{"id":42697,"date":"2018-07-19T07:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=42697"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T04:55:41","slug":"sisters-retreat-class-day-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/sisters-retreat-class-day-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters Retreat-Class Day Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday &#8211; Day Three of the Rosalie Dace class<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42695\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Who Am I? with grid\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316326002933498858605072486426-1200x1465.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 85vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who Am I? with grid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I started out the day with the ribbons applied.<\/p>\n<p>Construction again. I drew out some letters and started cutting them out of fabric on fusible.<\/p>\n<p>I am pretty happy with the letters. I started out with a &#8216;J&#8217; I found on the web. I wanted all of the letters of my name to be beautiful. I didn&#8217;t have an entire alphabet, so I extrapolated out from that one &#8216;J&#8217;. I used the slant and thickness of the letters to make up the other letters. I also used the stem of the &#8216;J&#8217; to make one stem of the A. I don&#8217;t know if they are beautiful, but I think they are beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted some, not all, of the letters on the overall piece to be beautiful.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-42697 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\/wp-15316340583624615118420120140225-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15316340583624615118420120140225-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"First letters\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-42699\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-42699'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst letters\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\/wp-1531415184533472294393488143481-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-1531415184533472294393488143481-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two names\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-42669\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-42669'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo names\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\/wp-15314152506014419822006747431880-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15314152506014419822006747431880-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two names offset\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-42670\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-42670'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo names offset\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I started working on the letters. And also the placement. The last day was much slower than the other two days. I made good progress, but the pieces were smaller and more detailed. I worked on the placement of the Jaye and the Anne. I thought my names would be the first two lines, then I realized that I was my mother&#8217;s daughter before I was anyone else&#8217;s anything.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-42697 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-15317178493858326129769863165515-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15317178493858326129769863165515-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Final placement for Jaye Anne\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-42705\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-42705'>\n\t\t\t\tFinal placement for Jaye Anne\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\/wp-15317180042777255335188999645864-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15317180042777255335188999645864-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fiddling with Mary\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-42706\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-42706'>\n\t\t\t\tFiddling with Mary\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\/wp-15317181565827674870714713477021-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/wp-15317181565827674870714713477021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Adding Mary\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-42707\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-42707'>\n\t\t\t\tAdding Mary\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I used fusible, ribbon and some zig zaggy trim for the various letters. Each group of letters required at least one &#8216;rewrite&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday &#8211; Day Three of the Rosalie Dace class I started out the day with the ribbons applied. Construction again. I drew out some letters and started cutting them out of fabric on fusible. I am pretty happy with the letters. I started out with a &#8216;J&#8217; I found on the web. I wanted all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/sisters-retreat-class-day-three\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sisters Retreat-Class Day Three&#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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[453],"tags":[351,557,470,346,468],"class_list":["post-42697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-453","tag-learning","tag-oregon","tag-sisters-outdoor-quilt-show-2018","tag-travel","tag-who-am-i"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42697","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=42697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68438,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42697\/revisions\/68438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}