Super Mario 3 World Cross Stitch Maps

Since 2015 I have slowly been working on stitching the Mario 3 World maps.    I was using some free maps that I found on Sprite Stitch but recently purchased the program Pattern Keeper and these patterns didn't work in that.  Bummer!  
But, I have a cross stitch software so I converted the images in the program and looked over the patterns to try to get the most accurate colors.   
I thought I would share the patterns here in case there are others who would like them.  Yes, I know, you can buy these from several places on Etsy, but these images are owned by Nintendo and people really shouldn't be selling them- especially if they aren't even bothering to double check the colors- hopefully they are!  

Also included is a sampler pattern featuring a small chunk of all eight maps in one stitch!

You can download the maps here.  They are all together in a zipped file.  Enjoy!

The Twelve Dogtors

Apparently I'm on a bit of a Doctor Who kick right now.    A friend and I were chatting about how there are so many neat Peanuts/Doctor Who mash-ups so I started looking at images and being amused.  Some I'd seen before but I hadn't looked for a while and came across The Twelve Dogtors, which I found particularly neat.   
I decided to turn the image into a cross stitch... and many hours and weeks later I've converted it... but it will be a while before I can stitch it as I'm still working on Super Mario 3 World 4.  I'm sixty-five percent done, so I am getting there!
If you'd like to stitch it, here's the pattern.   I own no rights to this and creative talent is not mine (though I do confess I changed the twelfth doctor... gave him his sonic sunglasses).   Do NOT take this pattern and put it for sale on etsy. That would be illegal in more ways than one.
This pattern is compatible with Pattern Keeper.  The pattern is very large so I would suggest a pretty high stitch count, like 24 or 25. 

Doctor Who Cross Stitch Patterns

I will confess that I have far too many interests in the crafting realm.   Someday I may be smart and give one up so that I can actually accomplish all the projects I'd like to accomplish, but where is the fun in that?
I enjoy cross stitch.  The main caveat is that I like big patterns... and they take a nice chunk of time... and since cross stitch is not functional (as in you can sleep under it or use it) the allotted time it receives is when I watch a movie... which isn't too terribly often and half the time I decide to work on making birthday cards... so you know... cross stitch doesn't happen too often...
But I enjoy looking at patterns though I don't buy unless I am actually going to work on it and since I rarely finish a project all I do is window shopping, but sometimes I mess around in PC Stitch and make a pattern... which is what I've done with two Van Gogh Doctor Who images. 
Now, these patterns I didn't really do any work on. The mock up looks good so I think they're fine... colors may be off a bit so you might need to change them... but I thought I would share the patterns here.  They're free as I don't own rights to the images so selling these would be rather wrong.
The patterns do work in Pattern Keeper.  The mock-up looks a bit odd on both of them and doesn't match what PC Stitch shows me but I have read that the PK mock-up isn't entirely accurate.
 Exploding Tardis PDF
Van Gogh Tardis PDF

Enjoy and post your finished photo in the comment! I want to see how they turn out!

Shy Guy, Link, and Joe Doctor

 My brother and sister-in-law were expecting a son so my brain went into gear on what Mario themed quilt to make for him.  His family receives Mario themed quilts and has already received a Bowser quilt and a Princess Peach quilt... and, I think, a Mario pillow... I think that's where that ended up... I don't remember...
For some reason Shy Guy kept screaming at me (does he talk?  I guess he does in Super Mario RPG)... and I thought, "Ooh, he looks easy. Fast... and I have the perfect scraps for the background and some leftover green minky. Sounds like a winner to me!
Also made earlier this year as a custom order was a Zelda quilt with Zelda, Link, and Shiek.  It was a lot of fun to design, especially Link.  That's a new pixel image for me (inspiration found on-line) and I would love to make him larger some day as a center piece of a quilt.

If you're interested in a custom order, contact me! :) 

Christmas Time Is Here

Well, not it is not really here at the moment... but I have yet to come up with a pattern title for this quilt and I guess that would do nicely... sounds all Charlie Brown-ish.
This quilt was designed with a friend's husband in mind.  He lost his mother two years ago after a battle with cancer.   He and his wife have three small children and to keep his mother's memory alive for them he has continued the Christmas tradition of decorating the house at Christmastime with Snoopy items.   His mother loved Peanuts, especially Snoopy, and he loved to rib her about all her Snoopy junk but he secretly loved it when she would get it out every year.   
I decided to add to his Snoopy junk by creating a lap quilt for the family to share as they gaze at the Peanuts Christmas tree and remember all the fun his mother had collecting the ornaments and decorating her tree with them. 
I picked up the cloud fabric at a garage sale and thought it was absolutely perfect for the background!   I also had fun with the binding and fussy cut the strips to make the binding match the quilt pattern.  So fun to do!
I couldn't decide if I wanted to use a cozy minky fabric for the back or a licensed Peanuts print.  I went to JoAnn's armed with coupons and decided if I didn't see a licensed print that would work then I would go with a minky.   As I scoured the Peanuts prints I saw this and it was perfect- and not on sale either so I could use a 50% coupon! Awesome!  But apparently Christmas prints were on sale for 60% off and this rang up as a Christmas print- even better!    I have some extra fabric too so I may make some bow-ties for the boys and some scrunchies for the girls... and may have enough for a little skirt too... we'll see! 
Again, due to copyright reasons I cannot sell this pattern but I do take custom orders!

Unicorn Dreams - Crib Quilt

Now that I've finished up making masks for the needy I have begun to whittle down my other project lists, one of which was the crib/lap size Unicorn Dreams quilt!   The pattern comes together very quickly and is absolutely adorable!   If you'd like to make it you can purchase the pattern here or if you would like to do a custom order contact me; I'd love to make you one!
Once I finish a dress for my daughter I'm planning to make the twin size. We'll see how long I can keep that a secret from her- probably not long at all!
Earlier this year I made a dog quilt.  Anyone who knows me will be amazed by that fact! hahaha Not a dog person... buuut, I have a friend who loves dogs and was expecting her first long-awaited child.  All these patterns came from Burlap Blossom!  Be sure to check her patterns out as she has soooo many adorable patterns!
Also finished a month or two ago was Bucky Badger!   This was the redesigned pattern and boy, was it much nicer!   He still takes a bit of time to piece together, but switching the direction the strips go on his W and his feet really shaved off some time and frustration!  Next time though I will be sure to cut the directional fabric the proper way. ~head hits desk~ Unfortunately I didn't have enough Badger print to recut those pieces and the fabric is not locally available so I just used what I had and called it good... just don't look too closely.
Because of copyright reasons I cannot offer this pattern for sale but I can do a custom order so if you're interested, let me know!

The Tardis

The Tardis received a post many moons ago, but not its own post!   My niece loves Doctor Who and for her birthday her mother asked me if I thought I could make her a Tardis quilt.   I said, "Sure!" to her and "What have I gotten myself into?" to myself!    I couldn't find a pattern I liked.   I had no experience designing a pattern (at that point).  I hate math.  Math hates me.  What on earth could possibly go wrong?

After many headaches and frustration I designed the Tardis.  It's seen a few changes here and there... I think I have made it four times or so!     I do wish I were better at operating my quilt program as I'd love to play around with  the size of the Tardis so I could easily make it smaller, but whatever, it's bigger on the inside anyway, so why does it need to be large?
If you want to sew your own that pattern is for sale here or if you want to custom order one send me an e-mail.

The lettering has been tweaked a few times.  I used to piece it together... then I appliqued it together and then stitched the "Public Call" in the center...  the words on the door are printed via my printer.  I liked to stitch a wood grain onto the Tardis...

Joe Cop

My favorite Jack of all trades!
I saw an image floating around on the internet of Joe Cool as a police man. Now, he never did appear in the strips as a police man but I can certainly see him as a police man! 
Two of my brothers are police men and I had to try turning Joe into a police man, and I did!  It was tricky, but, I think, it turned out quite well!     I was able to find some awesome handcuff material for the background; isn't it great?   I couldn't decide which I liked best, the gray or the blue so I bought each.  I think I like the gray the best as Snoopy pops better, but both are great!

The Security Blanket

How adorable is this one?  Charles Schulz sure knew what he was doing with his characters in Peanuts.  Is there not a character that we can relate with in some way, shape, or form.   Oh, Linus, such wisdom beyond your years- most of the time until a pumpkin is involved...  

 This one was so much fun to put together!  Someday I'd like to design one with Snoopy, Linus, and Security... and maybe some day that will happen.

Bucky Badger

I have a good friend who is a big Wisconsin Badger's fan.   She's been a great friend and influence in my life and I wanted to show my appreciation of her and thus this quilt was designed.   It was a tricky thing turning Bucky Badger into a pixel and pieced it together... well, I didn't want to make it again!   But I bought enough fabric to make the quilt again for another Bucky Badger fan... so I redesigned the quilt a bit.  The image itself is the same but instead of working in 1.5 strips from left to right I worked in 1.5 strips up and down for the shirt and for the feet.  This was a much, much better and more efficient and much less frustrating way to put this quilt together.    I still haven't finished the quilt as it needs to be sandwiched and quilted, but at least the top is pieced together.
If you ever see a quilt on my blog or have a pixel quilt you'd like made contact me for a custom order!

Joe Doctor

Designing Peanuts quilts is so fun, especially if it's Snoopy.  I'm not sure there's a trade the Joe Snoopy hasn't done at a some point.   Doctor (well, Surgeon in the strips), lawyer, author (he thinks), golfer, tennis player, jogger, elite skater- he's done it all and I still think his dog house is a Tardis.    That pattern might emerge some day.  I digress...
This quilt was on the back burner of my mind for some time.  My second pregnancy was a roller coaster with a very good end result.  I wanted to thank my midwife and also wanted to thank our pediatrician for the great care he's provided for our other child and thus I finally had the reason to sit down and design and make this.  (Trust me, I have more designs than I have time.  I just wish I could legally sell these Peanuts patterns, but I never hear back from the proper authorities...)
I made two of these and purchased enough fabric to make a third for my niece who is in nursing school.   After making two of these I was burned out and set the materials aside for the third... and now a year later I'm finally picking up the material again and it is all cut and waiting to be assembled! 
I also designed the image sans Woodstock, and thought about making this quilt without Woodstock, but decided it's just too cute of an element to the quilt to omit. 
What Peanuts design would you like to see?

Caticorn Glee

With my being a cat lover I couldn't stop with just a unicorn quilt.  The only thing better than a unicorn is a caticorn, right!    And look at her happy, little face! 
Once again, designed as a pixel quilt, this pattern too will come together quickly, even more quickly than the unicorn because the design is so much more simple!   This pattern is also for sale on etsy.   It features both a lap quilt pattern as well as a twin quilt pattern.  The twin quilt is in the same style as the unicorn twin quilt featuring a ribbon border. 
Of course now my creative gears are spinning and I'm wondering what other unicorn animals to design... I'm thinking a llamacorn or a pugacorn sound kind of fun... but if I keep designed then I'll never have a chance to catch up on the quilt list.   Catch up, funny stuff, that.

Unicorn Dreams

As many people around world have, I too have a unicorn lover in the house.  She has been asking and asking for a unicorn quilt and I keep telling her that she already has a quilt, she doesn't need another... and on the sly I began to design a pattern.  Unfortunately, I did not realize that she can see my monitor from the reflection off a cabinet in the room so she as seen the design and is now begging for me to make it.    Unfortunately for her, I have a list of other quilts to make first... so she still has to wait.  That being said, I did finish the pattern.   I designed it as a small lap/crib quilt as well as a twin quilt.    I've always wanted to make a ribbon border and decided it was the perfect edge to turn the quilt into ultra sweet. 
I have this pattern for sale on etsy and if you'd like to make it for your favorite unicorn lover, check it out!
The unicorn is a pixel unicorn (what else would I design) and will come together very quickly!   The ribbon border is also very simple to do (I made one trial square), despite the complex look.