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This is my Kitty Litter quilt that I discovered the fabric line this year knew instantly i needed to make myself a blanket.

Fabric is from Dear Stella's Kitty Litter line. The crumb pattern is actually little cat heads.

The pattern is a free one that i had saved for a long time. It's [i will edit later, gotta find packet]

And i just did simple 1/8" offset stitiching to hold down the fabric and open seams on each color. And in the black diamonds i free-motion quilted zigzags and squiggles alternating. Just enough to really tack the quilt sandwich together.

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Learning FPP, but instead of sewing thru the paper, i'm folding it like oragami because the banner i'm making is 34 letters.

Wish me luck and attention span.

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Been crocheting up a storm. I have a back-log of progress photos for both these parasols-to-be, but i'm struggling to find a video editor that doesnt suck ass. I would like to do a sort of stop motion photo collage into video form, but the one app i'm using reduces the resolution so much that these look felted instead of crochetted 😵‍💫 i used a diff app a few years ago, but it now brags about AI. And i'm just not about that life. I dont need ai features, i just need an app that allows adding frames or clips to videos, splicing, trim, ya know the basics.

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Anyway, i have 6 more of these to make and i need to find straight arm umbrella frames to attach to each one. So, i'll be back some time this year to post the updates and framed works. Wish me luck.

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I'm makin' band sew-on patches with an embroidery digitizing software. And gettin' squirrely with the fabric i'm picking as the background. Also ran out of black thread so ended up with a summer-vibe patch using dark teal thread on an almost sun-print batik fabric.

Band is Indeyevid from NJ, if you're lookin for some punk garage band jams. They recently made a music video for their song Red Dye 40.

Lessons learned on embroidery n patches:

1) (and this is so silly fundamental it's almost not worth saying,) but when you hoop stabilizer or your fabric, dear gods make sure the piece is larger than your hoop by at least an inch on all sides. 🥲 i had to crossways my washable stabilizer and effectively use twice as much for the patches i did make because i got a tube that was too narrow for my hoop.

2) thiicccc boarders on your patch make it easier to hide the raw edge that gets covered by the satin stitch boarder. 0.18" for this size patch, up to 0.25" on really big patches.

3) duh to me, use the preview stitch feature of the program to make sure you dont accidentally hit outline on a design part you didnt want outlined. ...And then make a patch that looks so misaligned that it doesnt pass your personal preference.

4) basic quilt cotton, - quite a flimsy choice for patches, needs heavy tear away stabilizer for support to make it hearty. In future, look for twill, or canvas for patch base (save on needing to layer materials).

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Im makin a llama quilt for my sister, it's elizabeth hartman's pattern. Here's row 4 before i squared them and put the sashing on. These had some of my fav fabric as the blankets.

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I was workin on a big collection style post with the circly crochets ive made. And my app crashed and didnt save the draft... that was like 3 weeks ago nkw and i realized if i dont just slam the pics into a post now im screwed.so here. Enjoy. I'll try and make more words later.

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I made a patch design from song lyrics of a band i love to listen to.

Bilmuri's ABSOLUTELYCRANKINMYMFIN'HOG

"Find somewhere pure, an island in the sky"

I had trouble sorting out if i wanted a background texture to the patch. So made two in my experiment.

Now the next part is 3fold. 1) where on my jacket do i put it. Or 2) do i make myself a summer battle jacket. 3) i have so many other song ideas in my head. I need to work on my design skills 😅

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Lunar eclipse of a full moon, on the morning of Pi day. AND pi day is a friday! Count me the fuck in.

Im makin pi's, i'm watching giant celestial bodies cast shadows n shit. Best day ever.

Link is to nasa's page, they'll show you a video of what to expect and when.

What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science

A total lunar eclipse will tint the Moon red-orange on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on your time zon