Since it got featured on Reddit and Stumbledupon I’ve been getting a lot of emails about my Mario Cross stitch so i thought i’d post a proper picture of it – here it is proudly hung on our living room wall. I cant take all the credit for it though, Jonjo did the sky ;)
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Download a large version of the chart here.
I got the frame from Ikea (its called Ung Drill) and its pretty big at 59×85 cm, i’d had it for a long time and was saving it for a special project. I counted how many stitches across and down i’d need to fill the frame and then made the cross stitch chart to the right size by taking an image of a mario level and laying the sprites over the top. I an aida with a large weave, i cant remember what size it is but each stitch is around 4mm across, and a mix of DMC and Anchor threads. Jonjo worked it out to be 12000 (ish) stitches, it took us three weeks to complete.
Holly xox
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December 4th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Hello from reddit.
This is amazing.
I’m pretty much in love with you and your blog now.
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December 4th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Saw this on dig
Looks fantastic, digg your blog.
Keep up the great work!
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December 4th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
You should sell these, I know I would buy one! Awesome work!!!
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December 5th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Holy Zombie Jesus! I love the Mario art! Great blog too.
-RYAN
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December 5th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Hello, I’d just like to say I’ve fallen with you’re art and the style you portray, you and you’re art are beautiful
I know, I’m rather odd =P
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December 5th, 2009 at 9:09 am
[...] According to Wikipedia, it is “a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.” This one, to my totally untrained eye, looks really great, an elegant addition to any living room. [A Little Stranger] [...]
December 5th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Hy from digg,
This was awsome but the rest of your work is absolutely incredible, already bookmarked this site and i hope to see more of your work and to see you rise up to success.
-Tox
PS: i fucking love the gloomy bear <3
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December 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
[...] According to Wikipedia, it is “a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.” This one, to my totally untrained eye, looks really great, an elegant addition to any living room. [A Little Stranger] [...]
December 5th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
This is lovely!!!!
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December 6th, 2009 at 2:49 am
this is so awesome! very impressive and i absolutely love it.
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December 6th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Hey! Stumbled onto your Mario cross-stitch and thought it was so rad I ended up here! You rock! Keep being so super awesome! ^_^
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Holly Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:34 am
thanks Ryan, what a compliment! :)
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December 7th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
[...] According to Wikipedia, it is "a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture." This one, to my totally untrained eye, looks really great, an elegant addition to any living room. [A Little Stranger] [...]
December 24th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
This is really interesting. This is one of the reasons that I love surfing. You’ll never know what you’ll find.
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December 26th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking you feeds also, Thanks.
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Holly Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 am
thanks vigrx looking forward to seeing you around here :)
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January 2nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Thank you for the great post!
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Holly Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 am
thanks Loriann
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January 15th, 2010 at 4:53 am
What A Wonderful Blog Post…
[..] I saw this really good post today and I wanted to link to it. [..]…
January 20th, 2010 at 10:33 am
[...] Mario Cross Stitch We have been making this for the living room, it took about 3 weeks all together, Jonjo did the sky and i did the everything else, ha! It was a lot of fun, i’ve never done a big cross stitch like this before, we used a huge needle and doubled over thread, so it’s got quite a 3D effect when you look at it up close. More pictures of the Mario Cross stitch here. [...]
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:59 pm
can you post up the pattern and the color of floss you used?? Please. i would like to cross stitch one as well
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Holly Reply:
June 3rd, 2010 at 6:33 am
hi ylimele, the pattern is linked above, just click the image or the link that says ‘Download a large version of the chart here’ I didnt keep a note of what colours i used, i just printed it out and took it to Hobbycraft and picked the ones that looked right :)
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September 20th, 2010 at 2:05 am
This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen. If I walked into someone’s house and they had that on their wall it would make my year
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