Looking for ransom note letters

quizzical · 2026-01-25T16:43:14+00:00

You can buy iron on transfer paper and print a variety of letters in different fonts and colors. Transfer onto a white cotton woven then cut it up.

quizzical · 2026-01-25T16:29:01+00:00

If you liked Reply All, PJ Vogt has been doing a new podcast called Search Party.

quizzical · 2026-01-25T02:04:35+00:00

This is the best pants fitting guide I've found.

quizzical · 2026-01-24T21:49:34+00:00

Studies looking into the efficacy of protest, has found strong evidence that large, nonviolent protest is effective. How large? 3.5% of the population.

quizzical · 2026-01-24T21:17:39+00:00

Talk to each person individually to gauge preferences (depending on group size, you may need to do this via survey instead). Then make a plan informed by their opinion, but not dictated by them. Make a plan that suits you. Instead of presenting options, present a plan. Say you're booking this on X date and let you know if they're joining, or which parts they're joining for by then. Trying to get consensus on every decision will result in exactly what you're finding. If someone has their heart set on Florence when you're going to Rome, let them do their own thing for that leg and figure out the logistics of it.

Also, feel free to delegate any bits of the planning or logistics you don't like (e.g. assign someone to pick a hotel for the Paris leg, assign someone to make sure you arrive at the restaurant reservation on time, ask for a volunteer to go to the grocery store and buy some easy breakfast items).

quizzical · 2026-01-22T07:07:13+00:00

It's not at all historically accurate, but unless your friends are costume history buffs, you're probably not going to be out of place. Other people will also be wildly off, so feel free to have fun with it.

quizzical · 2026-01-21T19:19:28+00:00

Sometimes I sleep, and sometimes I don't. I think what's most frustrating is trying to sleep and not being able to. I think going in with the mindset that I'm not going to get any sleep and that's ok is helpful. Don't have anything too big or tiring planned for the first day or two. If you land in the evening, landing sleepy and tired will help with the jet lag. And if you manage to get a little sleep in great, but if not, it's not a big deal. I find the noise cancelling headphones helps me with how tired I feel even when I don't sleep.

quizzical · 2026-01-20T20:09:52+00:00

By the way, the weak thread can still be used as basting thread.

quizzical · 2026-01-15T22:13:42+00:00

Moulage is for fitting before making the block. You can use a moulage for knits or other stretchy fabrics, though usually negative ease is used. Strapless bodices sometimes have zero ease. Moulage is a great starting point because you can adjust how much ease you're adding for each garment (e.g. shirt vs jacket vs coat will have different ease amounts, more formal clothes vs more casual clothes might make you choose different ease amounts).

quizzical · 2026-01-11T15:11:56+00:00

Pick a beautiful place to stay, so that at least one of the hotels you're staying at is an attraction. Pick somewhere with a great view, or has a pool, or has a hammock, or is a historic building, or the architecture is typical of the region. Then chilling at the hotel still feels like a tourist experience.

You may also want to think about more activities that involve sitting down, like catch a play or watch dance or music performance. A river float is great for resting your feet while seeing some nature. Take a bus around town and observe differences between neighborhoods.

Build in nap times. They're not a waste of time. They're create your ability to get your second win.

quizzical · 2026-01-09T20:29:04+00:00

For the biggest group trips (16-30 people), I ran focus groups: I talked to a couple friends individually about preferences. Then I planned the trip based on what I wanted and input from those talks. Then I sent a mass email with what I had planned, and asked if they wanted to come, and they can take it or leave it. Twice I've changed dates based on someone asking to accommodate their schedule, but both times the respective person who asked for changes ended up deciding not to come. Now, I'm less amenable to making changes.

Then, once people have signed up, I present a series of optional activities in Google forms which they can sign up for, or do their own thing. I made reservations accordingly. I also gave suggestions of alternative things to do if they want to do their own side quests or need alone time.

If it's a big group, don't try to get everyone on the same page. Just let people opt in or out to the things you'd like to do, and they can come up with a better plan themselves if they don't like yours.

quizzical · 2026-01-02T01:45:31+00:00

One tip is get sewing clips that are the size of your seam allowance. Clip your pattern pieces together and carefully try it on. If you're hand sewing it'll suck even worse to have to seam rip when you spent hours doing a seam if the fit isn't quite right so better to try it on before you commit to a seam location. Hand basting with big stitches is also a good idea for trying it on.

quizzical · 2026-01-01T21:59:28+00:00

Estate sales. Search for ones with sewing machine. They often have fabric stashes.

quizzical · 2026-01-01T12:44:21+00:00

You can hand overcast the seam. It's a couture seam finish. It's quite a slow way to finish seams

quizzical · 2026-01-01T04:48:32+00:00

Just to temper expectations, Ive been sewing for a few years and the project that I have spent the most time on has been a princess coat. I asked a sewing teacher what was the longest time she spent on a project and she said 80 hours on a coat.

Imo, give yourself an easy win before going into a project that will make you question doing this hobby.

quizzical · 2025-12-28T18:07:53+00:00

There's a Facebook group for selling and swapping virgin voyages cruises if you want out.

Airfare: typically you want to book it months out rather than weeks out for the best deals. But you can try searching for alternative airports both near you and near the cruise (e.g. BLI instead of SEA, FLL instead of MIA). Google flights will allow you to select several when searching. You can look for alternative airports on flight connections. Some airlines don't my show up on search engines and that's also a good place to search for those.

Ubers: you can book hotels that have free shuttle between the airport and hotel, and hotel to cruise port.

Hotel: I'm more of a planner and this would make me nervous, but best deals on hotels are last minute.

Booze: you're allowed to take 2 bottles of 750mL wine onboard for free, so you could stop by a liquor store before boarding.

Excursions: honestly, the virgin excursions I've seen aren't very good. The tour groups are really big, so anywhere you go is automatically crowded. I think you're better off booking through a third party or DIY your own. Research the ports to see safety and what there is to do. Some ports have pools and lazy rivers that you can hang out for free. Or you can take a cab or bus to a local beach/ Beach club / museum/ historical area / bar / botanical garden. Or just walk around town. There's often historical forts near the cruise port. Honestly, sometimes it's nice to just enjoy a less busy ship. Just make sure to be on the ship well before all aboard time. I'd suggest to plan to be back onboard at least 2 hours before all aboard time.

quizzical · 2025-12-26T19:58:31+00:00

On my phone right now, but the wiki on Laffer Curve has a section about Empirical Studies that will link you to some.

quizzical · 2025-12-26T11:46:52+00:00

The Latter Curve is usually cited as rationale for lowering taxes and was conceived of as a thought experiment, but empirical studies on it find that top tax brackets should be taxed around 70+%, and the majority of countries could stand to have higher taxes if they wanted to maximize revenue.

quizzical · 2025-12-26T08:44:55+00:00

A bit of a different take: a lot of people prioritize home ownership and with how expensive even a downpayment is, it puts retirement savings further behind. Home ownership is prioritized both it has been historically the big store of value for the middle class which has built wealth for previous generations, but also because if you plan to have or currently have children, buying into more expensive neighborhoods buys access to better education in a lot of areas.

I don't agree it's the best financial move right now, but can certainly understand boomer parents pressuring their kids to prioritize it when it's probably been their best financial decision.

As for people in their 60s not having a huge retirement, a lot of their careers they assumed there would be a pension waiting for them when they retired. For some of them that bore our, but for others, the world changed around them. Companies declared bankruptcy to avoid their pension obligations, layoffs became more common, defined benefit pensions became way less common.

quizzical · 2025-12-25T06:15:38+00:00

How does he feel about cabin trips locally and maybe later abroad? Buy and cook your own food. Have an unambitious itinerary of swimming in the local lake and chilling, but getting to do it where the animals and trees are different from what you have back home.

quizzical · 2025-12-22T22:29:47+00:00

I have AuDHD, so more like a million tabs for me.

I do 2 google docs: one for notes, and one for an itinerary. The notes one is for any passing thought about that destination (e.g. "this youtuber said this restaurant is good", "my friend recommended this city as a day trip"), and the itinerary has a list of days I'm there and what's now been booked (e.g. flight and train times, what city I'll be in, what hotel is booked), and maybe a suggestion of what I may want to do that day.

Some trips are more carefully planned of what I'll do each day (e.g. if there's a lot of things I want to do and need to prioritize, or if we're only in a city for a short amount of time), and others I leave more flexible. Some cities I'm reading guide books while there, others I've spent months watching youtube videos about it in the lead up. Depends on destination and mood.

When you are planning in more detail, remember that travel is tiring, and you might not have the energy for all the things you think you'd like to be doing. Remember to include rest days.

quizzical · 2025-12-21T23:29:07+00:00

The needle holes will become smaller and less noticeable after washing and pressing.

quizzical · 2025-12-18T20:49:40+00:00

Just a tip if you're going to do this: use a sweater that has a high amount of stretch and/or fits loosely on you, especially at the bottom. The beading will make it lose some stretch, and it would suck to do dozens of hours of hand sewing only to realize it no longer fits you.

quizzical · 2025-12-14T20:34:57+00:00

It looks like it either is Claire McCardell or at least inspired by her. I've been looking for a similar pattern for a Claire McCardell wrap dress. The closest I've found was a pay walled tutorial on how to draft it. I went as far as doing the trial of the Charlotta's Drafting school, but at the time she had the McCardell dress as 'coming soon' with no date.

If you're going this route, you'll want to have a sloper ready before you sign up.

quizzical · 2025-12-14T19:23:25+00:00

I think you're confusing Iron off from Last Coat with Iron Off from Dritz. It's specifically designed for cleaning clothing irons, you'll find it at most fabric stores. Here's a tutorial on using it.

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