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apropos nintendo.. i dag var Cathrine, en tidligere "sømkurs-elev" av meg, innom for å sy litt. hun har brukt lappeteknikk og sydd "1up"-soppen fra supermario og laget et putetrekk av det. jeg ble helt forelsket, og måtte bare legge det ut. snart vil det nok bo en rød nintendo-sopp i vår stue også! dette er et kjempegodt tips om man har lyst til å begynne å quilte, men ikke vet hvor man skal begynne. hvorfor ikke finne et pixlete bilde og bruke som motiv? mye morsommere enn å lage vanlig "tilfeldig" lappeteppe, pluss at man kan bruke opp de bittesmå restene sine også.

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speaking of nintendo.. today at the sewing and knitting café, a former "sewing-class student" of mine dropped by to get some help with a pillow she was working on. the pillow was quilted using a basic square pattern, where the colours shape the 1up-mushroom from supermario brothers. i fell in love instantly, and just had to share it with you. i think you might find a red mushroom in my couch some day, too. i think this is a great idea if you want to start quilting, but you´re not quite sure where to start. just find a simple picture in pixels, and use it as a pattern. it´s simple, fun and you can use all of those tiny left over pieces, that is too small for anything else.