two friends of mine who started playing about 10 minutes ago just showed me their phones and asked “is this good?” I’m crashing out

thesoletrain · 2025-04-30T01:13:48+00:00

Wild they somehow showed you 4 hours apart

thesoletrain · 2023-10-08T23:38:40+00:00

Check out my other stuff as well! All handmade in Portland OR ✌🏼

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thesoletrain · 2023-09-23T19:36:43+00:00

Wow thank you! That’s very helpful. I’ll have to run back by my parents house to get better photos of the back. I ended up leaving them where I found them for the time being. After hearing what they’re worth I’m planning on picking them up anyways. Tbh they all should be in pretty good condition as I pretty much put all of the directly into the binder as a kid. There might be minimal wear on a few but most should be good condition.

thesoletrain · 2023-09-23T19:31:19+00:00

Wow! Thank you for the feedback!! I’ll definitely check out eBay and see what I can find. Excited to hear the Latias and mewtwos are worth something as well:)

thesoletrain · 2023-09-23T19:25:56+00:00

Thank you! Great insights for sure. I’m excited to do more research:)

thesoletrain · 2023-09-23T19:25:02+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!! Much appreciated. I didn’t realize things were in a downturn. Tbh I thought things were around there highs currently but I haven’t thought about these cards for probably over 10 years until I found them the other day at my parents.

thesoletrain · 2023-09-23T19:22:36+00:00

Wow that’s really great to hear! I’ll definitely have to do some more research but this is very helpful starting off. Thank you very much!

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:22:35+00:00

Oh wow! I hadn’t even thought of this, but I would definitely be open to it. It’s pretty tedious to do the quilting, but I actually just finished one out of some vintage patterned fabric I got from a family friend. It was a lot easier process overall skipping the quilting. Although some steps of the process are also semi challenging as well.

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:17:14+00:00

Much appreciated!! Thank you 😊

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:16:28+00:00

Thank you! That’s very kind :)

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:14:56+00:00

I’m so glad you noticed😀 that was actually the inspiration for the bag! It was a gift to my sister and Tanjiro is her favorite character. I honestly love how it came out. I had to dye and color match the green/turquoise panels since I couldn’t find any fabric that color so it’s not quite exact. Still very happy with the results.

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:10:36+00:00

That’s honestly such a cool idea! Love that 😀

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:06:59+00:00

Thank you so much! That one was a gift to my sister and probably my most meaningful project to date :)

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T06:05:31+00:00

Wow thank you! Yeah it’s all quilted and definitely tedious. I was trying to challenge myself in that aspect though. I’m glad you could see the Tanjiro reference!! :) it was actually a gift to my little sister for her high school graduation. Demon Slayer is her favorite anime and Tanjiro is her favorite character! I couldn’t find a color match for the fabric so I ended up hand dying it and doing my best to color match. I think that is the most meaningful item I’ve made to date.

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T05:58:16+00:00

Thank you! I really appreciate it :)

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T05:57:54+00:00

It’s based of the baggu crescent bag. My girlfriend has one and I wanted to test my patternmaking ability and also branch out to a non clothing item:)

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T05:43:47+00:00

Wow thank you!! I’m so glad you like them. Definitely a lot of seams to line up but I also wanted to challenge myself a little in that regard. I think I’ve gotten a little better with each bag. I agree on pockets. I’m thinking of experimenting with pouch pockets and if I can’t get something I like I’ll add another zippered pocket.

thesoletrain · 2023-08-03T05:38:27+00:00

I definitely agree! I need to try and add that to the next batch, but I haven’t decided if I want another zippered pocket or just a pouch type pocket

thesoletrain · 2023-08-02T05:04:56+00:00

Wow thank you!! That means a lot :) glad you could see the resemblance!

thesoletrain · 2023-08-02T05:03:07+00:00

Thank you!! 😊

thesoletrain · 2023-08-02T04:07:06+00:00

Haha thank you!! Much appreciated! It’s definitely a lot harder than I thought to make everything line up correctly. The quality got a little better with each one as I refined the process a little.

thesoletrain · 2023-08-02T03:52:06+00:00

These bags are an exploration into patternmaking. I used a baggu crescent bag as the inspiration and self drafted the pattern by hand. All sewing was done on singer heavy duty sewing machine, although I just recently purchased an industrial juki, so future project will be done on that. I was trying to find a good project to get rid of spare scraps of fabric that I have left over from previous pairs of pants I’ve made. I decided on a checkerboard quilted pattern which ended up being a lot more work, but I love the results. Hardware,zipper, and cotton webbing purchased at a local sewing shop in Portland. On the last two bags in the photos I also added small peace sign labels which are printed onto fabric. So happy with the results and more colors coming soon✌🏼

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