Luna Sea ([info]phogg) wrote,
2007-12-28 23:28:00

Kennedy's Quilt

I promised this... so here it is.  The monster, time sucking quilt I've been working on for the last six months.  Thank Jeebus it's done... it was starting to make me crazy.  Working on something that long is one thing.  working on something at the exclusion of almost everything else... that's a whole other ball of insanity.
Keep in mind that short of a single mickey head patch on each panel, the moon in the center and Pooh's balloon in Critter Country, everything started out as white cotton.  EVERYTHING was either painted directly onto the panel or painted onto a separate piece of white cotton then appliqued by hand using good old fashioned blind stitching onto the panel.  All the lettering was done by hand too.
This is the whole thing... you can see the individual panels up close behind the cut. That's Gregg and my Dad behind it, BTW...


Cinderella's Castle in the center:


New Orleans Square - Haunted Mansion, Pirates quote, "33" and Zero (in glow in the dark thread) quilted into the design:


Main Street - Emporium, cannon and electric light parade bug (done with beads stitched on with glow in the dark thread, so each bead is a little glowing light at night:


Tomorrow Land - Space Mountain, Autopia car and submarine ride with new seagull feature since the Finding Nemo conversion:


Fantasy Land - Matterhorn, Face from Small World, Jingles the lead carousel horse and pink tea cup quilted in:


Adventure Land - Forbidden Idol from Indiana Jones ride, tiki from Tiki Room, sign outside Jungle Cruise and Kennedy's name in Indiana Jones code:


Frontier Land - Big Thunder Mountain, Sorcerer Mickey and the Maleficent dragon from Fantasmic:


Critter Country - Splash Mountain and Pooh Bear hanging from a balloon:


Toon Town - City Hall (the time on the clock was the time Kennedy was born) the Jolly Trolley and "Toon Town" hill quilted :


The four Walt Disney quotes in the corners:









The next quilt on the schedule is for my brother Jonnathan.  His birthday is January 7th.  I don't even have the fabric for it yet.  Needless to say, it will not be done in time.  I'll be explaining to him that it'll be late, but worth it.  And I'm not working at break-neck ignore-the-rest-of-the-world pace again.  I don't think I could handle it.  And I know Gregg couldn't.

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[info]batty_

December 29 2007, 16:26:47 UTC 4 years ago

holy crap, woman. that is fantastic. i'm looking at all the detail in that and the mind is reeling with the amount of work and time that consumed. it's really, really amazing.

[info]phogg

December 29 2007, 21:41:31 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you! Coming from a fantastic, fellow artist, your comment means a lot.

[info]batty_

December 29 2007, 21:43:47 UTC 4 years ago

i loved it so much that i boingboinged you. :D

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/29/disneyland-themed-qu.html

[info]phogg

December 29 2007, 21:50:08 UTC 4 years ago

Oh Heavens, I've never been boingboinged before... how exciting.
Thanks!

[info]disillusionment

December 31 2007, 06:18:42 UTC 4 years ago

I think you made some other major site with the kitty you picked up in the Santa Cruz mountains, but I just say your quilt on the main page! Congrats! ( I like having such famous friends! )

[info]jaredbinnion

October 17 2008, 05:23:20 UTC 3 years ago

What they work toward is the prestige, and for its time, its a doozy. The Transported Man, which they each adapt in their own way, involves the magician seeming to teleport across the stage or even the theater.

[info]smurfetts_lamb

December 29 2007, 18:28:14 UTC 4 years ago

What sort of paint did you use? Did you embroider any of it?

It is just amazing!

[info]phogg

December 29 2007, 21:46:17 UTC 4 years ago

I used two different types of paint. Most of it was acrylic paint mixed with a fabric medium. Once mixed, it softens up so you don't have icky stiff fabric. I also used some Jaquard fabric paints... mostly on the sky behind the castle.

No embroidery. All the mickey heads and the swirls in the background I free motion quilted.

[info]timeaganyz

July 16 2008, 00:38:46 UTC 3 years ago

What sort of paint did you use. Is it all machine embroidery. Did you embroider before quilting. And if so, how did you quilt - machine, hand, tufting.

[info]kittyviroq

July 16 2008, 02:27:07 UTC 3 years ago

What sort of paint did you use. Is it all machine embroidery. Did you embroider before quilting. And if so, how did you quilt - machine, hand, tufting.

[info]phogg

July 16 2008, 18:32:58 UTC 3 years ago

Let's see... almost all the elements were painted with Ceramcoat paints mixed liberally with their fabric medium to reduce stiffness. The only exception is that I used Jacquard fabric paints for the sky on the castle panel and the four quote panels. Jacquard has some fabulous pearlescent and metallic paints and they wash _really_ soft. (http://www.jacquardproducts.com/paints.php)
No embroidery... it's all hand applique. The quilting was predominantly done on the machine.

[info]edgarmelville

October 17 2008, 08:12:26 UTC 3 years ago

If you don't find the thread color you want, (cotton hand quilt threads do come in a variety of colors) then go to a long staple polyester thread, such as Guiterman, Metrosene, Metler.

[info]themassivebri

December 29 2007, 20:28:25 UTC 4 years ago

Helen here-
Sweet Jebus lady! It's wonderful. I love the texture of the quilting in the center square.
hugs to all y'all.

[info]veryscary

December 30 2007, 00:31:05 UTC 4 years ago

that is completely beautiful, what a priceless thing to have or better yet to be able to give someone

[info]aaangyl

December 30 2007, 07:04:37 UTC 4 years ago

You got boingboinged!

[info]anomalous4

December 30 2007, 18:21:12 UTC 4 years ago

wooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't let the Smithsonian get wind of this. They'll commission you to make another one, then they'll put it on their American Arts and Crafts web page (whatever they call it, I forget), and commissions will start coming in from everyone and their dog, and you'll never have a life again!

Who is this one for?

[info]phogg

December 31 2007, 05:11:51 UTC 4 years ago

If I could make a living by quilting, I think I'd consider it. For a while at least.
This one was a gift for my sister.

[info]treenamurit

July 22 2008, 00:08:52 UTC 3 years ago

Awesome!
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