Luke-Vader Duel
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"Luke-Vader Duel" quilt, 24" x 13", made in May 2022.
For Star Wars Day Audrey Esarey and I made gifts for each other, and this is what I made for her. Audrey shared a few of her favorite scenes from the movies, and one of them was the Luke-Vader duel from The Empire Strikes Back. Here it is in quilt form. It was challenging to sew since it’s so small, but I did it for a fellow Star Wars nerd :)
I used the original movie poster as inspiration:
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Here's my simplified and cropped version:
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I added sewing translation lines. Adobe Illustrator in the iPad is perfect for this.
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I used solid fabrics exclusively (from my shop Sewfinity). The color palette had 26 total colors, most of them cyan and green-cyan.
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Here's the design wall progression:
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I started getting excited when I sewed Luke's block. Btw, sewing a light saber is super-fun.
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Also, this seriously happened while sewing. 🖤
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Vader is wayyyyyyyy more simple to sew than Luke.
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