Mario Cross Stitch

After much fussing about the frame, my Mario cross stitch is finished! I think it turned out quite well. I was thinking of putting a black matte around it over the fabric, but the fabric is a little stretched so it didn't quite work. Instead I just folded under the white canvas, taped it to the black paper that is now behind it and put the whole ensemble in an 8x10 frame.

You can still tell that it's not quite square, but it looks much better than having a square matte around it. That only drew attention to its little lopsidedness since you could see some of the white canvas in some spaces.

I had originally purchased a floating frame for the project, but I'm glad I went with just a basic 8x10 instead. The space around the cross stitch isn't all the same, but it's even on the sides and on the bottom. So, I'm happy with it. If you'd like the pattern, please just ask. I think I posted a picture of it in my sneak peek, but it's much easier to see from the original excel document. Anyway, happy crafting! :)

Pattern

Sneak Peek!

Apparently all of my crafting time is getting eaten up by Mario themed things! I'm making a cross stitch patern for some friends of ours that just had their first baby. They've decorated their room in a Super Mario theme, so I put my quilt pattern and character patterns to good use. This is the design I came up with:

I have a bunch of other characters I could use on something like this. My husband now wants one of these for himself as well as the quilt I'm still working on. I told him I'd be finishing up this one first, then finishing up his quilt and then start working on his Mario cross stitch. I think he'll survive, and this way he'll have plenty of time to design which characters he wants where and what he wants the back ground colors to be.

This is how the project looks part-way through...

Once I have it all put together I'll put up a new picture of the whole project. All finished it will be a square project, probably about 5"x5" or 6"x6". I think finding a picture frame to fit the project will be the hardest part. Happy crafting!! :)