My Game stitches so far

[StitchWitch]

I laughed so hard when I first found this that it had to be the first thing I made off the site. It's the first piece I hung in the hallway of the new house. The only thing I don't like is the way I cut the matting... you can tell I did it poorly. With a scalpel as a matter of fact, and I have the scar on my leg to prove it.

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I wanted to do something fun for my boyfriend and his favorite game at the time was Gears of War. I absolutely hate how it came out; too brown and orange so I wanted to remake it in all one color, but he loves it, so that's all that matters. I made the pattern on an iMac only program and I'm still learning how to use it, so unfortunately I can't share the pattern.

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Last but not least, a few of my boyfriend's gaming friends had a baby so I made a copy of the Paper Mario announcement someone had posted. I didn't know any of the information for the baby and I only had about three days to get it done, but I found a perfect frame.

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Those are the three that are done for now. I've got almost every PDF pattern that everyone has posted in a file folder so that I have a constant supply of game related stuff to stitch. Taking a break from it for now to finish an old kit that I found lying about, but I'll get back to the game ones soon.

[La Ptite Bete]

Good job, StitchWitch, (except for the cutter scars on your leg !!!) I also love the mario piece !!

[blackmageheart]

Some very nice work there!

[Lemming]

Looks awesome, great job. You can never have enough Mario!

And I think you shouldn't worry about the matting of the first one. Personally, I think it looks far more unique this way.

[Jradrox]

I'm so happy you made it to the front page! Our hallway and your work is now Internet famous. I'm seriously one of the luckiest guys ever to have such a talented girlfriend. ^_^

[heliumkidd]

the luigi and mario strip is smile-inducing, but i really like the gears logo. very impressive

[Miss Clawful]

I laughed so hard when I first found this that it had to be the first thing I made off the site. It's the first piece I hung in the hallway of the new house. The only thing I don't like is the way I cut the matting... you can tell I did it poorly. With a scalpel as a matter of fact, and I have the scar on my leg to prove it

Spoiler

Very nice pieces, makes me think of a little comic strip, like there is supposed to be some unspoken dialogue here.

I attempted to cut my own matting once, even with a ruler to guide me my cuts still came out slanted and swervey, I should've known better, I can't even hang a picture on the wall straight unless I have a level. Can't even write a sentence on paper within lines otherwise I'll gradually start slanting the words up or downwards on the paper. But I don't have a war, err craft wound for my failed effort.