{"id":45581,"date":"2019-04-06T07:06:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=45581"},"modified":"2025-03-09T17:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T00:29:54","slug":"red-strip-donation-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/red-strip-donation-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Strip Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/purple-improv-top-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Purple Improv donation top<\/a> wasn&#8217;t even off the design wall before I started in on red scrap strip blocks, the next color in this unexpected series.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45581 gallery-columns-5 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-1554265227602755592708987278085-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-1554265227602755592708987278085-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.10\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45580\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45580'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.10\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-15542651375432931309319276375815-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15542651375432931309319276375815-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.9\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45579\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45579'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.9\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-1554264932273473853005893473482-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-1554264932273473853005893473482-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.8\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45578\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45578'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.8\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-15542648342013837191769221975413-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15542648342013837191769221975413-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.7\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45577\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45577'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.7\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-15542591605941101668994792830472-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-15542591605941101668994792830472-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.6\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45576\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45576'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.6\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\/20190331_200614_wm6608368227540024512-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190331_200614_wm6608368227540024512-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45558\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45558'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.5\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\/20190401_091129_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190401_091129_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.4\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45553\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45553'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.4\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\/20190331_205817_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190331_205817_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.3\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45552\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45552'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.3\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\/20190401_091015_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190401_091015_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45551\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45551'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.2\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\/20190401_090901_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/20190401_090901_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red strip donation block n.1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-45550\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-45550'>\n\t\t\t\tRed strip donation block n.1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I have 15 more blocks to make, but they go fast and I have 3 in process at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>There is something very satisfying about sitting at my sewing machine, grabbing strips and shards from a drawer right next to the machine and ending up with a quilt top. When I started the Green Thing, it was kind of a lark, an experiment to try the blocks that were inspired by Alison. Now this seems to be a whole project. It&#8217;s unexpected, but oddly satisfying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple Improv donation top wasn&#8217;t even off the design wall before I started in on red scrap strip blocks, the next color in this unexpected series. I have 15 more blocks to make, but they go fast and I have 3 in process at the moment. There is something very satisfying about sitting at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/red-strip-donation-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red Strip 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":[477],"tags":[137,349,512,355,122],"class_list":["post-45581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-color-strip","tag-doing-good","tag-scraps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45581","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=45581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66022,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45581\/revisions\/66022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}