Under Covers Book Club interpret Divinity of Second Chances in Quilts

This is part two of the Under Covers Book Club Quilts and their interpretation of a novel. This year the Bend book club read the novel by Kaya McLaren, The Divinity of Second Chances. Each year they choose a book with the mission of each member interpreting the book with her quilt in time for the outdoor quilt show in August. I'm showing the quilts in my blog because I find it fascinating how if you give a group of people the same book, each one will come away with a different message or it will affect him or her in a different way. That is what makes the creative process so fascinating to an author.
(Note: I originally used the quilts from the outdoor show and the provances that were pinned to the quilts. On Friday, Sept. 2 the quilts and an updated provenance opened for a month long showing at The Quilt Works, on Greenwood in Bend. I have updated this post with new photos and the updated provenance. The showing will be in the Quiltworks through the month of September.)

Several of the quilters wrote fairly extensive provenance to go along with her quilt. I took close ups of those to run along with the quilt so you can share them.

Jane put mental images of settings into her quilt.

Susan used a quilting technique to represent characters in the book.

Martha's "Second Chance" is in the Sunflower....

Cindy liked a personification of the moon...

Kristin used the first line of the book On the Divinity of Second Chances

Betty focused on an item very important the widow Pearl

Sally used an excerpt from the book and featured the ancient cottonwood in her quilt.

Erin's quilt represents some of the things that stood out for her.

Janelle's quilt is in story quilt form.

Lani's quilt sees the light at the end of the tunnel.

Wanda's quilt represents her personal journey.

Kaya's quilt tells the story in quilt form.

The talented ladies who made the quilts.

If you live in the Bend area or are visiting the area during the month of September, the quilts based on the Kaya McLaren book On the Divinity of Second Chances will be featured up stairs at the Quiltworks Quiltshop-fabric store located on 926 Greenwood in Bend. Find Kaya's book at Barnes and Noble and other local book stores in Bend.

Kenneth Fenter,

proud father of a member of The Under Covers Book Club