{"id":462,"date":"2008-04-13T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/weekend-inspiration-updates\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:46:41","slug":"weekend-inspiration-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/weekend-inspiration-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Inspiration + Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIm2G8LauI\/AAAAAAAABdw\/JhbxTSsB6vU\/s1600-h\/DSC00225-500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIm2G8LauI\/AAAAAAAABdw\/JhbxTSsB6vU\/s320\/DSC00225-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188752431702043362\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I have been driving around and seeing all the cherry trees blooming and never have my camera with me. This is a photo by my friend, JeanneN (aka TFQ!). I though I would put it up to keep up the tradition of welcoming spring and celebrating these beautiful cherry trees.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIm2m8LavI\/AAAAAAAABd4\/ICSDkw5KhW0\/s1600-h\/DSC00250-500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIm2m8LavI\/AAAAAAAABd4\/ICSDkw5KhW0\/s320\/DSC00250-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188752440291977970\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This photo, also by TFQ, is the historic dome in the San Francisco Center. It used to be above the restaurant in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Emporium\">Emporium Capwell&#8217;s<\/a>. You can see some information about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ironworkerslocal377.com\/377\/pages\/emporium%20dome\/emporiumdome_group_doc.html\">raising of this dome<\/a> when the SF Center was remodeled.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped by Black Cat Quilts to look at their fabric.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIozm8LawI\/AAAAAAAABeA\/mGk9Te7q2Bk\/s1600-h\/DSC00304-500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIozm8LawI\/AAAAAAAABeA\/mGk9Te7q2Bk\/s320\/DSC00304-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188754587775625986\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This is a quilt we saw there. Apparently you can find the pattern in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quiltmakers-Color-Workshop-FunQuilts-Understanding\/dp\/1592532764\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1208101194&amp;sr=1-3\"><b class=\"sans\"><span id=\"btAsinTitle\">Quiltmaker&#8217;s Color Workshop: The FunQuilts&#8217; Guide to Understanding Color and Choosing Fabrics<\/span><\/b><\/a>. TFQ commented that the above color choices were better than the one on the cover of the book.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIozm8LaxI\/AAAAAAAABeI\/E_60aSllkCk\/s1600-h\/PICT0275-500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIozm8LaxI\/AAAAAAAABeI\/E_60aSllkCk\/s320\/PICT0275-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188754587775626002\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I also finished this bag. It is a gift, but I am making a similar one for myself.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIq728LazI\/AAAAAAAABeY\/pWQjVhcerUg\/s1600-h\/PICT0277-500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IlKX5cJn1Zk\/SAIq728LazI\/AAAAAAAABeY\/pWQjVhcerUg\/s320\/PICT0277-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188756928532802354\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>This is the inside of the bag. I love the stripes! In being with TFQ this weekend, we realized that a pocket for a glasses case would be really useful. I may try and add one to the next bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been driving around and seeing all the cherry trees blooming and never have my camera with me. This is a photo by my friend, JeanneN (aka TFQ!). I though I would put it up to keep up the tradition of welcoming spring and celebrating these beautiful cherry trees.This photo, also by TFQ, is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/weekend-inspiration-updates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend Inspiration + Updates&#8221;<\/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":[319,86,66],"class_list":["post-462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-388","tag-inspiration","tag-off-topic-crafts","tag-tote-bags"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462","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=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}