Space Invader Quilt

[bertine]

This year for Convergence I want to enter a quilt in the Art Show . I think it would be interesting to keep track of the cost of making a quilt, both in time and in fabric costs. I would start the bidding for the quilt at the price of the fabric which I estimate to be around $170. I am not sure if anyone would buy a quilt for that much but I think it is going to look pretty awesome.

The quilt is going to have a giant space invader on it and will be about 6'5" square.




Anyways, I am doing the background in a dark gray and I was thinking about this fabric line for the space invader squares:



Each of the squares would be done in patchwork so the space invader would be even more pixelated. I am not sure about the color, I love the oranges, yellows and pinks but Zach seemed to think the orange wasn't so nice.

Comments

[lonely-doll.livejournal.com]

BRILLIANT!!!

[bertine.livejournal.com]

I am going to make all my friends vote for me in the art show contest!

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't like that orange on its own, but in conjunction with the other two colours it's pretty awesome.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

That is how I feel. I think the three colors together look awesome and will really pop against that dark gray background.

[pallid-regina.livejournal.com]

Agreed! And I love the concept entirely!

[phaedie.livejournal.com]

This is good.
Have seen quilts going for way more that are no where near as cool and since it's an art show it's perfect.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Quilts are expensive to make. I am not sure how people can make a living selling them!

[gwangi.livejournal.com]

It's not that I didn't like orange, but the combo you had sketched out on googledocs looked kind of weird. I'm sure it'll be better when it's not all one solid orange color.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

Ah! That makes sense.

I am not sure if I should make it so "girly" but I have a feeling that girl geeks are more likely to buy a quilt than guy geeks.

[433.livejournal.com]

sithlet knit a neat Space Invader baby blanket. I wonder if she has pictures.

[bertine.livejournal.com]

That would be awesome to see. I love Space Invaders!

[beg-jon13.livejournal.com]

Not so into quilting myself, but how about a Q-Bert quilt made with flannel complete with velcro backed Q-Bert cutout to move around the board?