{"id":14627,"date":"2012-08-20T06:23:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=14627"},"modified":"2025-03-08T19:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T03:33:03","slug":"pink-donation-quilt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/pink-donation-quilt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Donation Quilt #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14631\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2177sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14631\" title=\"Pink donation blocks (set 2)\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2177sm-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pink donation blocks (set 2)\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2177sm-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2177sm.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 85vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink donation blocks (set 2)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have finished all of the blocks for a second pink donation quilt. I started putting the sashing on, but the whole process seems a bit rote. I have about a zillion pink squares, so I have to keep pushing forward on the pink version of these quilts.<\/p>\n<p>I have done two with the black on white background and am a little bored with the look. I am going to change up the next one and include some green or use the pink as the background. We&#8217;ll see what happens.<\/p>\n<p>I still think it is fun to make up the blocks using different fabrics. I also wonder if using a non-traditional background color will make the pink less interesting. No way to know until I try it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14630\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2175sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14630\" title=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2175sm-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2175sm-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2175sm.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 Pink Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In these two blocks, I took a couple of color on white fabrics and put those on the background. This idea might be another thing to consider for a background.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am not using enough dots in general. I really like that dot in the upper right hand corner of the left block.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14629\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2174sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14629\" title=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2174sm-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2174sm-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2174sm.jpg 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 Pink Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These blocks also have some color on white backgrounds as well. I have to say that I don&#8217;t like the batiks in these blocks. In the overall look, they are ok, but I think I also might stick to light or medium pinks as the group of fabrics in another version of pink and neutral.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14628\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2173sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14628\" title=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2173sm-300x152.jpg\" alt=\"2 Pink Donation Blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2173sm-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PICT2173sm.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 Pink Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As you can see I spread the color on white fabrics throughout the various blocks. I didn&#8217;t want them to stand out as odd in the overall look of the quilt top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have finished all of the blocks for a second pink donation quilt. I started putting the sashing on, but the whole process seems a bit rote. I have about a zillion pink squares, so I have to keep pushing forward on the pink version of these quilts. I have done two with the black &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/pink-donation-quilt-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pink Donation Quilt #2&#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":[401],"tags":[546,137,355,72],"class_list":["post-14627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-401","tag-16-patch","tag-bamqg","tag-doing-good","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\/14627","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=14627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65943,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14627\/revisions\/65943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}