#myog

[deshima]

Sometimes you have projects that are entirely whimsical and unnecessary while you have hosts of other projects that still need doing and yet you'll still do them. This project was one of those for me.

For some reason I had decided that I could use a new sleeping bag for when I go to castlefest despite the fact I have a couple already for different temperatures and that no-one would ever see it except for me since it was going to stay in my tent. On top of that I decided to make it a proper leafy quilt just to make it extra complicated.

First of course there was creating the pattern and cutting all the fiddly bits of fabric

Then assembling the quilt top and while not shown ironing the shit out of it to make sure it would lay flat.

Basting the bugger so that I could machine quilt it without too many issues

Quilting!

Aaaand finally adding the zipper and binding

All in all for an entirely unnecessary project I am quite happy with it since it is a bit roomier than most sleeping bags which has always been my main issue with sleeping bags and it turned out looking a lot better than I expected for a project I only vaguely planned ( that said you don't want to see the inside because that is a pieced mess)

[lathbora-virann]

Fanfic writers, we have been blessed this day.

[autophage]

Did you know that you can just. build a tent?

Like it's more convenient to buy one already made, but if you've got a cool shape in mind you can order canvas or ripstop nylon and poles and just sew the dang thing yourself.

Classic designs are really simple (a wedge tent is pretty much just one folded piece of fabric with a front and a back sewn on, with the front slitted to make a door).

There's a little more engineering involved depending on your goals but it's all stuff you can figure out pretty easily, and if you need something up you can likely reuse the pieces as part of a later design.

The standard canvas to use is called "cotton duck", and if you pay a bit extra you can even get it pre-treated with waterproofing. But if you don't, you can also waterproof it yourself.

Common tent types include wall, wedge, bell, and pyramid, any of which can be made with only straight lines.

[titleleaf]

Does anyone have sewing recs/patterns/resources or discussion for specifically sewing your own cold-weather outdoor gear? I also posted this on Mastodon but the screwy state of search engines right now is making it tough for me to find cold-weather outdoor sewing (camping, hiking, winter road cycling, all that good stuff) aimed at heat retention and protection, versus general winter-themed makes. This isn’t my usual wheelhouse but it’s cold as balls here and I have a mighty need.

[lagunapoint]

Thank you @lathbora-virann for tagging me 🫶 Rules: use this Meiker.io to create your Lavellan (or another OC) as they would appear in ancient Arlathan – in both peace and war – and a little snippet about what their life might have been like during both. Then tag some friends!

It was great because I’ve got an idea spinning in my head about Lavellan and Solas (and of course Mythal) during Arlathan, so this was very fitting.

I don’t even know how it’s possible to choose anything from those outfits, but here she is, my lovely Aelin Lavellan.

Tagging: It’s always so hard for me to do tags because I want to tag everyone lol so let’s consider that if you’ve seen this, you’re tagged here!

[skullgrrl]

I’m leave for 2 weeks at the moment. It’s great, I have time to do this 👇🏻

The cuts are as rough as guts but that is ok. There are tools for that. The actual leather was hard to cut: it needed to be scored a few times and finished off with scissors. My poor scissors really need to be sharpened but it went fine.

As you may have worked out already, they are going to be a pair of leather thongs 🩴. 🩴 👈🏻 those type of thongs. The black is the top layer, beige is sandwiched and it will be soled with black rubber.

Lessons so far:

Invest in a good pair of leather shears.

Score in good light and invest in a magnifying glass.

Materials:

Veg-tanned scrap leather box from Lefler Leather in West Melbourne.

Rubber from Simon’s Leathercraft and Whip-making on eBay.

Next, to make the pattern for the thong part.

[perakonna]

The classic ikea bag makes for some amazing materials for DIY projects. Design of the bag is a regular "boxy zipper pouch" or "dopp kit", patterns and videos available online. Learn MYOG has a nice pattern generator for a similar bag.

[haknamindustries]

New project: Pwnagotchi battery case for Waveshare UPS Hat

There are already plenty of cases for the most adorable ai ever out there, but most of them require an external power source. I wanted an integrated battery and since I had a Waveshare hat left from a different project I tried it as an alternative to the pi sugar. The case fits the following parts, stacked on top of each other: 1) Waveshare E-Ink Display pHAT 2.13 inch 2) Raspberry Pi Zero WH 3) Waveshare UPS Hat (C) The 1000 mAh battery gives aprox. 4 hours of runtime, afterwards you can either a) recharge the battery while the pi remains off b) recharge the battery while the pi is on (the hat supports pass through) c) plug your external power source directly into the pi and recharge the battery later. All ports are still accessible and I also added a wider loop to attach a molle style key fob.

.STL files are available here: sarahkastrau.limitedrun.com