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UCSD Holiday Party Skit

A fellow grad student, Suhas Pai, and I wrote, filmed, and appeared in this skit for UCSD CSE's fall 2021 holiday party:

Sewing, Embroidery, and Crochet

Wellesley College Computer Science Department Graduation Stole

I made my own stole for my graduation from Wellesley College. I selected the fabric, drafted a pattern, and hand-embroidered the computer science department logo for it.

picture of Allison at graduation, wearing her handmade blue satin stole on top of her robes picture of Allison's hand-embroidered rendering of the Wellesley College CS department's logo, which features a laptop and lambda symbols on a shield several pieces of blue satin laying on a sewing table, with a paper cutout of the Wellesley CS logo placed on top of one

Winter Hat

This was the first project I did on my first sewing machine. The end result reminded me of Sherlock Holmes' hat. It was very large on anybody but me - evidently my big head and fluffy hair make me a poor hat pattern model!

early stages of hat assembly, with the inner and outer layers laying flat beside each other closeup of a machined stitch through plaid cotton separately assembled plaid cotton outer layer, warm inner layer, earmuffs, and brim, laid beside each other a side view of the mostly-assembled hat, with pins stuck through in some places plaid hat from the front with brim attached, pins stuck through parts of the cap closeup of the button sewn to the top of the hat Allison wearing a plaid hat with a brim and an earmuff/neck covering panel

Room Divider Curtain

Separation of space by function is a very helpful concept for helping my brain run well. So, to help me get through the last year of my bachelor's degree from my family's home (thanks COVID-19), I made a room divider curtain.
I chose a sunflower calico for one side, and a sunny yellow cotton for the other. This was before I got my sewing machine, so the stitching took a long time. I mounted picture hooks on opposite walls, and then I added cafe clips onto the picture wire.
The curtain turned out pretty heavy, being two large layers of cotton, but it did a great job at helping me work, in addition to brightening up my room!

a large curtain patterned with sunflowers hanging across the middle of a small room

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10 Most Recent Logged Board Games

thumbnails of the last 10 board games that Allison has played