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Also contains non fashion things I want. This blog is my wish fulfillment.
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scribefindegil

So far no one at a fabric store has asked what I'm quilting so I haven't had the chance to whip out my phone & be like well u see. this.

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scribefindegil

Okay SO this is a longer answer than you asked for but let me regale u with

The Story Of Hubris Quilting

  • It is two months ago
  • I am so fucking cursed and trying desperately to find crafts I can actually do while lying in bed with no brain and a -4 penalty to my dex mod
  • I am also just sort of rewatching Mob Psycho 100 on loop bc I am in love with it and it gives me Content without needing to expend much brain power
  • Important background information on me, Scribe: When I love a piece of media very much I feel a deep and abiding need to create some sort of wearable talisman about it.
  • Anyway, I am rewatching Season One for like the third time when I notice this shot in the opening:
  • Haha, I think, that looks kind of like appliqué!
  • My brain, which is actively dying for want of a craft project, goes Oh?? Appliqué you say???
  • Oh man, I think, I bet I could sew that! And maybe some, like, objects from especially significant scenes! I could do it as the design on the back of a quilted vest; that would make a fun talisman!
  • (Had I stopped here it would have been a large but reasonable project. However, I am filled with hubris even when I also have the physical stamina of a cup of jello and the brain power of a particularly dim slug)
  • It's a shame there's probably no way I can quilt his aura, I think.
  • (This is a stupid thing to think because going "this is probably impossible" about a craft project is a surefire way to summon The Hubris)
  • No really, I think. There's no way I can quilt Mob's aura.
  • [Various McElroy voices] Unless . . .
  • . . .
  • I stare at psychic aura screencaps for many days.
  • I come to several emotional character revelations. I also come to the conclusion that what I want to do is, technically, possible.
  • To start, I'll use English Paper Piecing to sew together a bunch of tiny triangles into eight-part rosettes to recreate the 'spinning disc' effect of the aura
  • Then once I have enough of those, I'll remove the basting and the paper pieces, press them, and re-baste them to clamshells (making sure they're all in exactly the same orientation)
  • And THEN I'll appliqué all those clamshells together into rows to make a solid piece of fabric

(These are just laid out, not sewn down yet)

  • And then I'll tilt that fabric at like a 20-30 degree angle and finally I will have successfully quilted Kageyama Shigeo's psychic aura!
  • And that will be the background of my vest :)
  • After that, I'm going to teach myself needle-turn applique to decorate it with significant objects from every scene that's made me cry! (there are . . . many of them)

Anyway. This is the plan I came up with 864 tiny triangles ago and it's going great so far!

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scribefindegil

Update! I have sewn 1,200 tiny triangles into 150 rosettes, approximately half the total amount I need!! We are Making Progress!!

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scribefindegil

Update: 2,400 tiny triangles babyyyyyy!!

Now it is time to sew all the rosettes together and then do One Million Appliqué!

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margoterobbies

Barbie Pink & Fabulous ― 'Barbie' Los Angeles Photocall Barbie 1959 ― 'Barbie' Bondi Beach Photocall Barbie Day to Night ― 'Barbie' Seoul Premiere Barbie Sparkling Pink ― 'Barbie' Seoul Press Conference Earring Magic Barbie ― 'Barbie' Mexico Premiere Totally Hair Barbie ― 'Barbie' Mexico Photocall Solo in the Spotlight Barbie ― 'Barbie' Los Angeles Premiere Enchanted Evening Barbie ― 'Barbie' London Premiere

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daziechane

Her stylist, Andrew Mukamal, NAILED this whole press tour.