Meanwhile Down in The 'Byss

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I finished the tablecloth in time for Christmas, I’m not sure if it’ll be completely flat ever tho. Mostly I hope i never see it again.

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today from the “why did i make this?” file

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Lo! For a christmas present is born! Ravelry project page here,

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Bag for The Partner, can hold 2 bottles of Sunny D and has a phone pocket

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This is meant to be passed around at a lgbtq+ (and subtly steven universe) group I go to called project nebula. We were using this fake vanilla smelling candle that started breaking. I said I’d make a replacement, demands that it smell nice were made, so I opened a couple yogi vanilla spice perfect energy teabags and added a cotton ball with vanilla extract on it and sewed it back up. The Partner approves.

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this shawl is too heavy for me to actually wear, so on the wall it goes

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18 year old me would have loved these, current me likes that’s they’re done mostly   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Maybe this one came out kinda scary?

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She likes it

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Today’s #the pic i did not take. The sweaters i made finally made it to Australia! The older girl really likes hers, the young does not care. Im just glad to finally find out if they fit.

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Finished flower pins that i started, literally years ago. Why is it so hard to find pin backs that dont break immediately or dont even work to begin with?

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While I am forever upset that the ears don’t stand up, I sided for cuddly over accuracy, it’s for a 5 year old, after all. It came out about 23″ tall, the imperfections on the eyes bother me and I’m worried about the fabric holding up (as with all fabric I get from joanns), but it is perfect in color and texture and is super soft.

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I’m calling this done, even tho I need to get some eye screws and wire to hang it. This started off as an impulsive “I wanna do that!” after reading @raouken ‘s pdf on needle painting (also from reblogging that Spanish Moon Moth on my other blog). I don’t wanna say this is needle painting per say, because I don’t know what I’m really doing embroidery wise. Or otherwise. Ever really. Avoid definitions of what you’re doing to avoid criticism at all times. And use thread conditioner.

I mounted it on a board from a thirft store that I sawed very poorly. The fabric is an old sheet (so maybe cotton? cotton blend? Maybe I’ll light a bit in fire to find out sometime?) and it’s mounted over some batting. DMC thread stolen from my mom and some embroidery wool (that’s acrylic) from the same thrift store, different visit, for the body. And hours. lots and lots and lots of hours (at work).

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