eclipse, 2013, oil/cardboard, 15 x 20 cm
Lilac in a uranium glass vase at 2:45 AM.
ayo edebiri is like a Tumblr mutual to me
watching her interviews is like "she would post this at 5 am on a Saturday when the dash is slow"
So my sister wants to start sewing more, because
a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.
b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton
c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance
So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.
And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’
And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this
“Where did u get all this”
“Bets, u know I’m a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internet”
“oh yeah tru”
Op can may we inquire about the website list
Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/
cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/
Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (they’ve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool I’m making a constellation winter skirt from)
More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)
Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/
A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon code spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/
Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. It’s here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16
I don’t know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when I’m watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?
(I’ve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)
Medium weight is what I’d go with.
And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.
Renaissance Fabrics is good for all sorts of things
Mood doesn’t specialize in natural fabrics but they do have basically every fabric ever made so
Dorr Mill Store has a great selection of wool fabric in all sorts of colors and patterns.
from what i remember of the earlier seasons of supernatural the dynamic between sam “the s and the m stands for sadomasochism” winchester and castiel “air quotes” nolastname was basically sam saying shit like “gee cas i think we should be friends. wouldn’t it be neat if we were friends?” and castiel responding with what amounted to “could you shut the fuck up for two seconds while i imagine being inside of your brother. you’re an abomination by the way”. and that’s why i can’t rewatch the show. because i don’t want to find out i misremembered anything this important and funny to me.
sam’s writing that letter that mac sends to chase utley in It’s Always Sunny to castiel in an effort to bond and in response he gets a pre-recorded message that says like “i can’t come to the angel phone right now. i’m busy finding out what my dick is for. if this is Sam calling you should kill yourself. don’t leave a message.” and castiel was right to do that.
