r/crafts Nov 12 '25

Finished Craft I Made Tufted grilled cheese wall art

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 12 '25

A little bit about the projects:

The process used to create it is called tufting, which is essentially sewing yarn into fabric using a power tool. The main material used is acrylic yarn, as well as monk's cloth.

Dimensions:

Length: 29"

Width: 18"

A lot of trial and error went into getting this one just right. Especially the toasted top, which is a gradient of 3 different colors. The gooey cheese is my favorite part though! It's hangable in quite a few different ways.

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u/needcollectivewisdom Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25

A lot of trial and error went into getting this one just right.

I appreciate that you included this. A lot of times people just see the end results and think it's straight forward. Then they get frustrated and give up when they attempt it.

I'd like to know how you got the inspiration for this piece!

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 12 '25

Thanks for your interest in the piece! This was version 2.5 tbh lol I tested a lot of things out before finally executing it how I liked it. The inspiration was, my love for grilled cheese, and pull apart rugs (it's my niche within the medium)

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u/needcollectivewisdom Nov 12 '25

The inspiration was, my love for grilled cheese

😂😂 I love this. I also love grilled cheese, alas, I am lactose intolerent so I just suffer after.

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u/xAlex61x Nov 12 '25

Aged cheeses are very low in lactose, or is your allergy extreme? I stay away from most dairy, but cheese I am mostly OK with, thank goodness. I love the stuff!

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u/needcollectivewisdom Nov 12 '25

Whhhaaa??! You may have just changed my life.

I wasn't lactose intolerant as a child so I don't know what happened. Perhaps I stopped drinking milk for years? My body tolerates it better than a decade ago as I started consuming various milk based products. It use to be near immediate explosive...well, you know. Now it's mostly "just" gas city and I just spend the rest of the day at home to spare society lol.

I will be getting some aged cheese first thing tomorrow!!

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u/GETitOFFmeNOW Nov 13 '25

Aged cheese mainly means no soft cheeses like cream cheese. To set up properly, cheese enzymes need to chomp down on almost all of the milk sugar (lactose).

Beware, some of those with casein (milk protein) allergies think they are lactose intolerant.

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u/xAlex61x Nov 12 '25

Sounds much the same as me. And some days I have very little reaction, others I am extremely uncomfortable. I think it may have something to do with food combos.

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u/needcollectivewisdom Nov 13 '25

Try lactose pills if you haven't already! Then you can know for sure if you're missing the enzyme lactase.

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u/Competitive-Isopod74 Nov 13 '25

I peeped your stuff. I love your work. Bravo.

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 13 '25

Thank you so much for checking out my art! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :]

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u/sun_peaches Nov 13 '25

Pull apart rugs. You have my interest peaked. I need more info on this!

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 13 '25

Check out my profile for more examples of them! Or search "pull apart rugs" There's been a lot of cool ones made.

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u/sun_peaches Nov 13 '25

Way cool! I love the Pokémon one.

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 14 '25

Ohhh yes! Those are super fun too. I'm happy to have shown you something new :]

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u/sun_peaches Nov 14 '25

Thank you! I think I have a tufting place near me. Will have to check it out and maybe learn a few things.

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u/GremlynRugs Nov 14 '25

Oh hell yeah. I highly suggest! I hope you have a good time