{"id":11672,"date":"2011-12-30T12:38:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T19:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=11672"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:18:25","slug":"stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Stones Progress on BDSI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11672 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi\/ss-starting-point-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Starting Point\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11676\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11676'>\n\t\t\t\tStarting Point\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi\/ss-center-blocks-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Blocks-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Center Block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11678\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11678'>\n\t\t\t\tCenter Block\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi\/ss-corner-labeled\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Corner labeled\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11691\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11691'>\n\t\t\t\tCorner labeled\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Monday was the Boxing Day Sew-in, which was organized by Sandy and contributed to by various other podcasters and quiltmakers. I have to say that I jollied myself along to get involved and am glad I did, because I had a great time watching the tweets scroll past AND making major progress on the Stepping Stones.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow the Stepping Stones project was well on it&#8217;s way to becoming a chronic UFO. I don&#8217;t know why. Somehow it just became a chore. I think that starting it around Thanksgiving and then not having my usual sewing time to devote to it contributed to the feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Spending time on it on Monday and getting cheers from others participating in BDSI was the shove I needed. The support felt great and the project is well on its way to completion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11676\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676\" title=\"Starting Point\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm-277x300.jpg\" alt=\"Starting Point\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm-947x1024.jpg 947w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Starting-Point-sm.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 85vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is where I started. Looking at it now I find that I had made good progress. My whole problem was my attitude. Perhaps I am a fickle creature and if I cannot work on a project intensely, I become angry at it and want to move on?<\/p>\n<p>During the day, we were all tweeting our progress and I was using my cell phone to take pictures. I hope the pictures are acceptable quality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11686\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Done-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11686\" title=\"Center Done\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Done-sm-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"Center Done\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Done-sm-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Done-sm-994x1024.jpg 994w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Center-Done-sm.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 85vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center Done<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 10:30 or 11am, I had finished the center part of the quilt. I was able to start in on the border. As you may have seen in <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\">the previous post<\/a>, I decided to modify the border so it looked more finished. As such, I needed 4 corner blocks that were slightly different from the side blocks and then 20 side blocks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11691\" style=\"width: 248px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11691\" title=\"Corner labeled\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"Corner labeled\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled-848x1024.jpg 848w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SS-Corner-labeled.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 85vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corner labeled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Again, I was able to finish the corner (4) blocks and 2 of the side blocks. This allowed me to take a look at the way the corner would look and if my design had the desired effect. The quilt top always looks different once sewn together, but I think it will suit me.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I sewed several big chunks together. this is another monster quilt, so it is taking me some time to get it sewn together. I would like to have the top and back done by the time I go back to work on the 2nd. I had really big sewing plans and the holidays got in the way.<\/p>\n<p>Now back to listening to my audio book and getting this baby finished!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday was the Boxing Day Sew-in, which was organized by Sandy and contributed to by various other podcasters and quiltmakers. I have to say that I jollied myself along to get involved and am glad I did, because I had a great time watching the tweets scroll past AND making major progress on the Stepping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/stepping-stones-progress-on-bdsi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stepping Stones Progress on BDSI&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[331,188,252,163],"class_list":["post-11672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-400","tag-piecing","tag-podcast-sew-in","tag-project-quilt","tag-stepping-stones"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672","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=11672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}