{"id":32134,"date":"2016-05-02T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=32134"},"modified":"2016-05-11T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T00:02:25","slug":"flowerburst-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/flowerburst-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowerburst Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flowerburst returned from the quilter about a week and a half ago. I have had so many other projects going on that I haven’t had time to post about it. I haven’t really worked on it either, so there hasn’t been much to say.<\/p>\n

\"Flowerburst<\/a>
Flowerburst – ready to bind<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As you might remember, Flowerburst is a large quilt made from a pattern in Kathy Doughty’s book, Adding Layers<\/a>. I wrote a review<\/a> about that book. Have you read it?<\/p>\n

The photo is a little odd as I had to lay the quilt out on my living room floor and take the photo from the upstairs hallway (I have an open plan, mid-century modern house). When I get my other quilt hanger back from college and the quilt is bound, I’ll take another photo.<\/p>\n

This was supposed to be a quick project and it was relatively. I didn’t like the directions, mostly because I had to conserve fabric, so I used different methods to cut the backgrounds, which meant I didn’t have as many leftovers as I would have if I had used KD’s methods. I understand the reasoning behind her cutting directions: she had to write directions for everyone not just for me, the person with the fabric shortage.<\/p>\n

\"Flowerburst<\/a>
Flowerburst – detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I like the way this quilt turned out. I liked using my big prints on the front for a change even though I will be gifting this quilt and won’t get to see those lovely prints very often.<\/p>\n

I really like the idea of combining different sized blocks and think this, or a variation of this, pattern has potential for other layouts. I am thinking that a slightly larger block in the center with the smaller block would have worked as well. I think there could have been some transparency work as well, if I were willing to do a larger quilt.<\/p>\n

\"Flowerburst<\/a>
Flowerburst – detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A couple of the prints are Martha Negley prints, but they go so well with the Philip Jacobs prints.<\/p>\n

The print on sea green with the flowers and melons is a favorite and was close to being a dress. I decided at the last minute that I couldn’t risk a melon ending up on a breast or buttock! I do love those flouncy lavender flowers, though. I also love the cantaloupe color combined with the sea green. I don’t remember seeing that combination before and will have to remember it in future.<\/p>\n

\"Flowerburst<\/a>
Flowerburst – detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, Colleen<\/a> did a great job on the quilting. I wanted her to highlight the stars and she did different designs in each one and they look great. I can’t wait to bind this and see what my niece thinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flowerburst returned from the quilter about a week and a half ago. I have had so many other projects going on that I haven’t had time to post about it. I haven’t really worked on it either, so there hasn’t been much to say. As you might remember, Flowerburst is a large quilt made from … Continue reading “Flowerburst Returns”<\/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":[374],"tags":[16,403],"class_list":["post-32134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-374","tag-finishing","tag-flowerburst"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32134","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=32134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}