{"id":10416,"date":"2011-09-12T05:55:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T12:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=10416"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:09:40","slug":"block-a-long-21-off-center-4-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/block-a-long-21-off-center-4-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Block-a-Long #21: Off Center 4 Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10418\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10418\" title=\"Off Center 4 Patch #21\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Off Center 4 Patch #21\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OffCenter4Patch21.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Off Center 4 Patch #21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love the 4 patch block. Mostly I like the simplicity, but I also like how it can be used as a building block for other blocks and projects.<\/p>\n<p>You can use two fabrics, placing them on the diagonal from each other or you can use 4 fabrics for a more scrappy look.<\/p>\n<p>This is block number 20 (I put up the 9 patch twice and haven&#8217;t replaced it yet), so I have made a quilt from all the blocks in the project to show you.<\/p>\n<p>The quilt is made from all 20 blocks and you can see how complex it looks, even though each block is pretty easy to piece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10420\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/20BlockQuilt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10420\" title=\"20 Block Quilt\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/20BlockQuilt-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"20 Block Quilt\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/20BlockQuilt-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/20BlockQuilt-1024x827.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 Block Quilt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I probably wouldn&#8217;t put a black border on the quilt again, but it does contain the variety.<\/p>\n<p>If you have made blocks or a quilt, post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/1513852@N21\/\" target=\"_blank\">AQ Block-a=Long Flickr group<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the 4 patch block. Mostly I like the simplicity, but I also like how it can be used as a building block for other blocks and projects. You can use two fabrics, placing them on the diagonal from each other or you can use 4 fabrics for a more scrappy look. This is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/block-a-long-21-off-center-4-patch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Block-a-Long #21: Off Center 4 Patch&#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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[400],"tags":[111,349,72],"class_list":["post-10416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-block-a-long","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\/10416","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=10416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}