August 25, 2010

The Making of a Wedding Dress: The Big Day

So the big day finally arrived last weekend, and the dress was done just in the nick of time. I designed the pattern based on this inspiration photo the bride gave me over six months ago, although a few modifications were made to it to flatter the bride’s figure. Over the first few months I [...]

August 14, 2010

The Results are In!

We’ve sequestered ourselves for the last week whilst deliberating over the ten excellent entries that made it to the top ten. With so many great Nintendo crafts making it to the top ten it was a really difficult decision, but we finally managed to pick three entries that we thought were really well made and [...]

August 4, 2010

Nintendo Craft Contest: Finalists Announced

It’s been such a pleasure to see all the nerd-tastic entries that were sent in to the Nintendo Craft Contest—we received well over 100 entries, from intricately cross-stitched Zelda maps to elaborate wall hangings and even Mario furniture! We’ve gone through all of the votes, and narrowed down the entries to 10 finalists, as voted [...]

June 29, 2010

One day left

Just one more day left to submit entries in the Nintendo Craft contest. After tomorrow, we will no longer be accepting any more entries. To make things fair we decided to extend the voting period by one more month, so that all of the entries will have been up on the site for at least [...]

March 21, 2010

Nintendo Craft Contest

Make a Nintendo craft, win $250! Get your craft supplies ready warm up your NES—we’re having a Nintendo-inspired craft contest! Well over 6000 people have downloaded our free Mario Sweater Vest pattern, and it’s just been featured in the latest issue of Nintendo Power so we’re in the mood to celebrate. If you’ve ever made [...]