{"id":31682,"date":"2016-03-15T05:52:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T12:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31682"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:25:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T20:25:13","slug":"peacock-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/peacock-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The change to Daylight Saving Time is a nightmare. What a dumb idea or an idea whose time has passed. I changed the clock by my bed the night before so when I woke up, I saw that it was already later than usual. For some reason I felt awful. It might have been the dread of knowing that I had lost an hour. I got up and got some caffeine and went up to my workroom.<\/p>\n

I needed to just sew, so I looked at the projects<\/a> I had that were at the rote sewing stage. After a very short deliberation, I pulled out the Peacock blocks and started sewing.<\/p>\n

\"Peacock<\/a>
Peacock Blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t remember how many sets I cut up at the Retreat<\/a>, but the prep I did there allowed me to just sew pieces and parts together. I now have about 40 blocks. When I say blocks, I mean two halves of blocks because I can’t sew the pieces of the blocks together until I lay out the entire quilt. Once I lay it out, I will sew it together in rows.<\/p>\n

It was great to just sew. I only had to sew straight seams. I didn’t have to make a lot of decisions beyond how to press the seams and the stack of blocks got bigger and bigger.<\/p>\n

I wanted to do more, but don’t I always? That was the kind of sewing that I needed. I finally feel like I am making progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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