Mario Needlepoint Scene

My newest craft!  This one has been an ongoing project that took about 30 hours to complete.  It is a complete Mario scene from the Super Mario Bros. 1 game for the Nintendo Entertainment System!  It is a full scene from World 2-1 where you can make Mario climb up a vine into the clouds to collect coins. 

The project measures 9" by 11" approximately, so I plan on finding a nice frame to put it in to hang up on the wall.  This is the first of a whole bunch that I plan on making - scenes from my favourite video games.

I decided to create a Mario 1 needlepoint first since this game holds a special place in my heart.  We first bought our NES when I was six or seven years old on a family vacation down to Florida.  It was the first big vacation that my family went on and getting the Nintendo was awesome.  I used to play the game with my sister and my dad, and we eventually beat the game together.  Such fond memories!!!

Back to the craft - I handstitched the entire piece, so every bit of colour is a stitch - including the entire blue background!  That definitely was the most time-consuming part. 

For now, in my Etsy shop, I make much smaller versions of this craft - needlepoint patches and fridge magnets of video game characters.  I plan on adding more of these to my shop soon, so stay tuned! :)