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Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:54 pm
by Sheepish
I'm... kinda thinking of doing an epic project. Like really huge. Here's the image:
sailor_moon_by_nako_75-d3gj8gj.jpg
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Obviously the finished product will have to be pretty big to keep the detail, and I imagine there will be a lot of different colors. I don't have specifics, I trust the pattern makers of here to use their best judgement on making it look good. I'd do it on white fabric, so a lot of white background will just be unstitched.

If anyone is willing to give this big image a try, I'd be really grateful. Gulp, then I'll just have to take the next million years to stitch this thing.

Thanks.

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:47 am
by RMDC
OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

If anyone makes this, it will be EPIC, and I will totally be pulling out specific parts of the pattern (like the Starlights and the Outers) to stitch on their own.

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:00 pm
by Knittenkitten
I was gonna try my hand at it but I found that to keep the details I would have to separate it into 3-4 different patterns for it. I thought I might be better off letting one of the more experienced pattern makers (possibly BMH?) take a crack at it. :blush:

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:12 pm
by blackmageheart
I ran it through PCStitch for giggles, at 1/3ish of the original size. 1380 stitches in length, and on 18ct that is over 76 inches! That's beyond epic! But, reducing it to less than 30% is when there starts to be too much detail loss, in my opinion.

So...I think what needs to be thought about first, before any patterns, is material - the count obviously makes a difference to the physical size. And your wallet! XD
Also, how much detail are you willing to sacrifice?

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:19 pm
by RMDC
Or consider breaking it up into vignettes.

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:23 pm
by Sheepish
I want to keep as much detail as possible. I anticipated having to special order a large piece of aida, if that is possible. And yeah, I figured it would be... really big.

I think it would be awesome to display in a wall scroll fashion. I've found a place with 20 ct aida custom cut so I may go with that...

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 3:56 pm
by Knittenkitten
Well, I looked over the picture again to see if there was a way I could turn it into a pattern for you. After doing some figuring, I have chosen a method to do this. I will be splitting up the picture into roughly 20 different part (it's actually 25 but the last row is just white which I didn't feel necessary to turn into a pattern). I've attached the original picture with the layout of where the patterns are supposed to go. At the far right edge you will see a strip that has no lettering on it. I did not include this section in the patterns. Sections Q and T I will not be posting as patterns as they are strictly the white background.
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Epic Sailor Moon Pattern Layout.jpg
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I've reduced the picture to 730 x 2069 pixels, with each pixel being one stitch. This should make the total size of the piece on 20ct fabric roughly 36.5in x 103.45in. I will slowly be working on this and posting each section in both KG-Chart and PDF form as I finish them.

Hopefully this isn't TOO epic for people.

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 7:39 pm
by Sheepish
That's pretty clever... and sooo big! BUT I knew that's what I was getting myself into, lol

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:06 pm
by liliktty
This is going to be huge. It's a pretty awesome idea though. Love the picture.

Re: Huge request - Sailor Moon

Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:34 am
by Knittenkitten
Here's part A. I would recommend by your fabric larger than the size that I stated so that you have some room to play with. I would also recommend gridding out each section so that there won't be a lot of mistakes as there is a lot of background in this section that does not get worked.
Epic Sailor Moon Part A.sth
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