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debcavan 08-29-2011 03:49 PM
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My husband had a lab that was boring, no color except at the front. Quilts geared to astronomy and to his interests were the answer.

The first has a photo of Venus in transit across the sun. A lady put a digital camera in front of his telescope lens. She was kind enough to e-mail some of the photos. I chose this one then dyed and over dyed fabrics to go with it and made him this quilt

There is a tiny dot of black on the lower right side of the sun. That is Venus
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Because he teaches physics and has engineers, I thought a impossible traingle would be good
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This is called an exploding star. Actually it was the first quilt I made for the lab
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This last one features a frame that was inspired by Bob Ross. It is a whole piece of cloth underneath. Neon paints were used to highlight the center section so that your eye went right to that area. My husband is a scuba diver.
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Blue's quilting mama 08-29-2011 03:52 PM
What a great idea! They all look so science-oriented, and definitely brighten up the space!

jean1941 08-29-2011 03:52 PM
Interesting quilts

redquilter 08-29-2011 03:54 PM
Holy cow! They are FABULOUS!

sparkys_mom 08-29-2011 03:58 PM
Excellent!!

bibliostone 08-29-2011 03:59 PM
All are great, but I especially like the Impossible Triangle.

Crafty1 08-29-2011 04:00 PM
They're beautiful!

tealfalcon 08-29-2011 04:00 PM
fantastic all of them wow

QM 08-29-2011 04:03 PM
Good thinking. Good work.

karenm36 08-29-2011 04:10 PM
Wow, you are quite the fabric artist. These are just great and perfectly made for his lab. So cool!

hairquilt 08-29-2011 04:14 PM
I thought you meant lab as in dog at first-teehee-All of those quilts are Awesome!!

Vanuatu Jill 08-29-2011 04:15 PM
Wow-those are fantastic!! What unique designs!

TacoMama 08-29-2011 04:20 PM
How neat! Great job!

serenitybygrace 08-29-2011 04:23 PM
That is such a creative idea to hang science oriented quilts in your husband's lab. You did a wonderful job and I'll bet they will be heirlooms in your family. They are awesome!!

Glassquilt 08-29-2011 04:36 PM
Love geometric patterns

MTS 08-29-2011 04:50 PM
Those are fabulous quilts. I love the way you incorporated the science aspect of it. The Churn Dash impossible triangle quilt is brilliant.

I have a couple of friends who are professors/Phd's in the mathematics dept at a major university. I've "borrowed" a couple of the images from their work to make quilts (currently WIPs).
Hurts my head to understand the mathematical theories but I can interpret the images into fabric. ;-)

debcavan 08-29-2011 04:55 PM
Originally Posted by MTS
Those are fabulous quilts. I love the way you incorporated the science aspect of it. The Churn Dash impossible triangle quilt is brilliant.

I have a couple of friends who are professors/Phd's in the mathematics dept at a major university. I've "borrowed" a couple of the images from their work to make quilts (currently WIPs).
Hurts my head to understand the mathematical theories but I can interpret the images into fabric. ;-)
I'm thinking string theory, etc.

wvdek 08-29-2011 05:00 PM
Wow!

dmyers 08-29-2011 05:02 PM
Wow, you're really talented! I love venus!

patd 08-29-2011 05:04 PM
What fabulous and imaginative quilts

quiltcanada 08-29-2011 05:07 PM
These are great quilts. The colours are wonderful and really make you think about them.

sewmagic 08-29-2011 05:11 PM
Wow, amazing art!!

Bb/rhodo 08-29-2011 05:25 PM
what clever ideas I love the second and last one . good job

hopetoquilt 08-29-2011 05:37 PM
Wow. How did you do that impossible triangle? Was it purely your creation or based on something else? I love it (and all the others but especially the impossible triangle)

mhollifiel 08-29-2011 05:46 PM
Originally Posted by bibliostone
All are great, but I especially like the Impossible Triangle.
Totally agree! You should sell the pattern for the IT! Beautifully done on all counts.

Cyn 08-29-2011 05:47 PM
Beautiful!

Nettie Phillips 08-29-2011 05:49 PM
Very pretty.

snicker dee 08-29-2011 05:51 PM
WOW !!!

chairjogger 08-29-2011 05:51 PM
interesting and amazing !

debcavan 08-29-2011 05:52 PM
Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
Wow. How did you do that impossible triangle? Was it purely your creation or based on something else? I love it (and all the others but especially the impossible triangle)
I have seen an impossible triangle but it was just cubes so I added the patchwork. Nothing like making it harder. it was only placing the colors. Remember we have to have light med and dark in each block then we have to have lights med and dark sides to the cube

drgntatoo 08-29-2011 05:54 PM
All are just great...but I could stare at the impossible triangle all day!! :shock:

Quilted Horse 08-29-2011 06:11 PM
Super fantastic. I'm sure all who enter that lab appreciate the new artwork. That first one is awesome, but I am really intrigued by the impossible triangle. I have never seen that before. Very cool!!!

quiltntoday 08-29-2011 06:42 PM
Wow, you created wonderful quilts for your husband's lab. I particularly love the impossible triangle. Great job!

lovequilts 08-29-2011 07:14 PM
Very cool quilts. Thanks for sharing

quiltgrammyt2 08-29-2011 07:17 PM
Originally Posted by bibliostone
All are great, but I especially like the Impossible Triangle.
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:thumbup: :D :D :thumbup:

ruthie 08-29-2011 07:20 PM
What an awesome idea. I would never have thought of it. The quilts are beautiful.

running1 08-29-2011 07:35 PM
wow.. great quilts!!! LOVE the impossible triangle!!

Murphy 08-29-2011 07:40 PM
Wow, these are really impressive. I bet everyone wants to spend time in his classroom now. Very beautiful and clever. Thank you for sharing.

sunflower sue 08-29-2011 08:20 PM
How creative you are, the wall hangings are beautiful !

alikat110 08-29-2011 08:58 PM
Great quilts


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