{"id":38968,"date":"2017-12-04T06:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=38968"},"modified":"2025-03-09T11:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T18:22:14","slug":"even-more-donation-blocks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/even-more-donation-blocks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Even More Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must be getting sick of my donation block craze. I really do want to add more blocks and quilt tops to my 2017 list, so I made 5 more blocks on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38968 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\/20171203_163417_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_163417_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Grey and Red Donation Block - December 2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38969\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38969'>\n\t\t\t\tGrey and Red Donation Block &#8211; December 2017\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\/20171203_172054_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Misc. Blues and Reds Donation Block - December 2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_172054_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" 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-1-38967'>\n\t\t\t\tMisc. Blues and Reds Donation Block &#8211; December 2017\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\/20171203_180731_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_180731_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Purple Dress Donation Block - December 2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38966\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38966'>\n\t\t\t\tPurple Dress Donation Block &#8211; December 2017\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\/20171203_193622_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Solid Blue Donation Block - December 2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_193622_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" 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-1-38965'>\n\t\t\t\tSolid Blue Donation Block &#8211; December 2017\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\/20171203_211100_wm-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20171203_211100_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Go Bears Donation Block - December 2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-38963\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-38963'>\n\t\t\t\tGo Bears Donation Block &#8211; December 2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I worked on them while I was piecing the last quarter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/en-provence-mystery-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">En Provence<\/a>. The blocks seemed to fly out of my machine despite the fact that I was really struggling to find backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>I have been working through my\u00a0 little bin of donation patches since I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/more-donations-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">started on this binge<\/a>. After 20 blocks, I have few backgrounds and a lot of fabrics that I am tired of using. Still, I was determined not to cut more backgrounds until I absolutely had to. I decided, after I made the Cal block (blue and yellow) that I needed to see if I had some charm packs.<\/p>\n<p>The blue and yellow block as well as some of the others will be difficult to use with the standard blocks others make. There is some thing about using up as much as you can before you have to cut more background.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, I went to my tote of charm packs and found two of white fabric. I started cutting up one of them, so my next batch of donation blocks will be pretty standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must be getting sick of my donation block craze. I really do want to add more blocks and quilt tops to my 2017 list, so I made 5 more blocks on Sunday. I worked on them while I was piecing the last quarter of En Provence. The blocks seemed to fly out of my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/even-more-donation-blocks-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Even More Donation Blocks&#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":[546,137,349,355,72],"class_list":["post-38968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-434","tag-16-patch","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-doing-good","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968","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=38968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65975,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968\/revisions\/65975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}