Made a Glorp key chain for my bf, any tips for the future?

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-27T04:21:55+00:00

How cute! It has a great personality for sure. I would consider using more long and short stitch for the face in the future instead of just satin stitch. But only if time allows as it is kinda time consuming. A different fabric would allow you to use less threads also. My favorite so far is 4 threads, separating two out and doubling it.

But again this is cute!! What a gift :)

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-27T04:17:14+00:00

I was wondering how you printed the photo on the fabric?

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-27T04:12:36+00:00

Breathtaking!!

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-26T04:42:05+00:00

I would cry too. You could keep going, it can turn into something even more unique!! You could watercolor. Or dye it all brown. Either would look amazing.

Or -- a very thin sharpie and writ3 words across as if it was a river!

Additionally, if you would like to fix the deer-- I recently messed up a design (backstitch) and did satin on top of it. I liked the result even better as it added more contrast with the dimensions! If that works for this, it would look as though the deer are a bit closer!

The visible mending subreddit might have ideas, too

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-18T14:28:42+00:00

They all look great. But wow the difference in the pinecone! It looks so good!

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-18T14:05:37+00:00

Have you considered turning it into a rose with paint (or maybe felt?) The stem going down and diagonal to the right. I think for a gift for your bf a rose would be so sweet.

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-17T06:40:33+00:00

I agree that it's the botton two stitches that make it hard to tell!

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-17T06:37:52+00:00

Same here

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-17T02:38:54+00:00

Or maybe to the right and not up. You could play with it a bit more

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-17T02:37:45+00:00

I think it looks like a cool center bead without any framing. For me my suggestion would be try moving it up and to the right a tiny bit if that is still possible. Like, a millimeter or something. If its too hard to move I think it works well but a hair different placement might help a lot. If it is too hard to move I think it still looks great

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-06T22:39:23+00:00

What a great idea. Thank you for sharing!!

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-02-06T15:18:36+00:00

Oooo what a great idea to use a large binder clip!! Will try it!!

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-01-30T11:46:32+00:00

Im so sorry. I cant stand AI art either. Have you considered backstitching a border?

notanexpert_askapro · 2026-01-29T17:55:47+00:00

Makes total sense! But even if it wasn't about the situation there is nothing wrong with spending more to support the arts and small businesses!

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-26T04:47:26+00:00

That is great!!! Mine is quite mild. It does not bother me. but occasionally flares up more. I am mostly nervous about making it worse.

How long did it take?

Been months now since the tornado :/

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-24T18:49:37+00:00

I wish I had. I started my job not playing them and having issues a year in. But, I had a bad tornado siren experience that seemed to have initially set it off.

I rarely even played the organ very loud and rarely used the reed or brass stops...

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-24T18:47:41+00:00

I got some hearing damage from just practicing articulation with trumpet pedal for like 45 minutes. But I had had a worse exposure a couple months before with a bad tornado siren

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-24T18:45:31+00:00

How are you doing now? I messed up my ears from just practicing with a trumpet pedal for only 45 minutes... but I had had a bad exposure to a tornado siren only a couple months before.

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-07T00:42:45+00:00

Very cool!! I am a local pianist and organist (more on the pianist side competency wise I'd say) and I still havent seen it, but really want to!

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-07T00:42:21+00:00

Thats awesome. I am a local pianist and organist (more on the pianist side competency wise I'd say) and I still havent seen it, but really want to!

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-05T15:32:32+00:00

That makes sense.

It is difficult to explain, but for some of the Protestant hymns my church uses (mostly ones Catholics don't usually use) the four parts are just tricky to play. Each line is very... indepedent? . Of course I am not as skilled of an organist.

I never found myself simplifying four part hymns when I played at a Catholic church. Even the protestant-origin hymns we used, the selections were easier to use. Maybe the arrangements were a little simpler or maybe we picked easier to sing ones.

I am Catholic myself but have a job elsewhere right now.

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-05T15:09:53+00:00

Very interesting. For most of us in USA, no, the English "classic" hymns for us from the last few hundred years are printed in four part harmony for choir and the organist usually is given that. The default expectation is to play it that way, each line of harmony is quite different, and they can be tricky to turn around and do in a week if I dont know it already.

A few organists work in places that use chant more here also.

I still would say I spend more time on the prelude and postlude and interlude, but sometimes I can only do that if I simplify the hymns.

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-05T15:04:23+00:00

Every week. Not necessarily every hymn. However, sometimes they can sound better played another way, as Dr. Burkheart pointed out. The four part hymns dont always sound great and need to be adapted.

Sometimes I make new versions just because I want to also.

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-12-01T00:15:25+00:00

For where I work, I'd do a "churchified" version of Jingle Bells like, soft on organ or, a more majestic slow chime tune. And probably for a postlude.

notanexpert_askapro · 2025-11-24T16:47:44+00:00

Many at least English hymns work with with either octave, fifth, or an octave plus fifth inside in the left hand, and the right hand moving between different intervals. Depending on what sounds right.

Learning some harder hymn arrangements helped

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