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   valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 16:27:58 JST valhalla

   Filed under: stop procrastinating (on one specific task) challenge 2024.

   yesterday I've drafted a suitable womanswear trousers block. I've printed it out, so that I can start making a quick mockup before converting it into a jeans pattern¹ with all of the fiddly bits.

   this morning I'm supposed to start doing that mockup.

   and here I am, writing stuff on the fediverse.

   I'm not starting very well, right?

   ¹ something like sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/… , except for people with more *bustle* than belly :D

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 16:29:17 JST clacke

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     @valhalla Talking publicly about what you are planning to do can be a good way to avoid procrastination, except when you're doing it just to delay the work. 🤣
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     ndo (ndo@stereodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 17:37:30 JST ndo

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     @valhalla pro in procrastination stands for professional!

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:25 JST valhalla

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     it was dry! just dry enough that it could be ironed with not too much effort!

     and now I have two nicely folded cuts of denim, ready to be used, and I've also already cut a full set of pieces for a pair of jeans.

     #sewing

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:29 JST valhalla

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     the denim has been released from Bielefeld and has now reached my home!

     it has also been washed, and is currently drying: I hope tomorrow it will be ready for cutting (but I'm not overly confident it will, after just a winter night, unless we get some wind).

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:31 JST valhalla

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     The jeans have been almost completely done, I've tried them on and they fit. and I mean *fit*. they are a tiny bit *too* curve-following around the hips, which makes me conflicted between considering them really nice and wanting to make them a bit *less*.

     Also, I needed to add a cm or two more to the big bum adjustment; I've done that, and added a little bit of ease on the hips and printed a new pattern.

     Now, my denim seems to be lost somewhere near Bielefeld, but I'm confident it will be delivered soon and I have absolutely no doubt that it does exist. :D

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:32 JST valhalla

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     fabric has been cut!

     and MOAR fabric may have been bought.

     I know, I'm supposed not to buy more fabric, but

     a) I have a serious lack of trousers
     b) the cotton linen I'm using was cheap enough to be used for a wearable mockup, and will probably be useful during the worst of summer, but at 200 g/m² is way too lightweight for a pair of jeans-like trousers.

     I really hope I have found a dependable source of denim, but I'll find out when it arrives.

     technically I've also started sewing, but that was just a couple of seams on the back pockets while I had 10 minutes to spare.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:34 JST valhalla

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     all of the fiddly bits of the pattern have been drafted. a pattern with my measurements has been printed. currently cutting and gluing it.

     the part down there in the front is BIG. it takes TWO A4 pages.

     and I can fit my hand with all fingers spread out in it!

     (of course I'm talking about the pattern for the front pockets)

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     Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈 (juliank@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:38 JST Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈

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     @valhalla It's just a pretense, #Bielefeld doesn't exist.

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 18:41:38 JST valhalla

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     • Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈
     @juliank apparently the conspiracy is so deep that they even send fabric from other places while claiming that they come from Bielefeld :D
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