Welcome to your next stop on the Stitching Sunshine blog hop hosted by Carla of Creatin’ in the Sticks. My bit of sunshine is called Totally Irrational. Read on to find out what it means.
The idea for Totally Irrational came during the spectacular total solar eclipse of 2017 visible in most of North America. The black center and the gold corona comes from that.
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The corona of the Sun in the quilt represents the first 64 digits of Pi, the famous irrational number. Each wedge of the corona represents a digit of Pi. Each digit is represented using a different fabric and a size proportional to the digit.
All of this was done in early 2018. I don’t remember why but it was carefully packed in a box, and sent to the far reaches of my closet. I found the box last month and started working on it again.
The fun begins with the quilting. I quilted a topographic map kind of design in the center – representing the contours of the moon, and used three different yellow/gold threads for quilting the flames around the corona. The outermost layer is quilted with black thread.
Giveaway:
Leave a comment on this post to win 22 2.5″ strips of Island Batik Sundance designed by Kathy Engle. There are 2 strips each of 11 different fabrics. They were leftover from my Wave Dancer wall quilt. I was planning on making a Spiral Nova quilt but I have too many things going on and not enough time.
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Love all the clever ideas I’ve seen so far in this hop. I continue to be amazed.
Your quilt is stunning! Thank you for sharing!!
I really love this quilt. And I might use your idea in the future. Thank you so much.
Love your colors and the design!
As retired teacher, I love how you used math and science to create a work of art.
WOW, that is some great quilting! Your quilt really represents an eclipse too, you did a fantastic job!
Your “Totally Irrational” quilt should be named “Totally Brilliant,” because that’s what the finished piece is!
What a stunning quilt, I love how you quilted it also.
Wow this is so beautiful!! I see why you had to put it away for a while — it is stunning
Love your beautiful quilt. The batiks are perfect for it. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Amazing quilt! I LOVE that sun! Thanks so much for sharing it!
I love this finish. The quilting totally pulls it all together and sets it off.
This is incredibly beautiful and a stunning piece of art…love it! You definitely hit the “Stitching Sunshine” theme with this one. Thank you for sharing this gorgeous piece!
Hi Vasudha! Lovely interpretation of the sun and definitely sunshine. Your quilting really rocks this piece and hits it out of the park. Really nice job! ~smile~ Roseanne
P.S. Thanks for linking up this week!
Thatās a work if art!
Fabulous! I love the mathematical ideas behind this and the gorgeousness of the finished piece. I wonder why it got put away, but what great timing to have this all ready to finish up for the hop!
Beautiful quilt! I love the quilting on it!
That quilt is so pretty! I’m amazed at all the math work. You should make a tutorial to help us math challenged people make such a pretty quilt. Amazing.
Thank you for showing us the math in this quilt. It is stunning!!
I absolutely LOVE your Hop project (and the fact the you just happened to have the perfect UFO waiting in your closet!!)
This is a fabulous quilt. You might consider sending a photo of it to CBS Sunday Morning. They might feature it on their show!
Wow. That is incredible and the quilting is so perfect.
Holy cow…my hearts on fire now. That is FABULOUS!!!!! My stack of “I what to play more” just keeps growing here. LOL!!
I absolutely love your design. It has a WOW impact. Thanks for sharing.
I love the way you think! Totally Irrational is totally original and totally creative!
Wow! This is breathtaking! The yellow against the black is crazy beautiful, and your sticthing is gorgeous!
I love your sunshine quilt and the lovely piecing! I like the ‘modern’ rays and your use and placement of the fabrics! Thanks for sharing.
Your quilting really adds to the drama of this quilt
Amazing. This quilt is absolutely FABULOUS in every detail.
Thank you for the chance to win those pretty fabric strips. I see lots of my favourite colour copper in there. š
WOW!!!!! This is stunning! I love that you used the digits of Pi to create your corona. The quilting looks fantastic. Amazing!
I love your eclipse quilt. It brings back the memories of sitting by the Snake River in Idaho and watching it with the grandkids. It was a special day. And your use of PI fills this retired math teacher with joy!
I’m always happy when a quilter goes from making aquilt to making a work of art. This is a stunning quilt.
Oh, how lovely, and very inventive! Thank goodness you found it in the back of that closet. So nice to see the happy yellow, and a corona that is not a virus!
Oh Iove that quilt. The quilting is awesome as well.
Quite stunning. Love the contrast.
You continue to produce outstanding quilts my friend! Love the flames quilting, the topographical map for the moon, and the whole Pi idea…makes me want to create a math quilt…
That really is amazing! I love how you got your idea and how it translated into fabric. Thanks for the giveaway, too!
Vasudha, your quilt is stunning! I love it! and the story behind it! Love the quilting! Thanks for sharing!
Such a cool idea to use fabrics to represent the digits of pi. It makes a great quilt!
Spectacular.
Spectacular quilt! I love the inspiration, and your execution is perfect!
Gorgeous quilt, thanks so much for sharing!
WOW oh WOW, this is amazing. I love the math behind it and your quilting is off the charts (as always)! This is sunshine for everyone!
This is so cool. No wait … if it’s the sun than this is so HOT! This is the best thing I have seen on this blog hop. And the quilting just seals the deal.
WOW! I am in awe. I love the sun burst design, but what you did with the quilting makes it complete.
Your quilt is very striking ! Just gorgeous!
Thanks do sharing the story of this remarkable quilt
Wow!! Your sunny quilt is so breathtakingly beautiful and so meaningful.
Wow! This is absolutely breathtaking! Who would have thought an eclipse and Pi would inspire such a stunning quilt!
This is seriously awesome. Great imagination, plan and execution. My science/math loving heart is awed.