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That’s right folks! I’m finally rehoming these babies. They’re all packed and ready to go to the highest bidder.
The Discord server will be read-only until the auctions begin, at which point the appropriate channels will be opened up on the appropriate nights. 8 PM PST is a soft stop time - 10 more minutes will be added with each bid after that point. Please come ready to pay. I will hold the item for the winner for a maximum of 7 days. If the invoice is not paid in that time, the item will go to the next highest bidder. Please be respectful about the prices! Each of these (especially the Bori) took weeks of work.
Approx. dimensions of each in inches (LxWxH): Zafara (8.25x3x7.25), Cybunny (5.75x6x6.5), Bori (7.5x7.5x7.25)
A note about needle felts - These are not plush toys. They should be handled gently to keep the wool firmly packed.
ALLERGENS: These are hair magnets and are coming from a home with a cat. I cleaned them meticulously before packing them, but there is still a chance of stray cat hair packed somewhere inside.
Reblogs to spread the word are greatly appreciated! Hope to see you there next weekend!
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Had a few folks interested in how I made the patches I posted for Solarpunk Aesthetic Week, so I thought I'd give y'all my step-by-step process for making hand-embroidered patches!
First, choose your fabric and draw on your design. You can use basically any fabric for this - for this project I'm using some felt I've had lying around in my stash for ages.
Next, choose your embroidery floss. For my patches I split my embroidery floss into two threads with 3 strands each, as pictured. You can use as many strands in your thread as you prefer, but for the main body of my patches I prefer 3 strands.
Next you're going to start filling your design using a back stitch.
First, put in a single stitch where you want your row to start.
Poke your needle up through the fabric 1 stitch-length away from your first stitch.
Poke your needle back down the same hole your last stitch went into so they line up end-to-end.
Repeat until you have a row of your desired length (usually the length of that colour section from one end to the other). Once you have your first row, you're going to do your next row slightly offset from your first row so that your stitches lay together in a brick pattern like this:
Make sure your rows of stitches are tight together, or you'll get gaps where the fabric shows through.
Rinse and repeat with rows of back stitch to fill in your patch design.
When you're almost to the end of your thread, poke your needle through to the back of the fabric and pull the thread under the back part of the stitching to tuck in the end. Don't worry if it looks messy - no one's gonna see the back anyway.
This next step is fully optional, but I think it makes the patch design really pop. Once your patch is filled in, you can use black embroidery floss to outline your design (or whatever colour you want to outline with - it's your patch, do what you want). I use the full thread (6 strands, not split) of embroidery floss to make a thicker outline.
I use the same back stitch I used to fill the piece to make an outline that adds some separation and detail. You could use most any 'outlining' stitch for this, but I just use back stitch because it's just easier for me to do.
Once you're finished embroidering your patch, it's time to cut it out!
Make sure to leave a little border around the edge to use for sewing your patch on your jacket/bag/blanket/whatever, and be careful not to accidentally cut through the stitches on the back of the patch.
If you have a sturdy enough fabric that isn't going to fray, you can just leave it like this. If not, I recommend using a whip stitch/satin stitch to seal in the exposed edges (I find that splitting your embroidery floss into 3-strand threads works best for this).
And then you're done! At this point you can put on iron-on backing if you want, or just sew it on whatever you wanna put it on. Making patches this way does take a long time, but I feel that the results are worth it.
Thanks for reading this tutorial! I hope it was helpful. If anyone makes patches using this method, I'd love to see them! 😁
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Want to do some early christmas shopping? Been holding out for a good sale?
Etsy has a site wide sale on until October the 11th 2023! All orders of 40$ USD before shipping qualify for 10$ off, which means all my bats qualify for this sale!
So go shop at your favorite artist's shops for some handmade gifts this year!
You can find mine here!
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I love when people tell me I make clothing wrong. I love when they tell me “you have to knit sweaters from a yoke” and “you have to sew a back rip stitch for a garment zipper” because I don’t! I don’t!!! I can make clothing however I like! I knit sweaters from the bottom up in panels on straight needles! I sew my zippers on by hand with embroidery thread! And guess what?! The sweaters look like sweaters! The zippers work like zippers! The SNOZBERRIES taste like S N O Z B E R R I E S!!
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