{"id":24503,"date":"2014-08-19T06:37:30","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=24503"},"modified":"2016-06-28T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T18:28:03","slug":"field-day-zipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/field-day-zipper\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Day Zipper"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Field<\/a>
Field Study Fabrics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For some reason I became enamored with the Field Day print fabrics by Alison Glass. These are not my colors, they are somewhat muddy and have a flair, or feel,\u00a0 of the turn of the 20th Century. This ‘feel’ makes it so odd that I actually want to work with them. There is something about them that appeals to me.<\/p>\n

My favorite print is the dark blue\u00a0 with the turquoise kelp-like print on top.<\/p>\n

Shortly after receiving the fabrics, I came across a pattern<\/a> I will use with these fabrics. It came from the Missouri Star Quilt Company and I found it in their Block! magazine (watch for a review soon). It isn’t a hard pattern, but there is something about it and the fabric that went together in my mind.<\/p>\n

I washed the Field Day fabric last Friday, then started cutting 2.5″ strips on Saturday. I have about 10 strips cut. I need to cut them into 2.5″x5″ rectangles, but have only done that for one strip so far, because I still haven’t decided what to use as a background. Also, I still have about 10 FQs to cut strips from.<\/p>\n

I thought about looking at the coordinating solids that various online shops suggest. I did that, but did not want to chose gold, chartreuse or deep garnety red-purple for the background. I want something lighter, brighter so the quilt doesn’t seem depressing.<\/p>\n

I have the following background options:<\/p>\n

\"IKEA<\/a>
IKEA large text print<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love this print, but think that the large letters will get lost.<\/p>\n

\"Painter's<\/a>
Painter’s Canvas in Vanilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is my favorite, because it brightens up the muddiness of some of the fabrics.<\/p>\n

I also have a lot of grey.<\/p>\n

\"Grey<\/a>
Grey print from search<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I would probably have to use a few different greys as I only have a yard of this one and I think I will need more. I don’t mind using different greys as it will add interest.<\/p>\n

The funny thing is that after I started cutting the Field Day, I came across a friend who I think needs a quilt and this one might be perfect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some reason I became enamored with the Field Day print fabrics by Alison Glass. These are not my colors, they are somewhat muddy and have a flair, or feel,\u00a0 of the turn of the 20th Century. This ‘feel’ makes it so odd that I actually want to work with them. There is something about … Continue reading “Field Day Zipper”<\/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":[381],"tags":[310,315,280],"class_list":["post-24503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-color","tag-fabric","tag-field-day-zipper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503","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=24503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}