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why does it take SO much energy to keep your house only sort of clean

I finished the last constellation tonight. All 40 of them are now done! Went through and double checked and every stitch is in place for them and all the beads are in place. Which just leaves the milky way part to do.

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Started stitching the Milky Way in. Slowly making progress on it as I am hiding the travelling thread so the back will look nice.

Looks pretty cool and keeps the readability of the other stitches. Very happy with it. Just a thousand or so to do. As they are in a grid roughly every centimetre apart.

bwabbitv3s

Update on the constellation quilt. I have gotten the last Milky Way stitch done now. Which means the quilting part of this project is done. My next step will be to baste the edges down, remove the pattern, trim the quilt square, and lastly attach the binding.

bwabbitv3s

Progress on the constellation quilt has come along quite a lot now. Finished the binding on the quilt over the weekend. I prefer to machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch the back side. It gives such a nice finish to the quilt. Took the time to measure it also and it ended up being 72" by 72" (183cm by 183cm).

With that done I could finally start removing the pattern. Which is taking both less time and more time that I thought it would. As it rips really easily so that goes fast, but the tiny corners and removing it under the beads is slow. You can now see the difference in the glow effect with it against the dark front of the quilt instead of the pattern.

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Behold the stars of the constellations of the northern sky! I love how this quilt has turned out. It was a lot of fun to work on and the effect is so cool in person. Overall I would estimate it took about 90-100 hours to complete. Give or take 10 hours if you want to count the time I spent custom dying the fabric.

I made sure to get a nice photo of it in daylight. For once I also remembered to get a quilt label on it. The back really shows the difference in readability of the quilting on the ice dyed fabric compared to the solid front. Thank you everyone that has followed this. I am glad you all found joy in it.

Those that are interested, here is the pattern I used by Haptic Lab. I made the large northern hemisphere version, and plan to make the matching southern hemisphere one next year. I also got your back for the less crafty people. Haptic Lab sells finished quilts in this pattern, both as a large quilt and a small one.

tli-burn

wake up, put on ambient music, start autopiloting to work. it’s crucial that you’re not a person, you’re a conduit that transforms the morning light into walking, if you try to think it’s all over

get to work, have a coffee. you can now be a person but take your personhood lightly. browse tumblr, check emails but do not open any that might bother or interest you. gently think about your past or future. do not dare consider the problem at hand

have a second cup of coffee, switch to house music. you may now brush against the problem in your mind but do not look at a paper or a code editor or a graph. treat the problem like a deer that might startle if you step on a branc

prepare a cold glass of water but don’t have any yet. switch to techno. attack the problem viciously. if you’ve prepared correctly you should only need to do the first minute of work as a human before you’re seized by the divine. this state is called “doing engineering”. it is a potent but fragile state that will last until someone annoys you or you have to pee

Money, money, money

#budget season

studylovella

Study because You Can...

nelc

Objects as spaceships, by Eric Geusz

cloudfreed

My favorite is the fidget spinner space station. It almost feels like someone designed it first and then fidget spinners came out and now everyone laughs at it… instead of the other way around.

nny11writes

It’s Eric! He was one of my best friends in highschool!

He also does series of space cats, and one of the ones floating upside down and looking at you is based on my cat Ginger :D

The kitty herself, Ginger!

He’s a super cool dude and seeing his art on tumblr is nuts!

Check out his website, which includes an area to buy prints

You can see more of his work in general on Instagram

And buy T-Shirts too!

God yeah I will hype him every chance I get lol!

callmebliss-got-swamped

O love how the one based on the sriracha bottle is still very clearly that but now with FIRE

cszhu

The photos that NASAHubble & NASAWebb took of The Pillars of Creation inspired me deeply. I had to draw what I saw in the formation: A hand reaching into the universe. What an accomplishment for humankind and what a symbol for exploration and knowledge. Credit 2nd image: NASA

I wanted to make a post on LinkedIn about my recent conference but I realized I only took photos of the food. My bad 😅

It was a great conference overall and I met a lot of new people. Highly recommend if you're in the waste industry and looking for new faces and ideas

#engineering #female engineer #SWANA #wastemanagement #landfill #conference

ariaiscursed

Coming out of a long hiatus to romanticize my job and find motivation to study. Might stay for a while or might just disappear again until next August.

#engineering #ducks #nice view

Gotta love a new notepad and a rainstorm

#engineering #rainyday #notepad #shitpost

loudemic

how I stay productive & motivated during university

Location stacking: intentionally planning activities around where they are in order to reduce travel time

Create a productive and clean/non-distractive environment: applies to digital and physical spaces

Second-brain (principle): reduce mental load/memory by noting down tasks, deadlines, plans, notes/ideas, etc.

Understand your productive time: morning vs night vs afternoon vs a mix – try it out

Hobbies & exercise: for balance, enjoyment, & different brain stimulation

Sleep: have a solid sleep rhythm and enough sleep

Planning study days in advance (discipline principle): reduces mental efforts & you can get started right away

Focus on the joy and gratitude for being able to study: avoid feeling guilty, pressured or stressed

Take meaningful breaks: Go for a walk, stretch, quick yoga, make a drink, stare outside, stand in the sun, etc.

Accept that your energy is not the same every day: do your best every day & be proud of showing up

pocket-deer-belly

(through gritted teeth) sometimes what's good for your mental health isn't another do nothing day or a little treat sometimes what's good for you is putting in some of the work. Not all of it at once but sometimes you have to finish that essay or at least take the next step or you have to clean your room or at least dust the shelves or you gotta do the laundry or at least put it all in the hamper and it's not fun and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks and it sucks but you have to because i read a post on the internet that told me that's what being nice to yourself is sometimes

pocket-deer-belly

Are you guys ok you’re all reblogging this post a lot