Geek Crafts

This picture was emailed to be by Alea, who’s mom made these oven cloths. Pretty awesome, right? I’ll let Alea explain in her own words;

Basically I just asked her if she could crochet stuff like that and she said she’ll give it a try. Took her about a year to find the time to do it, but for me it was worth waiting. The funny thing is that although the Game Boys we used to have belonged to me and my sister, my Mom was the one playing Tetris all the time and setting the highest records.

Well Alea’s mom doesn’t have a blog, or an Etsy or even a flicker account, so I’m afraid for now this pic is all your getting (but if we all gang up I’m sure we can persuade her to show off her brilliantness a bit more). In the mean time, I’m jealous because my mum can’t crochet OR play Tetris….

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Today I want to show you this amazing Tetris Side Table made by Annahowardshaw from Instructables.

The whole table is made from scratch and we are given the complete tutorial so you can create your own piece of retro geek furniture. The Tetris pieces are made from wooden cubes stuck together, sanded and painted. They are then glued on to the table after arranging them carefully.

• Tetris table on Instructable
• More Tetris items on GeekCrafts

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This week I present to you the finest Tetris crafts I could find on Etsy!

First up is this totally awesome cameo style necklace from lsybb.

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Next we have rustic feeling wooden Tetris magnets from Nomad Imps:

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Get nerdy clean with Tetris soap by servas gschaeft:

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Get your dad a super nerdy Tetris tie clip for Father’s Day from Geekopolis:

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Maybe Dad is more of a tie tack kind of person. Pixel Party has you covered:

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An awesome twist on the traditional charm bracelet by Nerdy Little Secret:

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Is your fridge lacking colour? These magnets from Homespun Crafting will help:

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Who doesn’t love stamping stuff? Tetris stamps from Something a Week:

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Check out this grown up Tetris keychain from Twiki Concept:

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Have gauged ears? BMA Modified makes Tetris plugs!

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Hope you enjoyed this week’s roundup! Be sure to check back next Friday for even more geeky fun!

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I am completely in love with this embroidered Tetris! Spied in the Geek Crafts Flickr pool by Girl Incognito.

• Embroidered Tetris

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The Quiltergeek herself, Julie Ramsay, has been posting updates about her spectacular Tetris Quilt in progress… this is the second version she’s dreamed up, and lucky for us, she mentioned she might sell the pattern as a PDF in her Etsy shop!

Check out Julie’s geek category for lots more fantastic quilt projects.

• Tetris 2.0 Quilt on Quiltergeek

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There are so many lucky Geek Crafts significant others getting geeky gifts for Christmas! Craftster user instantblue sewed this awesome Macbook sleeve for her husband to look like a Game Boy playing Tetris.

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