{"id":13453,"date":"2012-05-17T06:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T13:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=13453"},"modified":"2016-08-26T10:27:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T17:27:57","slug":"corner-store-progress-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/corner-store-progress-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Corner Store Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13454\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1656sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13454\" title=\"New Corner Store blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1656sm-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"New Corner Store blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1656sm-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1656sm.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Corner Store blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think this project will progress in fits and starts. I made the new blocks (on the right) while I was piecing the Flowering Snowball. I used the Corner Store blocks as leaders and enders. Such a useful, productivity improving technique.<\/p>\n<p>I find that I put the blocks up on the design wall and I become uninspired to make more. Not sure why. I like them; I think the piece works well, is interesting and pretty. As a project I work on steadily, it wasn&#8217;t working for me yesterday. However, as leaders and enders in between a different project, I make a lot of blocks. What is that about?<\/p>\n<p>And, the other question is, if I don&#8217;t work steadily on the Corner Store, what should I work on? I need some bang for my buck. Can I finish another top next weekend? VIMH#1 says I have to enjoy the process not just go for finished product.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13455\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1657sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13455\" title=\"All Corner Store blocks - May\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1657sm-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"All Corner Store blocks - May\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1657sm-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/PICT1657sm.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All Corner Store blocks - May<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I put all the blocks up. I have quite a few. They are small, though, so it isn&#8217;t enough. There is still a lot of red and pink. I made an effort to make blocks with no red or pink, but I have a lot of red and pink triangles, so it is hard.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the final arrangement. I slapped them up on the wall and did a tiny bit of rearranging.<\/p>\n<p>I also have to buy some more Kona Snow as background. The Pure Elements Linen, of which I have plenty, is different enough to be noticeable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this project will progress in fits and starts. I made the new blocks (on the right) while I was piecing the Flowering Snowball. I used the Corner Store blocks as leaders and enders. Such a useful, productivity improving technique. I find that I put the blocks up on the design wall and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/corner-store-progress-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Corner Store Progress&#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":[401],"tags":[174,331,353,252],"class_list":["post-13453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401","tag-corner-store","tag-piecing","tag-process","tag-project-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13453","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=13453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}