{"id":2369,"date":"2009-06-20T06:12:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T13:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2016-11-04T11:12:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T18:12:58","slug":"tarts-finish-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/tarts-finish-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarts Progress Nearing Finish Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was out of the house almost all of last weekend, which is not my usual routine.\u00a0 While I had fun, I was disappointed not to get to spend copious amounts of time working on my projects. Still, as I mentioned on Wednesday, I did fit in a bit of work around the edges on the Tarts.<\/p>\n

\"Tarts,<\/a>
Tarts, Pie with no stitching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I played around with different looks for the piece of pie. I drew one, first, that the viewer looked at straight at, e.g. the viewer did not see the top of the pie at all.\u00a0 It didn’t really work for me. I didn’t like the look, so I reworked it so that the view had a more angled view.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have a good pie crust color that I wanted to use (‘wanted to use’ being the critical phrase, here) The orange makes the viewer do a double take, IMO. I will do something, perhaps, with the quilting on the piece to tone down the orange a bit. The orange does blend in with the other orange fabrics in the whole piece.<\/p>\n

\"Tarts,<\/a>
Tarts, Pie with Stitching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After I place everything the way I want it on the background, I stitch it down. In the last few pieces I have also been topstitching in addition to the machine appliqued zigzag stitching. I don’t think you can see the topstitching in this picture, but people who are able to view the piece in person will be able to see it, I think.<\/p>\n

I picked the background to make a triangle with other purple pieces at the top of the piece. I picked it after I picked the ‘filling’ fabric. I wonder if they don’t allow each other to shine? I think this particular block looks better as part of the whole than by itself.<\/p>\n

I left a bit of the fabrics above and below showing so you can see how it fits in close up.<\/p>\n

\"Tarts,<\/a>
Tarts, June 14, 2009, with Pie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is the whole current piece. I kind of miss that big white rectangle at the bottom and am having trouble assimilating the pie. I think I will manage to get used to it. I can’t imagine a big white rectangle in the piece would be a great design decision.<\/p>\n

Am going to try to get to some studies for the silverware next to the red cups. I am also thinking I will add a few more black and white squares to the checkerboard on top of the frothy drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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