{"id":38782,"date":"2017-11-14T07:33:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=38782"},"modified":"2017-11-13T15:59:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T22:59:51","slug":"triple-star-blocks-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/triple-star-blocks-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple Star Blocks Finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had an unexpected day of sewing on Sunday. Mom and I were scheduled to visit her quilt show, but she was called on to act in her Presidential Duties at her church. I was sad not to see her, thought glad to avoid the 2+ hour each way drive. My long commute has prevented us from getting together regularly and that is hard. Mom and were able to catch up for a few minutes on the phone and that was nice.<\/p>\n<p>I sewed instead. I sewed A LOT.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38782 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-1510458235062-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510458235062.-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38768\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38768'>\n\t\t\t\tTriple Star n.14\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\/20171112_112049_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171112_112049_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Triple Star n.15\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38771\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38771'>\n\t\t\t\tTriple Star n.15\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\/20171112_124503_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171112_124503_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Triple Star n.16\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38770\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38770'>\n\t\t\t\tTriple Star n.16\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>One of the projects on which I made progress was the Triple Star blocks. I have made all the blocks called for in the pattern. After taking Sarah&#8217;s class on Saturday, I have a different idea of the layout and may need to make more to get the right balance.<\/p>\n<p>The pattern calls for a straight set &#8211; 4 down, 4 across. After <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/sarah-goer-class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah&#8217;s class<\/a>, and after thinking about the layout of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/stars-3-donation-top\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars #3 Donation quilt<\/a>, I want to do something different, more interesting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38772\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510611375060..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510611375060.-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Triple Star Potential Layout\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510611375060.-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510611375060.-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/wp-1510611375060.-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Triple Star Potential Layout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I did a quick layout with three quarters of the blocks, which resolved my uncertainty. I like the asymmetrical idea, though I realize that I may need a few more blocks for the upper left and lower right hand corners.<\/p>\n<p>Even if this particular layout (definitely without the toes) will not be the final layout, I am on the right track. Using Sarah&#8217;s technique, I be able to cut exactly what I need to put it together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had an unexpected day of sewing on Sunday. Mom and I were scheduled to visit her quilt show, but she was called on to act in her Presidential Duties at her church. I was sad not to see her, thought glad to avoid the 2+ hour each way drive. My long commute has prevented &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/triple-star-blocks-finished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Triple Star Blocks Finished&#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":[349,331,353,252,443,362],"class_list":["post-38782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-blocks","tag-piecing","tag-process","tag-project-quilt","tag-triple-star","tag-works-in-progress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38782","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=38782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}