▲ 43 r/handquilting
second block!
lots of improvement from the first one (second slide), though I'm not sure how much is technical improvement vs it just being an easier pattern overall.
open to advice!
u/booksrule123 — 13 days ago
▲ 40 r/handquilting
my first quilt block ever!
pattern from Pat Sloan, the first in the "grandma's kitchen" series, made with random fabrics from a secondhand stash
As you can see, some of the edges are a bit mismatched. I have since purchased a square ruler, so hopefully that should get better!
Any general advice? I've sewed before, but never quilted, so I'm still pretty new to all the terms and such.
One question: why do patterns seem to include the seam allowance in the initial measurements? That's been quite hard to get used to, and I'm mostly just manually subtracting half an inch from everything because I can't figure out a benefit for the life of me haha
u/booksrule123 — 20 days ago
▲ 71 r/Tralsei
Reposting this on its own because where I originally commented it got deleted
I personally love trans Ralsei as a theory/headcanon, and it's so weird to see the hostility it faces when I'm used to my irl and other-fandom friends having way wilder gender headcanons. (eg. transmasc Galinda, transfem Goro Akechi, I regularly forget that he/him lesbian Scotty isn't canon, etc)
People always have and always will have counter-canon gender headcanons about characters. It's not new and it won't stop happening. I guess it's just a different flavor when it's presented as trans/in the future rather than the obviously theoretical "what if they were born a different gender" and it scares people.
(the original image is an article about Captain James T Kirk from Star Trek and it lives in my head forever and ever)
u/booksrule123 — 1 month ago
▲ 12 r/ArtfightProfiles
How would you categorize stamps/linocut prints as an attack?
I think it would be fun to try making some little eraser stamps as attacks, but I can't find the right category. It seems more like a craft than a traditional art, but none of the categories in there match up right. Has anyone made something similar? How did you categorize it?
u/booksrule123 — 2 months ago
▲ 7 r/AndroidGaming
[REQUEST] puzzle games with created levels rather that generated
I love games like minesweeper, nonograms, and trees/queens. Any sort of spatial thinking puzzle really. The main thing I have trouble looking for is apps with these that feel intentionally designed.
I have Simon Tatham's Puzzles, and while the infinite random puzzles is nice in its own way, it eventually starts feeling stale because it's random. Every game is roughly the same difficulty level, and once you have the strategy down, you end up approaching them all the same way.
What I really want is a finite but large series of levels that were all created on purpose to be played in that order. I like the completionist aspect of it too, knowing that I've finished a certain section or percentage of the game.
Any recommendations?
u/booksrule123 — 3 months ago
I'm looking for songs to add to the writing/inspiration playlist for a story I'm working on.
A brief summary, for context:
The main character's father went missing, presumed dead, when he was very young. Twenty years later, he gets a letter that indicates his father is still alive, trapped in another dimension. He ends up going into that other dimension himself, to get more information and maybe find him. He finds himself navigating a world filled with echoes of his father's presence, exploring who he was via the places he's been.
I'd love any songs with one or more of these elements:
a cosmic horror-y aspect
sort of complicated feelings about a missing/absent parent
some sense of connection/repetition through time, walking through the same footsteps as someone you've never met
anything that feels like Machine by Regina Spektor
I can clarify any of these points if needed, I wasn't sure how specific to get lol
u/booksrule123 — 4 months ago