Shooting-starlight - Ace Of All Trades

And so my Descent Into Madness begins.

Things I wish I had read in "beginner" sewing tutorials/people had told me before I started getting into sewing

You have to hem *everything* eventually. Hemming isn't optional. (If you don't hem your cloth, it will start to fray. There are exceptions to this, like felt, but most cloth will.)

The type of cloth you choose for your project matters very much. Your clothing won't "fall right" if it's not the kind of stretchy/heavy/stiff as the one the tutorial assumes you will use.

Some types of cloth are very chill about fraying, some are very much not. Linen doesn't really give a fuck as long as you don't, like, throw it into the washing machine unhemmed (see below), whereas brocade yearns for entropy so, so much.

On that note: if you get new cloth: 1. hem its borders (or use a ripple stitch) 2. throw it in the washing machine on the setting that you plan to wash it going forward 3. iron it. You'll regret it, if you don't do it. If you don't hem, it'll thread. If you don't wash beforehand, the finished piece might warp in the first wash. If you don't iron it, it won't be nice and flat and all of your measuring and sewing will be off.

Sewing's first virtue is diligence, followed closely by patience. Measure three times before cutting. Check the symmetry every once in a while. If you can't concentrate anymore, stop. Yes, even if you're almost done.

The order in which you sew your garment's parts matters very much. Stick to the plan, but think ahead.

You'll probably be fine if you sew something on wrong - you can undo it with a seam ripper (get a seam ripper, they're cheap!)

You can use chalk to draw and write on the cloth.

Pick something made out of rectangles for your first project.

I recommend making something out of linen as a beginner project. It's nearly indestructible, barely threads and folds very neatly.

Collars are going to suck.

The sewing machine can't hurt you (probably). There is a guard for a reason and while the needle is very scary at first, if you do it right, your hands will be away from it at least 5 cm at any given time. Also the spoils of learning machine sewing are not to be underestimated. You will be SO fast.

I believe that's all - feel free to add unto it.

A short comic I made about my experiences as a seasonal worker, and the way places change you.

HEY GUYS! I finally got around to compiling my best songs into an album and dropped it over on Bandcamp! I hope you all like it!

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a roman senator ₍ₓ₂₃₎

Wrong answers only, how do you safely deal with the Fae folk?

Highlights from last night's 1 AM jackbox game:

(in a comic about bird watchers) "how can you tell it's a __?" " The fear in its eyes."

"what's another use for a melon baller?" "Eyeballs."

"What's a way to react to being pulled over by a cop in a small town?" "DAD?!"

In Trivia Murder Party, I was the only one who knew where the 2010 Winter Olympics were held (it's Vancouver) and the only answer I gave when my friends wondered why I knew that was "I'm Canadian."

A t-shirt with the caption "It's one of those Kaiju lookin motherfuckers." paired with a poorly drawn face.

A gingerbread man labelled "Nepotism"

A buff Toad from Mario labelled "Dad"

I don't remember what the picture was but the caption was "Hubris"

It might have been a badly drawn squidward

Another one was labelled "Noot-Nooy"

"Deoe for president 2020"

Someone literally drew Nyan cat

"Hey Tod? What the fuck."

A poorly drawn gun labeled "Gun"

beautiful bedrooms in ikea's 1996 catalogue

I just have to tell you guys: as a Canadian, the Deadpool line "KEEP MY COUNTRY'S NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH" absolutely SLEW in our theatre. People were shrieking and jumping out of their seats. 10/10 best filmgoing experience since Endgame.

I can only imagine how Saskatoon theatres reacted to the line about Truthful Timmy, lmao.