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totchipanda
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Life, knitting, sewing and cats in Treaty 6 territory. Non binary. Ace/aro.
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totchipanda @totchipanda.bsky.social · Feb 18
Hi my name is totchi and i really love vintage and antique sewing machines. 🧵
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This turd scratched me rather badly today, using my knee as part of her Indy 500 race track. On the other hand, she did catch and dispose of two of my least favourite bugs so... i guess I'll forgive her.
A brown tabby looks just below the camera, tucked into a white knitted blanket.
June 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Yesterday i wore my @charmpatterns.bsky.social Scout dress. It's made of dark brown cotton sateen and the colour delights me as it reminds me of my old Brownies uniform. That's a wrap on #memademay2025
A white female-presenting person stands in a bathroom mirror dressed in a dark brown shirt dress with a very full skirt, with a blue scarf tied at the collar. They are also wearing sandals and a wrist brace.
June 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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A couple more #memademay2025 outfits :D
Closet Core Nicks dress with a jersey Scroop Wonder Unders slip underneath; @charmpatterns.bsky.social Rita Blouse (BLUE) AND Honor Roll top (pale blue) both with handknit Joji Locatelli Grandpa cardigan on top.
May 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
The Alarm. Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1902, unsent.
Grainy, black and white photo showing two long-haired cats. When is inside of a basket that’s turned on its side. The other is sitting on top of the basket. Text at the bottom reads “the alarm”. Very small text in the lower left corner reads copyright 1902 Albee Bertrand.
May 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Well, vintage machine enthusiasts of BlueSky, I used a GoJo-like cleaner to try and get at this spot. Do we think this is the varnish coming up or the truly thick amount of a minimum half-century of gunk and grime? (All that alligatoring on the right? Gunk and grime.)
A section of an antique sewing machine, just behind the hand wheel, showing a definitive line in a vaguely oval shape. Visible on either side is caked on grease and dust and who knows what else
May 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Today's #memademay2025 is brought to you by a significant increase in temperature. It has pockets! #shaydress by @chalkandnotch.bsky.social in a light cotton. Pockets were added from a Mccall pattern
A female presenting white human stands in a bathroom mirror, looking at their phone. They are wearing a blue dress with green buttons down the front. It has a scooped neck, puffy sleeves and a tiered skirt. Side profile of the blue dress to show the pin tucks on the sleeve.
May 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I have settled on my #memademay2025 goal. This is the first year I've ever felt like i could participate! I want to wear at least one me-made outfit per week, and to continue building my handmade wardrobe. I know creating new is not the goal, but it is something I've been wanting to do (1/2)
White text on a blue background that reads "me made may 2025", "i, totchi, pledge to wear at least one me-made outfit per week. I further pledge to continue my goal of a custom-fit wardrobe that makes me feel happy in my skin." The tags at the bottom are @sozoblog and #memademay2025
May 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Accidentally deleted my original post 🤦 this is a tshirt i converted to a camisole and when I tell you i wear this *a lot*, i mean *a lot*. A+ decision, well done me. It is my only piece for #memademay2025 today as my team is in playoffs and it was game day! Wore it under my jersey. Go Oilers go!!!
A grey top with thin straps lays against a knit blanket. It reads "Edmonton Fibre Frolic" and "Alpaca My Bags!" with a stylized alpaca between them.
May 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this. Photo from my collection, 1949.
Black and white photo of a kind looking older white man wearing glasses, gently holding a very brave looking tabby kitten up to the camera.
April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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April 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Sophie & the Sphinx
A black cat with green eyes sits behind an antique Singer sewing machine with Sphinx decals, perfectly framed in harp. She is looking to the viewer's right.
April 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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This is your semi-annual reminder to clean the lint from your feed dogs!
An antique sewing machine with the bobbin race and feed dogs exposed, and what is likely several years worth of dust and lint that i scraped from around the dogs (the cat hair is modern).
April 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Some finished pieces from the last couple weeks. All from @charmpatterns.bsky.social we have a Rita blouse(flat, in a rich turquoise cotton lawn), Honor Roll top (blue rayon, so wiggly!!) and a vintage wool Millicent skirt (so swooshy!) #sewsky #garmentsewing #the100dayproject
A bright blue top with a gathered neckline and short gathered sleeves lays on top of a grey blanket. A white female-presenting perspn with no head wears a cornflower blue top with a v-neck and collar, and a brown houndstooth wool skirt that forms deep folds. They are also wearing green boots not unlike Doc Martens (they are not docs).
April 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Shop a small business this weekend, pass it on. Also go watch Stephanie's latest YouTube video, she painted a frickin' Bob Ross *mountain* on a *skirt* with *fabric paint* (yes it took me a full 27 hours to actually process that)
stephaniecanada.bsky.social Stephanie Canada @stephaniecanada.bsky.social · Apr 19
I need to really move some vintage this weekend so everything on my website is 30% off with no minimum purchase required. It only lasts thru Sunday at midnight (PST).

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April 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Got a #millicentskirt by @charmpatterns.bsky.social cut out last night, in an absolutely delicious vintage wool houndstooth. Calcifer helped of course, and this little bit of paper fell out when i opened the bolt. Can anyone read it?
April 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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April 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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twigandtale.bsky.social
Our annual April sale is here - with a deal unlike any other we’ve done!

Visit the pattern shop to enjoy | Buy 2, Get 1 FREE | savings on our entire PDF sewing pattern collection, no code needed.

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#TwigAndTale #Sewing #SewSky #GarmentSewing
April 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Beans! Get yer premium beans right here! #catsofbluesky
A brown tabby cat lies on her back with her back feet in the air. The camera focused on her sleepy face, but the feet are the star of the show, dark fur with matching beans!
April 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Smooshed tater tot. Photo from my collection, 1924.
Black and white photo of a young white boy with blonde hair, posing for the camera with a smile. In his arms is a poofy white kitten which doesn’t look like it is enjoying this at all.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Hooligans! Photo from my collection, 1955.
Black and white photo of three tabby cats, each one on a different step of a staircase leading up to a house door.
April 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Do you need a minute of Fergus snores?
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Finished my NYE MKAL socks (hosted by @comfycozyknits.bsky.social ) at last. Only a month late, but at an entirely appropriate time thanks to third or fourth winter. Also for #the100dayproject day 34.
A pair of hand knitted socks in striped yellow, grey and white with yellow cuffs, grey heels, and pink toes. The same handknit socks propped against a window to show the ridge of fluffy snow accumulated in a 32-hour period behind them.
March 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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sewbusty.bsky.social
I've been SO BAD at Bluesky, but I'm back with a PAID dress pattern tester call!

Who wants to join me on this adventure in releasing Sew Busty's first original pattern? Apply here: forms.gle/DzdgXeMV1QXk...
March 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM