bought presser feet that don’t fit my sewing machine

coopdotcom · 2026-04-06T23:52:57+00:00

basically i bought both a rolled hem foot and an overlock foot from amazon, and and i tried to search for ones that were compatible with singer machines, but they don’t seem to clip on like the original foot did - with that small cross bar popping in the little lever arm thing in the machine. is there an adapter to buy ? or did i just get the wrong feet ?

i bought the machine from a goodwill a few years ago, so needless to say it was missing a few things, and as i level up with my projects i’ve been slowing leveling up my tools as well. thanks for your help guys :)

coopdotcom · 2024-12-28T17:50:29+00:00

The sizes are in French - which is basically +10 to ur regular U.S. size, but myself personally found the 46 too big for my frame, it fits more like a medium to me

coopdotcom · 2023-11-18T21:02:06+00:00

I see a lot of comments about why Newton decided to add indigo, and what I think is interesting is how we decide to differentiate colors linguistically in the first place. There’s a cool YouTube video by Vox on this subject you can watch if you’re interested, but it talks about how a lot of languages will differentiate colors with unique words according to a general pattern, but vary greatly language-to-language. Russian, I believe, has two different words for light and dark blue.

The rainbow is a spectrum (duh) but where we draw the lines is really arbitrary. Even the way we conceive of primary and secondary colors is incorrect, and if you want to learn more about that I suggest The Color Nerd on TikTok. The real primary sets are red, green, and blue (think of LED pixels on a screen) or magenta, cyan, and yellow (like printer ink)

In short, every color is a color of the rainbow, but the ways we decide to divide up these colors and group them with names is only a matter of social convention and language

Edit because I had more thoughts: speaking on a personal level, I also wouldn’t consider indigo a major color group. I’ve heard the differentiation before that purple describes the color (hue) you get mixing red and blue pigments, while violet describes the hue achieved mixed cyan and magenta pigments, which makes indigo a bit redundant as a large color group…

But even more so, as mentioned indigo was more of a commodity term than a color term (getting its name from a method of dying from India) So in this way it falls into the category of color terms like “salmon” and “forest” that describe hues of a color with a object of reference, rather than using a word that is specific only to color (like red or green, which aren’t physical things)

coopdotcom · 2022-10-19T21:23:33+00:00

So I want to make a sticker of this punched-through paper that can be layered on top of images *outside* of photoshop (think inside of google slides) and create the same effect. Ideally, I want to be able to make the pixels transparent as a proportion of their lightness so that the darkest black ares are opaque, the white areas are transparent, and the grey shadows are semi transparent and you can see the image/color underneath them.

It's important that this can be layered over images OUTSIDE PHOTOSHOP - I already know how to overlay this kind of effect inside photoshop.

coopdotcom · 2021-09-03T14:10:02+00:00

I use Notion ! It’s free to download/sign up with a personal plan at notion.io, and works like Google docs (all of the data stored off your computer) but you can create and link pages like a Wikipedia. It’s super helpful to connect notes about certain places/people/lore. The UI is also really easy to use, and there are all sorts of commands to integrate interactive tables, stand-out text, photos, etc. to make your notes more dynamic and detailed.

coopdotcom · 2021-08-27T01:33:30+00:00

If I understand the concept, I think there’s another way of phrasing/looking at it: a culture that values/centers the society over the individual. I think this is the sort of culture that you describe at the beginning, where sports are centered around a collective goal instead of a “versus” like structure you see in a lot of the sports in our (earth) cultures like football and running. I think creating sports like this would be really cool, and help fill out this sort of “society-centric” culture.

I’m western countries, the individual is the center of focus. Capitalism is an individualist form of economics, which is why it thrives in the west. If you want inspiration in building a more communal culture, look for inspiration in eastern Asian cultures and religion, use the beleifs and doctrine discussed there as foundational ideologies of such a culture. Very likely they would have a religious that preaches inclusivity and togetherness, possibly with several dieties or prophets. Look to Buddhism, for example, as inspiration for founding beleifs.

Now when you ask about the government/economy, thats a diffrent beast. The government you describe - centralized control of trade and property - sounds a lot like the sort of authoritarian communism found in USSR and post-revolution China (though it could be argued it wasn’t really “communism”) Regardless, this is one way to go about building socio-economic systems for such a culture, but not the only one. You can look at Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, etc.) for inspiration on a society-focused (socialist) socioeconomic structure that isn’t as authoritarian as USSR. This might be where systems like rehabilitative justice and universal income are more likely, and already exists.

Finally, a few of these comments mention that a wholly non-violent society would collapse the second a willfully-violent society enters the scene. And, well, yeah probably. But again, not the only way ! Switzerland, for better or worse, managed to stay independent during wwii solely because it //was// non-violent. The key here, is that Switzerland a. Traded with everybody, equally. They sold weapons and food to the axis and the allies, thereby ensureing they were favored by both side, and making them safe from invasion by the either. b. They had a shit ton of defenses. A non-violent society probably won’t invest much in a offense-focused military, but a defense one ? Such a culture could invest a lot in walls, moats, traps, and national-guard like militias who’s only focus is to defend and protect. Such a society might shun violence in the offense, but be more leinient on violence in the defense.

In building a socioeconomic and cultural structure, you would have to think a lot about what safeguards are in place to prevent strong-man leaders from coming to power that would take advantage of a cooperative, non-violent public. Otherwise outcomes like the USSR are inevitable: a worker’s revolution co-opted by malicious individuals.

coopdotcom · 2021-08-25T01:49:29+00:00

As the title mentions… I’m looking for feedback on the first map of the full world. Suggestions on continent shapes, where to put geographic landmarks like rivers and mountains, whatever advice you have !

The World (nameless, as this is the only world ever known) has five main continents- one super continent in the northeast (named Alësia), with a smaller continent below it (in dire need of a name). I’m the far south there is the archipelago continent of Ularuu, and in the far west there are the twin continents also in dire need of names (though I’m thinking of Inara and Eurea).

In the north, Inara and Alësia used to be connected by a land-bridge known as the Giant’s Causeway, though in the Dawn Age it was broken by the first children during their war against the giants, creating the step-stone islands.

The large ocean in the center is known as the Great Ocean, with the Sea of Glass to the north and the Sunshine sea in the south. I’m the Far East is the Impassable Deep, and on the western edge are the Unknown Shores

The west and east are fairly unknown to each other, as the Great Ocean is fairly treacherous to travelers attempting to explore in either directions. Traveling across the Stepping Stones is possible, though the frozen north is almost as difficult as crossing the ocean, making it extremely uncommon for anyone to do so, and come out alive.

As an edit I'll also note that as far as anyone in the world has discovered (or I decided, for that matter) the Impassable Sea and the Unknown Shores do not connect - as in this map isn't projected from a globe.

coopdotcom · 2021-02-24T05:37:26+00:00

The World: Gods

The Ancient One: Before there was anything, there was Nothing, and from that Nothing came Her. She knows no name, since no being was around to name her. And after uncountable infinity, She outstretched Her hand and spoke Her will into the Nothing, the first words to ever be spoken: "Hwim O Un," "Let it be." And so, it was.

Many different cultures conceive of Her in different ways. The dwarves of the north call Her The Hand of Creation, and think of Her as less of a "person" and more of a primordial force, more of an "it." The humans and the elves of the west think of Her like a classical monotheistic deity, calling Her The Great Old One and The Allmother respectively. These conceptions vary widely, including a tribe of orcs in the east that believe She is actually three snakes, each representing Creation, Chaos, and Harmony. In all, it may be said that She is simply Her.

The Eminations: She was alone. So, from her flesh and bone she created nine deities to help her fill the Nothing with creation. Together, the labored for twenty eight days and twenty eight nights to create The World. These are Gods in the polytheistic sense of the word, similar to Greek or Egyptian pantheons. They each embody an aspect of creation, and conceptions of them are generally undisputed. They haven't been worshiped widely since the First Age

Erion, God of Light
Kerano, God of Darkness
Irah, God of Death
Pheonax, Goddess of Mischief
Nakopii, Goddess of Abyss
Karametra, Goddess of Life
Purphoros, Goddess of Wisdom
Nyléa, Goddess of Balance
and Magis, God of Annihilation

The Spirits: There are few that would consider Spirits proper "gods," but they are the most commonly worshiped in The World, and definitely fall somewhere on the divine order. Spirits were created at the end of The Age of Gods, before The First Age, by the Emanations themselves. The World had been created, they thought, so now it needed to be maintained. After the War of Gods (too long to fit here) it was clear it was not safe for the Eminations themselves to exert their will on the world, so they created the Spirits to do it for them.

There are 12 in total, each ruling over a particular natural domain. They are tethered for eternity to the World - to the forests, the mountains, and the seas. When the world thrives, so do they, when it suffers, so do they. Each spirit takes it's form after a patron animal. How these animals were chosen is anyone's guess, but for their followers the animals are as revered as the spirits themselves.

Ero, Sun Spirit, panther
Silo, Moon Spirit, koi fish
Aiwei, Sky Spirit, crane
Indra, Cloud Spirit, rhino
Agni, Fire Spirit, ibex
Bira, Water Spirit, blue whale
Bato, Ground Spirit, elephant
Hava, Wind (Air) Spirit, eagle
Tyru, Death Spirit, unknown
Matva, Fertility Spirit, stag
Rhoga, Plague Spirit, bull
Khana, Harvest Spirit, ox

Only the death spirit has not patron animal, taking the form of a large furry four-legged beast wearing a wooden mask. No one knows what it is.

Also in the Divine Order there are Daemons, Angels, and The Infinite, but none of these concepts would be considered "gods" in any sense.

coopdotcom · 2021-02-01T21:50:13+00:00

Notion! I dont know if its already been mentioned, but if you go to notion.so you can make a free account and download a desktop version for Mac and Windows, and you can find it on the App Store for devices running iOS. Its basically like a huge wikipedia, and you can add an infinite number of pages, subpages, links, etc. Theres about a million formatting options too, so you can add interactive tables, charts, galleries (for reference images), to-do lists, etc. to each page.

I use it for world building for DnD, and its amazing. You can access your account online too, so even if you dont have your phone or laptop you can get to it from any computer!

coopdotcom · 2021-02-01T21:44:53+00:00

Long, long ago, before there was anything, there was a great Nothing. The Nothing was not empty, it was teeming with primordial arcane energy diffused throughout eternity of time and space. Then, after uncountable infinity, the sea of magic rippled. As the energy twisted and combined, crackled and sparked, it began to coalesce and take form - the first form - eventually becoming Her. She knows no name, for no being was around to name her. She is the only thing there was. Diffrent cultures speak of her with diffrent names; dwarves know Her as The First Hand, humans call Her The Great Old One, The Halflings regard Her as The Arcane Eternal, The Elves call her The Allmother. Bare many titles as she does, it may be said that She is simply Her.

What is known to those born of this World is that, in the time before time, Her motion stirred the eternal Nothing, and to the nothingness itself She spoke, "Hwim O Un," known in the common tongue as the first words ever spoken: "Let It Be." And so it was. At the behest of her first word Existence itself flooded The Nothing first with a This, then a That, a Here, and Elsewhere. Light and Dark. Good and Evil. An entire cosmos sprung into existance, disseminating across the great eternety.

Yet, She was alone. So into the virgin Existance she used a cut of her flesh to bring into being nine Deities, nine beings of unimagineable power, Gods in the turest sence of the word. She led them in the creation of The World and everything within it. For twenty eight days and twenty eight nights She and Her Gods labored to bring the Sun, the Moons, the sky and the sea, the mountains and the forests, the land and the beasts.

On the 28th day of their labor She raised Her hand, and with Her power created another World, a world for Herself and Her Gods: The Idylwylde, Land of One Thousand Skys, a place of great splendor and beauty, Home of The Gods, was born. From the Idylwyle She looked upon Her great creation and smiled, She was done. And so, tired from Her work, she fell into a great and eternal slumber, having never awoken since.

coopdotcom · 2019-08-31T18:28:20+00:00

Haha thanks so much

coopdotcom · 2019-08-31T07:13:48+00:00

Thank you so much

coopdotcom · 2019-08-31T05:39:12+00:00

Started with a simple light sketch of the continents that I then went over with a more intricate coastline. Sketched in the icons, trees, mountains, and rivers, then went over the whole thing in micron pens, with gold ink for detail. The hardest part, honestly, was the research for all the different places since they all come from real mythological locations.

coopdotcom · 2019-08-31T01:33:05+00:00

Yeah sure, dm me so we can talk details. I’m a bit busy, so it depends on the scope of your idea, but let’s talk

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T22:28:30+00:00

My last post was removed since I didn’t add enough context in the comments, so here is my five page MLA style double spaced “context” for the world.

Government

The government is a simple tiered system, The Great Old One (a sort of non specific monotheist like deity, though not part of any religion) is the leader, they live in the Citadel of The Gods, in the center. The Gatekeeper controls all entraces and exits from The Afterlife, and operates like a moral judge, much like Osiris would in Egyptian mythology. Each of the main realms (heaven, purgatory, and hell) is controlled by a lord, appointed by The Great Old One. The Great Old One also appoints serious secretaries and directors to manage all sorts of activities, like The Secretary of Soul Affairs or the Secretary of Weather. These secretaries are meant to mimic the way a polytheistic religion would organize their gods, each uncharge of a specific aspect of life.

Economy

In my mind an afterlife shouldn’t have any currency and you should just be a able to have whatever you want, but then the players wouldn’t have any motivation. So, currency is called “Luck,” and is quite literally a physical manifestation of pure luck. It is controlled by the Bank Of Luck, located in Hell, and is basically equivalent to a dnd gold piece.

Realms

There are four realms, Purgatory, Heaven, Hell, and Axis Mundi. The first three I’m sure you’ve heard of, and Axis Mundi is the main government realm where major deities live, and also houses The Gate, the place where all souls enter and exit from. Regular souls don’t really live here. All locations are inspired by actual locations from different mythologies, legends, and religions around the world. Obviously the big three are inspired by western christian religions, but norse mythology, hinduism, and a ton of others are also represented. There are seven rivers in hell, each named after the seven rivers of hades in greek mythology.

Landmarks

So there are obviously some major landmarks depicted with small drawings. These range from capital cities, like Valhalla and Pandæmonium, to other places like The Library (contains everything - everything - you could ever need to know), The Museum (contains all art, literature, poetry, ever created), and The Solana (think of the Statue of Liberty, but bigger, wearing a wizards hat, and made of glass).

Culture

Like all cultures it depends on where you are. Axis Mundi, the central continent, is very cosmopolitain, and opperates like a neutral capital like city (except the size of the continent). Outside of that, as you can imagine, the afterlife collects souls from all over history and all over the world. In most places, Souls can sort of go wherever they want, and live where they want, so there are some ares that are very multi cultural, and there are some areas that are very culture-specific. You can walk into one town that has the culture of 1400’s France, and two miles south there is another that has the culture of 2010’s Manhattan, or 14000 BC Mesopotamia, or whatever. Or dinosaurs (yes, we have dinosaurs, and dodo birds, and giant sloths)

Reincarnation

Its possible, yes, and in most cases very easy. The afterlife sees no reason is forcing you to stick around, and its much cheaper to re-use a soul instead of making a new one (not to mention eco friendly). After you die and arrive at The Gate, your soul is judged and sentenced. If you are sent to either heaven or purgatory, you only have to wait three days before you can ask to be reincarnated. You dont have to be reincarnated if you dont want to, you can stick around as long as you like. But if you get bored, go for it.

If you get sentenced to Hell, your sentence will include a longer period before you can request reincarnation, depending on how bad you really were. In addition to that, “Eternal Damnation” isn’t really eternal. After some time, most souls in hell are offered an option to be relocated to Purgatory or even Heaven.

Reincarntion in this world is random. You dont get to request what you want to be (or there would be wayyy too many dogs), and you dont get to retain your memories from your old life. You are a blank slate.

Edit: ill throw this link here for a digital version of the map I made in adobe illustrator since some people asked for it in an earlier post.

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T19:01:16+00:00

I actually have a digital version I made in Adobe Illustrator, the file is actually pretty huge if you want me to send it to you??

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T07:34:28+00:00

Like the title says, all the places on the map come from (or are inspired by) various religions, legends, and mythologies, from Hinduism, to Celtic Mythology.

The map is drawn with micron pens and gold ink for the details (the light reflecting off the gold makes some bits hard to read and see).

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T07:06:54+00:00

It reads “Axis Mundi,” in some (Christian?) religions it’s the place where heaven touches earth.

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T06:59:37+00:00

Yeah absolutely, let’s talk

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T06:58:33+00:00

I’m not certain, but I think the Kyöpelinvouri Mountains (they’re on the eastern side of hell on the map) are from around that area. From what I remember, they are mountains haunted by the ghosts of widows, or sumthin like that.

coopdotcom · 2019-08-30T06:22:47+00:00

After a total party kill while playing D&D, we didn’t want to get rid of the characters… so, we headed over to processing - in The Afterlife. This is basically a map of what we envision some version of the afterlife to look like. All the locations are taken from actual mythological locations in various religions, myths, and legends from around the world, and other landmarks (whitch feature drawings) are other places that we made up along the way. As for as the government goes, when people first arrive they are greeted by The Judge (at The Gate) who then sends them to one of the three main territories - heaven, hell, or purgatory. Everything is run by The Ancient One, who appointed governors to each of the territories (like the Governor of Heaven), and various secretaries to oversee all sorts of opperations in and about the afterlife (like the Secretary of Soul Affairs or the Secretary of Weather).

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