For those of you following the One Direction Quilt Project... it is complete! & it is currently on display at the Washington County Fair until Saturday, August 23, 2014 in the Domestic Arts building (#24). Congratulations to all the other participants & winners. For those of you who can't make it to the best fair in NY, here it is!
One Direction Quilt by Aprilsongstress on display at Washington County (NY) Fair August 18, 2014
Fiona can't wait to finally take possession of her quilt nearly 2 years in the making!
A special "Thank You" to my mom, Tamaris- Just-A-Duck & to Courtney at KC Custom Framing & Fabrics for pounding out an awesome long-arm quilt job while 9 months pregnant! You rock girl!
Niall is the only member of One Direction who is not British. He is from Mullingar, Ireland. Because of that, I decided to add an Irish flag & the Union Jack to one of the blocks. I also added the 1D logo and one of Zayn's tattoos. For more on this block, check out one of my previous posts.
Cartoon 1D with signatures for the quilt
Fiona chose Niall & his blocks to be embroidered in DMC floss #904. It definitely reminds me of Ireland, even though it has been 15 years since I was there.
I've shared this block before as a work in progress. See it here. Below is the finished block.
Niall playing the guitar in embroidery
I think it came out great based on the image I created the pattern from. I didn't quite capture his quiff, but I like it just the same.
Niall playing guitar in Live While We're Young video
Kiss You lyrics sung by Niall
I think these are the funniest lyrics in the entire song. Again, I added a guitar for Niall, because I was not embroidering a chin. (Or drool, for that matter.)
Niall's name is complete- starting on Zayn
& for those of you who like to see the underside of embroidery...
Showing off my stitches
Next up is the member I, personally, think has the best voice... Zayn!
Fiona has chosen the lyrics she wants to grace her One Direction quilt. &, so far, I have 3 completed & 1 in the works. She chose a favorite line sung by each one of the lads & I embroidered them in the same color I embroidered their portraits in.
I took the lyrics & wrote them out on graph paper using the occasional block capital letter & my own handwriting. I had thought of having Fiona write out the lyrics & embroider her handwriting, but after she thought about it, she decided that she didn't want to...
Lyrics graphed out to create patterns
What Makes You Beautiful
Above is one of Harry's lines from the quadruple platinum, Billboard top 4 single, "What Makes You Beautiful." I added a butterfly because, apparently, Harry recently got a butterfly tattoo.
Moments
Zayn sings the bridge in the Ed Sheeran/ Si Hulbert penned song "Moments." Ed Sheeran is the Grammy nominated singer/songwriter of A-Team. I just added hearts & a leaf because leaves fall... &, honestly, I couldn't think of any other images.
Kiss You
"Kiss You" is a playful song with a fun music video I have included below. Niall sings this amusing line. I added a guitar because Niall plays...
Over Again
I am currently working on Liam's line in another song penned by Ed Sheeran (along with Robert Conlon & Alexander Gowers) called "Over Again." I am adding an embroidered outline of Fiona's hand to this block.
*"Kiss You" video is not my property (One Direction, Syco, Sony). I have used it here for your entertainment only. Please visit One Direction's You Tube page for more videos (There are a lot.)
While finishing up my Master's degree, I am also attempting my 1st quilt for my daughter. Fiona will be 12 soon & I would like to complete this project in time for her birthday. I have already shared some of the embroidery for this project... so I thought I would share some more.
Niall Horan is the only member of One Direction from Ireland. Fiona chose green as his color. Niall plays the guitar, so I chose an image of him playing.
Niall of One Direction playing guitar
Again, I used the Sketch Guru app to help create my pattern. I am trying to get the best possible image for the creation of the pattern because I want the lads to look as real as possible. Light box & HB2 pencil were at my side to help transfer the pattern on to the fabric.
Let the embroidery begin.
In case you are wondering, I am using DMC floss #904 for Niall. The fabric I am stitching on is a 200 thread count 50-50 Bamboo-Cotton blend. It is pleasant to work with and a little softer than Kona cotton.
Niall's guitar came out nice.
Borrowed mom's quilting tools to cut my fabric.
Stay tuned for more about this exciting project. I may actually put it all together myself.
Since February is National Embroidery Month, I have decided that I must embroider every day for the next 28 days... Well, 27 since today is the 2nd. This is a sacrifice I will have to make for the sake of my craft! LOL
My current project is one for my daughter, Fiona. She is a HUGE One Direction fan, Zayn Malik being one of her favorites.
cartoon version of One Direction*
*Not my drawing. My daughter found it on the Internet while searching for 1D iPod cases. This project is for personal use only.
Zayn, Liam, Niall, Louis, Harry
This is the photo I decided on for the next piece of the project. Since I wanted them to look as realistic as possible, I decided to try a free app called SketchGuru for the pattern.
pattern created after SketchGuru
After I printed out the SketchGuru image, I used a Sharpie to outline each member of the band.
used light box and pencil to transfer pattern
Louis and Harry are finished
So far I have 2 of 5 guys finished. I am continuing with the colors my daughter chose. Apparently I am embroidering each member in their favorite color. What do you think?
