bowreality

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[–] bowreality 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have the feeling that’s what Carney is doing. Keep playing along, dragging it out. While making deals with the rest of the world.

[–] bowreality 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah sounds like his style is very different to Trudeau. I like it. MPs already moaning that he has no patience for half assing things and dragging feet. I think he’ll keep them busier than they have ever been. Good. We need to move and fast.

[–] bowreality 8 points 3 days ago

Not yet. Lots of Europeans hadn’t gotten a real threat (apart from Denmark) yet. But the 50% tariffs are on the horizon and that’ll bring more people on board. It’s less groceries for them (very little US there). So not as daily and in the face as it is here.

[–] bowreality 8 points 4 days ago

Nope. Not in my lifetime.

[–] bowreality 2 points 1 week ago
[–] bowreality 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Do you have a link? I tried a couple of Canadian brands but meh. The only ones I really like are from Lush.

[–] bowreality 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hm not sure. Maybe 10 years ago? They were still a coop at that time. I had already picked the shoes and just wanted to try them on to make sure they fit. They lost a guaranteed sale that day. I tried them on there and bought them elsewhere online. And never returned.

[–] bowreality 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh yeah I have several. I love them. Even in the city.

[–] bowreality 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

They lost me when I wanted to buy barefoot shoes they had on the shelf and the guy was mocking me. Then a second person from staff mocked me as well when she overheard. I just left and never stepped inside one of their stores again.

[–] bowreality 6 points 2 weeks ago

Rrrrroblaws. Says it all

[–] bowreality 19 points 2 weeks ago

He was elected 2 weeks ago. How quick do you think trade deals are made or revised?

[–] bowreality 12 points 2 weeks ago

And we are doing it.

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New bag (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by bowreality to c/leathercraft
 

This was a great leather (OAO knock Iron from OA Leather) to work with! A larger bag that fits the work laptop and a ton of other stuff. I made the strap so it can be adjusted between crossbody and just on the shoulder. All handstitched with Ritza thread. The only hardware is zipper on top and two 1 inch buckles.

 

I hope it’s ok to ask here. I want to switch from Plex but it seems the latest install won’t work on my older AMD MacMini. There isn’t a way around it I assume?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by bowreality to c/leathercraft
 

I am having an idea for a bag and I believe I have seen this technique somewhere before. I just have no idea what it’s called and hence have a hard time finding a video or instructions.

Essentially I want a round corner the comes out a bit and then the gusset over the two sides. I believe I have seen an approach where you cut a side piece with rounded corners and then cut perpendicular into the middle of the corner. Then sew that cut and turn over. The corner sticks out essentially and the side is then attached to a long piece that runs from one side around as bottom and up on the other side.

I am not sure if I am explaining this well enough to ID. I will try to find a pic.

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submitted 2 months ago by bowreality to c/buycanadian
 

I just posted on Mastodon about these greeting cards and figured I post here as well. Beautiful handmade cards from Chilliwack BC. I just got my first order and I am very happy. Go check them out!

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Canadian appliances (self.buycanadian)
submitted 3 months ago by bowreality to c/buycanadian
 

I just found this community on Lemmy! Yay! I have been posting a bunch of #BuyCanadian on Mastodon so far. I’ll start posting here as well.

Here is one of my previous posts that I think isn’t discussed much yet. Canadian appliances are a thing. Danby and Salton have small kitchen appliances but there is at least also this:

I am really intrigued by this Canadian appliance brand. I heard Costco sells them too. Does anybody have one of their ranges or fridges? https://uniqueappliances.com/collections/

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Amazing new Jamie-Ray HIIT (self.applefitnessplus)
 

So much fun. Such a good burn. He is truly the best entertRainer! link to workout

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Canadians - heads up! (self.leathercraft)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by bowreality to c/leathercraft
 

Fiebings Pro dye and Barge won’t be sold in Canada any longer. Law change starting 2024 banning both products in Canada because of VOCs.

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What’s your August challenge? (self.applefitnessplus)
 

Comment with your challenges!

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Software for pattern design (self.leathercraft)
submitted 2 years ago by bowreality to c/leathercraft
 

If you like to design your own patterns check out Affinity Designer. Blows my mind!

Quick to learn how to draw patterns, easy to resize and so so much more.

Here is a great example from today: I tried to figure out how to get the length of the one side of an odd shaped part of my pattern. I know the measuring tool in Affinity but it seemed to only do straight lines, distance between objects or area.

Quick search and I learned I can break the curve points and then it shows me the length of the different sides and the area 🤯

Extremely handy especially when working with zippers in a certain size.

I also can export as svg or pdf. Print and cut your patterns (pdf) or if you have a Cricut or Silhouette (svg), cut the patterns with that! Or even the leather if not too thick.

I am considering selling some patterns in the future and I can even toss in the afdesign file for people so they can adjust what they want.

Affinity Designer btw is super affordable especially compared to Adobe Illustrator and such. If I remember correctly there is free 30 day trial.

Anybody else using Affinity Designer?

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Do I see all comments? (self.lemmy_ca_support)
 

I am moderating this sub and it shows 4 comments. I only see 3?! https://lemmy.ca/post/1528939 Does anybody else see 4? I am a bit concerned if there are 4 and I can see only 3 (2 are mine). As a moderator that would be no good.

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Repairs (self.leathercraft)
submitted 2 years ago by bowreality to c/leathercraft
 

I recently watched this video by Corter and it was a bit of an aha moment.

Whether it’s repair, changing the thread colour or in my case fixing some mistakes … I love how leather products can be opened up and redone. Not everything of course but the stitch line is fairly simple to revamp, billets are quickly replaced and even edges can be re-burnished.

I love the 2nd bag that I ever made a lot but it was my second bag. I had missed a whole and one corner was therefore off, I attached the buckle upside down (it works but looks off) and a seam was opening up. Burnished edges weren’t good yet.

So I sat down today and fixed it all. It was easier than I thought and it’s a nice upgrade! I wish I had taken before and after pics.

 

I had deleted all my content before the subs went dark. Some (very few) came back and I deleted again. But for a couple of weeks now my account is clear of all content. I decided to request my data from Reddit to see what they would send. They sent me my whole (deleted!) content. Like every comment and post ever submitted to the site. Is there anyway to request them to delete?!

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