When Craftiness and Gaming Collide
As time goes on, I think we tend to become more similar to the people we’re married to. Sometimes we even get caught up in their passions, and they collide with our passions, and something truly weird is born. In our family, this means my husband’s gaming and my constant need to be making something.
It’s hard to see, because I took the picture with my cell phone, but here’s one of my creations: a cheap, plain tank top with rhinestones ironed on to say “hi n00b,” and then a girly skull iron on underneath. Not too bad. She also has a while one that says “I PWN NOOBS.” More fun with rhinestones and gamer slang is forthcoming, because I now have what I need to make the baby girl we’re expecting in a few weeks a onsie that says “n00b.” I am so cool.
Observe: further evidence of my coolness.
I made Will a Halo 3 quilt for Christmas last year. It took quite a bit of work, but I’m happy with the result. More importantly, so is he. In fact, this is without a doubt the most successful present I’ve ever giving anyone… ever.
For this project, I bought a lot of printable fabric iron-on paper for light and dark fabrics (the light is substantially cheaper, hence the white bars on the top and bottom of each picture… I had to put them on white fabric, also the light transfers were much better quality than the dark, which I had to go back and sew on).
There are 20 screenshots here total, all of him or games he played in. Then I printed out the Halo logo, some art of his gamertag (made by Ironworks crew member Storm Sgt, very nice), and 12 smaller images (mostly medals). I ironed them all onto their respective pieces of fabric. Finally, I was able to start all the work that normally goes into quiltmaking.
Granted, I’m not a real quilter; I just tie mine. So maybe I’m not as cool as I pretend to be. That’s ok, though. He likes it. So does she. And I got my 15 minutes of Halo fame when Will sent in pictures and my quilt was featured on both Joystiq and Hawty McBloggy. Thanks, guys!
Are there any new kinds of projects that you’ve done since being with your significant other? I’d love to hear about it!
When Andrew and I first started dating I helped upholster a floor for his boat, he cut the wood and I cut and layed out the carpet. It was a lot of work but fun, I like to fish but not work on boats.
I’ve also endured many hot Saturdays at a smelly junkyard just to spend time with Andrew lol
My wife likes to do cross stich, and she has several projects going at the moment. I wish I could get her to do a few pieces based off some of the screen shots I take. You my dear madam are truely 1337!
Ben is the creative one in our household! He made me a Mass Effect v-day card and photo-shopped his face onto Commander Shepard’s body. Along with some awesome in game conversation selections that included a renegade and paragon way of asking me to be his valentine. (It’s kind of hard to explain but he cracks me up!) You are obviously VERY talented. Too bad you don’t live closer to teach me things.