toxic slutch

elsie/luke. just some dyke. they/them.

[scully1998]

can only dream of one day having her swag

[scully1998]

been getting into quilting lately

[scully1998]

first i had seen a handful of patchwork curtains online, so i made this with some scraps of table linens, quilting cotton, and random apparel scraps of unknown material:

the intention was to preserve our privacy while also allowing more light to pass through than closed blinds, and also to be more beautiful than closed blinds. it succeeds at both!

i had never made anything like it before and i learned a lot. firstly, that cutting even, straight lines and exact measurements matters more here than in the type of sewing i usually do. second, that using random fabric of different weaves and materials makes all that precision a lot harder!! in particular the green background was cut from a dress & is a very light, drapey synthetic, which did not pair well with the quilting cotton triangles & made my star very wonky. which didnt bother me in this instance but still, a learning experience.

[scully1998]

an interlude-- shortly after this we got an ac unit for that window. i was sad to lose the light that the unit would block. ended up deciding that, instead of buying crappy plastic wings for it, we could create a more elegant solution. i got some plywood cut to size at the hardware store for $6 total and my wonderful partner (to be tagged here at their request?) painted it with a lovely design. so this space remains colorful and bright.

[scully1998]

i continued to be really into quilt designs i saw online & decided to make a little wall hanging for a friend's birthday. i once again learned a lot!

firstly-- they will say that you can't do this without a rotary cutter & cutting mat & clear block/quilting ruler. you absolutely can. it probably would be faster with those things but i don't have them and don't have money to throw around on projects. pretty much every material we use in this apartment we either already had or we thrifted.

so, knowing that i would need to take more care with the lines and measurements, i used a standard ruler, tape measure, and a triangle i have from an old high school geometry kit to make paper patterns of the pieces i would need. then used those to carefully trace instead of trying to measure directly on the fabric. i cut it all, carefully, with standard scissors. this time i used all quilting cotton. it was not perfect. but it was a lot better! all the more so because i understood what i was doing this time. the quilt top came together in no time at all.

i also cut a piece off the pattern from the backing fabric i had, hand sewed it RST to a piece of leftover white fabric, clipped the seams, turned it out, and hand sewed it to the quilt top as an appliqué. this was definitely not my neatest work but i'm really proud of it as well!

rather than buy batting, i cut a piece of an old fleece blanket we use for the cats (washed, dont worry). i laid it all down with the backing fabric, pinned together with a handful of standard pins, and hand quilted it along the seams of the block. i had to troubleshoot a bit here too but ultimately it was not only easier than i expected, but more enjoyable. i really locked in and loved doing this part!

once that was done, i had to bind it-- this is the part that intimidated me the most but it was not that bad and every mistake i made was a learning experience. i used the machine to attach the binding to the front, then used elmers glue (a hack i saw on instagram lol) to fold it down securely, and hand stitched it to the back. here's the finished product:

(or, mostly finished, because i plan to add some loops to the top to hang it on the wall).

i started this on thursday evening, worked on it for about 1-2 hours each night, and finished it this morning (tuesday). literally all day when i was not working on this thing, i just wanted to come home and work on it, i loved it that much. which is pretty rare for me on any project! im almost sad to give it away but i do want like as many people as possible to see it lol. and im already thinking about making a throw sized quilt (maybe out of some thrifted sheets and/or blankets?). i could talk about the process for ages.

my intention with this post is to show off this cool thing i made!! but also to say that if you want to dip your toe into stuff like this, you do usually not have to buy dedicated materials & can often get great results with what you already have or can find at the thrift store.

[scully1998]

in the weeks since making this, i found out that my brother and his wife are expecting a baby! :)

I decided to make a baby quilt. i bought the quilting cotton from a local store that opened relatively recently- they had SOOO many cute patterns it was a bit overwhelming! i managed to narrow it down and came home with these (each priced between $2-4 per quarter. so, not dirt cheap, but not unreasonable).

i had already decided to make an irish chain on a green background (they have green decor in the nursery). for the back, i thrifted a bedsheet with a print of little skiers on it (they like to ski!). the actual design was a bit fiddlier than i had imagined, because there was like, math involved with figuring out how to arrange the 4 different prints so none of them repeated in line--- idk how to explain this but it was kinda making my brain hurt! would have been easier to stick with 1 contrasting color, or to pick 5. but i liked the ones i'd picked so i ended up laying out each block by hand & arranging them in a specific order visually, because i couldn't really conceptualize it.

before that tho, instead of cutting a million tiny squares, i sewed together strips of fabric and cut the strips into sets of 3 squares. then i figured out my design- then sewed sets of 3 strips together to make a 9-block. repeat 25 times!

then i realized that despite my efforts (more on that later) they were still pretty wonky, so i decided to reduce the final size by 1/2" and squared them all down by hand. and now i'm finally piecing together the top!

i hope to finish tomorrow, after which it's back to the store for batting-- i decided to get something new for this, since the old blanket i have is too worn out to go into a child's quilt that will be used and washed. i again plan on doing the actual quilting by hand, because i loved it last time & i dont want to buy a walking foot or fight with my sewing machine.

i still dont have a rotary cutter, but midway thru this process i went to a local guy to get all my scissors sharpened. i also found an old transparent block ruler in a diy greeting card kit i got as a kid. it's flimsier and not as clear as a "quilting" ruler but still honestly made things so much easier!

i dont typically find this stuff "relaxing" but it does take my mind off my problems and give me something positive to focus on, which has been nice in a stressful time. i'm also thinking a lot about the baby, and what it will be like to get to know them and watch them grow up. i never knew before what it was like to love someone who doesn't even exist yet.

[floridakilo]

how it feels to escape the 18-24 age bracket

[jkfortheloveofbroadway]

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“There’s a girl in St. Marie … just like me.

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[roseworth]

i find it so embarrassing when i’m talking about comics to someone irl and accidentally call the characters their real names because why am i on a first name basis with batman

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

the worst thing about those fancy pears is that you think “there’s no way a pear could be worth that much” but if you actually make the mistake of tasting one you will be forced to confront the fact that what you thought was pleasure is but a shadow of a shadow and there is a world out there more real than real that your senses have been waiting for, where the colors are richer and the water is wetter and sleep is refreshing. and you’re not invited.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

if you are ever offered a bite of one of these do not take it because you will live the rest of your life unsatisfied by sensory pleasures

[scully1998]

been getting into quilting lately

[scully1998]

first i had seen a handful of patchwork curtains online, so i made this with some scraps of table linens, quilting cotton, and random apparel scraps of unknown material:

the intention was to preserve our privacy while also allowing more light to pass through than closed blinds, and also to be more beautiful than closed blinds. it succeeds at both!

i had never made anything like it before and i learned a lot. firstly, that cutting even, straight lines and exact measurements matters more here than in the type of sewing i usually do. second, that using random fabric of different weaves and materials makes all that precision a lot harder!! in particular the green background was cut from a dress & is a very light, drapey synthetic, which did not pair well with the quilting cotton triangles & made my star very wonky. which didnt bother me in this instance but still, a learning experience.

[scully1998]

an interlude-- shortly after this we got an ac unit for that window. i was sad to lose the light that the unit would block. ended up deciding that, instead of buying crappy plastic wings for it, we could create a more elegant solution. i got some plywood cut to size at the hardware store for $6 total and my wonderful partner (to be tagged here at their request?) painted it with a lovely design. so this space remains colorful and bright.

[scully1998]

i continued to be really into quilt designs i saw online & decided to make a little wall hanging for a friend's birthday. i once again learned a lot!

firstly-- they will say that you can't do this without a rotary cutter & cutting mat & clear block/quilting ruler. you absolutely can. it probably would be faster with those things but i don't have them and don't have money to throw around on projects. pretty much every material we use in this apartment we either already had or we thrifted.

so, knowing that i would need to take more care with the lines and measurements, i used a standard ruler, tape measure, and a triangle i have from an old high school geometry kit to make paper patterns of the pieces i would need. then used those to carefully trace instead of trying to measure directly on the fabric. i cut it all, carefully, with standard scissors. this time i used all quilting cotton. it was not perfect. but it was a lot better! all the more so because i understood what i was doing this time. the quilt top came together in no time at all.

i also cut a piece off the pattern from the backing fabric i had, hand sewed it RST to a piece of leftover white fabric, clipped the seams, turned it out, and hand sewed it to the quilt top as an appliqué. this was definitely not my neatest work but i'm really proud of it as well!

rather than buy batting, i cut a piece of an old fleece blanket we use for the cats (washed, dont worry). i laid it all down with the backing fabric, pinned together with a handful of standard pins, and hand quilted it along the seams of the block. i had to troubleshoot a bit here too but ultimately it was not only easier than i expected, but more enjoyable. i really locked in and loved doing this part!

once that was done, i had to bind it-- this is the part that intimidated me the most but it was not that bad and every mistake i made was a learning experience. i used the machine to attach the binding to the front, then used elmers glue (a hack i saw on instagram lol) to fold it down securely, and hand stitched it to the back. here's the finished product:

(or, mostly finished, because i plan to add some loops to the top to hang it on the wall).

i started this on thursday evening, worked on it for about 1-2 hours each night, and finished it this morning (tuesday). literally all day when i was not working on this thing, i just wanted to come home and work on it, i loved it that much. which is pretty rare for me on any project! im almost sad to give it away but i do want like as many people as possible to see it lol. and im already thinking about making a throw sized quilt (maybe out of some thrifted sheets and/or blankets?). i could talk about the process for ages.

my intention with this post is to show off this cool thing i made!! but also to say that if you want to dip your toe into stuff like this, you do usually not have to buy dedicated materials & can often get great results with what you already have or can find at the thrift store.

[scully1998]

been getting into quilting lately

[scully1998]

first i had seen a handful of patchwork curtains online, so i made this with some scraps of table linens, quilting cotton, and random apparel scraps of unknown material:

the intention was to preserve our privacy while also allowing more light to pass through than closed blinds, and also to be more beautiful than closed blinds. it succeeds at both!

i had never made anything like it before and i learned a lot. firstly, that cutting even, straight lines and exact measurements matters more here than in the type of sewing i usually do. second, that using random fabric of different weaves and materials makes all that precision a lot harder!! in particular the green background was cut from a dress & is a very light, drapey synthetic, which did not pair well with the quilting cotton triangles & made my star very wonky. which didnt bother me in this instance but still, a learning experience.

[scully1998]

an interlude-- shortly after this we got an ac unit for that window. i was sad to lose the light that the unit would block. ended up deciding that, instead of buying crappy plastic wings for it, we could create a more elegant solution. i got some plywood cut to size at the hardware store for $6 total and my wonderful partner @bisexualmegmasters painted it with a lovely design. so this space remains colorful and bright.

[scully1998]

been getting into quilting lately

[scully1998]

first i had seen a handful of patchwork curtains online, so i made this with some scraps of table linens, quilting cotton, and random apparel scraps of unknown material:

the intention was to preserve our privacy while also allowing more light to pass through than closed blinds, and also to be more beautiful than closed blinds. it succeeds at both!

i had never made anything like it before and i learned a lot. firstly, that cutting even, straight lines and exact measurements matters more here than in the type of sewing i usually do. second, that using random fabric of different weaves and materials makes all that precision a lot harder!! in particular the green background was cut from a dress & is a very light, drapey synthetic, which did not pair well with the quilting cotton triangles & made my star very wonky. which didnt bother me in this instance but still, a learning experience.

[scully1998]

been getting into quilting lately

[redstonedust]

thinking "everyone can tell im bad at this" as i stand completely motionless doing nothing in public

[coco6420]

at what age does it start sounding wierd to call your baby "it" ?

[imjunebitch]

none. #it/itspronounsbaby #wokebaby #hellyeahwokebaby

[stargazersasha1]

all my haters become dilators when i get the vaginoplasty of success

[mallowmaenad]

in my culture not only do we hate family and food but we also leave our plastic bags loosely strewn all over the floor and we don't even have a quaint little name for a small local convenience store you can buy sandwiches at.

[imsobadatnicknames2]

I feel like advertising is probably the funniest place anyone can choose to predicate their moral arguments against AI on the basis of environmental impact because like. The advertising industry is already probably the most wasteful i dustry in terms of environmental costs vs. actual value it provides, to the point that adding AI to it amounts to a very small drop in the world's biggest bucket. Like.

"Using AI to design flyers looks cheap and tacky" 👍 I completely agree.

"Using AI to design flyers is bad for the environment" I can tell you with 100% absolute certainty that the environmental impact of printing hundreds of paper flyers which will be looked at exactly once and then thrown in the garbage is like. Several orders of magnitude bigger than the environmental impact of generating the picture that will go on said flyers.

[imsobadatnicknames2]

Like I find it hard to think of a position that more succinctly communicates "I never think about where anything comes from or how it's produced or how it's disposed of or the environmental costs of any steps in that process unless there's some sort of moral panic telling me to be concerned about it" than thinking that the "AI" part of "ads made with AI" is the part that's bad for the environment.

[ryebreadgf]