{"id":46083,"date":"2019-05-22T06:56:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=46083"},"modified":"2019-05-20T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T17:08:29","slug":"flying-around-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/flying-around-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Around Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46084\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"Flying Around - mid-May 2019\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401-768x839.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190520_094613_wm8575581359864176401-1200x1311.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 85vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flying Around &#8211; mid-May 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, I think I will call this quilt Flying Around.<\/p>\n<p>I was sort of avoiding this project because it is hard. I had the first dedicated time in 2 weeks on which to work and I just decided to do it. Often I decide to sew two pieces together. Two pieces become two more and suddenly I am in the middle of it and enjoying myself. That is what happened on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>First, I was thrilled to be at my machine again. I loved the travel, but really missed sewing. I did bring some handwork with me, but just didn&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I was excited to be making progress and I really felt like the part on which I worked just went together. That is not to say I don&#8217;t need to do some ripping, but this piece is difficult because I have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/flying-geese-design-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an idea<\/a> and not a pattern. Nobody is telling me how to piece it or which piece to put where. It is an intellectual challenge, but it is difficult.<\/p>\n<p>I have to work on the edge of the upper right hand corner. It is off the design wall, so I haven&#8217;t concentrated on it. I will need to do so soon, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I think I will call this quilt Flying Around. I was sort of avoiding this project because it is hard. I had the first dedicated time in 2 weeks on which to work and I just decided to do it. Often I decide to sew two pieces together. Two pieces become two more and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/flying-around-progress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Flying Around Progress&#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":[292,353,252],"class_list":["post-46083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-477","tag-flying-geese-exchange","tag-process","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\/46083","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=46083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}