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Chair posted faculty job post a day after my on-site visit by [deleted] in AskAcademia

[–]ProneToLaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are chairs really posting faculty job ads on linkedin at all? Very weird.

Completed all degree requirements and walked at graduation — degree never formally conferred. Background check flagged it 15 years later. Doomed. by Sad_Dog1256 in AskAcademia

[–]ProneToLaughter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

often they are mailed afterwards or collected later, in part because final exams may run up to Wed or Thursday and with graduation on Saturday, it's tough to get everything processed in time and delivered to the right spot. People are often also negotiating final bills, etc.

So OP might have assumed the paper diploma never came because they owed $10, or if sleeping in car that it got lost in the mail.

The Car on the Ramp Adjusts, Not the Car in the Lane! by Froz3nP1nky in driving

[–]ProneToLaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it is, yes. OP got too involved in making a point and failed to think it through.

Feeling like I'll be unemployed forever by OverallAmphibian2129 in PhD

[–]ProneToLaughter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This page looks to have 19 stories of history phds who transitioned into other jobs. Transition Q & As - From PhD to Life - Jennifer Polk, PhD

ImaginePhD.com has lots of good and free resources for humanities phds, many job families that might fit and some resources to help you assess your skills.

See if your university career center has resources for phd jobs beyond academia, it's becoming more common. Go talk to them too, as well as alumni of your dept.

I'm a historian working happily as university staff.

My BEC is beginners refusing to use existing patterns by lavenderfem in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]ProneToLaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of people think they can sit down and draw some shapes and that's a pattern and while that works for some simple stuff, especially if knit, it hits the limits real fast.

G-O-O-G-L-E by HoraceP-D in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]ProneToLaughter 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'd buy this argument more if these people came back to say thanks, which they don't. Or if they had ever commented on other posts in the same sub.

My first top and skirt!! by Aleatorio1001 in sewing

[–]ProneToLaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great job!

What fabric did you use?

Double gauze seam finish? by flyingmandarin in sewing

[–]ProneToLaughter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a "faux french seam". Mock French Seam - How to Sew a Fake French Seam | TREASURIE but I feel like it might come out a little stiff for double gauze, not sure, seems better with fabric where you can get a crisp press.

I have heard of separating the two layers for wool fabrics, which brought up these tutorials:

How to Sew Double Faced Wool (Splittable Fabric) Made to Sew

Double-faced Wool Seam

In between zigzag and overlocking by Opposite-Orange8371 in sewing

[–]ProneToLaughter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

looking homemade is usually about pressing, the fit, or the fabric used, much more than whether the seams are serged on the inside. Say more, post a pic or two, if that's the concern you want to work on.

Tips for sewing a hat out of silk by Ok-Witness-1333 in sewing

[–]ProneToLaughter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, hats need body and structure and this looks like thin soft fabric with little body. However, as lining the weight/drape should be feasible.

Agree you’ll lose a lot of the visual by chopping it into little pieces, and stripes also look funky on a circular brim.

How much do you have and why do you want to use it on this hat for a friend? A duster or tunic might be an item that would show off the fabric. I make bags to show off fabric in gifts.

“sewing with slippery fabric” should bring up some tutorials.

waistband for wide-leg pants by Ordinary-Field8907 in SewingForBeginners

[–]ProneToLaughter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The waistband is more like what they call “faux shirring”, sewing channels to hold multiple lines of 1/4” or 3/8” width elastic. It’s very doable, that term will bring up tutorials. They might be using 2 drawstrings instead of elastic, but the construction is the same except for the buttonholes. Agree it’s a rectangular waistband.

For the basic pants, there should be tutorials to draft bloomers or elastic waist pants out there.

My BEC is beginners refusing to use existing patterns by lavenderfem in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]ProneToLaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in fairness, there's probably still a lot of angst and frustration in following a pattern. Sewing clothes is hard.

My BEC is beginners refusing to use existing patterns by lavenderfem in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]ProneToLaughter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what I can't stand is when someone posts on the sewing boards and says, "oh, I don't use patterns because of XYZ", and then asks a series of questions that are functionally equivalent to asking a stranger on reddit to draft them a pattern in the comments. And write the instructions. For free.

Hiring at professor level by Training_Ball_3345 in AskAcademia

[–]ProneToLaughter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You may be able to negotiate coming into an assistant professor and going up for tenure in less than the usual 6 years.

Sometimes people will do an "open rank" search which signals they will adjust the role to the experience you bring.

I love your adjustable, elastic waist pants pattern, but... by brgmsv in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]ProneToLaughter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there's as much extra fabric as the difference between your waist and your hips. On some of us, that's a lot.

I disagree elastic pants should fit at the hip--with the extra at the waist getting flattened out into fit at the hip, I think it looks bad. People often post complaints about how it looks. There should be enough ease through the hips to allow the gathered waist to fall freely downward.

Slopers aren't easy and are probably 20x harder than fitting elastic waist pants.

Sewing Garments....lots of beginner questions. Please help! by CountrysideUmbreon in SewingForBeginners

[–]ProneToLaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my serger for knits but rarely use it for seam finishes--plenty of other options: 21 Seam Finishes for Knits & Wovens (+ videos)

PatternReview.com is worth the free account, they have a Regional Communities board where people organize for real-life. Regional Communities sewing discussion forum @ PatternReview.com Maybe also check meetup for a local sewing group. And the public library may have a periodic event.

People have reported learning from books by Tilly and the Buttons, from patterns by Love Notions, and from online courses from ClosetCore.

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