#new skills

[solarpunkcitizen]

#speedweave #mending #new skills #jeans

[sighcomics]

learning a new skill

#my art #my comic #i love my cube im starting to get the hang of it #rubikscube #comic strip #comics #comix #comic art #illustration #cute art #indie comic #original comic #artists on tumblr #cartoon #webcomic #cartoon art #doodle #sighcomics #original illustration #new skills

[roseredsnow]

Been meaning to make this for a while and finally found round to doing examples when the the power was out last week so here we go.

(Currently all text and a couple photos at the end but if someone wants a video just let me know)

Basics of hand sewing!

First things first: what to use when learning.

When starting out you're gonna want things easy to use so no fabrics that are too tough, stretchy or liable to fraying, basically cotton or denim from old clothes or sheets should be great.

Thread wise will depend a little on your dexterity, if you're going to struggle with smaller thread try something thicker possibly embriodery thread, there are also things that will help you to thread your needle but I haven't used them so I don't have much advice there.

Otherwise just give your thread a little tug to make sure it won't snap under the slightest pressure and you should be good.

Unless you're going straight onto you're project and want to hide the stitching I'd recommend using a different colour to the fabric so that it's easier to see where you've sewn.

Needle wise again if you don't have the dexterity and don't mind bigger holes embroidery needles are slightly bigger and have bigger holes so they may be a little easier.

For non embriodery needles there's some that are a little thinner than others I don't like them much but if they're all you can find they work (I've got poundland ones before and they tend to be the thickness I like.

Threading the needle and securing the thread:

Again there are devices to help you thread needles but can't provide much more on that.

The other two ways I tend to thread needles is by

1) Bend the thread in and the point made tends to go through the hole a bit easier.

2) Dampen your thumb and next finger and twist the end so that the fibers stick tother instead of fraying as it goes through the hole.

Now when securing the thread there's three options I know of.

1) Starting with the easiest: once your needle is threaded double over the thread (make sure you've got double the length you need) and tie the ends together, this method means your needle won't become unthreaded and may be a little more secure however does require more thread.

2) This is what I tend to use, have a bit of thread one side of the hole so it hopefully doesn't come undone and knot one end. This means you're using less thread than method 1 but the needle may unthread.

3) Make sure you keep the end of your thread from going through the hole while you do a couple stitches and it should secure itself.

Pictures below show method 1 on the top left, 2 bottom left and 3 on the right.

I dont want this to get too long so I'll make another post soon with different stitches, feel free to ask any questions.

#solarpunk #solar punk #visible mending #cosplay #sewing #new skills #learn something new #hand sewing #hopepunk

[jeraliey]

Expertise/opinion needed

Dear Visible Mending community on Tumblr,

I'd like you to meet this absurd face:

Why there a hat in the shot? Well......because this is my absurd, idiotic, ridiculous fish hat which I absolutely adore:

Yes, the giant plushie fish IS actually sewn ON TOP of the hat, and the overall result is EXACTLY as ridiculous as you're thinking. It's wonderful. Yes, I'm that person sometimes.

So I've recently started learning visible mending stuff, and remembered my horror and despair when I realized that my beloved absurd fish hat (which I got in high school during a Science Olympiad swap meet) had a large hole in the tail, one that was so big and in such a weird place that I had no idea (up until now!) how to address it.

So I decided to repair it using these Tumblr-learned techniques, and I'm actually pretty pleased with the preliminary result:

My question is: I'm considering adding a vertical/circumfrential set of stitches as well, but I'm also wondering if less is more in this case. Does this kind of mend require a set of stitches at a different angle to strengthen it, or is what I have sufficient? Thanks so much for any advice/opinions!

The absurd fish hat also thanks you....

#visible mending #mending #sashiko #fiber crafts #opinion please #absurd hat rescue #new skills #fish #hat #fish hat #roly poly fish hat

[sigridstumb]

Macaroni Art

I have NRE with the makerspace I joined.

One of the things I am working on is attempting to become familiar with the physicality of blacksmithing. Just, you know, getting the hammer to hit the piece of mild steel and not the anvil, that sort of thing.

Yesterday when I was there, practicing, a guy asked if I wanted some advice. I gratefully and enthusiastically assented. He gave me information I VERY much wanted, about posture and how to minimize one's chance of repetitive stress injuries or throwing one's back out. I'm in my 50s, this is the kind of tip I want!

So yesterday I took a 3/8" wide square bar and made 4" of it into a flat sheet. I'm very pleased with myself!

I call these efforts macaroni art, in a callback to the preschool and kindergarten art many of us made and then later in life received. Said art may not have always involved literal dried noodles, but it often did. This is the art of someone who is learning the physical effort, skill, and technique of applying glue, of using crayons, of selecting colors. It's an age of experimentation.

That's what I am doing. Macaroni art. I am faffing about in the enjoyment of learning a new thing. Of course it's not more polished, more refined! Of course my wood joints show! Of course things are lumpy and uneven! That's the POINT of this whole endeavor for me -- to try new things, to expand my physical skills, to embrace my specific creativity.

Macaroni Art.

Image description: A white kitchen counter with work gloves and ear protection in the background. In the foreground site a thin square bar of steel. One end is flattened. A hand rests next to the bar, for scale, showing that the flat part in about four inches long.

#blacksmith #learning #new skills #actuallyautistic #autistic #spoonie #actually disabled #chronic illness #queer #hyperfixation

[theriverspath]

I made crêpes! (A mini celebration of fandom.)

Yesterday was the French holiday, La Chandeleur. And on Chandeleur, people celebrate by making crêpes. It's not a holiday that I'd been aware before this year, but yesterday evening found me stood over my stovetop attempting to create the thin, lacy pancakes I'd only previously had the pleasure of encountering in restaurants.

Long before I'd even heard of Good Omens, let alone the crêpe-craving angel contained within it, I fell in love with this iconicly French food. For over twenty years now, one of my bucket list items is the unashamedly touristy activity of enjoying some from a Parisian street vendor while basking in the general splendor of The City of Lights.

And, while fate has yet to bring me to France, it did bring me to the Good Omens fandom. More specifically, it brought me to the discord server of the youtuber, @sendarya. There, her and her team organized a weekend of crêpe making in celebration of Chandeleur. They posted a brief summary of the holiday along with a couple of recipe and presentation suggestions for those who, like me, had never attempted them. People from all over the world have been posting photos of their creations, along with the occasional video displaying crêpe flipping skills the likes of which I can only aspire.

As someone who grew up in the pre-web days, these little pockets of the internet never cease to amaze me. Here's me, someone so 'Murican that they've never even owned a passport, chatting with folks around the globe about our shared interests. In my childhood and early teens, I would have only had access to this sort of camaraderie through the much slower mediums of newsletters or zines. But today, I carry instant access to the world around with me in my pocket.

While the pros and cons of this general phenomenon, along with the more specified experience of being part of an online fandom, are continuously debated, yesterday definitely fit within the "pro" column. Yesterday, the domino fall that began with a couple of guys writing a book together over thirty years ago ended in me learning a new skill with the help and encouragement of Good Omens fans spread out across the planet.

This morning, I enjoyed some of the leftovers from yesterday for breakfast, and it made my heart sing. I may or may not ever get to experience street vendor crêpes in Paris. But, due to the enthusiasm and generosity of global GOmens fans, I can now indulge in them in the comfort of my own home any time I please.

So, here's my thanks to everyone who organized and are participating in the AziraCrêpes weekend over on Sendarya's discord. Y'all are pretty cool.

#crepes #good omens fandom #AziraCrêpes #fandom things #new skills #chandelure #cooking #first time

[briethekitsune]

Behold! A snake! I am so happy with how my first crochet project turned out!!!

Please give name suggestions aswell!

#crochet #snake #cute #new skills #crocheting #chaos

[sparkly-heretic]

Hey @ilovedirt we did it! For the last few days we have done little visits outdoors in the travel cage, and today an actual walk outside our garden! So proud of this boy, this year he actually trusts me that outdoors is nice 💚

#birblr #bird #ed the bird #parrot #pets of tumblr #green bird #senegal parrot #poicephalus #new skills #outdoors #walkies

[ashengem]

I made an octopus friend!

#crochet #amigurumi #new skills

[solarpunkcitizen]

#sewing #new skills #pattern #pattern making #diy

[monstera-tea]

Little pine needle basket! I made this with needles i collected while my mom was getting surgery in JANUARY. They have been sitting in my freezer for a WHOLE YEAR. Im so bored right now though so i finally learned how to make little needle baskets from youtube and here we are. im very proud of it it can hold two whole bottles of nail polish so spacious

Hot tip for artists block: if you cant be creative now, learn new skills to be creative with later :>

#fiber arts #artists on tumblr #basket #basketry #basket weaving #pine needle basket #new skills #little guy #nature

[shorterstrides-fasterpace]

Whhheeeeeee I am being emotionally dependent 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦 Fuck.

#developing a sense of self and being self aware is hard. #new skills

[roseredsnow]

Started making my first quilt!

It's a little wonky in places cause I didn't use a solid template but I like it.

Feels very wintery with the colours.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #solar punk #quilting #sewing #new skills #crafting #fiber crafts

[jeraliey]

Baby's first alteration!

So, I got my old sewing machine fixed and serviced, and I set up a sewing table! So of course I've been going through and happily mending holes in pajama pants and backpacks and sheets and what have you. And because I've also been sucked into the whole "visible mending" thing, I took a bag of not-so-great clothes that I was going to scrap, and started reevaluating them as potential patches for visible mending projects.

Which is when I came across this shirt:

The reason I was going to get rid of it is because of the turtleneck. The very, very, VERY small turtleneck, that made me feel like it was going to strangle me every time I wore it. And then I started thinking that having a sewing machine means that you can change things about clothes that you don't like....oh no, I'm going to start learning alterations and tailoring, aren't I? Oh. No.

So I came across this very excellent tutorial:

And I figured, I was going to get rid of that shirt anyway....what if I tried to take off the strangle-neck and make it into something wearable?

And then I got intimidated. I've never done anything like this before.

And then I remembered another turtleneck in my scrap pile, that was there because it doesn't really fit me very well:

I figured I could use this as a practice piece, because there's a lot more cloth in case I screw up (it's always been very baggy on me), and there's basically no way I would be wearing it again anyway.

So I started going through the tutorial:

I removed the turtleneck part and picked it apart

(Look at how much longer the purple turtleneck was compared to the blue!)

The tutorial was for a scoop-neck, but I always look better in a boat neck, so I marked the fabric with soap and cut a boat-neck neckline into the shirt (which was scary, but I was pleased with how it turned out!)

Then I followed the tutorial for how to measure and estimate the lengths of the strips for the front neckline and the back neckline seams:

Then I sewed them together

Panicked because one of the seam attempts caught in the sewing machine and was drawn UNDER THE FEED DOG PLATE which caused all kinds of problems including a broken needle! And I was worried that the fabric of the seam was so chewed up that I'd have to start over......

But then realized that the chewed-up part was going to be folded up and oversewn with the seam. So I pinned it up:

then got scared and added more pins

Matched it up to the shirt

And then I SEWED IT ON!

The shirt still doesn't fit at all, but I'm pretty pleased with the neckline now! (Oh no....does that mean I'm going to have to learn how to tailor an overly-baggy shirt?)

(Side note: Starting off new with super-stretchy fabric made some interesting problems. But! I now know how to replace a broken needle, pick a new foot that's better suited to the fabric, fight with stretchy fabric without a serger, etc etc etc. Good learning project, all in all. :D )

#sewing #mending #upcycle #sewing machine #new skills #first time #newbie #turtleneck #boatneck #tutorial #alterations

[k00294532]

photography workshop using professional cameras

20/11/23

#new skills #new experiences #photography

[lostintime-liketearsinrain]

I really need to stop shopping online 😂🙈 time to try out a new creative medium! Been fascinated with 3D printing for sometime and decided to take the plunge and pick up my own machine! Hoping to learn some new things and perhaps eventually print some things I can sell through my Etsy!

Let the fun begin 😃

#personal #creativity #creative life #3D printing #3dtumblr #elegoo #3d printer #new skills