Ignore the square that looks like a trapezoid. The thread was sittin' funny.

I like how the layered patches are starting to look!

Adding to those knee patches!

I haven't done any mending lately but I did try drawing my parents' dog as a single-line piece (my first) for my mom's birthday!

After said gifts, I lifted weights. Snapped this pic of my outfit for a friend. Went and gave my niece and nephew their Hanukkah present a little early so we could play with it together. Watched TV with my parents.

Today I was okay.

This morning on the way to LAX.

Thassa lotta 5s.

😁

Started working on my overalls last night -- this is just decorative, but I am using a sashiko stick & stitch pattern from wrenbirdarts.com! Might have to go get a little more of this color floss...

For these last two, I switched to embroidery floss, and I like how they turned out. I had to add a tiny patch on the one pocket, so I tried to eyeball the pattern and turn it into a little wheat guy 🌾

Then I tried a really simple line pattern in a similar color on this pair of trousers. I liked the look.

These were the next few on the same pair of 501s. The owner prefers the raw edges, so I leave 'em. I played around with the pocket reattachment/reinforcement, but he picked the little pink frankenstitch pattern.

Learning visible mending thread okay go:

This is the first one I ever did. I had to put the patch on top bc there was no way to get it past the seam inside the pocket, but it has held up pretty well. I used denim thread, but now I use embroidery floss.

I had to undo and redo that patch and do a different approach and the jeans turned out like this:

Here are some happy updates from the last year:

I became a personal trainer + I love it

I learned to work with watercolor and colored pencils

I started practicing visible mending

I dressed as Naked Patrick Bateman with Chainsaw for halloween and had a very silly time (fake prop/blood)

Yesterday's ride-to-the-gym fit.

Tears of the Kingdom is my first Zelda game experience so until now, I didn't understand the specific way that fans of the series would talk about it. But last night, I said "Absolute DRIP" out loud to no one because I had Link running around dressed like this:

First post. Gotta say something. Uh...okay. Let's see...

Here's some photos from the last few weeks of me doin' stuff I like!