{"id":49504,"date":"2020-05-19T07:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=49504"},"modified":"2020-05-17T20:52:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T03:52:31","slug":"plaid-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/plaid-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaid Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-49504 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\/20200516_212041_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200516_212041_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49509\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49509'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles n.1\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\/20200516_220105_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200516_220105_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49508\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49508'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles n.2\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\/20200517_150416_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_150416_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.3\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49507\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49507'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles n.3\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\/20200517_161921_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_161921_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.4\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_161921_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_161921_wm-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_161921_wm-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_161921_wm-sm.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49505'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles n.4\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\/20200517_164528_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_164528_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.5\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49503\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49503'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles 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\/20200517_175449_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/20200517_175449_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.6\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49502\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49502'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles 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\/wp-1589689308097-jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1589689308097-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Plaid Squares &amp; Rectangles n.7\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-49501\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-49501'>\n\t\t\t\tPlaid Squares &#038; Rectangles n.7\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I made blocks like this for the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/community-sew-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charity project back in February<\/a> (when we could still go out). I having been wanting to make a quilt for my cousin and decided that this was the block to use. Once the pieces are cut, the block goes together really fast. Even with all the cutting, I made 7 blocks over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I am not sure how many I am going to make. I don&#8217;t have a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/good-bye-design-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">design wall<\/a> to fill up at the moment. I am kind of flying by the seat of my pants when I make them in terms of choosing fabrics, but I&#8217;ll make a bunch of them and see where I am. In thinking about the size, I have a 6&#215;6 grid in my mind. The blocks are 12 inches finished, which would make a quilt 72&#215;72 inches. That is slightly larger than the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/warm-windmill-n-2-ready-for-quilting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last Windmill I made<\/a> and would be a fine size. I&#8217;d like to have at least three quilts to take to Colleen when S-i-P is over. More if practical or possible.<\/p>\n<p>The plaids I used have been languishing for a long time. I think they have been around since before the FOTY project started. I think that is the case because some of the fabrics had no cuts out of them. Some of the pieces were just FQs, so there won&#8217;t be much of them. I think this will be lively group of blocks.<\/p>\n<p>I keep thinking of men&#8217;s plaid shirts when I look at these fabrics. I am thinking of a name like The Ghost of Plaid Shirts or Thinking of Plaid Shirts. I have to think up something clever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made blocks like this for the charity project back in February (when we could still go out). I having been wanting to make a quilt for my cousin and decided that this was the block to use. Once the pieces are cut, the block goes together really fast. Even with all the cutting, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/plaid-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Plaid 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":[486],"tags":[349,316],"class_list":["post-49504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-blocks","tag-gifts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49504","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=49504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}