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New Nintendo Needlepoint Magnets!

nobody@vox.com(lostmitten) — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:27:30 -0400

I've created some brand new items for my Etsy shop! These are all completely handmade, fully hand stitched, needlepoint fridge magnets! I have brought back my Tetris fridge magnets (which were featured in the wonderful Craft: magazine online blog a while back!) and added some new ones to my shop as well, including a Mario set, a Bubble Bobble set, and a Pacman set!

The Mario fridge magnets (pictured to the left) feature a question mark block, a red mushroom, a green 1up mushroom, a fire flower, a star, and a gold coin - all in fridge magnet form!

Pacman Magnets

The Pacman fridge magnets are a set of six needlepoint magnets: Pacman, Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde (the four ghosts), and the dark blue ghost that Pacman can eat.

The Bubble Bobble / Bust a Move fridge magnets are also a set of six, that feature four of the enemies (including the super scary invincible white ghost that comes to get you after a certain amount of time...if you played Bubble Bobble as a child, I'm sure you were pretty scared of him, too!), and the two dragon heroes (Bub and Bob).

Bubble Bobble Magnets

All of the fridge magnets are completely stitched by hand and the back of the character is covered completely with felt to hide all of the stitches. Attached to the felt is a sturdy magnet, allowing you to use these on your fridge, your locker, or anywhere magnetic!

I hope you enjoyed viewing these as much as I enjoyed making them! More to come in the works...or if you have any requests, I can pretty much make any video game character, and I'm always happy to take custom orders! :)

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Nintendo Needlepoint Brooches

nobody@vox.com(lostmitten) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:23:42 -0400

Here is a little display of the Nintendo needlepoint pins / patches / brooches that I've been making lately for my Etsy shop. They are all miniature versions of the much larger Mario needlepoint scene that I stitched a little while ago, made into wearable art! Each patch is needlepoint by hand and a piece of felt is stitched to the back to hide the stitches. Also, a safety pin is stitched into the felt so you can easily pin the video game character to your clothes, your backpack, your purse, or wherever!

You can check them all out in the Lost Mitten Etsy Shop in the Needlepoint Pin section of my store.

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Mario Needlepoint Scene

nobody@vox.com(lostmitten) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:49:33 -0400

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!!!

Mario Needlepoint Scene

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! :)

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