{"id":19884,"date":"2013-09-01T05:46:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19884"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:53:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:53:12","slug":"working-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/working-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19885\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PICT3894sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19885\" alt=\"Process\" src=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PICT3894sm-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PICT3894sm-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/PICT3894sm.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is my dirty little secret.<\/p>\n<p>I am a bit messy when I work. I kept needing to cut different pieces from the various pieces of fabric. When I started the cutting, I would fold thefabric up each time, but it became ridiculous to unfold and refold every 5 seconds, so I stopped and just threw the fabric on the floor between cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Why didn&#8217;t I just cut all the pieces from one fabric at once?<\/p>\n<p>My mind doesn&#8217;t work that way. When I make bags, I have a hard time keeping track of pieces. I like to cut all the pieces (interfacing, fabric, etc.) required for a part so I move on the next part. For example, if the Main panel requires main fabric, interfacing and Soft &amp; Stable, then I like to cut all the pieces before I move on to the straps, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I do clean up the mess eventually.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s part of the process.<\/p>\n<p>What is your process?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my dirty little secret. I am a bit messy when I work. I kept needing to cut different pieces from the various pieces of fabric. When I started the cutting, I would fold thefabric up each time, but it became ridiculous to unfold and refold every 5 seconds, so I stopped and just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/working-hard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Working Hard&#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":[402],"tags":[353],"class_list":["post-19884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-process"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19884","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=19884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}