{"id":17800,"date":"2013-04-03T21:27:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T04:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?page_id=17800"},"modified":"2013-10-17T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T03:11:02","slug":"a-b-c-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2013\/a-b-c-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A-B-C Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17648\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PICT3325sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17648\" alt=\"A-B-C Challenge\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PICT3325sm-300x258.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PICT3325sm-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PICT3325sm.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A-B-C Challenge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"content-sidebartop\" style=\"display: block; float: right; width: 260px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;\">\n<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>100% cotton fabric<\/li>\n<li>100% cotton thread<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Machine pieced blocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"cont-content\">\n<div id=\"content-sidebarbot\" style=\"display: block; float: right; width: 260px; border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; padding: 2px;\">\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Year: 2012-2013<\/li>\n<li>Size: 66.5\u201dx58\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quilted By:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Colleen Granger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Details<\/h1>\n<p>This quilt was made in conjunction with Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild members as part of a challenge started in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Each participant made 1-2 blocks, whose names started with the designated letter of the alphabet, each month. In December 2012, we were to bring the finished tops to the group to show. Our intention was to show the finished quilts as a group at the San Mateo County Fair in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the blocks were made from patterns in the <i>Around the Block<\/i> series of books. Blocks include:\u00a0 <b>A<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Air Castle<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block Again, pg.27, <b>B<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Basement Window<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block Again, pg.32, <b>C<\/b>&#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cake Stand<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block, pg.41, <b>D<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Double 4 Patch<\/span>, <b>E<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eva\u2019s Delight<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block Again (pg.60), EQ 7, <b>F<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Flock of Geese<\/span>&#8211; Around the Block, pg.61), <b>G<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Glacier Bay<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block Again (pg.68), <b>H<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hovering Hawks<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block, pg.76), <b>I<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Indian<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block, pg.77, <b>J <\/b>\u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jewel<\/span> Box &#8211; Around the Block Again, pg.104, <b>K<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">King\u2019s Crown<\/span> &#8211;<b> <\/b>Around the Block, pg.80, <b>L<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lincoln<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block Again, pg.84 , <b>M<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">May Basket<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block, pg.86, <b>N<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Northwind<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block, pg.91, <b>O<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ocean Wave<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block pg.91, <b>P<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Peace &amp; Plenty<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block, pg.97, <b>Q<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quilt in Light &amp; Dark<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block Again, pg.99, <b>R<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rolling Stone<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block Again, pg.104, <b>S<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Simple Flower Basket <\/span>&#8211; Around the Block, pg.108, <b>T<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">True Blue<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block pg.118, <b>U<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Underground Railroad<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block, pg.120, <b>V<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Variable Star<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block Again, pg.119, <b>W<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wampum Block<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block, pg.122, <b>X<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">X Quartet<\/span> \u2013 Around the Block, pg.127, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Japanese X<\/span> (from Badskirt <a href=\"http:\/\/badskirt.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/japanese-x-and-scrappy-quilt-tutorial.html\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial<\/a> via Doodles and Designs <a href=\"http:\/\/californiadoodlesanddesigns.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/fun-friday-and-reveal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Friday Reveal<\/a>), <b>Y<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yankee Puzzle<\/span> &#8211; Around the Block, pg.128, <b>Z<\/b> \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Zipper<\/span> &#8211; Judy Martin website, 2003, http:\/\/www.judymartin.com\/Images\/2003augBOM.jpg<\/p>\n<p>The fabrics were solids from the Art Gallery Pure Elements line and Zoe Pearns\u2019Sweet Nothings (C5005) from Riley Blake Designs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials 100% cotton fabric 100% cotton thread Techniques Machine pieced blocks &nbsp; Details: Year: 2012-2013 Size: 66.5\u201dx58\u201d Quilted By: Colleen Granger &nbsp; Details This quilt was made in conjunction with Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild members as part of a challenge started in 2011. Each participant made 1-2 blocks, whose names started with the designated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2013\/a-b-c-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A-B-C Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16249,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17800","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17800\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}