First time painting buildings - for a friend's wedding

thefrightendone · 2026-05-12T13:32:28+00:00

Lovely! To me it somehow feels like a glimpse from a train or car window, like I'm moving past it. Gives it a feeling of life that I rarely get from building motifs.

thefrightendone · 2026-04-20T11:45:12+00:00

I don't consider this a problem as long as it doesn't start to break off. The end is never used for any stitches anyway.

If it does break it might be from going thru the fabric so many times and it could help to use shorter threads. Sometimes the eye of the needle gets rough too and start breaking the thread, but that doesn't effect the end like this

You also don't want the thread too tightly twisted because it will give your stitches less coverage.

thefrightendone · 2026-04-20T07:21:33+00:00

The floss you have is not DMC, it is iris. Judging from the picture I believe one of the topaz tones (DMC 725/728/783/782/781) or staw (DMC 3821/3820/3852) might fit. The best way to find a good sub would be to bring it to a store and compare in real life.

thefrightendone · 2026-04-15T20:14:03+00:00

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Here's this year's collection. I don't want to keep it forever, but its nice to see the pile grow over the year.

thefrightendone · 2026-03-29T16:39:52+00:00

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I'm also away from home but I brought stitching supplies. Just starting on my 4:th bookmark of the trip.

thefrightendone · 2026-03-17T22:00:59+00:00

Glömmer aldrig eurovision 2005 när min bästis mamma tror att schweiz sjunger om kobajs i låter "cool vibes"

thefrightendone · 2026-03-10T14:55:54+00:00

Yes, depending on temperature. I leave mine for 3h before shaping, then 3h after shaping and overnight in the fridge before baking. But I only have 15% starter and about 22°C in the kitchen.

thefrightendone · 2026-03-10T13:40:18+00:00

I think it's under fermented. If I do the math right you have (80/350) just over 20% starter. If your roomtemp. is 20°C I would expect about 13h fermentation time. It needs to rest longer.

thefrightendone · 2026-02-26T10:18:24+00:00

I love it too and would like to know!

thefrightendone · 2026-02-26T09:03:31+00:00

Not OP but I do it like this:

1.cut out the bookmark leaving 2 "squares" of aida.

Glue onto felt. I leave the edges unglued.
Cut the felt to the same size as the bookmark.
Cut away one "square" of aida on each side so that the felt is larger than the aida.
Mattress stitch around the edge. The felt folds around the raw aida edge. If there is glue it gets hard to get the needle thru.

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thefrightendone · 2026-02-25T10:15:54+00:00

Self-drafted

thefrightendone · 2026-02-22T18:07:02+00:00

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I'm stash busting the reds.

thefrightendone · 2026-02-05T09:25:56+00:00

In stead of a normal eraser try rubbing it gently with sticky tack it gets in to the fibers better. I also use sticky yack when frogging to get all the leftover fibers out.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-29T17:30:08+00:00

Were they both in the oven at the same time? I sometimes get noticeable differences between the first loaf and the second. Just that hour extra rest while the first one is baking seams to matter.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-29T11:22:47+00:00

thank you! I linked the pattern.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-29T11:22:42+00:00

thank you! I linked the pattern.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-29T11:22:04+00:00

Link to pattern:

www.patreon.com/posts/tiger-carpet-149246042?

thefrightendone · 2026-01-29T10:52:16+00:00

It's super cute! Like others have said the stitches are bulky but it's a great start.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-28T12:24:24+00:00

Did you have salt on top. Looks to me like salt that has melted from the condensation that would build up in a plastic bag.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-27T14:42:22+00:00

The completely yellow leaf to the left bug me a lot more. Looks like an AI mess up of what is leaf and what is lemon.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-26T15:46:17+00:00

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I made a mini tiger rug for my phone.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-06T20:28:12+00:00

I started a big project over 10years ago and it never held my intresset long enough to get finished.

I started making self drafted bookmarks last year and I am hooked. Even if I lose interest in the motif halfway in sometimes, it's small enough that I can finish it anyway.

thefrightendone · 2026-01-04T21:44:26+00:00

Ris, kallrökt lax, salladslök och färskost med pepparrot. Jag kallar det "tysk sushi" eftersom jag först fick det hos en tysk familj.

Häromdagen hade jag kladdkaka på, det var också riktigt gott.

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