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sewing projects, thrift hauls, flowers & sunsets & art & pretty stof, volunteering instead of looking for a "good job." Also getting back into the kitteh ring by fostering so be prepared for cat pics again. *Jean Marsh stan account*

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all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· 25d

petite #thrifthaul today which was really just a ten-dollar excuse to hang out in an air conditioned goodwill for an hour. Plus a little Michael Graves kitchen timer and a pair of weaker readers for when my eyes get tired at night

Just a few thrifted finds today, laid out on a white formica tabletop: a disappearing ink fabric marker, an opaline powder artwork eraser, two 0.3 liter tall handled mugs, a deer & doe sewing pattern, a little analog alessi kitchen timer, a pair of reading glasses, and a kinda funky little business card holder that can serve as a smartphone stand.

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· 27d

oh I dunno

Screenshot of Carol Bennett as Miss Hannigan and Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks from the 1982 movie Annie, where she attempts to serenade-ally seduce him and utters the phrase "a hunger for the Argentyne" with a long I in the last syllable

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· 27d

okay for real my next sewing project after this strawberry dotty blouse will be a solid color loose tank i *promise* #sewingbullshit

My current sewing project in progress, another mildly goofy printed blouse from a white cotton with black pindots and strawberries

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· 27d

My juicer used to hide in the hem of my full skirts

Timer'd selfie of me, white lady with brown hair, sitting on a sofa wearing a very full skirt and lifting up the hem band to reveal a little orange and white tabby cat, the Juiceman, while I make an "ooh!" face and look down at him

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 12

Saturday in Andersonville with a friend means xlnt beers at hopleaf and popping into the brown elephant for a little #thrifthaul. Books were bogo so I had to get an even number, and this Flint kitchen utensil rack is super perfect for jewelery ♥️🖤

Half a dozen books, a melamine tray printed with big lemons, a small stainless wall mounted soapdish, a pair of off white mandala ish earrings, and a cool older wooden six-pronged carousel rack

Close up of the metal label on the wooden rack that reads Flint. The mandala ish earrings are also each on one hook for a closer look

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 11

gotta 'nother little ol #thrifthaul today that's very fabric forward but I also got some truly xlnt media: paperback copy of bury my heart at wounded knee, Willie Nelson's the sound in your mind, and an inxs cd i didn't have before

A tabletop full of thrifted excellence: a bunch of fabric, some little plastic pie molds, a set of cocktail picks, five different colors of cocktail straws, a record and 3 cds and a book, some metal skirt hangers, an aluminum pie crimper, and two very old paper bags from long-defunct fabric stores in the north suburban Chicago area

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 11

I love older kitchen gadgets, even the ones I don't use, and am a sucker for a thrifted find. Somebody out there will love this little guy!

The current view of the top of an open shelf in the kitchen (wooden, one shelf in the middle of like a big box). The shelves hold frequently used glassware and baking dishes, including my beloved le creuset gradient green pumpkin Dutch oven, but on the top is a truly random and weird collection of thrifted kitchen things, mostly in their original boxes. Truth? The next time I move i may end up ditching many of these little things because they're just fun-to-look-at kitchen filler right now.

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 10

You are 100% correct, it's just that it's too warm for jeans lately and my solid color tops are a little snug and worn out. My current garment rack library is like, a kindergartener's manic daydream

One Million Different Prints.
A garment rack plus my sewing table with mostly finished garments plus two in progress of skirts of tops that are all made from very bold prints: florals and fruits and little animals and polka dots and just like everything. None of which matches.

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 8

seriously y'all this is some volleyball-sized ish #sewingbullshit

A makeshift pattern for a blouse bodice front with significant dartage

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 8

darts are crazy magic y'all #sewingbullshit

Front shirt pattern in progress on some tracing paper with four significant darts to accommodate my friggin bosom

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 8

trying to fudge up a blouse pattern from one i made about a decade ago and mr big is ... "helping" #sewingwithcats

The current situation on my cutting table: a shirt I made about a decade ago and recently embiggened with some Swedish tracing paper underneath, and one of my current foster kittehs lounging atop it and gently swatting at my pencil

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 6

I too did not realize this ring was calla lilies, I assumed they were like mechanical dangly copper bits? and a size seven... you temptressy sparkle purveyors ☠️☠️

Katharine Hepburn in the 1937 movie Stage Door, holding a bouquet of (you guessed it) white calla lilies

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 6

hold up there's a spanking tunnel?

screengrab from season 9 episode 10 of the office where Dwight dresses up as Belsnickel and after jim gets harshly whipped with the whipping sticks for leaving the lady early, Meredith responds by saying she needs to leave early too

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 5

Diy ropes!

Pic of a selection of four types of beads in small plastic bags stapled to a card that reads Do-it-yourself Ropes designed by Crafthouse c.1954 by Dorothy Flicek Industries Inc. There's an original pricetag of $1.00 from Brandeis Store

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 4

yesterday's modest #thrifthaul of some media (books & cds), rando plastic containers, and sewing stuff- plus some black and white polkadotted curling ribbon bc i love wrapping presents 🖤♥️

A little pile of thrifted treasures: a very sweet potato shade of tencel fabric, a plastic tortoiseshell case, some vintage necklace beads on their original c.1954 card, some vintage button fasteners, a little spool of curling ribbon, and books (The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, The Elephant Man, A Raisin In The Sun) & cds (The Marlene Dietrich Album, Sam Cooke's You Send Me, Django Reinhardt jazz masters 38)

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 4

so cool that he went back and got his degree

Screengrab from season 4 episode 2 of the office with Michael giving an oversized novelty check for $340 to Elizabeth the stripper dressed as a nurse

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 3

self drafting house rules mean I have a cocktail in hand #sewingbullshit

Angled selfie of me (middle aged white lady) with a pinned-together halter top from black with white polka dots swimwear fabric holding a grapefruit cocktail in my right hand with my hobby table in the background. On that hobby table is more of the polka dotted fabric and mr big, one of my current foster cats, lounging like a magnificent prince

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 1

Said with love, but 🚫

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jul 1

all right y'all I'm gonna try and sew myself a polka dot bikini because why tf not #sewingbullshit

Black with white polkadots swimsuit fabric laid out on my hobby table with my orange handled fiskars sewing scissors laid on top

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 29

no no see he asked for a drawbridge ,too

reddit screengrab from the episode of The Office where Michael is going to pretend to jump off the roof onto a bouncy castle

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 29

so look, Moose #whatwhat

Cpp of the Golden Girls season 5:13 episode Mary Had A Little Lamb where Dorothy and Merrill are sitting next to one another of the sofa, simultaneously looking at Sofia who called out the nickname "moose"

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 27

ohhp sorry I guess I mostly bought cat toys today

A pic of today's thrift haul, still laid out on my hobby table, with Mr Big the foster sweetie currently lounging on the fabric and preparing to play with the pompoms, name tags, fabric, and buttons

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 27

to the 2.5 people who like my #thrifthaul posts, thank you for hanging with me! Stuff from the evanston @wasteshed.bsky.social and evanston goodwill today. I ... might be close to maxing out on lamps.

Today's pile of goodies from thrift stores: a gooseneck dual fluorescent bulb lamp, a couple of crafty glues, a couple books, a couple xmas ornaments, three cuts of fabric, some carded black buttons, a handful of older xmas gift tags some kinda fancy looking rice paper xmas cocktail napkins, an phone case for an iphone4, and some crushed up pink mirror tile I'm planning to use on a broken pane of glass for a picture frame in a kintsugi kinda way

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 26

Making lotsa progress, I'm close to finished, stay tuned for more, etc etc #sewingbullshit

Pic of my current sewing project, another wrap skirt, laid out on my ironing board. In this image you can see the fashion fabric (a black on red cotton print of random ironworks from the late 1950s or early 1960s), the dark grey bemberg rayon lining, and the facing fabric which is vintage valentine's cards printed on black

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 24

#FULLHAM

Screenshot from the end of the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird where Scout is dressed as a cured ham

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 22

mr big also approves of this fabric pairing #sewingbullshit #pawsnclaws

One of my two current foster fuzzballs, bighorn aka mr big, sitting on the fabric table where he is not really supposed to be supervising progress of a patch pocket and napping on the vintage valentines fabric in using for the contrasty bits of a wrap skirt

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 22

these bastards are fucking awesome #ladiesbeshopping

Late nite selfie of me, middle aged white lady, wearing a pair of fabulous sunglasses: karen walker black metal filigree Siouxsie shades that arrived today courtesy of a poshmark seller

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 22

It was SO perfect and random: I saw cats of yore post one of her vintage snapshots and thought wow what a funky fabric! and searched ebay and BOOM right there was a buy it now auction for 3 yards. Like old school internet magic!

Screengrab of a skeet i sent about one year ago where I had just purchased 3 yards of fabric on ebay that matched the skirt depicted in a vintage snapshot posted by cats of yore

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 22

also I would love your opinion on the interior (facing & pocket lining) fabric. Any strong preference?

Three printed cotton fabrics laid out as possibilities for the contrast facing for the blacksmith red and black print: a vintage valentine card print, a gold skull & snake on black, and a black & red funky pointy abstract floral sort of zigzag print

all is on, rock & roll!@carbonated· Jun 22

oh hai @catsofyore.bsky.social this is mostly a post just for you and that old snapshot of a little girl brushing a cat while wearing a skirt of this ironwork fabric (though almost certainly in a lighter shade). It only took me, what, two years to cut it out? #sewingbullshit