{"id":10012,"date":"2011-08-11T06:07:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T13:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:31:51","slug":"abc-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/abc-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10015\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9639sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10015\" title=\"Two ABC Challenge Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9639sm-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"Two ABC Challenge Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9639sm-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9639sm-1024x516.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9639sm.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two ABC Challenge Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I really did want to do the Farmer&#8217;s Wife Quilt-a-Long, the Summer Sampler Series and the ABC Challenge at BAMQG, but decided that I can&#8217;t do everything. I have other projects to get busy on, too. As much as I would like to just make blocks forever, I have to do other things. The most important group block project right now to me is the guild&#8217;s ABC Challenge. The group is doing two 12&#8243; blocks every month. I am doing one 6&#8243; block.I want to support the BAMQG, so, finally, after getting behind by 2 letters, I sewed two blocks on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>I might do two if I have time and find two block patterns I like, then I will do two. For now my parameters are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6&#8243;x6&#8243; blocks<\/li>\n<li>One per month<\/li>\n<li>Pat Bravo Pure Elements solids<\/li>\n<li>Riley Blake Sweet Nothings by Zoe Pearn dot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t find any blocks I felt like making in my favorite block book, Around the Block, so I pulled out Around the Block Again and Once More Around the Block and found the two blocks I made in the former. I was shocked to find that some of the directions included &#8216;T5&#8217; and &#8216;T42&#8217; rather than a number of how to cut the patch. It turns out that there are templates in the back. I assume the author intends me to cut them out and use them that way. Instead I measured them and realized that she used templates, because the sizes are weird: 1 5\/8, 2 7\/8, somewhere in between 3 5\/8 and 3 3\/4, etc. I just cut to the nearest larger size and trimmed as I was making the blocks. Perhaps that is why I haven&#8217;t used this book much until now?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10016\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9640sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10016\" title=\"Basement Window\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9640sm-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Basement Window\" width=\"254\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9640sm-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9640sm-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9640sm.jpg 1143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 85vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basement Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10018\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9638sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10018\" title=\"Air Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9638sm-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"Air Castle\" width=\"276\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9638sm-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9638sm-1024x973.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9638sm.jpg 1496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 85vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Air Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the blocks are bright. I want bright and I want to use some of the new fabric I have purchased recently. I may add other prints. I will use more of the Riley Blake\/Zoe Pearn dots. For now, I am still experimenting with how much white works and how the solids I have look with each other. The next block may be different.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the blocks that other members made are below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10021\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9629sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10021\" title=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9629sm-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9629sm-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9629sm-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9629sm.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10022\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9630sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10022\" title=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9630sm-300x83.jpg\" alt=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9630sm-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9630sm-1024x286.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9630sm.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10023\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9628sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10023\" title=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9628sm-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9628sm-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/PICT9628sm-1024x557.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAMQG ABC Challenge Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have always enjoyed making blocks. I don&#8217;t do it enough. As I have been walking past these blocks all week (they are displayed on my design wall) they are making me feel happy. Perhaps they don&#8217;t have as much interest as some blocks with other fabrics would, but they are really cheerful and are making me itch to get back to the sewing machine. I wonder what block is next?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really did want to do the Farmer&#8217;s Wife Quilt-a-Long, the Summer Sampler Series and the ABC Challenge at BAMQG, but decided that I can&#8217;t do everything. I have other projects to get busy on, too. As much as I would like to just make blocks forever, I have to do other things. The most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/abc-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ABC Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400],"tags":[166,137,349,72],"class_list":["post-10012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-a-b-c-challenge","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=10012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}