#summer project

First I turned Cuteguy into a chair, now I've turned Hotguy into a bench!

This one didn't need anywhere near as much repair work thankfully, just a bit of rot removal and filler on a couple back slats.

Before and during pics below:

Bonus picture of the two pieces finally together:

Ben Schwartz digital zine

Theme: Ben Schwartz characters in the wrong Ben Schwartz universe (ie: Sonic in the sewer with the turtles, Tony Scarapiducci dealing with the Lobos and Dracula, Jean Ralphio ninth grade ninja)

Art: drawings, sketches, doodles, collages, short fic (think one shot or drabble)

No AI. Must be your original fanwork creation.

You must clearly state how you’d like to be credited and please title your creation (there will be a credits page)

It means nothing but I will hype the sh!t out of your art. No required skill level. Just bring your love of Ben/Ben characters and let it translate

Submit to [email protected] OR message privately here on the bscu tumblr

Deadline August 31 (3 months away!) The goal is for completion by Ben’s birthday in September.

I will be piecing it together with EZM and posting both on itch.io as a free download fully credited and here on tumblr as images with instructions on how to fold if printed. I will also email the files to everyone who submits.

Style and size will depend on number of submissions. Anyone who would like a hand in designing the layout once all pieces are received can message me.

Any questions can be dropped in the comments or messaged privately.

This is a zine both to celebrate the man but also connect the community

It will be called the II Tunes project (totally not wordplay on iTunes ;-;) and each playlist will have its OWN, not currently made art (unless it’s like the zoetrope one I made today). However, in the meantime, I’ll make Pinterest collages for them, or use their current character thumbnail.

I’m going to TRY to get one done a day, or every two days, but no promises. Stay tuned for the #iitunes project! Sorry if I didn’t include a cameo character you wanted, but I’m wanting to do characters that have some depth to them so it’s a better playlist. Lemme know if there’s any song suggestions, or playlist cover ideas! Also, every character NOT shown on here will not have a playlist regardless, I just couldn’t fit them all into the last section.

My summer sewing and circular fashion project.

We all have so much clothing, and we don't wear half of it, but sometimes there is a reason for this, annoying qualities to our clothes that deters us from wearing them, because we don't have the mental or physical energy to fix it, but this is my project to solve this for myself and my family over the summer, for FREE (we are reducing clothing waste, not wasting our money ☺️ ) . And to make it fun, and organised, I'm structuring it like a hospital.

If you would like this formatted in a PowerPoint, whether to make it more structured, ease of access, better accessibility features, so you can share it with someone (I don't expect this to happen, but I would be SO excited) , let me know, because I can go into more detail, include example images, links to wear to learn skills or tips to adapt the skills for mobility issues etc. I actually enjoy making PowerPoints when it doesn't glitch, so it is no bother.

STEP 1: TRIAGE

Going through your wardrobe and checking each piece of clothing for anything that annoys you, whether it's damage, something causing a sensory ick, an accessibility issue (small buttons my beloathed) or if it just doesn't work as that type of item. Depending on what you want to fix about it, you can triage it into different hospital Departments (piles or tote bags so that you can do sessions where you get in the groove doing the same repair/ treatment each time) or Transfer the patients you cannot care for (given to the appropriate person or responsibly disposed of)

Step 2 - Admissions

Your clothes have been sorted into the departments below during triage. Each department has a treatment and that is how you repair your clothes. Everyone has different clothes and different needs, so pick and choose what departments your hospital will have.

Departments

Sutures clinic - sewing up rips and holes

Suture removal - unpicking or cutting off embroidered labels

Skin grafts - receives a patch

Stem cell lab - darning or sashiko. I've never tried these, but it you do these, you are automatically cool.

Wound debridement - de-bobbling /removing pills / hair. Using the surgical tools of a bobble machine, sellotape, and if you're fancy, lint rollers and knit combs (you can do it perfectly fine with the €2 machine in your chaos drawer, it's more versatile and you can use it on weaves aswell as knits)

Hydration therapy - giving items a soak in the sink or a basin to remove build up. This might be why your socks are coming out of the wash all itchy and kind of stiff, even if they went in fine. (If it smells soapy, your washing machine isn't draining and it's building up in your clothes).

Organ recipient - improved with materials from organ donation (see transfers) eg those viral appliqué tomato jeans, but with your own waste because this is a no spending project and the aim is to reduce textile waste.

Orthopedic surgery - adding any hardware, such as zips or grommets any stabilisation (zip ties, or round pencils are good for corset boning if you want to prolong the life of that impulse buy, awkward fast fashion corset you regret buying 3 years ago)

Cosmetic surgery - embroidery. If you don't wear something because it is boring, make it fun, add some butterflies or flowers, or whatever brings you joy. The world needs more joy and creativity and that old jacket can be your canvas

Amputation - hemming /taking in clothes . No tripping over your trousers or having clothes be uncomfortably big.

Prosthetic clinic - adding lace or matching/contrasting fabric to add fabric to make your clothes fit you. This way as the world gets to have more of your beautiful self, you get to have more beautiful clothes 🥰 And adding a lace panel to adapt your too tight trousers to flares is gorgeous!!!

Physio therapy - blocking your knitwear and maybe your newest project too (whooo🎉🎉🎉 Accomplishment.

Pain clinic - use materials from organ donation to replace parts of clothes that are sensory nightmares (you could take a long sleeve comfy t-shirt and sew the collar and cuffs of your or a child in your life's uniform shirt onto the t-shirt if the shirt is overstimulating and the evidence can be covered by a uniform jumper

Occupation therapy - Adapting clothes for accessibility eg. replacing buttons. Buttons are cute, but can be hard to use if your hands aren't too cooperative, so bigger size buttons, different shape buttons, wider button holes etc might be helpful. Or switching to magnet closures/ zelcro or zips if buttons aren't worth it. Our clothes should suit are bodies and should bring us joy, not frustration.

Step 3 - Discharge

Once you finish a department, those clothes can be discharged return home to your wardrobe. But if you can't find a way to change the clothes into something wearable, you will transfer them. This is your responsible declutter.

Transfers

Clothes we are getting rid of, but doing so ✨responsibly ✨, because it is not our fault that we can't wear them anymore, whether due to weight changes ( which are morally neutral, do not hurt yourself by trying to fit into jeans that don't fit you), clothes not being accessible (eg. I need loose trousers to fit over my braces, so leggings don't work anymore) or you just know that you are never going to willingly wear that, it is your job to make sure the clothes that you bought do not end up in landfill.

Organ donation - used for scraps, patches or given a new life in a crafty project

Outpatient care - Good quality item, but not for you. Donated to a shelter (every day practical clothing, especially if it's warm), charity shop (something interesting that someone might buy, that could raise a few euros for a good cause) , or gifted to someone you think will like it (be conscious of size and style and sensory needs, don't give a frilly pink polyester size 6 dress to the autistic plus sized goth, etc)

Palliative care - being demoted to a hair dying t-shirt, designated clothes for messy tasks because you don't mind getting more stains on them, or pyjamas/ hobbit day clothes.

I made this Enjin hoodie for my friend and i'm super proud of it so i'm deciding to share it. HAPPY VERY LATE BIRTHDAY POOKIE

see under cut for the process (the process was honestly just "fuck it we ball" but it worked)