Now that the Epic Mario Cross Stitch is (finally) finished , I started showing it of (virtually at least). I posted it on several crafty communities and one gaming website I work at. It was well received everywhere. One thing that surprised me the most was that everybody finds the piece so large, while I found it a good size, not too big, not too small. It is only because I am working on a huge piece now that I am not doing another big gaming piece.  Anyway, posts can be found here:

- Crafster
- Craftbubble
- Stitchers showcase
- Budgetgaming (dutch)

Also, I was honored with a post on Sprite Stitch, where I got the pattern and inspiration: Large Super Mario Sampler Finished!

It is very nice to hear such positive remarks :D

I did it! I finished the Epic Super Mario Cross Stitch I started nearly 10 months ago. To recap:

I got the pattern here, on Sprite Stitch. I started on February 23rd 2008, and finished on December 8th 2008.
It measures 200 x 150 stitches, and was stitched on even weave, over one (I know I should have done over two, but this is my first cross stitch…).
I used one strand of DMC. The colors I used were:
310 – Black
White
221 – Dark red (bricks)
906 – Light green
950 – Pink (for the light touches on the bricks)
434 – Brown
699 – Dark green
321 – Red
3823 – Broken white
995 – Blue (two skeins)
740 – Orange.

My progress (click on each thumbnail to see full size pictures):

Well, this weekend we aren’t spending at home. So, I packed a whole bag with both the Super Mario Cross Stitch, as well as suplies for the “A Mon Seul Desir” cross stitch. I had finished the logo on thursday, and got started on the cloud. I am working from large to small, since I really don’t like doing the big white parts…
Anyway, I got my supplies, a bobbin full of white…. and it wasn’t enough! So now I got everything done, except the flower.. Ah well, monday I’ll be home, and it will be finished. Yay! Pictures will follow then.

More and more white gets filled in. I finished the white between the letters of the logo, and am now working on the white above the letters. Then I only need to fill in the few white parts in the picture… and I will be done. I am counting on one more week of work.

Another week, and more work on the Super Mario Cross Stitch. I am working hard to get it finished, I hate doing white on white. I finished the white around the “tendo” part of the logo, still working on the “Nin”. I am hoping to have at least the white around the letters done by sunday, but I don’t know if I have the time.

I started using the Super Frame I bought last week, and even though it makes progress slower, the results are neater. The reason that it’s slower is that before I used the frame, I wouldn’t pull my needle to the back. This made things quicker, but not very neat. You only see this up close, so I never had a problem with it, but still, this is better.

I finished the logo this week, and that means I am done…. with colors. I will fill up all the white spots with white thread. I actually started doing this and am almost done with the part below the Nintendo letters. It is hard to do (white on white), but I find it more beautiful.

After a break of almost 5 months I started working on the Super Mario Cross Stitch again. The summer was too hot to stitch, I keep getting sweaty hands and that would stain the work. I finished the red border around the logo this week, and started to work on the letters.

I got some more red done.

I didn’t get much done this week, just some more red of the logo.

The border is done, and I started on the long rows of red of the Nintendo logo.