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Crafty Crap Update: Hats and and Supply Runs

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Last month, I decided to was time for MOAR HATS.   So I went to see momma and her beautiful sewing room so I could efficiently cut out the pieces for some more damn hats. Yay! I have the stuff for two ready to go once I stop being a lazy fucking uncreative bum. Then I went SHOPPING for SUPPLIES!   Above are my handstitching supplies for the aforementioned hats. A nice, heavy silk thread in (you can't tell because my light sucks) white, cream and black. I was so tempted to color match but... even black thread is kinda rare in period so I just said screw it, simple colors are FINE.  Also I gave in and got some marking chalky/waxy not chalk/crayon things. Maybe my hand stitched seamlines will be less atrocious this time.    Next, I got a crapton of PAINT (and paint adjacent supplies) and I guess a RULER which I keep forgetting about even though it's RIGHT THERE. I'm pretty sure I don't have enough black paint but stupid Michaels LITERALLY had THAT

Paradise Fiber Club Box - August: The Best of Fiber Club

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So, lemmie just say that I DID open this box (bag) on time. And uploaded the pics the same day! And then sat on the post for most of the rest of the month like the total champion that I am. Gonna also take a moment to complain about the blogger mobile options. My dudes MAKE IT FREAKING EASIER TO UPLOAD PICS. The app is complete garbage and the mobile interface doesn't even seem to have it as an option. Super frustrating. That said, on to August's package! Look at that pretty, pretty custom print bag. This is the...7th? 7th anniversary of the fiber club per the included inset, and I already had a suspicion that it was gonna be some sort of "Greatest Hits" theme based on the hint we'd gotten in late July. Time to crack into that bag! Aw yis. I see a bag of rando fiber. My blending board addiction is already a HUGE fan. The first look at everything yeeted forth from the bag. This, coincidentally will be the only "full picture" image this month because my as