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Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:11 am
by blackmageheart
I love the Morph Ball one! It looks so funky and stylized, yet still recognizable! :D
Still can't wait for the FFXI piece! :D

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:22 pm
by misscarlotta
My current plan for the FFXI ones are to do the 3 kingdoms flags (Windy, Sandy and Bastok) but I'm in the needing more material and early stages of those.

Since we actually play quite a bit of FF games.. I am also planning a Moogle, a Chocobo and a Tonberry. The Moogle and Chocobo are already cut, I just need to get to the stitching on the Moogle to finish him up.
Here's an unstitched version of him so far:
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Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:46 pm
by blackmageheart
misscarlotta wrote:My current plan for the FFXI ones are to do the 3 kingdoms flags (Windy, Sandy and Bastok)
Lovely. I'm a Sandy lady, myself :P

That Moogle looks great so far!

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:02 pm
by tetris<3
are you hand stitching all of this or using a machine? I cant wait to see more!

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:31 am
by misscarlotta
At the risk of being slightly less awesome... the majority of it is machine stitching. I do however have a few things that I am doing by hand, such as the detail triforce on the mouth of the ocarina and the eyes on the chocobo and link's eyes.

Which here's the Ocarina with mouthpiece detail:
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Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:27 am
by misscarlotta
my new favorite square....

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Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:54 am
by blackmageheart
Aww, Moogle. Complete with bag!
Reminds me of my over-stuffed Moghouse, with untold amounts of staffs and scrolls and pineapple juice... :moog

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:53 pm
by misscarlotta
Got one more done, even though I had to swap to my mother's old machine. The bobbin winder and reverse stitch are MIA but it will still sew a fine stitch. My rather cheap new one is now an overgrown bobbin winder. :mad:

Metroid:
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If I did my math right I should end up with 24 squares, of which I have 2 left to pick out a design (On Pikmin and one Katamari related... though I could just pick another game and do 2 squares of that too @.@) and one being drawn by a good friend (special our main chars in wow square that's a secret to the bf!)

Which leaves me with 4x6 10 inch squares with 2 inch sashing between the squares for a total size of 50 by 74. Which is slightly smaller than twin size but sounds to me an ok size for sitting by the TV.

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:02 pm
by Celes_Lionheart
I love it so far!

Machine quilting it doesn't make it any less, it is still completely amazingly awesome ^_^

I am in love with the zerg block and the mog block, I can't wait to see the chocobo one :choco

How are you planning on finishing the quilting? will you be doing a pattern over the blocks, or staight line quilting?

Re: WIP Video Game Quilt

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:09 pm
by misscarlotta
I have not yet decided on how to finish it. Just mostly working on getting the blocks done first.

Had a major setback with the new sewing machine basically deciding thread was for bird nesting.... (it is a few years old cheap Singer) so I tried to swap to my mother's old machine.....
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Which sews.. but after stitching a bunch of one square its kind of uneven and I will need to redo that square because it makes it a bit puckery. :hmm: However, on the plus side the bf has suggested we buy a new sewing machine so... I guess that's a plus!!


Meanwhile I'm cutting and sticking (yay interfacing!) my pieces I've got planned so when I get the new machine its just stitching to do!

Here's some un-stitched shots (with my not o great windy square)
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