And I'm done!

So pleased to have finally finished this Mario piece I've been playing around with since the start of the year. Just a matter of finding a frame that fits! The finished product contains over 23,000 individual stitches and 70 different colours. It is by far the biggest piece I have ever attempted. While I'm on a roll I thought I'd dig out that Crocomire...

Almost Finished!

Whoops!

I managed to break my laptop in an unfortunate cooking accident (I was reading a recipe off it next to the sink, water from the tap sprayed everywhere etc) so I'm having to rely on my phone. As a result I don't have access to my patterns and as I'm not in the habit of backing up files, a lot of them will be lost : ( Oh well, the recipe worked out perfectly!

Sick!

I've had an awful stomach virus for just on a week now with no signs of it clearing up. I couldn't work on my cross stitch from the toilet so I've packed it away for a bit. That and the fact I made another error in the mario piece and am still scratching my head trying to work out the best way of fixing it without having to unpick too much. I think I've been stitching too late at night, like midnight, when I get home from work and I need something to unwind, thus mistakes aplenty. In the moments when I'm not strapped to the porcelain or curled in the foetal position I have been playing a few games lately. Mainly Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii. This came out recently and without doing any research I picked up a copy only to find out it's just what the doctor ordered! Amazing story, characters with depth, fast paced action, levelling up to my hearts content and a million and one collectables and side quests. Why couldn't the last Final Fantasy be more like this?? *glares at long forgotten FF box*. When I've not fighting Mechon I've been playing a host of other great games including Heavy Rain (which I finished the other day, great stuff!), Read Dead Redemption (I suck at these sort of GTA genre games but I find great amusement in perservering) and Assassins Creed 2 (again not my sort of game because I struggle with the controls but I'm getting there). The weather here is beginning to warm up though and my body is craving a bit of vitamin D so perhaps I need to take a bit of a break and head outdoors!....not yet though...my stomach still hates me.

More Mario

Just a quick pic update to record my progress on the mario piece. This thankfully concludes the green hill background! Now I just have the final third to go...might actually finish this one? (If I'm not too distracted playing Costume Quest or Beyond Good and Evil).

Yellow Submarine

Just a small project to pass some time. I came across a link to Iotacons by Andy Rash. His work is terribly clever, I fell in love, my mind was blown and it also just so happens they are perfect for stitching. My attempt at The Beatles from The Yellow Submarine is below. Next something Star Wars related? Or Indiana Jones perhaps?

p.s. thank you for recent comments. For some reason my computer is not letting me reply! Grr.

Life got in the way a bit there...

Here's a update of my 'mario through the ages' cross stitch I started way back at the start of the year. I completely neglected it due to the block colour grind but since picking it up again I've got some renewed interest (not saying it will last but progress is progress). Haven't updated in a long time, lost the plot for a bit and then went on a bit of a trip around Australia and made eating out and drinking too much my daily pursuit. I had planned to have the Wind Waker piece all finished a month or so ago but I discovered an error in my stitchy ways and threw the whole thing to the bottom of the pile...I'll get back to it eventually, once my frustration settles!