{"id":414,"date":"2008-02-11T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/fabric-of-the-year-project-etc\/"},"modified":"2022-04-10T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T17:19:06","slug":"fabric-of-the-year-project-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/fabric-of-the-year-project-etc\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabric of the Year Project etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to do the fabric project that I discussed in two previous posts here<\/a> and here<\/a>. This project uses fabrics I have recently purchased in some project right away.<\/p>\n

\"FOTY<\/a>
FOTY 2008 recent fabrics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the fabric I recently washed (a light load). They are arranged in no particular order. I cut the pieces and slapped them up on the wall.<\/p>\n

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\"FOTY<\/a>
FOTY 2008 blocks in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Above are the fabrics after I rearranged them a bit and sewed them together. You can see the test block in there as well.<\/p>\n

I did run across a few situations I had to decide about as I pressed the fabric, so here are the complete new rules:<\/p>\n

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  1. 2.5″x4.5″ pieces of each fabric purchased.<\/li>\n
  2. Fabrics that have been washed, but not pressed are ok to add to the mix, even if they were purchased last year.<\/li>\n
  3. Fabrics purchased twice in the same year should be included twice.<\/li>\n
  4. OK to rearrange fabrics as desired.<\/li>\n
  5. Press to the dark.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I did find it to be fun, as TFQ said<\/a> it was. I did find one fabric that I really didn’t like and will put in the Freecycle pile.<\/p>\n

    \"Artgirlz<\/a>
    Artgirlz supplies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Needing some retail therapy this week and still having Friend Julie’s post<\/a> on my mind drove me to the Artgirlz<\/a> site. I was amazed to find that the creativity pack and the rubber stamps came within a few days, even though it was sen from Rhode Island. Nice service! The thing I have to figure out is how to mount the rubber stamps. I know how to mount them, but don’t have the mounting thingies. Perhaps there is a rubber stamp store somewhere where I can buy some. Artgirlz have some, but they have a variety of sizes in one pack and not enough of the little ones.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    \"Pencils\"<\/a>
    Neocolors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    A few months ago when I was really trying to get inspired to do some visual journaling, I bought a few writing\/drawing instruments to inspire me. I finally tried these NeoColors last week. They are like crayons, but more waxy. I wasn’t that impressed as I was looking for something softer. I probably won’t be buying more of them.<\/p>\n

    \"Cross<\/a>
    Cross Block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Finally, there is good news and bad news on the Cross Blocks (Flowering Snowball). The good news is that I finished another block. I have been working on this one for several weeks, which means that it was mostly languishing in my handwork bag. It is displayed above with some new fun fabrics.<\/p>\n

    The bad news is that I seem to have lost the templates. In a frenzy of tidying, the stack where the templates lived for months was swept away and no longer exists. The templates are gone now, too, and I can’t think of where I might have put them. Darn! I wanted to cut some more pieces. I can reprint them and start over, but I don’t want to get into a problem with piecing (I have had enough of that!), so I will look for them some more. Cross your fingers that they show up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I decided to do the fabric project that I discussed in two previous posts here and here. This project uses fabrics I have recently purchased in some project right away. This is the fabric I recently washed (a light load). They are arranged in no particular order. I cut the pieces and slapped them up … Continue reading “Fabric of the Year Project etc.”<\/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":[388],"tags":[315,377,226,17,364,252],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-388","tag-fabric","tag-fabric-of-the-year","tag-fabric-of-the-year-2008","tag-foty","tag-hunting-gathering","tag-project-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","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=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55698,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/55698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}