{"id":27789,"date":"2015-04-30T05:07:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T12:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=27789"},"modified":"2016-10-31T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T21:38:43","slug":"lovey-blocks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/lovey-blocks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovey Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27788\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0247sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0247sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sawtooth Stars\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0247sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0247sm.jpg 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sawtooth Stars<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There never seems to be a shortage in people who need a nice hug in the form of a quilt. I made three blocks for two different projects over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I started the stars <em>weeks<\/em> ago by making Sawtooth Stars with a four patch in the middle. I made one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/star-sampler-8-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\">when I did the Star Sampler<\/a> and really liked it. The problem with the version for this lovey was that I tried to use the Deb Tucker ruler AND include the 4 patches in the middle. It was too difficult for my brain to process.<\/p>\n<p>For a few weeks I did nothing, but when I got the call for the heart lovey block and I knew I had to get my act together and get those star blocks done. I decided just to make\u00a0 some basic Sawtooth Stars with super great fabric. I hope that these work out well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27787\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0246sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0246sm-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Lovey Heart Block\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0246sm-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSCN0246sm.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lovey Heart Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got an idea for a heart block as soon as I heard the maker wanted hearts. I knew that machine applique&#8217; was the best way to go. Fast, too.<\/p>\n<p>At first, I thought I would just do the large heart, but when I finished, I thought it wasn&#8217;t enough, so I added the blue hearts. They were made from scraps, but they added something to the large heart. I think the little hearts added interest.<\/p>\n<p>If you are asked to make a block for a lovey quilt, please consider making one. One block and little bit of fabric can make all the difference in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There never seems to be a shortage in people who need a nice hug in the form of a quilt. I made three blocks for two different projects over the weekend. I started the stars weeks ago by making Sawtooth Stars with a four patch in the middle. I made one when I did the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/lovey-blocks-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lovey Blocks&#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":[349,355],"class_list":["post-27789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-379","tag-blocks","tag-doing-good"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27789","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=27789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}