(not-so) DIY : Cross Stitch Pattern

Do you ever want to make someone a portrait of their face or any picture that they like on cross stitch but don't have time or don't know how to make the pattern or don't even bother to know how to make the pattern or don't wanna pay someone to make the pattern for you because you don't have money?
Well that's totally me!

I've googled some tutorials on making your own pattern but all of them looks like super time consuming. From printing the papers yourself, edit it on Photoshop, make the lines and symbols yourself, bla bla bla.... Ain't nobody got time for that!

So I wondered to myself, it's 2017, surely somebody has made some kinda app that magically turns any picture to a pattern in a matter of seconds right? And then I googled : Cross stitching pattern converter and there were a few! I tried some of them but the best one is this website myphotostitch.com and it's totally free!

Here's how to use it,

1. Choose a photo/picture that you want. Here I choose a picture of Agung Hapsah or eevvnx, a rising youtuber from Indonesia. I'm planning to make a fan art for him.

I edited this in photoshop

Open the website, then insert the picture here.




2. After you upload the picture, choose the aida cloth count , the number of thread colors that you want, the pattern style, and the allowed thread colors that you want.


3. After you're done choosing, select make pattern.


4. Then voila! After a moment the pattern is done, you just have to click "download your cross stitch Pattern",



after that the the PDF file of the pattern will show up! The appearance is going to be like this.



Lastly, you just have to stitch away! Easy right?

Craft Crawl : TOKO MAJU

Craft crawl is a segment for craft places aka craft shops and markets that I visit and review. As you know, online shops maybe have everything, but nothing beats real shopping! All the places I'm gonna review is mainly in Indonesia. I hope you like this segment!

For the first is Toko Maju in Pasar Mayestik, South Jakarta. The shop is pretty easy to find, it's not in the main building, but outside. On the first floor, it has garments, ribbons, yarns, buttons (most famous for), tools, threads, feathers, beads, and everything you can think of basically. This place literally has everything. Toko Maju has been one of my favorite place to shop, and I highly recommend this place.
The second floor has lace! Lots of laces that you can imagine, like literally. Sorry I forgot to take a pic tho.






































One interesting fact about this place is almost every time whenever I come to this place there is tourists. This place is kinda magical tho. They arrange everything by color. The only downside of this place is it's really narrow, and you will bump to another person when it's crowded. The second floor has no windows or some sort and it's really stuffy and hot so make sure you choose quick. And if you are a first timer, you are going to be a bit confused by the system, a staff will follow your orders, but make sure to remember the staff face because they don't use uniforms or tags the last time I went there.

Place : 2.5/5
Staff : 3.5/5
Price : 3.5/5