Magic Guy Jake

 I won a Polkadoodles gift card through Kit and Clowder's advent calendar.   One of the digi stamps I purchased was Magic Guy.   I've wanted a Harry Potter stamp for quite some time but never found one I liked enough, until I saw this.    
The image was colored with copics.  I wanted Whomping Willow for the background and searched the internet for an image to use for inspiration and used this amazing painting for inspiration (I'm not affiliated with the person, but wanted to give her credit).  
  I designed the bottom sentiment and slightly altered the upper sentiment that came with the digi stamp.  I wanted the ticket to say Platform 9 3/4 on the stub. :) 

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!