{"id":5501,"date":"2010-05-15T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-15T14:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?page_id=5501"},"modified":"2024-04-14T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T20:32:50","slug":"colorblocks-quilts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblocks-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorblocks Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorblocks (1990)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/colorblockLg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/colorblockLg.jpg\" alt=\"Colorblocks 1\" class=\"wp-image-36439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/colorblockLg.jpg 680w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/colorblockLg-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 85vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colorblocks 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Materials:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% cotton fabrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100% cotton thread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Techniques<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Handquilted<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machine piecing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Description<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colorblocks was made as an exercise in unusual color\u00a0 and pattern combinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collection of the artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colorblocks 2 (2003)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/colorblocks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1003\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/colorblocks2-1024x1003.jpg\" alt=\"Colorblocks 2\" class=\"wp-image-5502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/colorblocks2-1024x1003.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/colorblocks2-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/colorblocks2.jpg 1895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colorblocks 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Materials<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% cotton fabrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100% cotton thread<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Techniques<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Machine piecing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Longarm quilted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Details:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year: 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Size: ?\u201dx?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabric: various solids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quilted By:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colleen Granger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Description<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colorblocks 2<\/strong>\u00a0is an exploration of the interplay of color and pattern. Colorblocks 2 is an adaptation of a pattern by Sandy Bonsib. It is also a follow-up quilt to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblock-quilts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colorblocks<\/a>,\u00a0 which I\u00a0completed in 1990.\u00a0Although\u00a0this is a simple design, the interesting part of this quilt is how the colors react with each other. I saw Bonsib\u2019s version on Simply Quilts and thought it would be interesting to try with a black background and in solid &amp; tone-on-tone fabrics.\u00a0I plan to follow it up with a version in silks. Colorblocks 2 was magnificently machine quilted with feathers by Colleen Granger. It received an Honorable Mention in the Marin Quilt and Needle Arts show in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collection of the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorblocks (1990) Materials: Techniques Description Colorblocks was made as an exercise in unusual color\u00a0 and pattern combinations. Collection of the artist Colorblocks 2 (2003) Materials Techniques Details: Quilted By: Description Colorblocks 2\u00a0is an exploration of the interplay of color and pattern. Colorblocks 2 is an adaptation of a pattern by Sandy Bonsib. It is also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/series-quilts\/colorblocks-quilts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Colorblocks Quilts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5312,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5501","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\/5501","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=5501"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62427,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5501\/revisions\/62427"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}