#not useful

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

does this count as a hate crime

[friendpama]

pama mod what editing software do you use for the audio and video?

reaper

capcut

got files from telltale explorer.

[random-things-ive-heard]

Maybe when they were making her in the lab, they forgot to make her USEFUL

[lemme-czech-on-you]

Love how No Man's Sky nailed the alien language learning. Sometimes you listen to somebody speaking a language you've just got into and it really feels like

bdjabxjoshenxjsbJd88nwjwnkansjhviey2boajsdbjdbdjdhxjdb [word you recognized!!!] hdiebdkwbskzbzkxbucgeueveiw [verb (?)] naoxhsiHdidbuc7wjboxbkwbsjx

[20dollarlolita]

re: your recent post, sorry about your machine frustrations! do you have any tips on adjusting tensions though? I feel like I'm always guessing when i adjust the tension on my machine and I'm pretty sure i'm never quite guessing right

SO! Before we start with the answer, please know that I WILL rewrite this into a useful resource. Fun story, one of my bipolar pills has this thing where I'll fall asleep and not realize it, and this happened last night and I just kept typing. I came home from a day out, and I had this all typed up and never hit post, so here we are.

Before we start, step 0 is to make absolutely sure that your machine is threaded properly. If you're not sure, check your manual. HV machines, for example, have a little divider in the tension discs, and the thread has to go on the righthand side of that divider. Righthand side, always, or your tension will be off. Make sure you're not making a little mistake like missing a guide. Machines are meant to be threaded a certain way, and messing that up will almost always really fuck your tension up.

So, first things fist, make sure that your tension works properly. There's machines out there that are really picky and will lose their shit at you if you move the tension even a little bit. This could almost always be fixed by getting the machine serviced, but depending on your service options that might not be reasonable. So, make sure that you can get a normal straight and zigzag stitch and then move your tension dial just a TINY bit down. I'm talking, like, so small that you're not even sure you moved it. If your tension is suddenly really off, you probably should stick the tension back where it was and not mess with it anymore.

So most modern machines have a line or indicator about what normal tension range is. On this Janome, the numbers 3-5 are in a box, and the others are not in boxes. This means that, ideally, your normal tension is around four. If you need to move the dial, it will almost always be in the 3-5 range. This means all normal techniques should be expected to be in that range

If you regularly need to move your tension out of that range, or if your base range isn't in that at all, you probably need to fix your bobbin tension. Also, if when you sew, the tension is balanced, but your fabric still puckers, that's generally a sign that the bobbin tension is too tight. If your machine is balancing at a number lower than the middle of the normal range, turn your bobbin tensioner screw to be tighter. Flip those instructions if the machine is balancing at a tension too high. You should not turn the screw more than about 1/8 of a turn at a time. It's sensitive, and bobbin tension is harder to fix than top. This might also be a thing where your machine is a delicate flower that will only balance in a very small range of tension and you shouldn't mess with this.

Speaking of which, know what balanced tension looks like. There's a million resources about tension, including some on this blog. IDK where. Everyone who says it should look identical on top and bottom is full of shit. Good straight stitch tension ill usually be a little tighter ont he bottomthant he top. we have a lot of peopl come in complaining that their tension is off ubt it's actually perfect. there's a reason topstiching happens on the top.

Once stuff is where it should be, then you just need to keep your tension within that marked area. You can adjust it up and down as you do things. Some's techniqe specific. zigzags and topstitching will be prettier if you bring the tension down a bit. stretch stitch es stretch better when the tension is lower. Some you'll just sew an inch and check what it looks like. YOu'll find trends like needing lower tension on thicker fabric and things. It's just a part of it, like changing stitch length for different fabric.

ajythat is all you knned to know

[turquoise27]

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[freedom-shamrock]

A Tumblr Update?  Gross!

Apparently my Tumblr got an “update” over night and we hates it my precious.  In reblogged posts, I can no longer see who contributed to the conversation. In fact, removing the names of the rebloggers makes it look less like a conversation and more like a multipart announcement.  And the name at the top is the person who most recently reblogged, not the originator, so it’s not like this helps ensure credit to the original poster.

Why @staff​?  What on earth is this supposed to do?  The updates are typically not great, but this one is flat out garbage. It doesn’t help us credit originators, it doesn’t help us find other Tumblrs to follow.

This is not user centered design.