my ill-advised cross stitch projects, characters rife with man pain, and shows no one watches anymore. 18+

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Fiber Arts Patterns

I finally did the thing!

I'm keeping it very basic to start while I get a sense for how to balance content with prices. And for the first little bit, I'll be sticking to cross-stitch patterns. But the first one is up and available, both as part of the subscription and as a one-time purchase.

One of my end-game, long-term goals is to someday open a brick and mortar craft store and maker-space in my sleepy town. Provided my day job stays steady, whatever bits I earn on Patreon will go toward that pipe dream.

Even if you don't have the funds to be a paid member, I'll post publicly about craft stuff and talk about projects, and would love to develop a little community. (Fandom crafts very much encouraged, btw.)

ALSO, if you're already on Patreon and follow other crafters that you'd recommend, I'd love to hear about them!

Happy making <3

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Cotswolds countryside

cotswold_landscape_photos

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DMC Colors for flags

Sheet1 DMC color based on RGB of Flag using https://threadcolors.com/ converter on Jul. 21, 2019.,Flag color based on Wikipedia entry as of

found this google doc that has the dmc embroidery floss color codes for various lgbtq pride flags, thought i'd share in case others find it useful too 👍

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Rainbow Yinz Cross Stitch Pattern | Simple String Studio

Pittsburgh meets folk motif meets a candy-colored rainbow fade. Designed to be stitched on black canvas for a high-contrast pop, the Rainbow

Long story short: in my small town full of really kind and inclusive people, there are still some real loud-mouthed bigots. I want it to be very clear that my studio doesn't tolerate that bullshit and is instead a safe haven for all the marginalized folks looking for community in craft.

So I designed a Rainbow Yinz. I come from the land of "Y'all Means All," and haven't heard a Pittsburghese equivalent yet, so I made do. (And incorporated a little floral folk motif for the Pennsylvania Dutch of it all.) The framed original will be coming with me to all future vendor shows until we have a physical studio space. And then I'm gonna hang it from the front window.

Anyway, rainbow capitalism is a minefield, but if you cross stitch or know someone who does, grabbing this pattern means supporting a small business run by a queer wheelchair user and her funky disabled hype-man of a husband whose honestly drowning in yarn at this point. And also our dog:

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oldest daughter stress, oldest daughter perfectionism, oldest daughter had to grow up too fast.

how about oldest daughter with a mortgage and a spouse, trying to start a business, and

a dad whose full-time job is DoorDashing and complains about not having a safety net but travels to music festivals with his girlfriend all summer and goes on at least two cruises each year.

a mom who just had to borrow $350 from me to pay medical bills but is viewing houses with a buyer's agent because "God really wants this" for her.

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rudy time

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I wish it was rudy time all the time

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I’ve cross stitched for 26 years, but never on black cloth before, ooooooo this is satisfying

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5 days in

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11 days in

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20 days in

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cannot stop thinking abt the paris review’s essay series on the history of significance of certain colours, hue’s hue:

Periwinkle, the Color of Poison, Modernism, and Dusk

Eau de Nil, the Light-Green Color of Egypt-Obsessed Europe

Marian Blue, the Color of Angels, Virgins, and Other Untouchable Things

Incarnadine, the Bloody Red of Fashionable Cosmetics and Shakespearean Poetics

Jonquil, the Light Yellow of Early Flowers, Mad Painters, and Dust Bowl–Era Pottery

Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death

Lilac, the Color of Half Mourning, Doomed Hotels, and Fashionable Feelings

Hooker’s Green: The Color of Apple Trees and Envy

Blaze Orange, the Color of Fear, Warnings, and the Artificial

Chartreuse, the Color of Elixirs, Flappers, and Alternate Realities

Living Coral, the Brutal Hue of Climate Change and Brand New iPhones

Mustard, the Color of Millennial Candidates, Problematic Lattes, and Aboriginal Paintings

Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance

Verdigris: The Color of Oxidation, Statues, and Impermanence

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But Wait, There’s More! as i found out after making the initial post, there are a few other colours katy kelleher also covered in other outlets: payne’s gray, haint blue, rose madder, falu red, glaucous, fuchsia, caput mortuum, prussian blue, gamboge, celadon, and puce.

also shoutout to her other series, the ugly history of beautiful things, which talks about: lockets, angora, perfume, pearls, mirrors, and orchids.

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Agates carved into orange slices by wutong_crystal_carvings.

Source: x

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Unhinged Text Posts: Josephine Montilyet Edition

More Text Post Memes:

Josephine | Dragon Age

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is a man not entitled to the sweat dripping down his own balls?

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‘No!’ Says Lil Jon, ‘it belongs to the window.’

‘No!’ Say the Ying Yang Twins, ‘it belongs to the wall.’

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I’ve cross stitched for 26 years, but never on black cloth before, ooooooo this is satisfying

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5 days in

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11 days in

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I love when a meme gets so many steps away from its source material that it would be completely incomprehensible if I didn't know what today's date was

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tumblr’s pretty much the only place where a few people will vibe with the heathen holiday posts I reblog, imbolc and samhain and what have you. and I usually don’t have the time to make an original post, so I’ll search tumblr for a lil something. but it’s always a gamble—I searched “beltane” just now and got full frontal squatting dong from a gayblr fire witch within like, five posts

happy beltane, ya filthy animals

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I’ve cross stitched for 26 years, but never on black cloth before, ooooooo this is satisfying

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5 days in

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not only does “Darkness Falls” give us one of the most iconic pieces of Scully’s wardrobe:

it also gives us Titus Welliver at his absolute cuntiest: