Elizabeth Eastmond
@opquilt
I quilt & design quilt patterns. Chocolate, cooking, traveling are also squeezed in around the edges. And I'm on edge a lot these days.
DH brought me flowers!💕💕 Quilt is my summer quilt: pattern from Emily Taylor. #quiltsky
A good friend and I get together for what we call Sushi Therapy. We eat at a small shop, talk for hours, and solve all the world’s problems. #sushitherapy
So nice to be in a real quilt shop again! Visited Cherry Berry Quilt Shop, not too far from my house. Came home with a FQ stack of blue Tilde fabrics. #quiltsky #quiltshop (I live in a quilt shop desert.)
I think this is what frustrates me about Trump and his squad. They are always trying to sink us all, rather than lift. They are putting their thumb on the scale for them, not for us all. I don't expect his "speech" tonight to be much different. I'll be quilting! What will you be doing?
Just finished watching the movie Project Hail Mary and since I am a total fan of (not too terrifying) space movies, I have to say I loved it and can’t wait to see it again. Ryan Gosling was excellent, as was his sidekick. #moviesky
Last of July’s Granny Squares finished. #ohgranny2026 I have just six more to go in August! #quiltsky
Second block from the National Museum of the Indian (Smithsonian) Quilt-A-Long finished! In keeping with the theme of Hawaiian quilting, I completed most of it at the beach. #quiltsky #smithsoniannmai
Can't remember if I posted this one: a fun stroll through the pansies and confetti. #ohgranny2026 #quiltsky
#ohgranny2026 Granny Square block done in yellows and golds. Channeling my inner autumn, thinking ahead to when the leaves turn colors and the summer temps won't be raging. (Expected high this week: 98 next week: 100)
#ohgranny2026 is back for a round of eight blocks for July. Here’s one of them. #quiltsky
@smithdrygoods.bsky.social was asking about two-color quilts and posted some of hers, that are really fun to see. So here’s one of mine that I haven’t posted on here yet, Mercato Square. More in ALT. #quiltsky #twocolorquilts opquilt.com/2024/11/25/m...
The beginning of this month’s #NMAIquiltalong inspired by @plontlyn.bsky.social americanindian.si.edu/quilting/
Getting started on July’s quilt block from NMAI and this time it’s a Hawaiian block, something I’ve never done before. #nmaiquilt2026
I just want to know if we can do this all again in 2028, when the Divisive President is gone? Can we party-party, have a Smithsonian FolkLife celebration on the National Mall, Block Parties and everything? Thank you America250 for doing what you could! america250.org
Up on the blog today: The Betsy Ross Quilt. #quiltsky opquilt.com/2026/06/28/t...
Finished up The Betsy Ross Quilt -- my honoring of the Constitution's signing 250 years ago. It's up on the blog; I also include a few thoughts on this celebration, if you are interested. #quiltsky #America250
Finished sewing up all the Sawtooth Star blocks and then finished the quilt top! #quiltsky
Audrey Esarey, of Cotton & Bourbon, is doing a group quilt for QuiltCon using her log cabin quilt block. The first 100 who download the pattern and make it exactly (she has great instructions), will be included. Happy Summer! #quiltsky www.cottonandbourbon.com
Went to the San Diego Temple Open House yesterday. Really beautiful! Temple was remodeled and re-opened by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Finished the first block for the #NMAIquiltalong inspired by @plontlyn.bsky.social #quiltsky I did raw-edge appliqué from my collection of Grunge fabrics: no browns, so colorful bison!
Making progress! #quiltsky it’s kinda’ fun to sew these small blue and yellow sawtooth blocks. Free download for the large sawtooth block on the right at OPQuilt.com.
Big machine went in for its annual tuneup, so I’m using the #singerfeatherweight to get some blocks sewn. #quiltsky
This is cool. Your name in land satellite images. science.nasa.gov/specials/you...