Fred

Writer, crafter, costumier, patchworker, hermit. Historical textile obsession. I enjoy bad robots, Yog-Sothoth, and all flavours of undead, and am very much older than 21. Content will include profanity. She/they.

I write queer-normative SFF/horror and other cross genre fiction, plus non-fiction too. Got a doctorate in History of Art and am learning German.

Profile pic is a quilt I made. Banner image is Byland Abbey in Yorkshire.

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Fredatron_at_wandering.shop@mostr.pub

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2024-09-11 07:00:21

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@npub1k6h…0wx7 This is so charming!

2024-07-27 06:58:12

And now I need to source some C19th baleen corset bones. Which is tricky, because although it's legal to buy them in the UK (I've checked), it's not easy to find them.
I want these because I find that it isn't until you've had your hands on certain materials before you start to understand why they have/had certain uses.

2024-07-27 06:45:38

A while back, my colleagues in the Learning Team were having a good old clearout. As well as gaining a load of books, I went into work one morning to find a few ring binders on my desk with this message: 'Found these and didn't know if they were of any interest or use to you. If not, do dispose of.'
Thee things are full of vintage fabric swatches. Of course they're of use and interest to me!

2024-07-20 15:49:40

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@npub1zt3…0v09 I told him and he meowed 😂

2024-07-20 05:57:26

Morning snooze 💜
#caturday
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2024-07-12 15:21:22

Very glad I'm a weirdo who harvests the wires from worn out bras, because I had one that matched the bra wire that broke last week. Fixed that bra 🎉
Also mended a cardigan for my partner's other partner. A certain kitty, probably Barney or Bob,* put a claw through it. You'd never tell now.
*Or at least Barney and Bob are getting the blame. My money's on Chip, because she causes the best problems.

2024-06-22 08:12:33

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@npub1k24…26zw The behaviour of some people on anon just baffles me 😅 (and many people not anon too, to be fair!)

2024-06-21 21:11:37

So he was playing with the catnip banana and ended up like this 😂
https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/112/656/636/772/097/723/original/701d0afe516b54ca.jpg

2024-06-17 16:03:44

Went to leave work. Saw it was pissing it down. Went back to work.

2024-06-16 18:48:05

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@npub1dzj…4cun I have a week off in July. I have one trip planned, and I'm resisting planning anything else at all.

2024-06-16 18:14:02

Having a decompression day. I would like a decompression week.

2024-06-12 16:44:29

Went via a colleague's on my way home to help him heft a mattress up the stairs (he's just moved house).
Couldn't get his bed frame onto the top floor and came to the conclusion he'd need to take it apart. Utterly shocked to find that a chap in his 30s who loves engineering doesn't have a philips head screwdriver (I realise this reflects more on me than him, but it's maybe only 80/20).
Took a while, but we did get the very sturdy mattress around the very small and winding stair.

2024-06-09 16:13:37

Made enough progress to move my hoop. Here's a happy little guy 💜
#embroidery #PearAndSnailCoif
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2024-06-07 06:38:00

Not to flex or anything, but this came out really well.
#food
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2024-06-05 21:14:04

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@npub1dzj…4cun You write good, my friend 🦾

2024-05-28 07:10:11

My partner's other partner's tortie has learnt how to turn off his sleep machine when she wants him to wake up. 😂

2024-05-23 20:42:47

Attitude Clothing has 20% off sitewide until midnight. I'm exercising iron self control and not making this incredibly poor financial decision:
https://www.attitudeclothing.co.uk/restyle-rosarium-backpack-p34552
I don't need another backpack, no matter how beautiful. I need a shoulder bag, and I need it to be so fucking specific that only I can design and make it. But UGH this bag's so pretty 😭

2024-05-22 11:29:22

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@npub1dzj…4cun 💜
It would contain the word butts many many times.

2024-05-12 11:27:36

Might be opening a can of worms here, but does anyone else eat the green bit on top of a strawberry?
#food