Never let it be said that I am not productive on vacation

[sabotabby]

Two things I did today:

1) Made a donation to the Canadian Red Cross, although I'm still looking for something more hands-on I can do to help. Fellow Canadians: You can donate online and earmark the money for South Asia. (Or other trouble spots. But that's probably the most urgent right now.)

2) Learned how to use the sewing machine. (I haven't used once since seventh grade Home Ec. It's harder than I remembered.) But I managed to thread it and stitch with it; I don't have decent fabric-cutting scissors, though, or decent fabric for that matter. Hence, experimentation with scrap material.


Marinetti enjoying the fruits of my labour.

And no, rohmie, I'm not pregnant. It's DIY, or something. That, and the desire to make clothes that are more bizarre than I could possibly afford unless I made them myself.

Comments

[kynn.livejournal.com]

DIDDY DAT

[sabotabby]

He is, too.

[toniarachelle.livejournal.com]

I wanna learn to sew!! I would love to beable to make my own clothes..

[sabotabby]

I'm pretty far from being able to do that now, but that's the plan.

nice icon

[yallabaxna.livejournal.com]

What is it?(the sewing project, I mean)

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[sabotabby]

Heh, thanks. If you're into that sort of thing, check out History of Robots in the Victorian Era, which is where I got it.

I don't have any projects in mind; right now I just want to know how to use the thing. I think I'm going to make kitty toys, then messed up stuffed animals, then clothes for Marinetti, then clothes for me.

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[yallabaxna.livejournal.com]

clothes for marinetti? oh no.

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[sabotabby]

Putting him in a keffiyeh didn't garner quite enough animal abuse complaints, so I'm going to make him a little kitty sweater or something.

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[yallabaxna.livejournal.com]

the humanity! I used to put hijabs on the cats. they were so modest, but it flattened their little kitty ears, and they usually repsponded by thrashing themselves around.

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[sabotabby]

Bwahaha! Well, I couldn't put a hijab on Marinetti, as he's a boy. He has enough confusion with his sexuality as is, being snipped and all. ;)

[will63.livejournal.com]

Must see latest.

See you there.

Love the Mainecoon.

[sabotabby]

You a bad, bad man.

::e-crushes::

Eh, Mommy, u sxy.

[himy.livejournal.com]

You're not pregnant?

Eh, Mommy, you sexy.

[rohmie.livejournal.com]

And no, rohmie, I'm not pregnant. It's DIY, or something.

Actually, I recently realized that can't ethically tease you. I just remembered that I occasionally sew myself. Usually it's strictly repair work, but I once made a nylon webbing thingy so that I could wear my watch on my belt. I folded the strap in two and sewed them together in the center to form a belt loop with two flaps. I sewed my watch, upside-down, to the lower flap using the upper flap to protect the watch face. Recommended if you can't stand wearing things on your wrists or just like the idea behind pocket watches.