#Stitchery Pins

[roki-roki-roll]

Ah yes tragic siblings my favorite

Excerpt from Hello From the Hallowoods Episode 140

I wanted to finish this before Season 4 started but I didn’t

#hello from the hallowoods #hfth #hfth season 3 #leyland blooms #cookery potts #huntington waites #floris scrubbs #townsend rhodes #stitchery pins #diggory graves #hfth spoilers #hfth s3 #the mendies

[origami-butterfly]

I think we as a fandom forget how unhinged the Mendies all are (especially Huntington):

(Cookery talking to Solomon)

Convinced this is Mendy-language for "You look like shit"

I'm never getting over Bern calling Stitchery "an evil advisor"

*Huntington casually suggests extinction*

#hfth #the mendies #diggory graves #leyland blooms #cookery potts #townsend rhodes #stitchery pins #huntington waites #floris scrubbs #they really are siblings #especially stitchery telling huntington off #wish there were more fics based around the mendies #maybe i should start writing fics

[thebeesteeth]

Needles meeting Stitchery Pins and subsequent getting adopted by the other Mends

#roz ranting #tmagp #the magnus protocol #hfth #hello from the hallowoods #needles tmagp #stitchery pins

[roguecanoe]

I was screaming when they showed up!! (Hope more mendies show up soon!!)

#hello from the hallowoods #hfth #hfth s4 #hfth spoilers #hfth 143 #prints #stitchery pins #the tailor #vincent #voltaire #tw body horror #tw puppet #tw dead body #also #am i just looking to much into this or #are they running an illegal tailor shop in the walls of the city? #like some weird fancy clothes speakeasy? #it looks secret #its even in the sketchy part of town #wtf?? #hope you enjoyed #ye!

[hallowoodspolls]

#hello from the hallowoods #hello from the hallowoods polls #hfth #hfth polls #Cookery Potts #Diggory Graves #Huntington Waits #Leyland Blooms #Stitchery Pins #Townsend Rhodes #Mendies

[cobalt-knave]

I love Stitchery Pins and think they deserve the world

#Hello from the hallowoods #accidentally fulfill the 'adopt a minor character' thing lol #stitchery pins

[hellofromthehallowoods]

hello mx wellman! i will preface this by saying i’ve never personally listened to hfth, but via my best friend i’ve been vaguely aware of it for the better part of two years now. and it has just now, about 10 minutes ago, occurred to me that ‘diggory graves’ is a pun.

upon me realising this, my aforementioned friend informed me of the existence of stitchery pins.

i’m not sure whether i’m deeply upset or incredibly amused. thank you.

Just wait until you meet the rest of ‘em

#hfth asks

[pensiveday]

Subject: Irene Mend/Granny Mend Art: Lizard @whatlizardry Writing: Dev @littlebreadroll

[ID: A page titled ‘Irene Mend’ and ‘Granny Mend.’ An illustration of a wide, void-black eye is labeled ‘Ethereal Eye.’  In the upper-right corner of the page is a sketch of an old woman with light cast over half her face and the rest of her in shadow. The eye in the light is closed, and the one in shadow is open and staring at the viewer.  The eye is alarmingly sharp against the softness of the drawing.  She wears a simple, old-fashioned black dress with a white collar, and has her hair pulled back and severely parted. In the lower-left corner of the page is a ghostly illustration of an old woman from the waist up, eerily shaded against a halo of shadow that deepens towards the bottom of the drawing.  She wears a shawl and an old-fashioned bonnet that shadows her face, leaving only the lower half of her face and the handle of a knife clearly visible.  She holds an embroidery hoop she is stitching on, and her hands are stuck with dozens of needles.  In red ink, the note “Can be summoned by saying her name three (double underlined) times in a mirror” is added, and in different handwriting, “scary but nice?”

The second page is written in blocky, all-caps handwriting on paper with scraps of thread and cloth fibers stuck to it. It is titled ‘Irene Mend (See: Granny Mend)’ and is followed by the below text:

Dangerous? No

Sentient? Full sentience--can be reasoned with

Encounter location: Mend Mansion

Description: An older woman with only one eye; seems to be getting on in years. She’s aged well, but moves slowly.  Arthritis? Just age?  Unsure.  She wears a leather apron when she works, and light clothes or evening wear otherwise.  Always carrying a silver bell and silver scissors.  Enjoys a good dinner, and treats the Mendies well.  Gave them funny names and has them help with housework (see: Mendies, connections).  They seem to be happy, or not mind serving her.  Seems a lovely woman aside from the revenant hobby.  House was empty last time I came through, moved out or moved on? (crossed out)  Killed by the Instrumentalist, after which he stole her bell and the Mendies.  (A note in red adds, “Pins says she was good.”)

Abilities: Creates revenants through unknown magic runes? Never did figure it out.  Only used bodies, never killed to make her Mendies.  Keeps them clean and preserved, filled with cotton and sawdust, and tied to a silver bell.  (A note in red adds, “The bell’s been hidden and buried.”)  

Connections: The Mendies, Townshend Rhodes, Huntington Waites, Cookery Potts, Leyland Blooms, Floris Scrubbs, Stitchery Pins)

The third page is titled ‘Granny Mend,’ and continues: 

Dangerous? Unknown

Sentient? Partial sentience--rudimentary communication

Irene Mend was a living human, Granny Mend seems limited in sentience or language

Non-sentient--entirely instinctual

Encounter location: Haven’t seen her myself, but she’s supposed to appear in mirrors? Say Granny Mend three times.

Description:  An old woman that sits in a rocking chair in the corner of your room and wears a bonnet pulled low over her face while she works on embroidery.  When she hums her lullaby and tucks you into bed, you cannot move even if you want to, and are dragged into sleep.  Supposed to be that her hands are pierced with needles, though not sure I believe she exists at all.  (A note in red adds, “Diggory saw her, says she has a dinner knife through her eye socket under the bonnet. Diggory says she didn’t answer their questions or stop singing except to tell them they were special and kiss their forehead.”)

Abilities: puts people to sleep with her lullaby when they suffer from insomnia.

Connections: Diggory Graves   /end ID]

#pensive day 2022 zine #hello from the hallowoods #hfth #hfth podcast #Granny Mend #Irene Mend #HFTH spoilers #needles cw #scopophobia cw #eye horror cw #eye injury mention

[calamity-bean]

wait, do you have advice/resources for beginning to sew clothes? i self drafted a totebag and have made a few small bags, but am hoping to branch out

Make mockups; do lots of test fittings throughout the process; finish your seams; clip your corners and curves; stitch the most visible and trickiest bits by hand, not machine (unless you're good enough with a machine!); learn the main properties of different fabrics; when you really wanna hold your fabric in place nicely, baste rather than pin; adjust the fit via triangles and curves; it's only fabric; it's okay to fuck up; accept that you WILL fuck-up and WILL have to undo and redo things and that that is OKAY.

^ Some things I personally have benefited from and wish I'd learned earlier!

Seriously, though — I should preface by saying that I myself am also a beginner. I follow some really brilliant costumers and cosplayers here on tumblr, and I am nowhere NEAR their level. (And I would welcome any advice/resources more experienced clothes-makers would like to share!) It's only in the last few years that I've gotten more into sewing, starting mainly with alterations of existing clothes and then moving into making things from scratch. I've figured out a lot just via trial and error — as well as by taking existing garments apart and looking at how they're made.

But, honestly, my main resource has been YouTube. There are tons of tutorials on there for specific techniques and garments, of course, and I do watch those. But I've also learned a LOT from the more entertainment-focused sewing content — the ones where the sewist isn't really trying to teach you how to make something, just making something cool and showing how they made it. There's so much knowledge to be gleaned just from watching them work and listening to them talk about why they used a certain stitch, how they resolved a fit issue, etc.

Some favorite creators include:

TheClosetHistorian: Makes stunning vintage and high-end fashion; big proponent of drafting your own patterns, and has tutorials on how to do so as well as on things like darts and seam finishing. Plus I find her voice and aesthetic very soothing.

Bernadette Banner: Focuses on using period-appropriate methods to create her garments (mainly 19th and early 20th c.), which means a lot of hand sewing. I've picked up a lot of hand-sewing tips and tricks from watching her work.

Vincent Briggs: Mainly 18th century garments, with very excellent tutorials on decorative buttons and buttonholes in particular. And how to make an adorable leaf-kerchief!

Morgan Donner: All-around crafter with a particular focus on medieval garments and other aspects of medieval culture. Does lots of non-sewing craft content I enjoy as well.

Rachel Maksy: Less focused on technical sewing skills and more so on costume making and other crafting, but she's very inventive and fun to watch and shows a lot of creative problem solving.

And a few specific tutorials:

Circle skirt drafting by Mariah Pattie

Making a split-side adjustable skirt by Ash L G

Seam finishing by Evelyn Wood

There are honestly too many good channels to list... Sewstine; The Stitchery; Nicole Rudolph; Shannon Makes...... Beyond the sheer entertainment value, what I really love about watching all of these creators is that each of them has their own particular specialties, preferred ways of doing things, etc. Some of them went to fashion school, some are self-taught. Some are very technical and precise, some of them work organically and messily. And I think that just as the measured, detail-oriented approach of someone like Bernadette Banner offers much instruction, so too (in a very different way) does the chaotic approach of someone like Micarah Tewers, who perhaps can make garment construction seem less intimidating by demonstrating that you don't have to precisely follow a step-by-step guide.

Right now, I'm almost done (SO CLOSE TO DONE) making a skirt. It's not a crazy difficult skirt, but it does have pockets, pleats, gathers, a zipper, an attached waistband with elastic, and a plaid pattern to consider the direction and matching of, so it required thought and planning. I had originally been planning to make the whole skirt using a hand-me-down McCalls pattern, but then decided I didn't like the fullness of that skirt, so I took only the pockets from that pattern and drafted the skirt itself using the circle skirt tutorial linked above. I used a quarter-circle with a 175% waist measurement for the front half, which is pleated, and a 150% waist measurement for the back half, which is gathered. I did frequent test fittings and had to take apart and redo a couple things. And whenever I wasn't exactly sure how to do something, I'd just Google it and find lots of help.

Like I said, some of my mutuals on here are far better at this than I am, and I feel a little silly talking about my skirt like it's some grand accomplishment and a little unqualified to offer resources/advice. But I guess I'm hoping that my experience can still be helpful precisely because I am still a beginner and am very much still in the phase of figuring it all out. And my method is basically to take in information and inspiration from a lot of different sources, find the courage to try things out, learn from my mistakes and try try again.

Congrats on your tote bags, anon, and best wishes on your sewing journeys to come!

#sewing #costuming #asks #anonymous #op

[inquiringquilter]

Around the Block Sew Much Fun Tour - Block 48

Welcome to the Sew Much Fun Tour!

Every Sunday on the tour, a top quilt designer will share a free block pattern inspired by their love of sewing and quilting. Hopefully you’ll follow along and collect the whole set! Each block finishes at 6”.

Note: Be sure to read to the end of this post for a must-have sewing tool. I will present a new tool or tip each week of the tour to add to your sewing enjoyment.

Let me introduce you to Sarah @ Sew Joy Creations who is sharing her block today! Click the link to read her post and download the pattern.

Her block features the letter S for sew, stitch, seam, scraps, selvage, scissors or anything else you can think of.

Sarah’s block uses the two at a time HST method in its construction. If you need help with this method, click here for my step by step photo tutorial.

I hope you’ll continue to stop by each Sunday as we focus on our love of sewing and the things about it that make us happy. Along the way there will be more free block patterns, sewing tips and tools from me, and giveaways! View the schedule here.

Speaking of giveaways, here's a Rafflecopter to enter. Each time you visit a designer's Facebook page you earn 3 points!

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Participating Designers - Sew Much Fun Block Tour

Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio

Faith and Fabric

Slice of Pi Quilts

Orange Blossom Quilt Design Studio LLC

Your Sewing Friend

Limeleaves Designs

Appliqués Quilts and More

Blue Bear Quilts

Patchwork Breeze

Carolina Moore

Scrapdash

Penny Spool Quilts

Craftapalooza Designs

Cayenne Ridge Quilts

Sunflower Stitcheries and Quilting

QuiltFabrication

Ladybug's Cabin

Inquiring Quilter

True Blue Quilts

Rona the Ribbiter

QuiltFabrication

Tourmaline & Thyme Quilts

Nestlings by Robin

Prairie Sewn Studios

Pretty Piney Quilts

Our Crafty Life

Sew Joy Creations

The Quilting Room with Mel

My Tip or Tool for This Week

Each week on the tour, I feature a little sewing tool I like. I hope you enjoy them!

This week’s tool is the Handi Quilter Zinger Retractable Scissor Holder. I love using these retractable fobs for my small scissors because I can pin the fob to my shirt or waistline and keep them handy.

This one is by Handi Quilter. If you’ve ever used a long arm you’d know why having your scissors right on hand is a good idea. But frankly, having a pair of scissor snips close by when I’m at my sewing machine is a great idea too!

Up Next….

We visit Melissa next! Be sure to stop by next week to see the design by The Quilting Room with Mel. If you missed any of the previous designers, click here.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back next week for a direct link to the free block patterns for the next sewing block. Be sure to follow me for updates and reminders. You’ll find ways to follow at the top of my sidebar or you can sign up for my newsletter here.

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Tell me…do you use Safety Pins to pin baste your quilts?

#Free #Sew Much Fun

[roki-roki-roll]

The Tailor

#hello from the hallowoods #hfth #hfth spoilers #the tailor #stitchery pins #Big question mark there #also them being referred to as the master is crazzzzyyyy #like go off #hfth livescreaming #do they not go by Stitchery anymore? #regardless I love them #also short haired Pins for the timeskip maybe??? #that’s a connection to a headcannon I have lol

[origami-butterfly]

*Excluding Diggory because we all know they'd sweep

#hfth #hfth polls #it feels mean to tag diggory in a poll they aren't in but. I'm doing it anyway #diggory graves #leyland blooms #stitchery pins #cookery potts #huntington waites #tattery stabs #floris scrubbs #townsend rhodes #kind of expecting either Leyland or tattery to win but I'm not sure #also if you see this and aren't a hfth fan- 1. get of tumblr and go listen #and 2. pick based on vibes

[sturdy-nerdy-stitchery]

Well, I know it's been a while, but HA! I've got an item drop in my store!

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For those who feel the magic inside them, these magical girl inspired needle minders are just what you need to keep your needles off the floor, and safe on your project. 

Whether you use them as needle minders, regular fridge magnets, cute magnetic pattern weights for when you need to hold down your fabric while you trace and cut...or, if you just want me to turn them into regular old pins for your apparel  or backpack...or, perhaps you want this as a necklace charm. I got you covered!

You can find them here:

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https://www.etsy.com/listing/1059279214/magical-girl-magnetic-needle-minders-in?ref=shop_home_active_1

and if you love what I do but don't stitch, or you want one of my free patterns and feel that it is too hilarious NOT to be free, you can check out my Ko-Fi tip jar at:

www.ko-fi.com/sturdynerdystitchery

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#Cross Stitch #Cross Stitching #Needle Minders #Needle minders #Magical girl #Magical Girls #Sailor Moon #Sailor Moon Needle minder #Magical Brooch #Magical Girl Compact #Sailor Moon compact #Sailor Moon Brooch #Sailor Moon Compact Needle Minder #xstitch #xstitching #Crescent Moon #Sailor Moon Necklace #Magnetic Minders #Small Business #Etsy #Fairy Kei #Fairy Kei Aesthetic #Fairy Kei Fashion #Pastel Aesthetic #Sturdy Nerdy Stitchery #The Sturdy Nerdy Stitchery

#Cross Stitch #needle minders #sailor moon #needlework #Fairy Kei #Fairy Kei Aesthetic #pastel aesthetic #magical girl #magical girls #Sailor Moon Compact #Sailor Moon Needle Minder #Small Business #Etsy #xstitch #xstitching

[1katestitches]

So... I sew a grime guard for my embroidery hoop.

It went.

First off: I used  this tutorial from Little Lion Stitchery and another one from Thread Bare. Both very easy to understand, even the math, and I was a happy camper because I (or rather, my mom) had everything at home. Should go smoothly right?

So, I followed the tutorial, got my fabric, got my rubber bands, and I actually managed to sew it all together to look like a grime guard... If you ignore the freshly inserted sewing needle I turned into a fish hook.

I assume that I managed to straight up hit the pin needle and bend the sewing needle into its shape with a very, very disconcerting “crack”. Like some dried wood breaking. Scared the shit out of me.

But, nevertheless, I finished it. The stitches look almost good, too. The rubber bands were not a nightmare to put in.

And then I put it on my embroidery hoop.

It... fits? Kinda. Just not like it should sit, as in just the edge should be covered. Imagine one of those steering wheel covers just instead of a steering wheel and embroidery hoops.

Cue a lot - and I mean a lot - of cursing.

Checked everything again - Nope, I didn't leave out a step. Yes, I cut everything the way it should be cut.

The only possible culprit might be the rubber bands. Because we had nothing else in the house, I used twenty millimetres (2 cm or 4/5) rubber bands... which might be too strong and too broad for this purpose. We shall see tomorrow when I go shopping. I owe mom new sewing needles anyway.

#sewing #sewing fail #embroidery #xstitch #cross stitch

[hallowoodspolls]

Hallowoods Favourite Character shown down: Round Three

#hello from the hallowoods #hello from the hallowoods polls #hfth #hfth polls #marolmar hfth #stitchery pins

[hellofromthehallowoods]

Mx. Wellman I was talking about hfth to my friend recently and I have to ask, How many of the character's names are puns?

Like there's the obvious puns-the mendies. Stitchery Pins, Diggory Graves, etc. And the sleepers often fall close under that- Democracy is dead and Mort means death.

But my friend pointed out Irene Mend. I-REne MEND, I REMEND

"Surely that's in," I thought, "It makes sense that Irene and all her creations are puns that makes sense, but there aren't anymore"

I told them not everyone has a pun name, like Percy Reed. Percy Reed who got his last name from his father, Solomun Reed.

Solomun Reed. The Instrumentalist. The Instrumentalists last name is Reed goddamn it (/lh)

How many more pun names have I accidently missed Mx. Wellman?

Well some of those I can blame on Irene, who's very punny with her naming conventions.

However, you are absolutely missing the worst one (it's alright. He's easy to miss).

#hfth asks