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🥕 Veggie Patch Needle Book Tutorial
I feel this is the longest tutorial I've written, but not because it's incredibly complex - I was trying my best to cover as much detail, as possible.
This is one of my favourite designs, and I really wanted to make it accessible to everyone to make or simply to be inspired by.
You can watch a sew-along video here, or purchase the detailed PDF with photos and detailed diagrams here. I tried my best. Hope, you'll like it.
By lsabellaaddison
ⓘ Tip: while sewing, you can unlock scary sewing by losing your needle somewhere on your bed.
McCalls Pikachu Plush 2512 Sewing Pattern
This thing has been out of print for like, 26 years and some of us want to make chubby classic pikachu so uh... I figure it's okay to share bc it's kinda hard to get your hands on the remaining physical copies.
Bonus points: Aelith made some embroidery/applique files for it too
Remade by AeilithArt so that we could use the pattern without like, destroying it. It's not exact since it's trace, but it's p much the same
@nooby-banana
this pattern is legit, i managed to get my hands on a physical copy a few years ago and made myself a Detective Pikachu. the only note i have is that the eye and nose placement on the pattern seems to be off. it didn’t seem to match the cover pic, so i just placed them where i thought they looked good (although i still didn’t get it perfect) otherwise it’s a great vintage chubbychu pattern!
i’m enjoying the tags
On the one hand, generally the trick to collecting “thousands of dollars worth of sewing supplies” is just “ask your older neighbors and relatives for free shit” or “keep an eye out on Facebook marketplace for stuff nobody wants going cheap.” Like I could absolutely get myself a serger for less than fifty bucks if I was patient and kept an eye out for one.
On the other hand are you insane I’m not gonna get an older secondhand model for my first serger. Those things are terrifying. If I convince myself I need one I’m gonna save up every penny I can and buy a new one at full price because holy shit I’m not getting into this shit with no warranty and somebody’s Nan’s mystery maintenance for my first serging experience. I’ve got a zig zag stitch on my sewing machine and it does the job just fine thank you very much.
I truly hate to tell you all this, but the reason needle sizes are numbered that way (smaller numbers = bigger needles) is BECAUSE SOME ASSHOLE HAD A 1-INCH DIAMETER CYLINDER AND LABELED HIS NEEDLES' SIZES BY HOW MANY NEEDLES HE COULD SHOVE IN THERE.
Like, 24 24-gauge needles can fit in a 1-inch cylinder. 18 18-gauge needles can fit in a 1-inch cylinder. Wrong and horrible. The worst possible way to measure a needle. Good night.
this is how shotgun shells are made apparently and then needles got made that way too
Wires as well
but how many 1-inch diameter cylinders can fit in one mini m&ms tube?
Fact check: NOT TRUE
The naming convention comes from pre-industrial techniques in wire making, where it is named for how many times it is pulled through a hole. The more times it is pulled, the thinner it becomes.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_gauge
https://thetraumapro.com/2018/03/28/where-did-the-hypodermic-needle-gauge-system-come-from/
https://eotles.com/blog/needle-gauges/
if i could figure out how people interact and sewing machines work i would be unstoppable
I don’t know how people interact, but sewing machines have small gnomes inside them. The gnomes run around with the thread very fast. Sometimes there are too many gnomes trying to grab the same thread and that is when your thread tangles up underneath the fabric. There are small hungry dogs involved also. Hope this helps.
ⓘ A sewing machine is a device that provides a several-fold increase of the speed at which you can make mistakes
Well my loves, it appears as though the answer to "Can the Big Pattern Company (Simplicity/Burda/McCalls/ect.) survive the death of JoAnn?" has come.
The answer is no. No it cannot. It has been sold to a liquidator just like JoAnns was.
So if there is ANYTHING you want I suggest you get it now. simplicity.com is currently having a pattern sale and I snatched up some that might be useful for cosplay purposes.
I am very glad these last couple of years I have built up my collection.
Links to some of the adaptive clothing patterns on the Simplicity website:
Shirts that unsnap at the collar and arm for port access
Walker bags
Wheelchair bags
Imitation button-downs that actually fasten up the back with hook and eye closure, for people with limited mobility who still want to look nice
Fidget page. I know quilters often enjoy making these!
If you search the website for “Adaptive” there’s about 12 of these altogether. I don’t sew much but I might pick up a few just so I have them on hand if I or someone I know needs something like this. And as OP says, they’re on sale!
I don't usually post my non-fandom craft stuff but I worked for a long time on this tablecloth so I wanted to show it off😌
what does the phrase; "first in, best dressed," mean to you?
I don't know this
generational wealth fuckin has it
those that arrive early get the best shit
if you wear nicer clothes, you'll get nicer things
if you impress people, you'll be gifted a nicer gift
something else
Also please tell me where you're from, cos I hear on Tumblr that this phrase is Aussie but I'm Aussie and it doesn't sound fucking Aussie to me. Do foreigners know this? This just seems like a normal fucking sentence.
I notice none of you have told me where youre from, so first of all, disappointed
But secondly of all, what that fuck are you all talking about? Since no one said otherwise, imma assume this is common internationally and you're all just specifically not culturally engaged with your peers. No way first come blessed dressed is aussie slang. It's too normal
I'm American and I've never heard this before in my life until this moment.
I’ve never heard it, and can’t quite puzzle out what it means.
@derinthescarletpescatarian have you ever heard this one?
Yes, it's a very common phrase. I agree, there is no way this is an Aussie thing, if we'd invented it then it would be way weirder. Surely we stole it from the English or the Americans. Someone.
First in best dressed is a weird sentence. I don’t know if it’s English Weird or Australian Weird but it isn’t North American Common.
Bro saw the honey and began applauding
this isn't helping the "dangerous predator don't treat it like a puppy baby boy" allegations
Pizza embroidery
Thinking about how wild it is that enshittification starts as a way for the rich to squeeze the populace for more money but ends up infecting everything so even luxury products decline in quality. They’ve got more money than fucking God now and for what? Literally they can’t even buy fun nice stuff for themselves because they killed craft.
Anyway this post is about Dhaka muslin but it’s also about everything.
Nearly 200 years ago, Dhaka muslin was the most valuable fabric on the planet. Then it was lost altogether. How did this happen? And can we
guess it's time to post agha shahid ali's poem about dhaka muslin
Fun fact! Revival of Dhaka Muslin has been ongoing for quite some time. The headline of the above article is very very misleading, we know exactly how Dhaka Muslin was made. The process was very well documented. We know how it was made, but colonialism ruined the fabric's production area and devalued the skills needed to make it such that they no longer existed. But the process itself was not lost.
That being said, efforts to bring it back are underway, and they have been making amazing progress, and succeed in creating Dhaka Muslin yet again.
It all began with a search for ‘phuti karpas’ – muslin’s unique cotton plant which is known to have become extinct. However, starting in 201
This is a pretty good updated article, it has a lot of the same info as the BCC one (which also discusses some of the revival efforts) but with more of a focus on that process, an update to the story, and it details some of the other ongoing projects working on the revival!
Here's the first weaver to manage to produce a finished piece in nearly 200 years, Al Amin.
His first piece was 300 threads, according to the article they have now been able to get into the 700s for thread counts, which is absolutely incredible.
Several projects are actually underway now each with different weavers and slightly different methods, producing fabric intended to meet or best the original!
And if you're curious, "okay but can it pass through a ring" yes! Yes they can!
All three of these photos are of pieces made in the modern century, photos by Wasiul Bahar!
It's a very time consuming process, and a very expensive fabric to purchase, but love and passion for it have been steadily bringing it back!
