{"id":44699,"date":"2019-01-15T07:04:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=44699"},"modified":"2025-03-09T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T00:33:02","slug":"more-new-donation-blocks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/more-new-donation-blocks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"More New Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, I wrote about some new strip donation blocks<\/a> I was working on. I have made a few more as I have worked on other projects. I think they are looking good.<\/p>\n

Mrs. K was interested and pointed out some challenges with my previous post. I know she didn’t do it intentionally, but I was glad to be reminded that I am not one of those people who hides information so I can sell a kit.<\/p>\n

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Strip donation blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each block is 4.5″ x 8.5″ unfinished. I sew them\u00a0 with whatever strips I have, trying to keep the bias straight since I am not using\u00a0 a foundation. Once I have a large enough piece, I trim it with my Creative Grids 4.5 x 8.5″<\/a> ruler. This is a ruler I use all the time. I keep it on my cutting table for quick cuts, because it fits my hand really well, but is also useful for cutting 2.5″ squares and other sizes I am Hunting and Gathering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My plan is to alternate them with plain blocks. I will make enough for 5 rows of five blocks, which I think is a total of 20 blocks. I’ll have to actually draw a picture to be sure.<\/p>\n

This is an exercise in scrap clearance and workings towards my goal of using 100 yards of fabric (net).<\/p>\n

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Bonnie Hunter has a pattern<\/a> using the same technique, but with foundations and set a different way. Having a real plan might be better for some of you than my random way of working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days ago, I wrote about some new strip donation blocks I was working on. I have made a few more as I have worked on other projects. I think they are looking good. Mrs. K was interested and pointed out some challenges with my previous post. I know she didn’t do it intentionally, … Continue reading “More New Donation Blocks”<\/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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[477],"tags":[137,349,512,355,72],"class_list":["post-44699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-color-strip","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\/44699","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=44699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66031,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44699\/revisions\/66031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}