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  • Finished my sashiko table runner. Its got some lightweight cotton batting inside for some heat resistant properties and a beautiful japanese weave fabric backing.

  • Progress on the Itoshiki Nozomu cosplay. Just have to finish off the back of the hakama and tidy up some loose threads. Then onto the prop making!

  • The finished Firefly quote. Looking forward to getting this framed and popping it up in the counsellor office. Positivity plus, also lets see how many kids are closet nerds 😋

  • Apparently only marking one side of the fabric is useless, so I had to laboriously measure the other back panel fastidiously making sure all the marks matched up! I now understand why the instructions kept talking about ceasing both pieces using a Japanese spatula thing… Of course, there is the other problem about finishing edges.…

  • Beavering away on my sashiko table runner. Almost finished the first panel now!

  • These sashiko square panels are destined to become a set of placemats for my ‘I’m going to move out soon’ collection of stuff. I’m going to start stitching them into a placemats using the fabrics I got a the craft fair a few weeks ago, just need to decide on how to arrange the design…

  • Stitching up some nerdy pop culture quote. Nothing fancy here…

  • Went to the Stitches ‘n’ Craft fair today. Top is my modest haul; Japanese fabrics for my sashiko placements (yay! I can finish them now!), a cracked agate bead string, a black agate bead string, & a swarowski crystal gemstone pendant. The beads are all for my Kahram’teh byrd costume. I’m collecting bits n bobs…

  • Started working on the yukata for my Nozomu Itoshiki cosplay. These are the sleeves.

  • A while back I ordered an advertised 15” laptop sleeve from Society6. Unfortunately, when it arrived it was far too small to fit my 15” laptop, which was odd… The company told me that their 15” sleeves are actually only 14” (what the?!) and they gave me a refund but said to keep the product…