Mlcly-bloo - I Eat Berries

My latest sashiko patch, using the asanoha (hemp leaves) pattern.

This is the second mend I’ve done using a tissue paper template. See below for details on how it works (or doesn’t - I’m undecided).

1. Pin your patch in place on the inside of the item of clothing.

2. Trace grid and design onto tissue paper. My tissue is just scrap from packaging. I traced over a quilting ruler to get everything lined up.

3. Pin in place over the fabric. I didn’t bother removing the original pins, but did leave a wide border round the tissue to help with pinning.

4. Use the pattern guide to sew, stitching through the tissue, original fabric and reinforcing fabric. The tissue will start to tear as you do this. I took out all the pins once I’d stitches all the vertical lines.

5. Peel away the tissue paper and your pattern is revealed! I actually did this a little early, as I had enough lines in place to complete the pattern without a template.

This is the second time I’ve tried this approach. It is really good for getting an accurate pattern - I’ve never had much luck with marking grids straight onto the fabric. However, it does make it really hard to get the fine details right, as the paper obscures them as you’re stitching. That’s why the centre points on my piece look so messy - I just couldn’t see where the other stitches were.

and very, very often, self care is not plants and ice rollers and fluffy blankets of peace.

it’s standing over your kitchen sink and crying while doing the dishes because you just want to go back to bed but the dishes need done. and you don’t know why you’re crying but you're trusting you need it. and you aren’t listening to the music that pulls you into a spiral; you’re listening to some cheerful shit your friend sent you. it’s getting up and staring at your fridge and closing your eyes and then cooking yourself food even though you hate it and it’s miserable. because you know that you’d cook for your friend, and you are trying to befriend yourself. it’s dragging yourself into the shower because you know you’ll feel better afterwards. it’s doing mundane tasks with patience, cursing under your breath, trying desperately to give yourself grace. grace is the beginning of care. care is the beginning of love.

we think it’s supposed to be peace and yet the most powerful self care moments are when we hate everything but especially ourselves. and life does not feel worth the loving. to look into that pain and yet choose to care for yourself in however many pieces you are — that is care. love. grace. trust. belief. it hurts because it’s love where there was no love before. it heals because it believes there will be love, one day, soon.

shadow is a beautiful princess: the comic

((these titles are gonna become a Thing at this point omg))

the hogs are gay

[guy who has handled two conversations well in a row] I think I might be the most emotionally stable person on the planet of earth

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

wish i may, wish i might be someone else tonight sometimes i wish i was never born at all

Sayonara, Shadow the Hedgehog...

October is about a month and a half away, and so it is now time to reveal this year's Sonictober list!

As always, we shall start on October 1st, and the challenge will last all month. You can prepare in advance if you'd like. Art and fic are both encouraged! Just remember to have fun!

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Typed out prompt list under the cut

Stasis

Bittersweet

Chimera

Chaos Emerald

Artificial

Honesty

Fearless

Truck 

Loss

Soft

Space

Guilt

Weapon

Synchronized 

Perfect

Secret

Doom

Camelot

The ARK

Past

Resurrection

Limit

Family 

Tempo

Memory

Claws

Revolutionary

Protect

Shadow 

Sentimental

Acceptance

My concept art for Scrapnik Island, plus a bonus