Which I Made A Thing
Jan. 25th, 2014 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alltoseekI made an Aubreyad fandom quilt for a friend.
This pic shows it on top of my bedspread at home before I sent it off to my friend.
It is 6'x4', lap-size. Nice for curling up on the sofa with :-)
The design is called "Attic Windows". I picked it because each piece was a nice size for showing off the print on the fabric.
(Sorry for the crappy fuzzy pics :-()
Close-up of the upper left
*The fabric in the very upper left is of compasses, but they also reminded me of Stephen's Breguet :-)
*Underneath the whale we have skeletons of various animals, for naturalist!Stephen.
*In the block to the right the island mountain against the red sky reminded me of the volcano in The Wine-Dark Sea.
*The cards are for the games Jack and Stephen played, before Jack got sick of Stephen winning all the time ;-) Also for lucky!gambler!Stephen, and less-lucky!gambler!Jack *g*
*The green fabric on the very left in the middle is bees, for the hive Stephen brought aboard in Post Captain.
*The white fabric in the middle is of various London landmarks.
*The dark blue on the right above the flying seabirds is actually a star atlas map, with compasses and images of tall ships - absolutely gorgeous! I was so happy to find that fabric.
*In the upper right we have violins and cellos and the lower left is sheets of music on yellow and white paper against a blue background - so perfect for musical!Jack-and-Stephen :-)
Close-up of the upper right
*In the upper right - Sloth! Yay! You have no idea how hard it is to find fabric with sloths on it. Hedgehogs, sure - everywhere; octopuses, no prob - but sloths? Forget it!
*More music and cellos and violins and animals.
*The white fabric in the middle on the left is a kind of old-fashioned handwriting - reminded me of the letters Jack wrote, and Stephen's diary, and the log Captain Aubrey kept, etc.
*The blue fabric in the lower left is sharks. Which are mostly gammon, you know *g*
*On the lower right are human bones, labelled - for Dr Maturin, naturally :-)
Close-up of the lower left
*The bright blue stripey fabric is of swords, much like what most naval officers fought with. Couldn't find any fabric with pistols or cannon, more's the pity *g*
*Underneath that to the left are books and quills in ink pots, for author!Dr Maturin
*At the bottom on the left we have Amazon-inspired fabric with both sloths yay! and giant river otters and all kinds of other Amazonian animals. At one point in the books we actually follow Stephen along a naturalising trip up the Amazon where he finds sloths and giant river otters and all kinds of other lovely Amazonian animals but I can't find it again - and I even did a picspam for it and everything, darn it.
*Anyway, next to those we have coffee, naturally, because neither Jack nor Stephen would ever have made it through all those books without coffee *g*
Close-up of the lower right
*The white fabric on the lower left is more old-fashioned writing, this time in lists, like the log books and the accounts Captain Aubrey and his pursers and bosuns had to keep. And the notes that Commodore Aubrey made in TMC that somehow Killick kept until Jahleel Brenton asked him about them in Fortune of War.
*The bottom right square is of all sorts of Australian animals, including the platypus, of course :-)
If you have any questions or would like to know more about any of the fabrics, please ask away! I love talking about this stuff :D
This pic shows it on top of my bedspread at home before I sent it off to my friend.
It is 6'x4', lap-size. Nice for curling up on the sofa with :-)
The design is called "Attic Windows". I picked it because each piece was a nice size for showing off the print on the fabric.
(Sorry for the crappy fuzzy pics :-()
Close-up of the upper left
*The fabric in the very upper left is of compasses, but they also reminded me of Stephen's Breguet :-)
*Underneath the whale we have skeletons of various animals, for naturalist!Stephen.
*In the block to the right the island mountain against the red sky reminded me of the volcano in The Wine-Dark Sea.
*The cards are for the games Jack and Stephen played, before Jack got sick of Stephen winning all the time ;-) Also for lucky!gambler!Stephen, and less-lucky!gambler!Jack *g*
*The green fabric on the very left in the middle is bees, for the hive Stephen brought aboard in Post Captain.
*The white fabric in the middle is of various London landmarks.
*The dark blue on the right above the flying seabirds is actually a star atlas map, with compasses and images of tall ships - absolutely gorgeous! I was so happy to find that fabric.
*In the upper right we have violins and cellos and the lower left is sheets of music on yellow and white paper against a blue background - so perfect for musical!Jack-and-Stephen :-)
Close-up of the upper right
*In the upper right - Sloth! Yay! You have no idea how hard it is to find fabric with sloths on it. Hedgehogs, sure - everywhere; octopuses, no prob - but sloths? Forget it!
*More music and cellos and violins and animals.
*The white fabric in the middle on the left is a kind of old-fashioned handwriting - reminded me of the letters Jack wrote, and Stephen's diary, and the log Captain Aubrey kept, etc.
*The blue fabric in the lower left is sharks. Which are mostly gammon, you know *g*
*On the lower right are human bones, labelled - for Dr Maturin, naturally :-)
Close-up of the lower left
*The bright blue stripey fabric is of swords, much like what most naval officers fought with. Couldn't find any fabric with pistols or cannon, more's the pity *g*
*Underneath that to the left are books and quills in ink pots, for author!Dr Maturin
*At the bottom on the left we have Amazon-inspired fabric with both sloths yay! and giant river otters and all kinds of other Amazonian animals. At one point in the books we actually follow Stephen along a naturalising trip up the Amazon where he finds sloths and giant river otters and all kinds of other lovely Amazonian animals but I can't find it again - and I even did a picspam for it and everything, darn it.
*Anyway, next to those we have coffee, naturally, because neither Jack nor Stephen would ever have made it through all those books without coffee *g*
Close-up of the lower right
*The white fabric on the lower left is more old-fashioned writing, this time in lists, like the log books and the accounts Captain Aubrey and his pursers and bosuns had to keep. And the notes that Commodore Aubrey made in TMC that somehow Killick kept until Jahleel Brenton asked him about them in Fortune of War.
*The bottom right square is of all sorts of Australian animals, including the platypus, of course :-)
If you have any questions or would like to know more about any of the fabrics, please ask away! I love talking about this stuff :D
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Date: 2014-02-26 03:47 pm (UTC)Thing to keep in mind when reading the first book - there's lots of sailing jargon. It's OK if you don't really understand it; you can just sort of skim through it. Stephen Maturin never really understands it and he gets along fine :-)
But the first scene is absolutely wonderful and there is no sailing jargon, so it is all good :D
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Date: 2014-02-26 03:55 pm (UTC)I admit I took a sneak peek at the first scene already (amazon's book previews are a wonderful thing) and it was perfect.
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Date: 2014-02-26 04:31 pm (UTC)Other great companion books are Harbours and High Seas and Sea of Words. But only if you want. I went through the first time without any companion books and I had a great time just reading :D
There's a group of us that so love reading the books we read them together (I'm on my fourth trip through the books, others are on their second or they've lost count :-) We help answer each other's random questions about 19th C sailing, naval life, social life, fashion, history, politics, medical and natural history understanding, literature, obscure references, etc, that all comes up in POB's books because he brings in everything (this is one reason why the books are so good) (also POB likes his private in-joke) (but remember you don't need to get all that to enjoy the books! Really! They are loads of fun!).
You can get along fine with just picking up things from context (that's what I did my first couple reads - no problem), but if you want to read our discussions of the books they are at
M&C Chapter 1 is here: background facts and discussion (the first read through); and we have embarked on a second read - the first chapter discussions were general, nautical, Jack & Stephen, and other characters.
And I loved the imagery from that first chapter so much I made picspam :D
Anyway, do not mean to overwhelm you at all, just welcome you to the joy of the books and further joy of sharing the fun :D
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Date: 2014-02-26 04:35 pm (UTC)When my brain latches onto something new I usually dive in completely and I feel that the discussions are going to be so interesting to read! But first I'll read it without the contextual notes hehe.
Thank you for all the links, I'm getting back to them when I've finished reading.