Geek Crafts reader Katy sent us a link to her great Etsy shop, Penguinotic. She’s got some nicely detailed Super NES controller pillows and these cute Luma plushies from Mario Galaxy, available in all different colors. And I’m just a sucker for anything pink :)

• Mario Galaxy Luna Plush

Geek Crafts reader <em>Lauren</em> of This is a Crayon Disaster! submitted this awesome shirt that she cross-stitched with the scene from the boss battle in Super Mario Brothers. Don’t miss the detail on the sleeve!

She says,

Finally done. Never want to see it again :)

I feel the exact same way about cross-stitching, my friend.

• Bowser Shirt

The most popular post here on Geek Crafts to date is our 13 Geeky Baked Goods and this is a great example of a geeky cake. Flickr user TraderZed submitted this Boo Mario cake. I’m not really sure who Boo Mario is compared to other Marios, but the cake is great! Very impressive fondant work.

• Boo Mario Cake
• Boo Mario

Flickr user michellerheaume submitted her awesome Super Mario amigurumi dolls. Click through to her Flickr photostream to see some really great ones, including this Piranha Plant.

• Super Mario Piranha Plant Amigurumi
• Nintendo Super Mario Characters Mens Photo Sheer T-Shirt

Craftster user Cya made this great 8-bit Final Fantasy patch on her embroidery machine. Being a fairly new owner of an embroidery machine, I am super impressed that she made something with so many different colors… not easy on that machine!

• Final Fantasy Patch

How amazing is this? Flickr user Cross-stitch ninja cross-stitched this completely awesome map of the first world in Super Mario Brothers 3. Click through for some close-up shots.

• Mario Brothers 3 Map in Cross-stitch

Here’s a great Mario craft from Craftster user ConfusableBlonde: she embroidered different sprites on plastic canvas. A lucky swap partner will get add this to their home decor.

• Mario Tissue Box Cover

Stitch by stitch and pixel by pixel, cross stitch is a great medium for geek crafts! Get out some graph paper and markers and see what kind of designs you can come up with.

The IT Crowd Cross Stitch

Flickr user a440 is a lucky guy. His wife cross stitched this based on a photo of the introduction to the UK sitcom The IT Crowd. The guy on the left is even wearing a Space Invaders t-shirt!

• The IT Crowd Cross Stitch

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Geek Crafts reader Kat sent us a link to her awesome blog of video game sprite t-shirts that she hand-paints as gifts for friends. She specializes in NES sprites. I am *so* impressed with how crisp and precise her painting is. I think the Bubble Bobble guy is my favorite.

• Video Game Sprite Shirts

Craftster user JenGoPop crocheted this fun little amigurumi Q-Bert and she even shares her pattern and instructions. Cool detail: she suggests putting pipe cleaners in his legs to make him poseable.

There are very few Q-Bert crafts on the Internet…if you’ve made any Q-Bert crafts, please email us!

• Amigurumi Q-Bert with pattern!