{"id":36253,"date":"2017-04-05T05:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T12:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=36253"},"modified":"2017-04-04T09:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:15:33","slug":"new-gift-grouping-in-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/new-gift-grouping-in-process\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gift Grouping &#8211; in Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am still not done making gifts with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/wp-1475450485934.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">two stacks of fat quarters<\/a> I received at the BAM retreat last Fall. As an aside, these small gifts are keeping me slightly ahead of the negative mark in my fabric purchases vs usage. No finished quilts this year yet, so I am still feeling behind. No huge buying binges, so at least I am not in the negative.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I am still making gifts. I took the opportunity to make the two bags I liked from the Make It, Take It book I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/christmas-quilt-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\">received for Christmas<\/a>. One was the The Big Patchwork Tote and one was the Little Patchwork Tote (pattern starts on page 32 for both).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-36253 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/dscn1805sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1805sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Little Patchwork Tote -1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1805sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1805sm-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36287'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Patchwork Tote -1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/dscn1806sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1806sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Little Patchwork Tote -2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-36286\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-36286'>\n\t\t\t\tLittle Patchwork Tote -2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I started with the Little Patchwork Tote. When I hear the word &#8216;tote&#8217;, I think of a bag in which you can carry a bunch of stuff. That is not the case with the Little Patchwork Tote. It is basically purse sized. I should have known, based on the sizes, but I couldn&#8217;t put it all together in my head. I wanted something I could put a number of gifts in. I can put a few in this tote, but decided I would make the Big Patchwork Tote as well.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-36253 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/more-on-big-patchwork-tote\/dscn1804sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1804sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Big Patchwork Tote - 1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-36282\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-36282'>\n\t\t\t\tBig Patchwork Tote &#8211; 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/more-on-big-patchwork-tote\/dscn1802sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1802sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Big Patchwork Tote - 2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-36284\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-36284'>\n\t\t\t\tBig Patchwork Tote &#8211; 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/dscn1803sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1803sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Big Patchwork Tote - inside\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-36283\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-36283'>\n\t\t\t\tBig Patchwork Tote &#8211; inside\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Big Patchwork Tote is the size a tote should be. Whatever that means. \ud83d\ude09 It is the size in which one can put a number of necessary items. Using the directions in the pattern makes it pretty stiff, which I like. I will probably make this tote again. It might make good officer gifts and is conducive to using large-ish scraps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36285\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1807sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1807sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gifts in Big Patchwork Tote -in process\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1807sm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1807sm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DSCN1807sm.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gifts in Big Patchwork Tote -in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Little Patchwork Tote fits easily in the Big Patchwork Tote along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/tooly-mctoolston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tooly McToolston<\/a>. I am working on a pincushion\/Wonderclip holder and a couple of other items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still not done making gifts with the two stacks of fat quarters I received at the BAM retreat last Fall. As an aside, these small gifts are keeping me slightly ahead of the negative mark in my fabric purchases vs usage. No finished quilts this year yet, so I am still feeling behind. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/new-gift-grouping-in-process\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Gift Grouping &#8211; in Process&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[434],"tags":[128,316],"class_list":["post-36253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36253","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36253\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}