{"id":18966,"date":"2013-07-08T08:16:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T15:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2025-03-08T19:26:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T03:26:34","slug":"orange-and-grey-donation-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/orange-and-grey-donation-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange and Grey Donation Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19387\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PICT3855sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19387\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PICT3855sm-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Orange &amp; Grey Donation Blocks\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PICT3855sm-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PICT3855sm-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PICT3855sm.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange &amp; Grey Donation Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been working on these blocks as leaders and enders for the past month or so. I finally finished sewing enough of the two-squares-sewn-together basic unit for a large lap quilt. I pressed all the pieces and put them up on the small design wall, which had been, mostly, empty since the end of the <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/star-sampler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Sampler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the orange fabrics are leftovers from <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/fresh-fruit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fresh Fruit<\/a>. The grey background is an old half yard (or so) I had laying around. I am trying to use up my bin of neutrals for donation quilts since I don&#8217;t use them that much.<\/p>\n<p>In using up pieces, I am trying to use greys that are too beige and other beige fabrics. I worked at making sure this piece did not look too depressing.<\/p>\n<p>While doing my Qi Gong exercises yesterday, I stared at the piece and moved patches here and there and exchanged placement of certain bits as well.<\/p>\n<p>Pam gave me the idea of adding a blue square when she posted her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hiptobeasquarepodcast.com\/2013\/06\/rainbow-baby-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rainbow Baby quilt<\/a> with the white square. I like the illusion of looking through the block to the wall (or whatever) behind. In mine, I went for adding some punch. I love that blue and orange combination, though, I think it would have had a greater effect if I had used no background fabric. Next time I might try making monochromatic blocks and punch it up with a dash of a complimentary color.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, I am not done with this pattern yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Nota bene<\/em>: My computer is still giving me fits so some of the next posts and photos will be via cell phone. Bear with me while I get used to the new platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on these blocks as leaders and enders for the past month or so. I finally finished sewing enough of the two-squares-sewn-together basic unit for a large lap quilt. I pressed all the pieces and put them up on the small design wall, which had been, mostly, empty since the end of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/orange-and-grey-donation-top\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orange and Grey Donation Top&#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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[402],"tags":[546,137,355,331],"class_list":["post-18966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-16-patch","tag-bamqg","tag-doing-good","tag-piecing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966","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=18966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51120,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions\/51120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}