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dads the same in all universes 

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Omg this is like my favorite children’s book about the bear looking for his red hat and I love it so much

Have you seen my Reki?

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Red Delicious is the apple of peasants

Fun fact: Grocery stores do this so you spend more time and money in the store. Nobody is your friend.

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Happy first day of Ottumn!

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Love this professor Potato🥔🤓

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Me as a bassoonist every time I was given a cello part because there wasn’t one specifically for bassoon

A cello is a string instrument, a bassoon is a wind instrument . . . HELLO??? I NEED TO BREATHE?!?!?????

flutes players need to breathe

flute players need to breathe 

flute players need to breathe

fluTe PLAYeRS NEED TO BREAHTE

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hmmm

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What an incredible manager

Way to look out for your staff

The best managers are the ones who go out of their way to support the people they’re responsible for

not all heroes wear capes

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CGI animators need to unionize

This is ridiculous

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I had no idea birbs could groove like this

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There’s a quote from Bert where he says he‘s “known big bird since he was a little bird” and the thought of it makes my heart cry so here’s that

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Visible Mending

Introduction:

Visible mending is a decorative way to fix up an item. Instead of trying to make your mend as invisible as possible, the idea is to make it part of the garment's design.

Visual mending is not a single technique: it's more of a mindset. If you've got an item you love, it deserves to be mended, and if you're going to put that love into stitches, why not show them off?

That being said, there are some specific techniques that are popular with visible menders. Let's take a look!

Sashiko:

Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery that is used to both decorate and reinforce fabric. In visible mending, sashiko is often used to cover up holes with patches or to reinforce thinning fabric. This technique uses a variation on the running stitch.

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Some resources on sashiko:

SashiCo on YouTube: sashiko livestreams and information on the cultural aspect of sashiko.

Written tutorial by Upcycle Stitches.

Free sashiko templates by TheSpruceCrafts.

Fixing jeans with sashiko by Soluna Collective.

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Embroidery:

Regular embroidery is also a popular technique to accentuate your mends. Check out my embroidery 101 post to learn how to get started. You can embroider patches, or use embroidery to hide or accentuate any stitches you've made to fix holes. Embroidery's also a great way to cover up stains.

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Patches:

There are many ways to add patches to a garment. My tutorial on patches is a good place to start if you want to make custom-shaped patches to sew on top of your fabric. You can also sew your patch on the inside of your garment and have it peek out from beneath the hole you're trying to fix. Fun ideas for this are lace or superheroes.

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Darning:

Darning is a technique used to repair holes in fabric by using running stitches to weave extra fabric over the hole as to fill it up again. While traditionally darning is done in an invisible way by using the same colour of thread as your fabric, you can also use contrasting colours to accentuate your fix. Check out this written tutorial on darning by TheSpruceCrafts.

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Conclusion:

Visible mending is a creative way to fix up your clothes and give them some personality at the same time.

You should be proud of the fact that you took the time and learned the necessary skills needed to mend your clothes! Show off what you did!

A fun side effect of wearing these obvious mends is that people will notice them. They'll remember your fixes the next time they're faced with a hole in their wardrobe, and it will make them more likely to try it for themselves.

These are just a few ways to visibly mend your garments. Want more inspiration? Check out Pinterest or r/Visiblemending on Reddit.

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Reblogging because this post is helpful and I want to refer back to it later

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

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This website is full of free sewing patterns that will automatically alter to ur measurements

https://freesewing.org

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Read more here:

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I wish I could give all the fucking kudos in the world to this Charmes work of art

Pairing: Charon/Hermes Chapters: 23/23 Rating: Explicit Summary: There’s a lot to learn about the tourist trap that is Styx Beach; that it’s a dry town, that it’s made up of strange and interesting people, that its beholden to the only hotel generating any kind of tourism and it’s stubborn owner, but there’s one thing Hermes only starts to figure out five months into his time there: 

He might be falling for that boat guy.

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That’s right. Watch the Tide Come In is finally done. If you want 176k words of a lonely guy falling in love with a mute bootlegger during the 1970′s, then here you go.