Did you hear? I'm trendy now because I embroider!
That's what I've heard anyways. Apparently embroidery and cross-stitch are making a comeback, so now I get to fulfill my dream of finally being a hipster and getting to say I was doing something before it was cool.
Sometime early last year I made my own dice bags with The Adventure Zone inspired designs embroidered on the front. Did I need two bags? No. Could I not decide which design I wanted to do and rather than actually make a decision just do them both? Yes. It's not like I didn't know at the time I would eventually fill them both because I'm a dice hoarding goblin.
That's what I've heard anyways. Apparently embroidery and cross-stitch are making a comeback, so now I get to fulfill my dream of finally being a hipster and getting to say I was doing something before it was cool.
Sometime early last year I made my own dice bags with The Adventure Zone inspired designs embroidered on the front. Did I need two bags? No. Could I not decide which design I wanted to do and rather than actually make a decision just do them both? Yes. It's not like I didn't know at the time I would eventually fill them both because I'm a dice hoarding goblin.
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Since then I've been in many a D&D game and a few people have asked where I got these, then expressed interest in getting one of their own once I said I had made it. I didn't take that seriously for a while because I was too busy trying to remember to eat and not put my keys in the refrigerator. Now that I'm back on freelancing duty and not in a constant state of almost dying, I wanted to get back into hobbies that I found joy in. One of those is stabbing myself just a little bit repeatedly I guess.
That was an embroidery joke. If you've tried it before, you get it. If you haven't, I sound crazy. Which...I mean...you're still not wrong.
I opened up commissions of dice bags to Twitter as a test. The response has been great, and I've been able to make some really cool bags for people. I've had everything from very specific ideas to vague feelings people have wanted done, and so far everyone seems to be happy with their new dice homes.
That was an embroidery joke. If you've tried it before, you get it. If you haven't, I sound crazy. Which...I mean...you're still not wrong.
I opened up commissions of dice bags to Twitter as a test. The response has been great, and I've been able to make some really cool bags for people. I've had everything from very specific ideas to vague feelings people have wanted done, and so far everyone seems to be happy with their new dice homes.
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I'm going to keep doing these for a while, though pretty casually as I just started a new production gig. Maybe even moving towards having a few I make and just list for sale (too many ideas, not enough dice). I'm really enjoying having an excuse to embroider without just ending up with an absurd number of hoops on display around the house. I'm sure LoLink appreciates it too! If you're at all interested in one yourself, for now I've got more info in a tweet. If this stays a thing I'll make a formal post with details and such.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go clean up all of the fabric and thread shards that are littering the house. Oops.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to go clean up all of the fabric and thread shards that are littering the house. Oops.
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