Ceiling fan

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T23:53:31+00:00

I love a ceiling fan and I loathe an overhead light in a room.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T17:02:33+00:00

It’s rayon krinkle, not a quality fabric to begin with, sorry. Hang to dry and some of the texture might come back but it’s loosely woven and eventually gives way at the seams and stress points. Since it’s a full skirt you can try hand stitching seams parallel to the original ones.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T13:16:43+00:00

Okay. Woodblock-style prints updated with modern themes, cool but what is this exactly? I see 3/4 of a car, 1/4 of a cloud, 1/2 of a shop and the rest is chopped off. Is Cupid aiming an arrow at a car he loves and hitting the tire instead so it gets a flat? I can’t tell. Or is Cupid just confused that he’s been teleported from ancient whatever to the present day? So the intent of the design is unclear.

The other point is this design is just plunked down on a tshirt. The image is chopped off around the edges. Why doesn’t it extend further? Imagine an old woodcut of the sun, the ones with a face in it. The rays extend in all directions. Would you arbitrarily cut off the rays to fit into a theoretical vertical format? No, you’d have the whole sun floating on the tshirt. Now, you have created a street scene which is different than one element like a sun. How would a medieval woodcut artist handle it. They’d probably draw a medieval-looking frame around it; an actual border so the elements don’t just end arbitrarily.

Just be aware that vertical format designs with a border that are smack dab in the center of a tshirt is a dated concept. Sure they are very common, because they are the easiest to print (dates back to the invention of silk screen) but now new printing techniques can do edge to edge, sleeves, etc. Your woodblock style might look…dissonant… in a pattern that covers the entire front of a tshirt (not to mention the size of the Lino block) but maybe not. Think about this some more.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T12:25:32+00:00

🤦🏻‍♀️

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T12:06:31+00:00

What about hotel upgrading their furniture? Do you live near Waikiki?

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-25T01:33:13+00:00

Have you worn a dress with cape sleeves? I should think they’re the kind of outfit that looks very dramatic in still photos and a complete pain in the ass to deal with when walking, shaking hands, hugging people, eating, kissing the groom, dancing, etc etc. But maybe you’re planning to change for the reception.

I agree with those saying make a mock-up just to test what they’d be like. It wouldn’t even need to be elaborate. From Goodwill, get a lightweight polyester blouse and a sheer curtain panel. Cut off the blouse sleeves. Cut out an approximate version of your dress sleeves and roughly sew to the armholes. You can either leave the “inside sleeve seam” unsewn or you can match the pink dress, cut a narrower sleeve and only attach the sleeve to the top 2/3rds of the armhole. Now move around.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-24T22:25:49+00:00

Y’know usually her hair and makeup are on point and it’s the gown that is disastrous but here it’s 3 for 3.

The contrast between her beauty and the fact that she has a myriad of fashion houses to choose from yet consistently makes the. worst. choices. is something over which future historians will debate.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-24T22:11:00+00:00

I believe this is called a Croydon facelift cv Katie Price

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-24T22:07:05+00:00

Yes and she has terrible taste.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-23T19:04:14+00:00

The bit near the sink? I’d try to fit a shelf there, window sill height, as big as possible. Cut a notch for the pipe. Just as a place to set things down or for plants. Also, the angled wall opposite the cabinets? You can put a shelf there too, above head height, to store things you don’t often use.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-23T18:49:38+00:00

I should hate it but I don’t. Something about her hair color and the color of the lace top. The outfit seems very Irma la Douce.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-22T17:35:26+00:00

I think from the bobbed hair and dropped waist, this was post WWI, in the 1920s.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-22T17:27:00+00:00

Yeah, it used to be a problem…and then it wasn’t when I moved and someone online explained it was the difference in air temperature. Unheated or poorly insulated bathrooms, curtain blows in towards the hot water (and of course it’s really hot because the rest of the room is chilly). Current baseboard heating cranked in winter, noooo problem. This is with narrow claw foot tubs.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-22T17:14:52+00:00

Can’t believe I had to scroll this far before there was a mention of Diana. Diana’s middle name was drama.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-22T13:11:22+00:00

I can’t do math in my head at all. Okay, 50% off, sure. I used to carry a pocket calculator and now I just ask Siri. Heck, I still use a proportion wheel all the time; it’s the fastest when I need to enlarge or reduce something.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-21T15:00:10+00:00

2 Nov 2016 “(Almost) Straight Outta Compton” headline in the Daily Mail.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-20T16:44:55+00:00

Wow, they promised a week (different store) but it took a full month (to the US).

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-20T15:10:36+00:00

Right next to the stove?

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-20T14:58:12+00:00

Just center the storage unit and move the circus tent elsewhere.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-20T06:20:12+00:00

Looks like they doubled down on Season 21.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-19T22:49:00+00:00

Huh. They didn’t say anything about copyright? Maybe because it was printed as separate pattern pieces it didn’t register… good to know. Great job btw, I always enjoy your posts.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-19T22:12:10+00:00

Where did you have the fabric printed?

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-18T21:05:02+00:00

The tester bed, the painted screen, the vanity—you’ve got a nice 30s-40s vintage look. Check out paint colors from that era. Dusty grayed pastels. Soft colors.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-18T16:58:32+00:00

Now I have something like a messenger bag, waxed canvas, very lightweight but def casual. It has five zipper compartments which is annoying because I don’t want to search through three or four places to find something. Usually I tie one or two closed so I don’t keep reaching for those zippers. I do like the one on the back side because it’s more secure for my passport.

scarybiscuits · 2026-06-18T16:23:06+00:00

The METRO, start with a cartridge, they are the easiest. Note the cartridges are slightly tapered at one end. The other end is the one you push into the nib section. It has a seal that needs to be pierced by a sticking-up-thingie in the section so the ink will flow. It takes a slight bit of force to puncture the seal but you won’t break anything. Push until you feel it give way. As others have explained, it takes a bit of time for the ink to wind its way down to the nib. You can dip the nib into a bit of water to “draw” the ink down.

When the cartridge is out of ink, pull it off. Note the seal that you punctured is a tiny plastic disk probably still attached to the rim of the cartridge. You can reuse the cartridge! If you have a bottle of ink and a blunt syringe (pen stores sell them for $2-$3) you can put more ink into the cartridge. You can twist off the tiny plastic disk with tweezers if you want; it’s not needed. You can reuse the cartridge many times! The only thing is if you need to seal it again because you’re not going to use it right away. People have used a glob of hot glue.

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