Pattern is by CutePatternsbyMaria on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1057534691/
Edit: Trying to figure out how to get photos to show up on my Lemmy feed without having to click to an external link. I think this works?
Edit2: Tried making the images in the body clickable since they're not very large, at least on my screen.
Edit3: Fixed the spacing between my edits. Still learning Lemmy!
Hi! Sorry for the late reply, haven't checked on this account in a while.
You're right, this is on aida, which does unravel if you leave it as is. To prevent this, I cut the aida, leaving a 1 square gap all the way around. Then I added self-adhesive felt to the back, cut it to size, and stitched all the way around to protect the edges of the aida. The adhesive makes it pretty secure on its own, but stitching around the edges is just extra security, plus I just like the look of the border.
You can't actually see the self-adhesive felt though, because after that I added normal (non-adhesive) felt (that's the blue backing you can see), cut holes into it, popped on the brooch clasps, and stitched around the edges go attach the felt to the aida. I don't think it really needed two layers of felt, but I had already added the adhesive felt before I realized I wanted to add the brooch clasps.