me: oughghgh okay you gotta go OUT today and run errands like an adult, pick up prints, buy floss for the beans cross stitches you sell, maybe some groceries….
also me: oh 3pm’s not that late! plenty of time to spend on a cross stitch project!
several hours later, it is already dark out:
me:….. shit.
(ty to @presidentdragon for a sentence that goes extremely hard)
also idk what the cheapest way to get this pattern out to yall would be is there like, a public drive folder somewhere where you can upload free pattern pdfs?
for those who would like to do alterations, like @trippol-threat, here is the antialiased transparent png file
okok so I’ve been putting this off for ages:
first, an update on my prototype of this pattern:
things that I have learned:
the blackish-brown and grey thread i chose to distinguish the bird wings has BARELY any contrast. the whole thing needs to be redesigned
the red and dark red on the ribbon-work doesn’t contrast highly enough, it sort of just. sludges together? I need a darker red or maybe even a red-tinted brown
i’m attempting to use some of the blackish-brown as letter outlining to make up for the fact that I chose a metallic (and therefore pricier) floss
the auto-settings for uploading a cross stitch pattern based on existing art is uh, NOT GREAT
NOTES! GROUPINGS! SEPARATIONS! oh by god was it a mess. Some colours were so close I had to group them to make it make sense. others, such as the DMC 444, was trying to be both lemon yellow in the text gradient AND brownish straw in the goat itself so they needed separation.
I’ve remade the pattern stitch by stitch on a different maker. It’s still available at the same pay-what-you-like link up there ^ but here’s the NEW preview:
oh also i made the birds look more like jackdaws
UPDATE: PROTOTYPE VERSION IS COMPLETE
I WILL HENCEFORTH BE WORKING ON STITCH MY OWN VERSION OF THE RE-MADE PATTERN AS SEEN ABOVE
(also i need to borrow my old roommate’s iron this thing is wrinkle city)
amhrancas 