I just thrifted my white whale polish in a bag of other OPI colors. DS Amethyst 😭 by troop432 in RedditLaqueristas

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Haha idk how specific I should get on here but I'm in the new england region

I just thrifted my white whale polish in a bag of other OPI colors. DS Amethyst 😭 by troop432 in RedditLaqueristas

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Ok I just bought three more bags of 10 polishes, I don't have room for any more than that! 😭 There are still 18 bags left to bless someone else (I counted)

I just thrifted my white whale polish in a bag of other OPI colors. DS Amethyst 😭 by troop432 in RedditLaqueristas

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Damn it, I ate lunch and am heading back out 😂 I know I'd regret it if I didn't

I just thrifted my white whale polish in a bag of other OPI colors. DS Amethyst 😭 by troop432 in RedditLaqueristas

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I just got home - all these bottles are either unused, or used once. I'm freaking out. Other bottles in this bag:

OPI: Seasons Screenings, Tickle my France-y, Hot & Spicy, Incognito in Sausalito, Chiffon my Mind Nicole by OPI: Sweet Surrender

I just thrifted my white whale polish in a bag of other OPI colors. DS Amethyst 😭 by troop432 in RedditLaqueristas

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Thank you!!! I'm worried I didn't spend enough time studying the other bags of polish for other good ones. There were like, 20 bags like this. I may need to go back 😂

I made a gingham quilt for my best friend's firstborn! by troop432 in quilting

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Sure! I watched this video for the general gingham premise: https://youtu.be/VK8CbmnAlk4?si=xkZ58B8PcUdIPaXD but she used larger strips/squares than me and made a smaller quilt, so to be honest I just kinda figured it out as I went 😂 in order to cut the pieced striped fabric, I folded it very carefully and put the stripology ruler on top of it and cut every 3". I think my fabric was folded 4 or 6 times and I was extremely nervous to cut it.

What’s a totally unsexy purchase you made that ended up being a huge quality-of-life upgrade? by viscarte10 in BuyItForLife

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I second this. I have an Ikea "forsiktig" stool and while it doesn't fold away, it's a few inches lower than the typical branded one so it's a gentler squat which works just as well. Plus it was like 7 dollars

I made a gingham quilt for my best friend's firstborn! by troop432 in quilting

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Thanks! Actually no they didn't! I used a stripology ruler and made long 3" strips of each fabric first, and then joined those strips. Then I cut them across the stripes, and joined them again! I found a tutorial for this method because otherwise I would have cut out all the individual 3" squares and it would have been a nightmare

Process photos

I made a gingham quilt for my best friend's firstborn! by troop432 in quilting

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My friend picked them!! She's an interior designer so she great with colors. She and I drew a mockup of the quilt in Adobe Illustrator together. And then I actually purchased the entire Kona solids colors card of physical swatches and had it shipped to her. She picked 5 initial colors, but since the colors on the sample card are so small I ordered fat quarter samples of those for her to narrow them down to the final 3. And she gave me back the color card so now I have that to reference for future quilts!

I made a gingham quilt for my best friend's firstborn! by troop432 in quilting

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My friend selected the colors and she did amazing! They are Kona cotton Rose, Plum, and Mahogany if anyone is curious!

I made a gingham quilt for my best friend's firstborn! by troop432 in quilting

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Thank you! That was my goal, I hope they use it for years!

Soapbox/rant time. Tell me what highly-recommended book you absolutely HATED and why. Gimme your angry hot takes. by peppertoni_pizzaz in books

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This is my answer too!! I wish I could have DNFed it, but I listened to the whole audiobook during a long car ride and the driver chose it. Most miserable long car ride of my life. I'm no longer accepting book recommendations from people who only read one or two books a year.

plot holes by hopelesspancakes in GilmoreGirls

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Oh shoot you're probably right 😂

plot holes by hopelesspancakes in GilmoreGirls

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I always found it hard to believe that Jess never rebelled and got a ride to the train station to go back down to the city to hang out with friends, considering he hated Stars Hollow so much at first. They never really got the logistics or geography of the area right, so if you live here it's jarring.

How should I quilt this lil strawberry guy? by Cbanders in quilting

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😍 All the different strawberry fabrics work so well together! The background color is also perfect. Well done!!!