MCYT Sideblog and Writing Updates!

Here is what the backside looks like. OP notes this takes more fabric than paper piecing, but that excess fabric makes it already triple-layered. Besides not needing backing fabric, I don't think you'd need batting for this quilt at all. It's already thick and soft just from folding all that fabric into a hexagon.

Each hexagon begins as a 6" circle. camelscrafts does this by creating a paper template using a compass. According to the video, a 6" circle will create a hexagon that is 2.5 inches tall.

These hexagons are hand-sewn. Thread the needle.

With the fabric right side facing, find the center of the circle by folding it in half right sides together, then folding it in half again (wrong sides are facing). The top of the triangle shape is the center of the fabric circle.

Make a small stitch into the center of the fabric. The wrong side is still facing.

Unfold the circle. There will be a small stitch in the center.

Now the hexagon is created by folding the circle into itself: Take the needle to one of the edges of the fabric (it doesn't matter which one). Pull the needle through and pull the thread tight. This will fold down the fabric and create an edge of the hexagon. Crease the fold with your finger.

This fold has two corners, one at the top and one at the bottom. Put the needle into one of the corners and pull the thread taut. This will create another fold.

Continue this going around the circle until all of it is folded down, creating the hexagon. camelscrafts notes that the last corner pulled in may be a little bit "wonky" (no precise point in the corner) if the corners were not done precisely. However, that corner is pulled into the back, so is not visible from the front.

The hexagon is now formed. Sew around the folds in the middle of the circle to hold the folds in place. Tie off and cut the thread.

finally a new addition to my favorite phil facial expression from early 2021

dnf places 8th in this year's pairing stats, in comparison to last year's whooping 1st place (it's okay the visa has depressed us all)

it ends this year's stats with a total of 7252 fics. on average, that's roughly 20 fics a day! keep it up writers <3

despite the new change in tags, dnf is still considered rpf. that makes the pairing the #1 rpf ship of 2022!

dnf places #28th on the top 100 pairings of all history of ao3, going up a total of SEVENTEEN places in just a year.

having made its debut in 2021's ao3 stats in 45th place, with just a little over 2 years of this pairing dnf has managed to turn into the fastest growing pairing of ao3.

with the first dnf fic dating back to march 2020, it still stands proud with a total of 20920 fics at the time of the analysis.

that monstrous number means that just during the first year of the pairing, there would've been an average of 37 new fics every day.

this year's stats makes dnf the 6th most popular rpf pairing of all history, just behind the BTS and One Direction pairings*

* it's important to mention that both one direction and bts have had successfully running career of around 10 years now. dnf has been around for a little over two. that's insane!