{"id":26817,"date":"2015-02-14T06:06:22","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=26817"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:29:19","slug":"now-i-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/now-i-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Now I Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I had cut about 1,000 pieces of fabric for this project, I was about to abandon this project.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t happy with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/revisiting-the-stepping-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\">first efforts<\/a> in the new colors. I determined I would make 4 blocks and then decide on whether or not to proceed. I am glad that was my strategy because now I like the piece.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSCN0070sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26818\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSCN0070sm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stepping Stones #2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSCN0070sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSCN0070sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSCN0070sm.jpg 935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stepping Stones #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Part of why I like it is that I see a Sawtooth Star emerging. If you cover up the center and right side with your hand and just look at the right side you will see the legs of a Sawtooth Star emerging &#8211; the part that is normally formed by Flying Geese. That secondary pattern adds a design element I did not anticipate and do not see very well when I look back at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/quilts-2\/quilts-2013\/stepping-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\">first Stepping Stones<\/a> quilt.<\/p>\n<p>There is better contrast, I think, in this version, though the red 4 Patches coming together in the center are a very strong design element. Looking at the previous version, I know I will have to pay attention to the border so that the Sawtooth Stars, if I want to keep them, will not be cut off. I think that means a different border.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, I fell down the Pinterest rabbit hole and saw this same pattern done in Denise Schmidt fabrics on the <a href=\"http:\/\/3and3quarters.net\/2012\/08\/15\/unexpected-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\">3and3quarters.net blog<\/a>. I was really interested in her fabric choices. I think her version looks so great! It makes me wonder anew why the Lintott girls chose the colors they did. I really dislike the examples in their book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I had cut about 1,000 pieces of fabric for this project, I was about to abandon this project.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t happy with my first efforts in the new colors. I determined I would make 4 blocks and then decide on whether or not to proceed. I am glad that was my strategy because &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/now-i-like-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Now I Like It&#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":[379],"tags":[360,163,344],"class_list":["post-26817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-379","tag-possibilities","tag-stepping-stones","tag-tests"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26817","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=26817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}