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Elizabeth Eastmond

@opquilt.bsky.social
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I quilt & design quilt patterns. Chocolate, cooking, traveling are also squeezed in around the edges. And I'm on edge a lot these days. opquilt.com/linkinbio

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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 7h
HELP! I need to take a little “gift” to a quilting retreat next month for each of my six table-mates and am stumped as to what to do. Pincushion? Notion? Needlecase? What’s the best quilt retreat favor that you’ve given or received? (Image just for ideas)
Just a sample idea of pincushions
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Timeline cleanse: #quiltsky #freemotionquilting
swirls of quilting in yellow petal-shaped quilt pieces.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Made my focaccia twice in two days. Sent first batch home with dinner guests. Took part of second to family with new baby. It’s one of my favorite recipes to share. #focaccia www.elizabethcooks.com/2023/11/focaccia-•-2023/
Picture of cut focaccia bread.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"People prefer to text, even though research shows that phone calls and in-person conversations make people feel more connected to one another." Loved this. I always say that texts are data transfers, not conversations (borrowed from somewhere!).
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I took a little trip to Liberty of London a couple of weeks ago, meeting an old pen-pal. There’s nothing like Liberty. #quiltsky opquilt.com/2026/09/27/a...
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All Quilty Roads Lead to Liberty
That’s Janine and I, up there under the Liberty Arch. Apparently all roads lead to Liberty of London if you are traveling to England. Janine, of Rainbow Hare, has also written about meeting u…
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Best read of the day. And I love In and Out! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)
It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just played bobbin chicken and I won! 🙌 The Place of Tides by James Rebanks, has me in Norway, with the duck women on the islands, as I stitch. #quiltsky #booksky
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@deadder.bsky.social 😢😢😢
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here’s how that last block of the #nmaiquiltalong turned out. I turned the water symbol from a wave into a river, having it run along the edges of mountains. @smithsonian.bsky.social #quiltsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Click to see all four blocks of the #nmaiquiltalong sewn together! The final border info comes on October 1st, and I’ll finish it up then. #quiltsky @smithsonian.bsky.social
Four different blocks representing four different eras of Native American history are pieced together in a panel.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Okay, here's my variation/revision of the NMAI Quilt-A-Long for block #4. Blog post coming in a couple of weeks, but I drew up the pattern (free!) and you can download it in my pattern shop. payhip.com/b/Y8s6u #smithsoniannmai #quiltsky Inspired by @margiecarlson.bsky.social --I made changes!
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm in love.
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2026: Time for the Midterms
YouTube video by Hamilton
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am tired of unpacking and putting away and just needed to quilt. Trips are fun, but “re-entry” can be a drag. Thank heavens for #fmq #quiltsky #opquilt
Yellow green fabric petals are being quilted in organic shapes.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have many good friends who are AI-promoters, but for me the dissonance is too great to get on the AI train. What about the pollution from data centers? What about the issues raised in this video clip? The wholesale “theft” of original work? Too many unknowns, I think. #AI
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ve finally unpacked all the suitcases, and got the laundry done: time for a blog post about my buying a tartan! #quiltsky opquilt.com/2026/09/17/s...
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Scotland and the Tartan Adventure
This past couple of weeks I’ve been traveling in Scotland, with a coda of several days in London. In Scotland, we stayed in Edinburgh where my husband had two scientific conferences which kep…
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Loved this tribute this morning to Annie Dillard, whose death was announced yesterday. I underlined so much in her writing book when I was in grad school (Creative Writing). A touchstone!
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oxford Street, London. #travelsky
Red bus in front of of a building with a geometric facade.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I had to pass up this very cool quilty-looking towel in a London Department store. Tempting, though. #quiltsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Love the bird’s-eye view from the upper level of a double-decker London bus. #travelsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Had a grand time in Liberty today, meeting a quilter I’d known for years via reading each other’s blogs. A lovely memory.💕 #quiltsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This full thread encapsulates how I feel about AI. (There are 11 linked posts to her thread.)
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This. I love using mail-in ballots. You even get your sticker sent to you in the envelope (although California does have lame stickers).
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Loved this painting of Doddie Weir, a rugby legend, by Gerald Burns. National Portrait Gallery of Scotland.
A man dressed all in tartan against a bucolic landscape
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Some various scenes from Edinburgh today—why did I not find out until now what a great city this was to visit? #edinburgh #travelsky
Paddington Bear sculpture in St. Andrew’s parkThistle flower in purple Front of National Portrait Gallery, with carved stone ornaments.Main Hall of National Portrait Gallery with its painted frieze along the fronts of the balcony
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Toured the Royal Yacht Britannia today—saw herds of corgis on board!
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Window in St. Giles Cathedral: people of the Old Testament, including three women. Done by Edward Burne Jones. (See Alt text) #edinburgh
1. crossing the River Jordan carrying the Ark of the Covenant 
2. Aaron with his rod
3. Tribes of Israel with their banners
4. Jepthah’s daughter
5. Miriam, Aaron’s sister
6. Ruth, from Moab
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The doors of St. Mary’s in Edinburgh, Scotland. #travelsky #edinburgh
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Restoring Van Gogh's Ear & Mending His Broken Heart” 🎨 #asmr #satisfying #vangogh #papercraft #stopmotion IG: @paper_pepper (페이퍼 후추)
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Had fun at a tartan shop this morning, buying their tartan scrap bag…oh, and a tartan skirt. Edinburgh has such treasures. #quiltsky #quiltscraps
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
How to say this in a lovely quilty way that won’t cause trouble with the universe, especially the Ellam Yua (which this is)…but…I don’t think I can (want to) make this. Really. It needs some…revision. #quiltsky Thoughts?
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Do you ever remake your own (old) clothing? This is a Scottish tartan wool from several years back and I’m already yanking the collar and cuffs from it. Thinking a straight skirt, or something. #sewsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
So excited to get back the first volume of my blog book. Only like 14 more to go…#quiltsky #opquilt
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
@quiltedmess.bsky.social and I were talking about Making A List of quilts to sew —OR — Not Making A List. Where do you stand on this? #quiltsky (Still working on this list….)
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Apparently Trump's been wanting to rename historical bodies of water again. Here's my take, from earlier. #maps Have fun: gulfof.mapquest.com
Gulf of Mexico renamed as Gulf of Quilting
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This picture from the New York Times' tribute by Tressie McMillan Cottom were--for me -- the two pieces that captured Dolly's importance and signficance. Thank you to both women! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
Dolly Parton in red gingham with a guitar slung over her shoulder.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Once I got this bright idea to post tutorials using freezer paper to make New York Beauty blocks. So I did. This is block # 2: Cool Rays. The fun set of tutorials is found here: opquilt.com/new-york-bea... Pattern link is on the posts. Don't you need a new project for fall? #quiltsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There's a few more photos of the Squircless quilt on my blog post, if you're interested. It was a fun quilt to make. #quiltsky #opquilt opquilt.com/2026/08/24/q...
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Quilt Finish • Squircles!
I really liked making this quilt, but it’s good to have it done. My husband found a perfect mural for us for the backdrop, and it echoed all the right colors. No big thoughts today, just a bi…
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
He explains things so well. The whole debacle with Canada is so embarrassing and frightening, and feels like one in a series of tipping points of the US going under.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gifted this quilt so now I can post it. Name is "Squircles for Karen." #quiltsky #polkadots #squircle Free how-to's on my blog #opquilt (PS. I included the info on the mural in the ALT)
A colorful quilt made of squircles posed in front of a local mural of brightly colored flowers. Name of the mural is Flor y Canto and is by Mano Mirande.  Instagram @_mano_man_
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I’ve been so jealous of all those harvests-from-my-garden photos that I’m putting up my harvest…from Costco. 🪴 It just wouldn’t grow this year! #toohot #gardensky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I revised Block 3 from the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, then wrote about it on the website. Free download of the pattern, if you are interested. #opquilt #linkinbio #quiltsky
A stylized sun in yellow on a background of diagonal pieced diamonds in blues and greens.  Tools are shown to the left and right.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My This and That post for July & August. At the end, you'll find the free download PDF pattern for my changed-up NMAI block. Enjoy! #quiltsky opquilt.com/2026/08/16/t...
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This and That for JulyAugust 2026
Can I just get this off my chest? I am not a fan of AI, even though — it appears — that we will all soon be swimming in it if we aren’t already. This ad is from a prominent mail-o…
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Love this a
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Here’s the quilt! (Title: Four Planes of Connection.) The blog post explains it all. #opquilt #quiltsky #linkinbio
Four house quilt blocks in yellow and blue, surrounded by yellow and blue sawtooth stars.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The back of my most recent quilt. I was feeling happy! #quiltsky
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Ready for gifting. Now if we can just jive our schedules! #quiltsky They actually only live 90 minutes from but are always so busy. Soon…soon!
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Found this in the bottom of the drawer—it seems like it was in another place and time.
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The houses quilt -- after two years of cooking along -- is completed! Some thoughts on the impact of the idea of "four" now on the website. opquilt.com/2026/08/11/f... #quiltsky
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Four Planes of Connection
Not airplanes. More like what’s demonstrated in the above photo, if you can figure it out. Math-type planes, like angles and parabolas and spheres and not only those, but rectangles and trian…
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Elizabeth Eastmond @opquilt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Granny Square quilt is finished. I posted about it, plus an antique granny square quilt that a friend showed me, if you want to read about it. opquilt.com #quiltsky
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