My original plan was to do a second set of Mario and Luigi for Alex and Will. After making the second Mario I was bored so decided to try my hand at something different. Mickey was the obvious choice for Alex.

I found an image online that I was able to manipulate for the Mickey piece. I have since found an online tutorial about creating your own pixelation and I’m anxious to try it on my next project.

I’d was interested in the idea of pixelated quilts but hadn’t got around to figuring out how they were done. When I saw these two patterns I knew this was where I would start.

When I finished the first two rows of Mario, I posted a photo and asked folks to guess who I was making. Gavin apparently took one look and guessed correctly, so this pair is heading to the Burtons’ home.

As a final touch, I appliquéd a coin on the Mario piece. Apparently the coin is very much a part of the Nintendo games.

The stars aligned on the Craftsy Blocks of the Month for June.

When the Guild put out a challenge to make placemats for the Meals on Wheels program I thought these blocks would be perfect.

I used fat quarters from the Advent Bag Diane gave me, with a bit of white from my own stash. The borders were added to the blocks to get them to the correct size.

I also wanted to get working on my Craftsy Free-Motion quilting classes. I used one of Leah Day’s lessons for the quilting (small stipple, paisley and spirals).

I worked four more of the Craftsy Blocks of the Month (from last year) into two table toppers. I had originally planned to donate them to Olive Devaud for door hangers, but before they were finished the word went out that they had collected enough (and more) to cover all the doors.

Geometrics used one of January’s Slashed Blocks and one of February’s Half Square Triangles. This one has found a home at the Thomases.

Summer Rays used the second Half Square Triangle block and one of April’s English Paper Piecing blocks. This one now resides at the Burtons.