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Wednesday wins (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Figured out how to draft myself a curved waistband for a skirt I've been making, and it fit first time! Very proud because I'm not a very experienced sewist and usually just stick to whatever the pattern tells me to do.

More info for those who don't mind being educated about sewing first thing in the morning:

Basically most sewing patterns come with a straight rectangular waistband, but those only fit on people who are relatively straight up and down where the band is gonna sit. Meanwhile I'm so short-waisted and big-hipped that everywhere is massively curvy and there's not a straight up and down bit anywhere to be found on my torso.

So since this one is a wide waistband, there's a full three inches more circumference needed at the bottom of where the band sits than the top. Therefore it needs to be curved, therefore I had to break away from the pattern and do it all myself.

If you can never get waistbands that fit right and everything always gapes weirdly, you too may be cursed with curves. I recommend learning to sew.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not a win for me, but our eldest finishes primary school today (school holiday starts in Scotland). I'm not sure how 7 years have gone by so quickly. But he's done brilliantly and is really looking forward to high school.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You kept him alive for a whole...idk how long kids are in school...11 years? That sounds like a win to me!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Luckily for him he is relatively self sufficient.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I had to record an event for work yesterday and after the last few recording/streaming events got botched, I'm happy to report that this one seems to have gone well!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Was tasked with making a short product video, but it would be mostly comprised of still images. Did a little internet sleuthing and learned how to turn still images into parallax animations. The result turned out pretty nice!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Managed to get tickets for the Foo Fighters tour next year. Super excited already :-)

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Back to work today after Glasto, win is that it wasn't that bad at all! Now collapsed on the sofa drinking an alcohol free beer as a reward!

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