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Right, well, I guess I haven't updated this thread since July.

So...yeah I guess I finished binding the edges and then did the bound buttonholes (finished them by hand bc I'm me), and then it was done all of a sudden? And I've been waiting for cool enough weather that I could plausibly get some outdoor photos. These have been cropped but not otherwise edited - spouse took these with a bike headlamp and flash, and yeah - the thread really is that bright under direct light.

#stargazerChoreCoat #handmade #sewing #clothing #hiviz #quilting #aesthetic

Right, well, I guess I haven't updated this thread since July.

So...yeah I guess I finished binding the edges and then did the bound buttonholes (finished them by hand bc I'm me), and then it was done all of a sudden? And I've been waiting for cool enough weather that I could plausibly get some outdoor photos. These have been cropped but not otherwise edited - spouse took these with a bike headlamp and flash, and yeah - the thread really is that bright under direct light.

#stargazerChoreCoat #handmade #sewing #clothing #hiviz #quilting #aesthetic

Right, well, I guess I haven't updated this thread since July.

So...yeah I guess I finished binding the edges and then did the bound buttonholes (finished them by hand bc I'm me), and then it was done all of a sudden? And I've been waiting for cool enough weather that I could plausibly get some outdoor photos. These have been cropped but not otherwise edited - spouse took these with a bike headlamp and flash, and yeah - the thread really is that bright under direct light.

#stargazerChoreCoat #handmade #sewing #clothing #hiviz #quilting #aesthetic

Right, well, I guess I haven't updated this thread since July.

So...yeah I guess I finished binding the edges and then did the bound buttonholes (finished them by hand bc I'm me), and then it was done all of a sudden? And I've been waiting for cool enough weather that I could plausibly get some outdoor photos. These have been cropped but not otherwise edited - spouse took these with a bike headlamp and flash, and yeah - the thread really is that bright under direct light.

#stargazerChoreCoat #handmade #sewing #clothing #hiviz #quilting #aesthetic

The problem with being me is that there is no one to tell me no when I am doing something that is obviously insane.

#hiviz #hiRizGear #handmade #clothes #kilt #bikeTooter

The problem with being me is that there is no one to tell me no when I am doing something that is obviously insane.

#hiviz #hiRizGear #handmade #clothes #kilt #bikeTooter

The problem with being me is that there is no one to tell me no when I am doing something that is obviously insane.

#hiviz #hiRizGear #handmade #clothes #kilt #bikeTooter

The problem with being me is that there is no one to tell me no when I am doing something that is obviously insane.

#hiviz #hiRizGear #handmade #clothes #kilt #bikeTooter

Cool well as long as I have the entirety of cycling mastodon looking at me right now, time for some #shamelessSelfPromotion! I make handmade geeky/nerdy bags from my home studio in Somerville MA. Cyclists might be especially interested in my high-visibility stickers: https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/products/reflective-stickers-sm

They're made of retro-reflective material that bounces light directly back to the source - I have them on my helmet and they are SO BRIGHT when car headlights or bicycle lights hit them. US shipping only (unfortunately), stickers ship free.

https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/ also has a ton of other tote / messenger / fanny packs / etc for your carrying-stuff convenience.

If you're local to #boston #cambridgeMA #somervilleMA I'll be selling at the FLUFF FESTIVAL next Saturday, September 19, 1-5p! Come say hi, I love meeting my pocket friends.

#biketooter #hiviz #cycling #stickers #art #smallbusiness

Cool well as long as I have the entirety of cycling mastodon looking at me right now, time for some #shamelessSelfPromotion! I make handmade geeky/nerdy bags from my home studio in Somerville MA. Cyclists might be especially interested in my high-visibility stickers: https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/products/reflective-stickers-sm

They're made of retro-reflective material that bounces light directly back to the source - I have them on my helmet and they are SO BRIGHT when car headlights or bicycle lights hit them. US shipping only (unfortunately), stickers ship free.

https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/ also has a ton of other tote / messenger / fanny packs / etc for your carrying-stuff convenience.

If you're local to #boston #cambridgeMA #somervilleMA I'll be selling at the FLUFF FESTIVAL next Saturday, September 19, 1-5p! Come say hi, I love meeting my pocket friends.

#biketooter #hiviz #cycling #stickers #art #smallbusiness

Cool well as long as I have the entirety of cycling mastodon looking at me right now, time for some #shamelessSelfPromotion! I make handmade geeky/nerdy bags from my home studio in Somerville MA. Cyclists might be especially interested in my high-visibility stickers: https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/products/reflective-stickers-sm

They're made of retro-reflective material that bounces light directly back to the source - I have them on my helmet and they are SO BRIGHT when car headlights or bicycle lights hit them. US shipping only (unfortunately), stickers ship free.

https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/ also has a ton of other tote / messenger / fanny packs / etc for your carrying-stuff convenience.

If you're local to #boston #cambridgeMA #somervilleMA I'll be selling at the FLUFF FESTIVAL next Saturday, September 19, 1-5p! Come say hi, I love meeting my pocket friends.

#biketooter #hiviz #cycling #stickers #art #smallbusiness

Cool well as long as I have the entirety of cycling mastodon looking at me right now, time for some #shamelessSelfPromotion! I make handmade geeky/nerdy bags from my home studio in Somerville MA. Cyclists might be especially interested in my high-visibility stickers: https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/products/reflective-stickers-sm

They're made of retro-reflective material that bounces light directly back to the source - I have them on my helmet and they are SO BRIGHT when car headlights or bicycle lights hit them. US shipping only (unfortunately), stickers ship free.

https://rhymes-with-doctor.myshopify.com/ also has a ton of other tote / messenger / fanny packs / etc for your carrying-stuff convenience.

If you're local to #boston #cambridgeMA #somervilleMA I'll be selling at the FLUFF FESTIVAL next Saturday, September 19, 1-5p! Come say hi, I love meeting my pocket friends.

#biketooter #hiviz #cycling #stickers #art #smallbusiness

Amusing myself with hi-viz humor. Because I want to BEE seen 🐝

(Yes I am going straight to hell)

#hiviz #bikes #biketooter #handmade #bees

Amusing myself with hi-viz humor. Because I want to BEE seen 🐝

(Yes I am going straight to hell)

#hiviz #bikes #biketooter #handmade #bees

Amusing myself with hi-viz humor. Because I want to BEE seen 🐝

(Yes I am going straight to hell)

#hiviz #bikes #biketooter #handmade #bees

Amusing myself with hi-viz humor. Because I want to BEE seen 🐝

(Yes I am going straight to hell)

#hiviz #bikes #biketooter #handmade #bees

"Be Safe, Be Seen"

School traffic wardens have reported [130 incidents since January 2024, including] being struck by vehicles, spat at, sworn at and having to dodge speeding drivers, while at work.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #CarBrain #BanCars #MastoDaoine #HiViz

"Be Safe, Be Seen"

School traffic wardens have reported [130 incidents since January 2024, including] being struck by vehicles, spat at, sworn at and having to dodge speeding drivers, while at work.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #CarBrain #BanCars #MastoDaoine #HiViz

"Be Safe, Be Seen"

School traffic wardens have reported [130 incidents since January 2024, including] being struck by vehicles, spat at, sworn at and having to dodge speeding drivers, while at work.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #CarBrain #BanCars #MastoDaoine #HiViz

"Be Safe, Be Seen"

School traffic wardens have reported [130 incidents since January 2024, including] being struck by vehicles, spat at, sworn at and having to dodge speeding drivers, while at work.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #CarBrain #BanCars #MastoDaoine #HiViz

Ok one more for my hi viz hotties

I have three of these bags, if they sell I’ll make more for Fluff

Hudson St behind the Armory, 12-6p, Saturday August 8

#handmade #trans #transDayOfRizzability #SomervilleMA #hiviz

Ok one more for my hi viz hotties

I have three of these bags, if they sell I’ll make more for Fluff

Hudson St behind the Armory, 12-6p, Saturday August 8

#handmade #trans #transDayOfRizzability #SomervilleMA #hiviz

Ok one more for my hi viz hotties

I have three of these bags, if they sell I’ll make more for Fluff

Hudson St behind the Armory, 12-6p, Saturday August 8

#handmade #trans #transDayOfRizzability #SomervilleMA #hiviz

Ok one more for my hi viz hotties

I have three of these bags, if they sell I’ll make more for Fluff

Hudson St behind the Armory, 12-6p, Saturday August 8

#handmade #trans #transDayOfRizzability #SomervilleMA #hiviz

Ok but seriously, check this shit out. Rep your town and your favorite sandwich topping at the same time WHILE ALSO BEING HI-VIZ and carrying a ton of stuff. I have six of the Marshmallow Fluff bags and three of the Somerville bags; I'll have more at Fluff Festival in September but you can beat the rush :)

#hiviz #HiRizGear #marshmallowFluff #flufffestival #yartSale #somervilleMA

Ok but seriously, check this shit out. Rep your town and your favorite sandwich topping at the same time WHILE ALSO BEING HI-VIZ and carrying a ton of stuff. I have six of the Marshmallow Fluff bags and three of the Somerville bags; I'll have more at Fluff Festival in September but you can beat the rush :)

#hiviz #HiRizGear #marshmallowFluff #flufffestival #yartSale #somervilleMA

Ok but seriously, check this shit out. Rep your town and your favorite sandwich topping at the same time WHILE ALSO BEING HI-VIZ and carrying a ton of stuff. I have six of the Marshmallow Fluff bags and three of the Somerville bags; I'll have more at Fluff Festival in September but you can beat the rush :)

#hiviz #HiRizGear #marshmallowFluff #flufffestival #yartSale #somervilleMA

Ok but seriously, check this shit out. Rep your town and your favorite sandwich topping at the same time WHILE ALSO BEING HI-VIZ and carrying a ton of stuff. I have six of the Marshmallow Fluff bags and three of the Somerville bags; I'll have more at Fluff Festival in September but you can beat the rush :)

#hiviz #HiRizGear #marshmallowFluff #flufffestival #yartSale #somervilleMA

So uh this is totally happening

#somervilleMA #yartSale #marshmallowFluff #hiviz #hiRizGear

So uh this is totally happening

#somervilleMA #yartSale #marshmallowFluff #hiviz #hiRizGear

So uh this is totally happening

#somervilleMA #yartSale #marshmallowFluff #hiviz #hiRizGear

So uh this is totally happening

#somervilleMA #yartSale #marshmallowFluff #hiviz #hiRizGear

Once everything is quilted, it’s time to cut things out! I traced the pattern pieces onto the quilts and then stitched just inside the marked lines. This has the dual effect of 1) making sure I’m cutting the right lines and 2) helping prevent fraying and making things easier to handle when cut. It also compresses the quilt sandwich at the edge for greater precision.

Then cut things out and start assembling! I batched up all the independent pieces (eg, sew the hood together, sew the long sleeve seams, sew the shoulder seams) and then had to take a break to hand-finish the seam bindings on all of them. The pattern called for a single fold bound seam which I cleverly (lol no) cut out of the same flannel I used for the lining. This made the seams extra bulky. I stitched the two seam allowances together by machine and trimmed the far one down to about 1/8”, then stitched another line along the near one (again squishing down the quilt sandwich) and trimmed it to 1/4”, then folded the binding edge over the flannel at 1/2” and sewed it down by hand. So the seams wound up being not too bulky but a bit stiff. In hindsight I probably should have sewn the 1/4” allowance and the 1/8” allowance separately, which would have made it more flexible.

#handmade #quilting #stargazerChoreCoat #sewing #hiviz

Once everything is quilted, it’s time to cut things out! I traced the pattern pieces onto the quilts and then stitched just inside the marked lines. This has the dual effect of 1) making sure I’m cutting the right lines and 2) helping prevent fraying and making things easier to handle when cut. It also compresses the quilt sandwich at the edge for greater precision.

Then cut things out and start assembling! I batched up all the independent pieces (eg, sew the hood together, sew the long sleeve seams, sew the shoulder seams) and then had to take a break to hand-finish the seam bindings on all of them. The pattern called for a single fold bound seam which I cleverly (lol no) cut out of the same flannel I used for the lining. This made the seams extra bulky. I stitched the two seam allowances together by machine and trimmed the far one down to about 1/8”, then stitched another line along the near one (again squishing down the quilt sandwich) and trimmed it to 1/4”, then folded the binding edge over the flannel at 1/2” and sewed it down by hand. So the seams wound up being not too bulky but a bit stiff. In hindsight I probably should have sewn the 1/4” allowance and the 1/8” allowance separately, which would have made it more flexible.

#handmade #quilting #stargazerChoreCoat #sewing #hiviz

Once everything is quilted, it’s time to cut things out! I traced the pattern pieces onto the quilts and then stitched just inside the marked lines. This has the dual effect of 1) making sure I’m cutting the right lines and 2) helping prevent fraying and making things easier to handle when cut. It also compresses the quilt sandwich at the edge for greater precision.

Then cut things out and start assembling! I batched up all the independent pieces (eg, sew the hood together, sew the long sleeve seams, sew the shoulder seams) and then had to take a break to hand-finish the seam bindings on all of them. The pattern called for a single fold bound seam which I cleverly (lol no) cut out of the same flannel I used for the lining. This made the seams extra bulky. I stitched the two seam allowances together by machine and trimmed the far one down to about 1/8”, then stitched another line along the near one (again squishing down the quilt sandwich) and trimmed it to 1/4”, then folded the binding edge over the flannel at 1/2” and sewed it down by hand. So the seams wound up being not too bulky but a bit stiff. In hindsight I probably should have sewn the 1/4” allowance and the 1/8” allowance separately, which would have made it more flexible.

#handmade #quilting #stargazerChoreCoat #sewing #hiviz

Once everything is quilted, it’s time to cut things out! I traced the pattern pieces onto the quilts and then stitched just inside the marked lines. This has the dual effect of 1) making sure I’m cutting the right lines and 2) helping prevent fraying and making things easier to handle when cut. It also compresses the quilt sandwich at the edge for greater precision.

Then cut things out and start assembling! I batched up all the independent pieces (eg, sew the hood together, sew the long sleeve seams, sew the shoulder seams) and then had to take a break to hand-finish the seam bindings on all of them. The pattern called for a single fold bound seam which I cleverly (lol no) cut out of the same flannel I used for the lining. This made the seams extra bulky. I stitched the two seam allowances together by machine and trimmed the far one down to about 1/8”, then stitched another line along the near one (again squishing down the quilt sandwich) and trimmed it to 1/4”, then folded the binding edge over the flannel at 1/2” and sewed it down by hand. So the seams wound up being not too bulky but a bit stiff. In hindsight I probably should have sewn the 1/4” allowance and the 1/8” allowance separately, which would have made it more flexible.

#handmade #quilting #stargazerChoreCoat #sewing #hiviz

One of the things I like to do to insert some randomness into my sewing is to use small tokens or coins to determine placements. In this case I sprinkled sewing clips over the pre-drawn radial lines, made some manual adjustments, and then marked the clip positioning to turn them into stars.

I then stitched around the edges to minimize fraying and tossed all the pieces in the washer and dryer to shrink and wrinkle. A bit of pressing afterwards flattens them back out but still gives it a homey rumpled look.

I’m *delighted* by how the thread is looking. Hell yes.

#sewing #handmade #StarGazerChoreCoat #hiViz #fashion #quilting

One of the things I like to do to insert some randomness into my sewing is to use small tokens or coins to determine placements. In this case I sprinkled sewing clips over the pre-drawn radial lines, made some manual adjustments, and then marked the clip positioning to turn them into stars.

I then stitched around the edges to minimize fraying and tossed all the pieces in the washer and dryer to shrink and wrinkle. A bit of pressing afterwards flattens them back out but still gives it a homey rumpled look.

I’m *delighted* by how the thread is looking. Hell yes.

#sewing #handmade #StarGazerChoreCoat #hiViz #fashion #quilting

One of the things I like to do to insert some randomness into my sewing is to use small tokens or coins to determine placements. In this case I sprinkled sewing clips over the pre-drawn radial lines, made some manual adjustments, and then marked the clip positioning to turn them into stars.

I then stitched around the edges to minimize fraying and tossed all the pieces in the washer and dryer to shrink and wrinkle. A bit of pressing afterwards flattens them back out but still gives it a homey rumpled look.

I’m *delighted* by how the thread is looking. Hell yes.

#sewing #handmade #StarGazerChoreCoat #hiViz #fashion #quilting

One of the things I like to do to insert some randomness into my sewing is to use small tokens or coins to determine placements. In this case I sprinkled sewing clips over the pre-drawn radial lines, made some manual adjustments, and then marked the clip positioning to turn them into stars.

I then stitched around the edges to minimize fraying and tossed all the pieces in the washer and dryer to shrink and wrinkle. A bit of pressing afterwards flattens them back out but still gives it a homey rumpled look.

I’m *delighted* by how the thread is looking. Hell yes.

#sewing #handmade #StarGazerChoreCoat #hiViz #fashion #quilting

Ok but what about Mario mushrooms? With pockets?

#bikeTooter #sewing #safety #hiViz

Ok but what about Mario mushrooms? With pockets?

#bikeTooter #sewing #safety #hiViz

Ok but what about Mario mushrooms? With pockets?

#bikeTooter #sewing #safety #hiViz

Ok but what about Mario mushrooms? With pockets?

#bikeTooter #sewing #safety #hiViz

There's a sunny bright orange theme to my day.

#hiviz #hivis

There's a sunny bright orange theme to my day.

#hiviz #hivis

There is another issue - #HiViz isn’t actually that effective (particularly yellow against a green background). It’s classic “we need to do something and this is something” and does nothing about the hierarchy of risk #ActiveTravel

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/post/3mdfni447us2k

Take that #HiViz evangelists.

"there is no evidence that either colour [white or fluorescent yellow] is more or less visible or more likely to be involved in an accident"

So wear what you bloody well like when you are out #cycling.

#biketoot #biketooter

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr89l02y2o

Take that #HiViz evangelists.

"there is no evidence that either colour [white or fluorescent yellow] is more or less visible or more likely to be involved in an accident"

So wear what you bloody well like when you are out #cycling.

#biketoot #biketooter

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr89l02y2o

Take that #HiViz evangelists.

"there is no evidence that either colour [white or fluorescent yellow] is more or less visible or more likely to be involved in an accident"

So wear what you bloody well like when you are out #cycling.

#biketoot #biketooter

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr89l02y2o

Take that #HiViz evangelists.

"there is no evidence that either colour [white or fluorescent yellow] is more or less visible or more likely to be involved in an accident"

So wear what you bloody well like when you are out #cycling.

#biketoot #biketooter

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr89l02y2o

I'm getting so much more confident with the DJI Neo drone.

This was recorded using only on-drone controls and gestures.

Yes I'm in full hi visibility workwear.

#drone #djidrone #djineo #dji #hivis #hiviz

https://youtu.be/oKiN_MlbWw8?si=Odr9kTD5q4fCpDMk