pa rel=”lytebox” href=”http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/quiltdude2.jpg”img src=”http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/02/500x_quiltdude2.jpg” class=”left image500″ width=”500″ //aTwo years ago, longtime reader Jacob C. was expecting his first child, a daughter. “I wanted her to have a handmade video game quilt, unrivaled in awesomeness as only they can be.” Problem is, neither he nor his wife quilted./ppJacob enlisted the help of four female friends (“Maija, Grace, Rebecca, and especially Carol) to guide his project. The mushroom theme was chosen because of its status as the ultimate 8-bit video game blessing. It took a long time, but it is his daughter’s two-year-old birthday present. So congratulations and happy birthday./p
pQuilting might not be considered a manful art, but if you flip the premise and call this a blanket mod then I suppose we’re on the right track. Anyhow, if games aren’t just for boys, then game crafts aren’t just for girls. So man up and get sewin’./p
pYou can a href=”http://picasaweb.google.com/jacobchen/1UPQuilt02282010?feat=directlink#”see more pictures/a at his Picasa album./pbr clear=”both” style=”clear: both;”/
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