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Summerfest Quilt for drachenmina

zephre

9/10/08 10:07 am

I finished this a little while ago, and drachenmina just got it in the mail, so here are the photos.
The center piece is an illustration from Mina's fic "A Most Impractical Cat" and there are some choice quotes from the piece free-motion quilted into it.





You can see the whole process at my Craft Projects Flickr Set



The Full Finished Quilt


Closer on the center.

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  fan art, severus snape, summer fest 08

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• ex_vern544

  9/10/08 11:00 am (UTC)

  Very nice.

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 12:38 pm (UTC)

    

    Thanks!

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• melusin

  9/10/08 11:30 am (UTC)

  

  Amazing. Love the colours and the cat.

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 12:38 pm (UTC)

    

    Thank you!
    

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• sylvanawood

  9/10/08 11:31 am (UTC)

  

  W.O.W.!
  I can't stop gaping. This is so, so amazing.
  

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 12:38 pm (UTC)

    

    thanks so much! it was so much fun I want to do a whole bunch more now. :)

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• leela_cat

  9/10/08 12:04 pm (UTC)

  

  That's gorgeous.

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 12:39 pm (UTC)

    

    thanks!

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• drachenmina

  9/10/08 12:48 pm (UTC)

  

  I am still on a high from receiving this in the post! At (very great) risk of repeating myself, I absolutely adore my quilt - the colours, the picture, the quotes, the way you put in Harry's collar from the story... I was tickled every colour of the rainbow to receive it *cuddles quilt* and I loved looking through your making-of photos!
  
  Thank you so much! *smooches zephre*

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 06:43 pm (UTC)

    

    this makes me squee with glee, myself. I'm glad you enjoyed the making-of sequence, too. :D
    

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• spidermoth

  9/10/08 01:17 pm (UTC)

  Yay! Another crafter!
  
  You are amazing! This is so fabulous. I can only imagine the amount of effort and skill and love and thought you put into this. Again....the colors! (I really want to meet you and see what you look like irl. I'm starting to picture you as the kind of person who almost shimmers with vibrancy--your work is so alive with color! OK...I'm probably obsessing.....)
  
  The multi-fabric border is wonderful. I love how the scale of the patterns and the darkening colors move the eye into the center. Plus, the border has a feeling of insubstantial floating--like in deep space, or things moving around on water. Its hard to describe, but all of that depth and movement surrounding the solidity of the portrait really makes it pop. I know you know all these things but its just so cool to see you do it with fabric! (I'm really not surprised...you are an artist after all! *rolls eyes at self*)
  
  And the quilting for the picture is *guh*..... I don't have words. I wish I had that kind of skill and confidence for my dolls--how you put a little line just so to make a collar bone, or the fold of the robe. I'm really partial to that kind of economy--just enough to suggest. And I'm in love with the textured stitching on the white background too. Those kind of details add so much and make me a slavish admirer. (I really want to get in there and look at it stitch by stitch!)
  
  Anyway...I totally love this and stand in aweof your amazing talents. Drachenmina is such a lucky recipient, but we are too. I hope you'll find a place to post pics of other work you've done in fabric, and I hope I can keep you from feeling stalked! lol!

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 06:48 pm (UTC)

    

    LOL, not feeling stalked quite yet. If you followed the photo links to Flickr you'll see some of my crafty projects, although I hope to expand them soon.
    
    I think I'd like to do more character quilts, maybe work up a little collection of them to take to Azkatraz or something...
    
    and as for the simplicity of the lines, you can hand the credit to my mother. she gave me some really good tips on doing the quilting that paid off. I was going to try to outline every line I'd made in the drawing and that just would have been odd.
    
    I'm really happy that the purple fabrics are working well for everyone. I was looking for science-y, chemistry-ish, Snape-ish fabrics, but also stuff Mina would like. Man, I LOVE the quilt store down by the port. Such great selection.
    
    :D

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• psyfic

  9/10/08 01:19 pm (UTC)

  

  Gorgeous! This reminds me - I really need to get going on the holiday crafting projects.

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 06:49 pm (UTC)

    

    thanks!
    yeah, it's that time already. eep!

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• (Anonymous)

  9/10/08 03:10 pm (UTC)

  Beautiful! - and so neat and precise too.
  
  PurpleFluffyCat x

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 06:49 pm (UTC)

    

    thanks so much!

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• thesnapelyone

  9/10/08 06:45 pm (UTC)

  

  Wow. Seriously, I never would have thought of quilting a drunk Snape, liquor bottle close by, stroking a cat. And with the detailed stitching! So much love.

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  • zephre

    9/10/08 06:50 pm (UTC)

    

    hee. well, it was a specifically requested moment, but it ended up being really great, very expressive lines and a fun, quirky subject. :D
    
    thanks!

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• geri_chan

  9/11/08 03:41 am (UTC)

  

  Wow, that's awesome! I love the colors (I'm partial to purple), and I love the kitty, and Snape's relaxed pose and expression! Also, the nearly empty bottle of liquor (Firewhiskey, maybe?) is a nice touch. ^_^

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:24 am (UTC)

    

    Thank you! :)

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• white_rat

  9/11/08 11:09 am (UTC)

  

  I. am. amazed!
  
  Very awesome!

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:24 am (UTC)

    

    Thanks so much!

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• threeoranges

  9/12/08 06:46 am (UTC)

  

  The loveliest piece of craftwork I have seen for ages: WOW!

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:25 am (UTC)

    

    awesome, thank you!

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• (Anonymous)

  9/14/08 12:57 am (UTC)

  I'd really like to read the fic that inspired it. Do you have a link for it?
  Alison

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:26 am (UTC)

    

    I forgot to add a link, and missed these comments until I got one recently. Will edit the post with it, too.
    
    http://asylums.insanejournal.com/phoenix_flies/35252.html

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• heathersparrows

  9/17/08 06:10 am (UTC)

  

  Beautifully made. And what a wonderful present!

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:33 am (UTC)

    

    Thanks!

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• ensnarryed

  11/12/08 01:48 pm (UTC)

  Wow. I like Snape's hand and expression, and the cat's antics!
  
  :)

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:38 am (UTC)

    

    Thank you!

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• athenakt

  11/25/08 07:22 am (UTC)

  

  That. Pose. Is. Awesome.
  
  And Snape looks cool, too. ;) No, I am really one for that sort of laid back, feet splayed, neck exposed posture. Complete "Guh-brain-dribbling-out" love.
  
  Having the cat's tail up saying, "Hey, I'm here" is wonderful. :)

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  • zephre

    11/25/08 07:38 am (UTC)

    

    thank you! I'm glad the body language works so well for both of them. :)

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