Sprite Stitch Board!

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. 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. 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.
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.

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

Some very nice work there!

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.

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. ^_^

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

StitchWitch wrote: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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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.