Eclipse • November 2017

Eclipse, 12" square

November 2017

This is the final post, the final quilt of our five-year-long art quilt group, Four-in-Art.  I chose to use the recent North American eclipse as my subject, given that our challenge this quarter was "Illumination."

See more at my blog OccasionalPieceQuilt, or OPQuilt.com, for short.

And just as a reminder...

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Rose Window

For the August 1, 2017 Challenge, the theme was Stained Glass Shadows, in the overall yearly theme of Light.

Rose Window

13 1/2" wide by 18" long

Quilt Number 185

I decided to focus on the colors left as the sun passes through stained glass windows, doing some improv piecing, then dense quilting to create this little piece.

You can read more about it on my blog, OPQuilt.com (which stands for OccasionalPiece-Quilt).  This is the penultimate challenge for 2017, as our last one for the year is November 1st.  Check back then to see all the talented quilters create for that theme.

Halfway There

I write about Halfway There, an illustration of a sleepless night while recovering from recent surgery, on my blog, OPQuilt.com.  Many thanks to Camilla for such a great quarterly challenge.

Shimmery Tunnel of Memories

Shimmery Tunnel of Memories, Quilt #177

Four-in-Art, Series Four: Light

10 1/2″ wide 16″ high

I had fun trying to recreate a rainbow-hued interpretation of Multiverse, a work of art in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.  Please visit my blog at Occasionalpiece-Quilt (opquilt.com) to see more of the story.

This is the first quilt in our fourth year of making quilts together. Our little group is so talented at interpreting all aspects of our changing yearly themes, with four quarterly challenges.  

I also have a deconstruction post coming up on my blog where I talk about how this is the completely wrong title, but it will have to stay because I'm not making a different label.  It will post later this week with the intended title.

Six Ways to Blue • November 2016

Six Ways to Blue
Quilt #169, November 2016
19 1/2″ high by 21″ wide
#4 in the Color Series: I’ve Got the Blues

I had fun exploring the idea of blue, and the use of blue in art when I made this quilt.  More info is on my blog, where I also manage to work in the artist who patented his own version of blue, Yves Klein.

Jill in the Pulpit • August 2016 Challenge

For this quarter's challenge of "Purple Passion," I went with a free-form, improv (sort-of) flower, having fun slashing and slicing and sewing, then quilting.

This is Quilt #166 for me, and I write more about it on my blog at OPQuilt.com.

Friend and Foe: Microscope Challenge for January 2016

The molecule I chose to illustrate this quarter's challenge was Taxol (paclitaxel), as the round shapes, the daisy petals, and the association with treating aggressive cancers all resonated with me.  Please visit my blog, OPQuilt.com, where I wrote about this, and deconstructed the assembly process.

And That Has Made All the Difference

And That Has Made All the Difference

Quilt No. 150, November 2015
#4 in the Literature Series

Today is the posting of our last literature-themed quilt challenges, and I chose Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" for mine.  More information is found *here* about my interpretation of the poem, some construction techniques, and reflections.

The Woods Run Mad With Riot: August 2015

The Woods Run Mad with Riot
12" square

We are still working in the Literature Theme, and for this challenge, I chose the following poem:

More information is found on my blog, OPQuilt.com.  One more challenge remains in this Literature series, then we change back to our traditional format in 2016.

[in Just-]: May 2015 Challenge

[in Just-]
12" square

This month I went with e. e. cummings' balloon man from his poem (below).

More details can be found on my blog *here* as well as a post about how I made the quilt *here.*

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

a Four-in-Art Quilt by Elizabeth Eastmond

More details about the poem and what prompted this interpretation on my blog at OPQuilt.com  I purposely left this unbound as I plan to put all four of my Literature quilts together at the end of this year and create a new quilt.

Jazz, Light, Montreal

This is the fifth challenge from our Urban series, and the theme was Light.  

I'd taken the photograph above while in Montreal enjoying the jazz festival, and I thought it would be a cool little quilt with light front and center.

I write more about this quilt on my regular blog, OPQuilt.com.  It will post November 1st, 2014.