Ohh, So I Was Looking At My Storage And Found These! I Originally Shared Them On Twitter Before Yeeting

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.

Lofter tutorial

Here’s a short tutorial on how to sign up and navigate Lofter, which is like the Chinese version of Tumblr! It’s not as popular as Weibo, but you can find a variety of Chinese artists there. Anyway you can choose to use either the app or the site ->

APP TUTORIAL

Firstly just download the app from your app store

If you are using the app to register, you will come to this page:

Click 注册 and it will lead to this:

You can register an account using your WeChat/ QQ/ Weibo account (or register using a Chinese phone number, which I assume all of us don’t have). I registered using WeChat, just click on the icon and your account will be set up! After that just key in your username and you are done. 

On the app page the icons at the bottom of the page are home, discover, news and your account. To search for the users/ tags you want to follow go to the discover page and click on search

Anyway things get kind of tricky here because most of the usernames and tags are written in Chinese… I’ll just link Djun’s and a few other artists’ blog below so you can check them out without typing in Chinese 😂😂

SITE TUTORIAL

Similarly if you use the Lofter site to register an account you will see a similar page (you can use your email to register an account if you are using the site!): 

If you used WeChat to set up your account like me click on the WeChat button and there will be a QR code available for you to scan:

Just scan it with your WeChat app and you will be able to log in, you will be directed to your Lofter dashboard:

Anyway here’s Djun Lofter and a couple of other BL/interesting artists for you to check out if you are interested!

Djun

恶魔吃烤鸭

夜晚吃肉的衝動

王各各

宣哲

眠狼/ RDJlock

缄默症

Hope this helps!

Blaze I need you to hype me up to study

Here: You need to study immediately or you will fail at all your future endeavors and live a life of shame and poverty.

Was that good enough?

Compilation of all my Hanfu and Guqin posts 😊

(Updated April 17, 2025)

Hanfu Posts

Warring States/Qin/Han Dynasties - Straight-edged robe (直裾) - Wrap around robe (曲裾) - Layering + undergarment pants - Straight sleeved straight-edged robe (直袖直裾) - Fish-tail straight-edged robe (鱼尾直裾) - Mesh straight-edged and wrap-around robes (素纱直裾/曲裾) - Men's hanfu in Han dynasty (两汉男汉服)

Weijin + North/South Dynasties - Ruqun (襦裙) - Ruqun (襦裙) pt. 2 - Liangdang (裲裆) - Ru vs. Xiyi (襦 vs 褶衣) - Slim-arm wide sleeve Ru and Xiyi (窄臂大袖 - 襦和褶衣) - Quling inner garment (曲领中衣) - Half sleeve + knee covering (半袖+蔽膝) - North Wei (Xianbei tribe) large collared long robe (北魏（鲜卑族）大襟长袍)

Sui/Tang/Five Dynasties - Sui + early Tang dynasty hanfu - Early Tang hanfu layers - Men's round-collared robes - Men's half-sleeve (半臂/半袖) - Golden era Tang shirt + skirt (盛唐衣衫+褶裙) - Vest, shawl, outer jacket (背子，帔子，披袄) - Golden era Tang hanfu layers - Wide-sleeved ruqun in Tang (唐朝大袖襦) - Mid-Tang shirt + long robe (中唐衫+长袍) - Late-Tang/FIver dynasties hanfu - Buddhist donors hanfu/Dunhuang Mogao Caves (供养人/敦煌)

Song Dynasty - Popular style for Song; shan, ao, moxiong tops (衫，袄，抹胸) - Long shan/ao (beizi) (长衫/袄 (褙子)) - Half-sleeve shan/ao (半袖衫/袄) - Men's criss-cross collared shan/ao (交领衫/袄) - Men's outer robe (beizi/褙子)

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Hanfu videos

Tang dynasty hanfu

Weijin/North-South dynasties hanfu

Eyebrow changes through the dynasties

Men's hanfu through the dynasties

Curvy Tang ladies :D

Grandpa giving out flowers

Tang woman visiting museum

Men's Ming dynasty hanfu layers

Tang dynasty hanfu + modern dancing

Ming court advisors "friendly" debate

Ming dynasty grandma with granddaughter

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Guqin Posts

Guqin introduction

Workshop/Studio Tour

Lacquer allergy experience Part 1 (scroll down) / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Summary

Baby Guqin + giveaway

Making Guqin silk strings

Making Guqin - Part 1 (step 1 - scroll to bottom for video) - Various steps of making Guqin - Part 2 (steps 2-5)

Playing Guqin - Part 1 (Gou and Tiao) - Part 2 (Gou and Tiao pt 2)

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Asks

Pattern for undergarment pants

Qing dynasty clothing

Iconic hanfu of each dynasty

Historical mourning clothes + costumes in Chinese period dramas

Costumes in wuxia/xianxia (ex. Untamed and Word of Honor)

Tang Hezi undergarment

Love Game in Eastern Fantasy drama: Esther Yu hairstyles

Favourite historical dramas

Maid outfits

Tang hanfu patterns

Korean traditional outfit

Guqin introduction (English book)

Foot binding

Flourished Peony hanfu (国色芳华汉服)

Hanfu overlap from one dynasty to another

Chinese muji (geta) (木屐)

Guqin strings

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Other

Romance of the Three Kingdoms etiquette MV (三国演义礼仪 MV)

Hanfu revival movement overview

Tang Ming Huang TV series rec + MV (唐明皇推荐+MV)

Hanfu books recommendation: "汉晋风流" (Romance/Elegance of Han and Jin ) "唐之雍容" (Grace of Tang)

Hanfu book recommendation 2: 华夏衣橱 (Huaxia Wardrobe)

Giveaway 1 （completed)

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25 ways to be a little more punk in 2025

Cut fast fashion - buy used, learn to mend and/or make your own clothes, buy fewer clothes less often so you can save up for ethically made quality

Cancel subscriptions - relearn how to pirate media, spend $10/month buying a digital album from a small artist instead of on Spotify, stream on free services since the paid ones make you watch ads anyway

Green your community - there's lots of ways to do this, like seedbombing or joining a community garden or organizing neighborhood trash pickups

Be kind - stop to give directions, check on stopped cars, smile at kids, let people cut you in line, offer to get stuff off the high shelf, hold the door, ask people if they're okay

Intervene - learn bystander intervention techniques and be prepared to use them, even if it feels awkward

Get closer to your food - grow it yourself, can and preserve it, buy from a farmstand, learn where it's from, go fishing, make it from scratch, learn a new ingredient

Use opensource software - try LibreOffice, try Reaper, learn Linux, use a free Photoshop clone. The next time an app tries to force you to pay, look to see if there's an opensource alternative

Make less trash - start a compost, be mindful of packaging, find another use for that plastic, make it a challenge for yourself!

Get involved in local politics - show up at meetings for city council, the zoning commission, the park district, school boards; fight the NIMBYs that always show up and force them to focus on the things impacting the most vulnerable folks in your community

DIY > fashion - shake off the obsession with pristine presentation that you've been taught! Cut your own hair, use homemade cosmetics, exchange mani/pedis with friends, make your own jewelry, duct tape those broken headphones!

Ditch Google - Chromium browsers (which is almost all of them) are now bloated spyware, and Google search sucks now, so why not finally make the jump to Firefox and another search like DuckDuckGo? Or put the Wikipedia app on your phone and look things up there?

Forage - learn about local edible plants and how to safely and sustainably harvest them or go find fruit trees and such accessible to the public.

Volunteer - every week tutoring at the library or once a month at the humane society or twice a year serving food at the soup kitchen, you can find something that matches your availability

Help your neighbors - which means you have to meet them first and find out how you can help (including your unhoused neighbors), like elderly or disabled folks that might need help with yardwork or who that escape artist dog belongs to or whether the police have been hassling people sleeping rough

Fix stuff - the next time something breaks (a small appliance, an electronic, a piece of furniture, etc.), see if you can figure out what's wrong with it, if there are tutorials on fixing it, or if you can order a replacement part from the manufacturer instead of trashing the whole thing

Mix up your transit - find out what's walkable, try biking instead of driving, try public transit and complain to the city if it sucks, take a train instead of a plane, start a carpool at work

Engage in the arts - go see a local play, check out an art gallery or a small museum, buy art from the farmer's market

Go to the library - to check out a book or a movie or a CD, to use the computers or the printer, to find out if they have other weird rentals like a seed library or luggage, to use meeting space, to file your taxes, to take a class, to ask question

Listen local - see what's happening at local music venues or other events where local musicians will be performing, stop for buskers, find a favorite artist, and support them

Buy local - it's less convenient than online shopping or going to a big box store that sells everything, but try buying what you can from small local shops in your area

Become unmarketable - there are a lot of ways you can disrupt your online marketing surveillance, including buying less, using decoy emails, deleting or removing permissions from apps that spy on you, checking your privacy settings, not clicking advertising links, and...

Use cash - go to the bank and take out cash instead of using your credit card or e-payment for everything! It's better on small businesses and it's untraceable

Give what you can - as capitalism churns on, normal shmucks have less and less, so think about what you can give (time, money, skills, space, stuff) and how it will make the most impact

Talk about wages - with your coworkers, with your friends, while unionizing! Stop thinking about wages as a measure of your worth and talk about whether or not the bosses are paying fairly for the labor they receive

Think about wealthflow - there are a thousand little mechanisms that corporations and billionaires use to capture wealth from the lower class: fees for transactions, interest, vendor platforms, subscriptions, and more. Start thinking about where your money goes, how and where it's getting captured and removed from our class, and where you have the ability to cut off the flow and pass cash directly to your fellow working class people

Happiness Will Come To You.