call me furio tigre the way i'm presenting my fake badges to you
(patterns + a patch tutorial under the cut, if anyone wants to make one themself!)
Here's the patterns, in both color and symbol form. I made mine on 14-ct Aida and they came out to be about 2.5" square. Tag me if you end up making one; I'd love to see it!!
I won't explain the process of cross-stitching & back-stitching (the cross-stitch community on Reddit has lots of tutorials if you want to learn!), but patches are harder to find resources on, so this is how I make mine:
1. Turn over your cross-stitch and iron on a large square of iron-on interfacing. I use Heat n' Bond, but any kind will do. The square should be larger than the back of your piece by at least 1/2 an inch / 1 cm-- you want a border! I've never had issues with the adhesive "going through" the holes on the Aida as I do this, but use an extra pressing cloth if you're worried. (This step isn't 100% necessary, especially if you're going to sew on your patch, but I find it makes things more stable when you finish the edge.)
2. Once it's cooled, remove the paper backing from the interfacing and cut out your cross-stitch with a 2-3 square border. Sharp angles will be a pain in the ass later, so try to round them off if possible. It should look something like Mothman here:
3. Using 2-3 strands of embroidery floss and a standard needle (not a tapestry one), start "looping" around the plain fabric border to finish the edge. You want to insert your needle RIGHT up against the cross-stitch. Don't follow the holes of the Aida as you normally would; just punch through close to your last loop. You don't want to pull the loops so tight that the edge is warping, either; only make them tight enough to stay in place.
I also never tie off my thread as I do this; hang on to the first tail until you have enough loops that it's secure, then when you run out of thread, go back and use your needle to tuck the tails underneath the finished loops. Trim the excess if it's too long afterward
This is one of the badges in progress, and a picture of the needle mid-loop on another WIP:
Like I said, sharp corners are a pain in the ass. I often have to insert loops at the same spot and let them bunch around each other to make them look nice. If you're doing these badges as your first patches, do the attorney's badge first; circles are way easier!
4. Attach the patch! You can follow the instructions on your iron-on adhesive, but I have trust issues with mine (and cross-stitch is thicker than standard fabric) so I usually hand-sew mine on with standard thread. Here's the attorney's badges with the pink moth from before:
And lastly, I'm using this as my free space for @aceattorneybingo. If we're being super technical, the digital patterns are my fill (since I made those for the event), not the patches themselves (which were finished. erm. a few months ago). I haven't shared either of them anywhere before, though, and you cannot say my hours-long battle with my clunky pattern software wasn't a labor of love.
the later aa games going harder and harder on edgeworth being a steel samurai fanboy retroactively make his arc in aa1 much funnier. turnabout samurai is arguably the turning point for edgeworth's progression as a prosecutor and it's notable because he credits phoenix as being the catalyst for his "unease and uncertainty" regarding how he approaches prosecution. and it's true, phoenix IS the catalyst from both a narrative and character perspective. but that reinforcement of edgeworth's fanboyism also means edgeworth was definitely already going into that case plagued by a deep agony that he was convicting the steel fucking samurai, which would not only end the show but also means that he miles edgeworth is functionally the evil magistrate. can you imagine the torment? the conflict? sitting on the floor of his apartment watching reruns hollow-eyed in his limited edition samurai slice hoodie re-coming to terms with his responsibilities to be a heartless professional. all that built up pressure primed edgeworth to crack that much more easily when it became obvious will powers wasn't really guilty. i put to you that had that case involved any other defendant miles edgeworth would have taken at least two more cases to crack. he's like yes i am but a humble machine to be used by the noble goal of putting criminals behind bars i have no feelings and to prove my commitment to these goals i will condemn my childhood friend to death without hesitation (is faced with convicting his fictional hero) noooooOooOOOoooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I havent posted in… so long….. buuut here’s some selfies!!!! I really really practiced pien makeup(stilll practicing I’m not too good yet) I’m hoping to eventually buy contacts however… I’m broke lol… I bought way too much Liz Lisa from mecari and I have nooo regrets 😝😝
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