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when two musicians sing into the same microphone and lean in very close to each other… like omg are you guys gonna kiss now to relieve the homoerotic tension?😳

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Embroidery 101

Introduction:

Embroidery is a craft that uses thread to decorate fabric (and other materials). It's a great way to spruce up a garment, customise objects, and to hide mends you've made!

Embroidery is usually done with embroidery floss, but depending on the base material you're working on, you could also use yarn, ribbons, or plain old sewing thread. Don't be afraid to experiment!

Embroidery is easier to do on taut fabric than limp fabric. That's why most people use embroidery hoops. While not strictly necessary, a hoop will make your life so much easier.

Using the right needle will help, too. Use a crewel needle if you're working with embroidery floss, a chenille needle if you're working with ribbon or yarn, or a tapestry needle if you're doing cross-stitch embroidery on open-weave fabrics.

While there are many types of embroidery from all over the world, this post will focus on some basic stitches you can use in your own work.

Basic embroidery stitches:

For a more thorough overview of embroidery stitches, check out these embroidery tutorials by Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread.

The following images show some of the most basic stitches:

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The 16 stitches in the images above can be combined into any shape or form you want. You might recognise some from my hand sewing post: embroidery is a type of hand sewing, after all.

You don't need to know all of these to be able to make beautiful things. Even just one of these is a great start for a project.

This sampler by Sew Nancy shows how these basic stitches can be used to outline shapes or form flowers, for example.

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Fiorelila used a combination of the stem stitch, satin stitch, lazy daisy, and french knots to spruce up this sweater:

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And this person used lazy daisies to add some flair to their jeans:

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Embroidery for visible mending:

Embroidery is a useful tool to hide mends you've made, or to even accentuate them if that's your style. This is called visible mending. While this is a topic that deserves a post on its own, here are some quick examples:

Like this fix by Redditor Takemythyme who embroidered a rose over a hole in a knit fabric:

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Or like how this person has spruced up their jeans repairs with embroidery:

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In this example, The Woolery Guy chose to use flower embroidery to make a hole in a knit fabric look like it was there by design:

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For more examples, check out Pinterest or VisibleMending.com.

Conclusion:

Embroidery is a useful skill to give new life to your wardrobe. You can use it to give some flair to items you've grown bored off, or even to mend your clothes.

Once you've got a few basic stitches under your belt, the possibilities are endless. Be creative and have fun with it!

Good luck and feel free to show me your work!

SEVIKA X PREGNANT!FEM!READER ➥ COMPLETE. 18+

Sevika rescues a pregnant stray from the streets of the Undercity as her good deed for the decade, but plans go awry when she starts to enjoy the companionship, and her entire lone-wolf worldview comes crashing down. The kicker? Her stray is very much human, and the circumstances of your condition create a whole new set of challenges—challenges best solved with good, old-fashioned murder.

SERIES TAGS: pregnancy fic, mentions of past rape, eventual romance, eventual smut, graphic depictions of violence, PTSD, blood and gore

PART 1: NOODLE SOUP PART 2: FRIED APPLES & SWEETBREAD PART 3: MILK AND COOKIES EPILOGUE: BABY FOOD

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Is. Is Lando. Naked. Under the suit.

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also credit to @monacotrophywife tags on this post !!

ok yes the idea of him dicking you down like crazy right after your wedding reception is really fun, but think about the aftermath!!! when you’re both kind of exhausted but still hopped up on adrenaline and excitement, and you refuse to get up from the bed but he knows you — you’re gonna want to take your makeup off before bed. so he carries you bridal style to the bathroom, and you’re whining but also giggling, and you let him take off your makeup for you before you two shower. and he’s gentle with it, movements still a little bit uncertain, and he fumbles sometimes, but he knows your routine. and then you wash his hair in the shower and he rubs the body wash into your skin, and he dries you off before he does himself, and he carries you back to bed, and he won’t stop smiling and looking at you, and you’re laughing, and you’re like “stop staring at me!!! i can’t sleep like that!!!” and he has that dopey, lovesick grin on his face and he’s telling you—

Lando using a cute voice saying oh but Osc you’ve told me this before! Oscar’s first instinct being to help Lando understand words !! says he won’t since it’s a competition but then caves anyway and helps with a hint j e s u s

The 'tension' vs the 'truth' (or a version of it, at least)

someone talked abt Mark calling Oscar “pup” and I’m losing my fucking mind, going insane y’all need anything