Daily OpusEverything I write is freely rebloggable. Just keep the source and tell people about my books :D [Until I decide otherwise, my pronouns are Ze/Hir/Hirself. As in "Ze went to the shops to get hir medication hirself". Thank you for the respect.]
friendly reminder that if i have ever befriended you and have not spoken to you in a while it’s nothing you’ve done wrong it’s just because i’m a piece of shit at keeping in contact with people and i still love you okay good
do you want to know something?? I always wondered what the hell kind of hairstyle the Ancient Egyptians were trying to portray with depictions like these
and this
until I did my hair this morning and
oh
welp
you can take the noses off our statues but until you find a way to take Egypt out of Africa we’re still going to find ourselves
I’m reblogging this post without all the salty, racist commentary because I’m sick of looking at it. please spread this around again in its pure form for posterity.
Holy crap people actually want my advise this is amazing
Ahem, yes! I’ll show you with this tutorial how I made the corset back on my Rabbit vest! I’m not an expert, and english is not my first language, so if this doesn’t make sense whatsoever I apologize! Hopefully some of you will find it useful!
PLEASE NOTE: This tutorial will NOT create a functional corset back, just the illusion of one! If you want an actual functioning corset, this isn’t the method you want to use. It’s purely decorative! (It will still look fine as hell though)
Okay, so. You got your pattern pieces in front of you. Grab your back center piece!
Now we’ll be making the gap in the back! It’s very important you add the gap and the grommets before you add your collar and lining!
This next step is kind of optional, but it will create a better finished look. I put two strips of interfacing fabric in the folds for more solidity. Interfacing fabric is this stuff:
(For a complete tutorial on interfacing fabric, go here )
If you don’t think it’s necessary/don’t have money/no time/no patience for this interfacing, you can skip it!
(If you don’t add the strips, you still gotta sew down at three cm wide.)
And now you have the gap!
As for the grommets, I was lucky enough that I knew someone who had a professional grommet making machine and knew how to use one. Ya know, one of these:
So I was properly instructed to make grommets pretty much how professionals would do. Unfortunately, those machines are expensive as hell, so my advise is to find someone who has one of these things, or use another method! I’m sure there’s tons of tutorials online!
For this tutorial I’ll show you how to do it with a grommet machine though, since I have literally no other idea how to do it.
Repeat that step for all your grommets. Once you’re done, you can now add lining and collars, AND BADABING BADABOOM! You’re done!
Now go strut your stuff, you beautiful person you!
Hope this was helpful! Good luck with your cosplay!
wow, thanks for the ref, might have to try and make this some time
“I wanted a better visual for this idea of a violence pyramid, how harassment and problematic language lay the foundation for sexual violence and murder. So I made this. Feel free to share and use where you need it.”
Something that I’ve learnt from my many years of struggling with depression is that it’s never really gone. Even at times when I feel good and healthy, I’m still always at risk of relapse. So far, I’ve experienced relapses every couple of years and one of the many reasons that happened is that I didn’t take my depression seriously enough. No one likes being mentally ill, so once depression doesn’t feel too present, I tend to ignore it. I quickly put myself under a lot of pressure, because everyone else does too, and since my depression isn’t acting up in that particular moment, I don’t feel like I have an excuse to take things easy. I feel like a liar and very disrespectful of other people’s hard work, so I push myself all the time to keep up with everyone. I don’t want to cause trouble because of something no one can see. While every single time seems still manageable to me, those situations keep stacking, until I can’t deal with the amount of stress anymore. Then I fall apart. This is a reminder to me and everyone else who’s in a similar situation: by accepting your depression and keeping it in mind, you’ll be able to live a healthier life in the long run. It’s difficult to miss out on certain things or to say “no” to friends because of something that isn’t an immediate problem. But every time you decide to take care of your needs, you will keep depression away a bit longer.
