FeralEquestrian
@feralequestrian.bsky.social
burned out neurodivergent queer. just some guy on the internet. horse fan. fluffy cat haver. yarn dabbler. nerd. they/them 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸
attempting the rare dual hobby of BOTH fixing up old sewing machines AND sewing with them.
attempting the rare dual hobby of BOTH fixing up old sewing machines AND sewing with them.
A few years ago I was looking at a Facebook Memory post of my cat demanding attention while said cat was again demanding attention. So I took a picture of him next to his picture. That picture came up today and guess who was demanding attention?
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
A few years ago I was looking at a Facebook Memory post of my cat demanding attention while said cat was again demanding attention. So I took a picture of him next to his picture. That picture came up today and guess who was demanding attention?
The shirt on the left has been my favorite since I thrifted it a couple years ago. Found out it was made in another color and also that it's from 2014. Tracked the other one down. Now I have two favorite shirts and also a new ship.
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The shirt on the left has been my favorite since I thrifted it a couple years ago. Found out it was made in another color and also that it's from 2014. Tracked the other one down. Now I have two favorite shirts and also a new ship.
Hidey, awake neighbor! I'm consuming a legal adult substance and listening to music.
I just drew this picture of the bouba-kiki effectvas cats, because that's what happens to nerds with ADHD sometimes.
I just drew this picture of the bouba-kiki effectvas cats, because that's what happens to nerds with ADHD sometimes.
August 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hidey, awake neighbor! I'm consuming a legal adult substance and listening to music.
I just drew this picture of the bouba-kiki effectvas cats, because that's what happens to nerds with ADHD sometimes.
I just drew this picture of the bouba-kiki effectvas cats, because that's what happens to nerds with ADHD sometimes.
I want to know more about the jackets with patent leather linings and comfy patent leather pillows I saw on the Mood website.
August 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I want to know more about the jackets with patent leather linings and comfy patent leather pillows I saw on the Mood website.
August 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The current project (mocha shortbed Singer 301a) is overall much less filthy than the last vintage sewing machine I worked on, but wow is there a lot of gunk and lint! I've never seem globs inside a needle clamp before.
July 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The current project (mocha shortbed Singer 301a) is overall much less filthy than the last vintage sewing machine I worked on, but wow is there a lot of gunk and lint! I've never seem globs inside a needle clamp before.
July 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The Facebook algorithm is strangely poetic at times.
July 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The Facebook algorithm is strangely poetic at times.
I have had multiple velcro cats, but my current senior cat just woke up from a nap and immediately began screaming because I was too far away (10').
He's done this most of the time I've had him, once because he woke up in my lap but apparently needed to be inside my skin with me.
He's done this most of the time I've had him, once because he woke up in my lap but apparently needed to be inside my skin with me.
July 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I have had multiple velcro cats, but my current senior cat just woke up from a nap and immediately began screaming because I was too far away (10').
He's done this most of the time I've had him, once because he woke up in my lap but apparently needed to be inside my skin with me.
He's done this most of the time I've had him, once because he woke up in my lap but apparently needed to be inside my skin with me.
This one doesn't look like they spent loads of time on it, but it was very effective! I guess it's some kind of expanding foam?
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This one doesn't look like they spent loads of time on it, but it was very effective! I guess it's some kind of expanding foam?
@or-rust.bsky.social @sewingdeadgirl.bsky.social
This came up on Marketplace for half off retail so I figured that meant the universe wanted me to have it. 🤷🏼
This came up on Marketplace for half off retail so I figured that meant the universe wanted me to have it. 🤷🏼
July 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
@or-rust.bsky.social @sewingdeadgirl.bsky.social
This came up on Marketplace for half off retail so I figured that meant the universe wanted me to have it. 🤷🏼
This came up on Marketplace for half off retail so I figured that meant the universe wanted me to have it. 🤷🏼
Annual repost of Captain America's "a nation is nothing! a flag is a piece of cloth!" speech from What If...? #44 (1984)
July 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Annual repost of Captain America's "a nation is nothing! a flag is a piece of cloth!" speech from What If...? #44 (1984)
@or-rust.bsky.social this is super rough, but how's this looking for a 66/99 base? I'm thinking the board separating the storage area from the main base could be thinner than the ones on the outside? Or would that make it too weak to have the little latch thing to hold it in place?
July 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@or-rust.bsky.social this is super rough, but how's this looking for a 66/99 base? I'm thinking the board separating the storage area from the main base could be thinner than the ones on the outside? Or would that make it too weak to have the little latch thing to hold it in place?
Working from home is fun because you can do things like disassemble a 70-year-old sewing machine balance wheel for maintenance and put it back together.
(I followed the YouTube video for Singer 301 handwheels by SewingMachineRehab.)
(I followed the YouTube video for Singer 301 handwheels by SewingMachineRehab.)
July 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Working from home is fun because you can do things like disassemble a 70-year-old sewing machine balance wheel for maintenance and put it back together.
(I followed the YouTube video for Singer 301 handwheels by SewingMachineRehab.)
(I followed the YouTube video for Singer 301 handwheels by SewingMachineRehab.)
On the theme of "humans will pack bond with anything" I have once again added a vintage sewing machine to the (theoretical) rehab queue after buying it for parts. I want the spoked handwheel for a 99, but it can have a solid handwheel and a motor. It will be perfect to try french polishing.
June 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
On the theme of "humans will pack bond with anything" I have once again added a vintage sewing machine to the (theoretical) rehab queue after buying it for parts. I want the spoked handwheel for a 99, but it can have a solid handwheel and a motor. It will be perfect to try french polishing.
My project sewing machine functions as a sewing machine! At last! (red is bobbin thread and beige is upper thread)
The picture is of the machine, Chippy Grimerson, when I picked it up. $25 Singer 301 from 1956 that came with no bobbin case and an incredible amount of filth.
The picture is of the machine, Chippy Grimerson, when I picked it up. $25 Singer 301 from 1956 that came with no bobbin case and an incredible amount of filth.
June 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My project sewing machine functions as a sewing machine! At last! (red is bobbin thread and beige is upper thread)
The picture is of the machine, Chippy Grimerson, when I picked it up. $25 Singer 301 from 1956 that came with no bobbin case and an incredible amount of filth.
The picture is of the machine, Chippy Grimerson, when I picked it up. $25 Singer 301 from 1956 that came with no bobbin case and an incredible amount of filth.
I'm pretty sure someone should call John Constantine about this old secretary.
June 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm pretty sure someone should call John Constantine about this old secretary.
The downside of stimming by looking for vintage sewing machine deals online is sometimes you accidentally three crinkle finish 99s.
How many bases? One. And it's damaged.
So I need a drill press. But NOT before I sort out at least two of the 301s. 😅
How many bases? One. And it's damaged.
So I need a drill press. But NOT before I sort out at least two of the 301s. 😅
June 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The downside of stimming by looking for vintage sewing machine deals online is sometimes you accidentally three crinkle finish 99s.
How many bases? One. And it's damaged.
So I need a drill press. But NOT before I sort out at least two of the 301s. 😅
How many bases? One. And it's damaged.
So I need a drill press. But NOT before I sort out at least two of the 301s. 😅
This guy is pretty sure the point of me working from home is to have as much "baby time" as he wants.
June 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This guy is pretty sure the point of me working from home is to have as much "baby time" as he wants.
Happy Pride from the pavement by the laundromat.
June 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Happy Pride from the pavement by the laundromat.
@or-rust.bsky.social @sewingdeadgirl.bsky.social
Either of y’all happen to know how to take the handwheel off a Singer 20-1? Bob Fowler has a great one about reassembly, so I know the needle bar stays on, but I can’t find anyone showing how to remove the rest.
Either of y’all happen to know how to take the handwheel off a Singer 20-1? Bob Fowler has a great one about reassembly, so I know the needle bar stays on, but I can’t find anyone showing how to remove the rest.
May 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
@or-rust.bsky.social @sewingdeadgirl.bsky.social
Either of y’all happen to know how to take the handwheel off a Singer 20-1? Bob Fowler has a great one about reassembly, so I know the needle bar stays on, but I can’t find anyone showing how to remove the rest.
Either of y’all happen to know how to take the handwheel off a Singer 20-1? Bob Fowler has a great one about reassembly, so I know the needle bar stays on, but I can’t find anyone showing how to remove the rest.
@bookshop.org Why do my e-books keep skipping to the next chapter when I try to turn the page? It makes the whole app unusable. I've tried deleting and reinstalling. It's every e-book I've tried.
May 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@bookshop.org Why do my e-books keep skipping to the next chapter when I try to turn the page? It makes the whole app unusable. I've tried deleting and reinstalling. It's every e-book I've tried.
It's missing the seam allowance guide, original clamp, and box, but has all its functional parts. I am obsessed. Featherweights eat your heart out. It's so cute I could die. Will absolutely be stripping and repainting an exciting color. Planning to also paint clamp and case to match.
May 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's missing the seam allowance guide, original clamp, and box, but has all its functional parts. I am obsessed. Featherweights eat your heart out. It's so cute I could die. Will absolutely be stripping and repainting an exciting color. Planning to also paint clamp and case to match.
I've been hunting for a year and finally scored this little friend as a celebration for getting my project 301 reassembled. This is a Singer 20-1 from the early-mid 1920s. It has a 7-spoke handwheel and no numbers to show thread path. Needs cleaning but moves nicely with just oil!
May 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I've been hunting for a year and finally scored this little friend as a celebration for getting my project 301 reassembled. This is a Singer 20-1 from the early-mid 1920s. It has a 7-spoke handwheel and no numbers to show thread path. Needs cleaning but moves nicely with just oil!