Then the first night that our son and his family arrived in town for Eliza's wedding we witnessed the Blood Moon. We sat out in our driveway and watched. My husband and son began photographing the changes in the moon. It was a spectacular night. Neighbors stopped by and we chatted. I thought about all the people in the world that were watching the moon that night. In the days leading up to the moon's total lunar eclipse and several days after I kept hearing a scientist description of what we were seeing as the sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere and shinning all of the sunsets and sunrises of Earth onto the moon itself. How amazing!
A few days later I came upon hand painted sunset fabric from Mickey Lawler that I had in my stash. I thought it was a great representation of the sunsets. I then decided that my circles will be 5 of the stages that we saw that night.
I used the hand painted fabric. I drew detail coloring with the intense pencils that Jane showed us. I also used my type font on my sewing machine. I have done a few pieces with lettering but this time I really learned how to use the type. I did make a mistake leaving out "of" and had to put it in at an angle. I will try and redo that section another day.
That was a wonderful sight--that moon eclipse! My husband got out his binoculars, and that made the moon seem as if it was in our back yard! This was THE perfect event to capture for this circle theme. And using the fabrics you did, the Inktense pencils, etc. resulted in a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteI like that you used your type on your machine. I'm not so brave. Love the Lawler fabric. perfect for it
ReplyDeleteI like that you used your type on your machine. I'm not so brave. Love the Lawler fabric. perfect for it
ReplyDeletePerfect timing.... I too was watching and wondering what it would be like in fabric. You have done a beautiful job. Great color and moon depiction. Best idea of the group!
ReplyDeleteLove love love this Tricia on so many levels!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites of yours!
This is a wonderful way to capture that night! Beautiful job on the quilt. Love Lawler fabrics and you used it in the best possible way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect interpretation of our Challenge ! Greg and I sat outside for a long time watching the changes in the moon that were absolutely breathtaking. The moon was so close, we felt like we could have reached out and touched it. You did a fabulous job on your quilt !
ReplyDeleteWonderful way to depict the eclipse. All in all, very successful.
ReplyDeleteWhat great inspiration for circles - the moon of course. I too was watching that night on the lake in Maine. It was a spectacular sight and you've captured it in beautiful fabric and quilting!!
ReplyDeleteI really like your interpretation of the theme. Sadly, viewing wasn't great for us in the big city that night. Your write up reminded me of a song my mother taught us. "I see the moon and the moon sees me and the moon sees the one that I want to see. G-d bless the moon and G-d bless me and G-d bless the one that I want to see!"
ReplyDeleteThis quilt should be submitted to a publisher that makes posters for resale. It is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteHi Tricia, what a great concept for our circle theme. We, too, watched the changes in the Blood Moon, although we couldn't see as much as you did. I love the colors you choose - how very perfect!
ReplyDeleteI love how you arrived at your circle subject/design. After going round & round and then to be inspired to depict not only such an incredible phenomenon, but I'm sure that whenever you look at this quilt it will bring back the memory of such a wonderful shared experience. Perfect!
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