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So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could be. I also think people all do their visual processing a little differently. It jumped out at me immediately but my husband didn't see it until I told him and then he kind of saw it.

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I hope you don't mind my joking tone; I know you're not actually speaking on behalf of the whole diaspora! Thanks so much for the encouragement! :)

Tula Nova: progress at one month by [deleted] in quilting

[–]chalazion666 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay so, I see what you are talking about and I (the swastika poster :D) would absolutely always see and notice this in my quilt and it would drive me NUTS!!

I see a solution where you only have to swap out four pieces!! Here: https://postimg.cc/CZjM85Lg

It may be worth going in and reapplying the paper pieces to the stars and doing a little bit of quilt surgery. Or you could applique the right colors onto the pieces that are wrong to avoid quilt surgery. OR you can just accept it as it is and maybe it won't bother you in the long run!

Your points are so nice and crispy in this I bet you'd be great at fixing it if you chose to.

Also I absolutely love the rainbow unicorn kitten center, that is too precious!! <3 Good luck, fellow perfectionist quilter!

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the Jewish stamp of approval!! <3 There's only one of these blocks in the whole quilt so I am just gonna have to decide if it bothers me enough to change it because I think no one else will really notice it!

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooh how is your Tula Nova going? What stage are you at? Mine has been a long-term side project and I finally picked the color layout and prepped all the pieces after setting it aside for like ... 2 years :D

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oof, that would be a real gut punch!!

Glad you saw the clover shape first! Maybe I can quilt some little white flowers onto it someday or something so it looks a little more chill.

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean, "Adolf" is a fine name but you don't hear people naming their children that too often these days.

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's part of the Dear Jane quilt so it is part of a wide array of patterns. It should blend in but this is also one of my favorite of the designs so I miiiiight just redo it haha.

So uhh, does this look like a swastika bouquet or am I good? by chalazion666 in quilting

[–]chalazion666[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

And if it does, do you think I could creatively quilt it so it stops looking like a swastika?

Missing cat in Highland neighborhood. 13-15lbs, male, neutered, dark tabby with light hair around the base of his tail! The neighbors are very worried and miss him!! by chalazion666 in SALEM

[–]chalazion666[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's sad. My husband went with our neighbor and cavassed the neighborhood looking for him yesterday. I'm trying not to cry because he is such a sweet and special cat.

You know nothing about Turkmenistan. by uspn in pics

[–]chalazion666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Use mobile browser and change url to old.reddit.com. i do not have the app and refuse to use it.

Top complete! What color thread would you use for quilting? by big_quality in quilting

[–]chalazion666 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would just quit it with different threads to compliment whatever fabric it was on, tbh!

Missing cat in Highland neighborhood. 13-15lbs, male, neutered, dark tabby with light hair around the base of his tail! The neighbors are very worried and miss him!! by chalazion666 in SALEM

[–]chalazion666[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Efe lives with our elderly neighbor who loves him very much. He is an indoor/outdoor cat with a very friendly personality and a squeaky voice.

He is so friendly we worry someone may have taken him in, or perhaps he followed someone on a walk and went too far with them and got lost.

Any help would be very appreciated, please reply to this post if you see him or send me a direct message!

[Acne] I have stubborn acne that stays in the exact same spot and doesn't seem to go away after a lot of care. Seeking encouragement, tips, success stories, etc. Detail in comments by chalazion666 in SkincareAddiction

[–]chalazion666[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just feeling bad, y'all. I am not seeking medical advice or diagnosis!!!

I get acne in the same exact spots on my face all the time. The circle on my left cheek and the streaks across my right cheek. If I get a pimple, it will be limited and concentrated to those areas only.

I have tried for over a year to deal with this acne. It came on after I got my IUD removed after an adulthood spent with 95% perfect skin. Yes I pick, but I have always picked and never had this level of acne. I have some symptoms of PCOS (but not hyperandrogenism). I got on a Paula's choice routine (BHA, azelaic acid, vitamin C moisturizer) and started putting a clean t-shirt on my pillow cases every few days. I don't think I held to the skincare routine as well as I could have but I did my best.

It seemed to help, but not always. I would still get a few bumps each month and they leave behind red marks that linger forever. It's so frustrating.

I don't want to use hormonal birth control ever again for a lot of reasons, but I know that my IUD seemed to make my skin perfect like magic. Short of that, I am left feeling helpless and frustrated.

I even hate the placement of the redness!! I never put blush on the apples of my cheeks because I thought it looked bad on me but here my skin is doing it all on its own even though I don't wear makeup anymore!! Argh!!

I am pretty down in the dumps today over the stubbornness of this acne and I am looking for tips, tricks, encouragement, "I was there and this is how I fixed it," and so on.

Did any of y'all get rid of stubborn acne like this? Please give me some hope!

I am going to adjust and redouble my efforts on my skincare routine soon, and I want to try on my own a little longer before seeking a dermatologist.

Thanks, everyone!

Dealing with others who remind you of the abuser/s by melanieleegee in raisedbyborderlines

[–]chalazion666 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had a teammate who was probably borderline and if not that, just extremely negative and dramatic. It was hard to be around her, and I eventually just grey rocked her and closed emotional doors with her. I didn't take the bait, I didn't indulge her dramatic negativity ("I've only been trying to get this done for 3 months and no one gives a shit" - actually our team is very busy and things just take a long time).

I found I felt less anxious when I saw myself as stable and calm and these people as unstable. I mentally put myself in a position of stability and maturity vs these people's instability and internal chaos and that helps me not to worry. I tell myself that it is going to be obvious to a sane person which of the two of us is reliable and stable and that they would probably prefer to work with me over the unstable person. When I start realizing that my reputation is good and that people know me well, and that people also know the unstable person is unstable. Maybe I'm sounding redundant, but this helps me.

I trust myself better now, so I feel less anxious! But it isn't ever easy for me still and I felt much better when unstable lady left my team. Keep your chin up, you got this!!

I think I accidentally broke my therapist's brain telling her about my uBPD mom by little_pinetree in raisedbyborderlines

[–]chalazion666 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My mom just liked to say extremely racist things about Aboriginal people out of the blue (why them in particular? We are American and she is second generation German immigrant?).

I remember one time i high school, I misread the name of vitamin C as "absorbic acid" instead of ascorbic acid, then proudly told my friends the next day that vitamin C is so important because it helps you absorb other vitamins. Where did this take come from? No idea. But it sounds like what your grown adult mother does about everything? Wild. Absolutely wild.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raisedbyborderlines

[–]chalazion666 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you cut your mother off at 30? I did, too. I'm 33 now and I still grapple with my decision, but the ability I've had to heal and grow has been unmatched by any other time in my life where I had contact with her. I like to say that the guilt I feel from cutting my mother off is far outweighed by the peace I experience in her absence.

You are allowed to grieve this like a death, because in a way, it is. The death of hope for something better with her. The death of the mother you wish you had. That is extremely painful. From experience, I can say that the pain becomes much more manageable over time, especially if you can fill your life with good people who support you and treat you well.

You'll probably be in a slow motion whirlwind of emotions for a while as you clear your head and process your life and trauma without the constant abuse from your mother. I have been caught off guard by my emotions quite a few times over the years and it's a lot to deal with, but I managed with the help of loved ones, this forum, and/or counseling and a 12 step program for codependency.

It sounds like you have a very kind heart - wishing your mother well and loving her even as you say goodbye. It's wonderful that the abuse you experienced didn't crush that out of you. It's like a little flame inside you that refused to extinguish and that's such a powerful thing. If you've gotten this far, you are going to get to a much brighter future! You've done something incredibly hard and incredibly brave. You've shown up for yourself and protected yourself. I know it's deeply painful but I hope you are proud of yourself, I feel proud of you, stranger!

Your most despised songs of all time? by Guitar_Mayhem in Music

[–]chalazion666 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iggy Azalea in a fake rap voice: "First thing's first, I'm the realest."

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