{"id":50107,"date":"2020-07-16T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=50107"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:22:13","slug":"blue-strips-2-continues-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/blue-strips-2-continues-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Strips #2 Continues Slowly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Strips #2 is progressing, though slowly as I have reached critical mass of projects\/steps in projects.<\/p>\n<p>The blocks are done. I sewed the blocks into rows with small pieces of sashing making up the columns.I chose the size of the horizontal sashing based on the amount of fabric I had. Now, it is hard to tell where the blocks are and where the divider\/sashing is. It is an interesting look. Different. I don&#8217;t dislike it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50111\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50111\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Strips #2 - adding sashing\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-927x1024.jpg 927w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-1390x1536.jpg 1390w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-1853x2048.jpg 1853w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102842_wm-1200x1326.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 85vw, 271px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Strips #2 &#8211; adding sashing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, I am adding sashing. I was thrilled when the first piece of sashing fit perfectly!!!<\/p>\n<p>The vertical sashing is larger, because I cut it first and I liked the width. I didn&#8217;t think about ratios to the size of the blocks this time. I wanted something light and green. I think I am still go for that calm feeling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50109\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50109\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Ripping Column 2- Blue Strips #2\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-2048x1293.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200716_102741_wm-1200x757.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ripping Column 2- Blue Strips #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;There is a big space in my photo, because the second piece of sashing did not fit perfectly and I have to rip.<\/p>\n<p>I am using red thread because I am also working on sewing down the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/bias-tape-applique\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bias strips<\/a> and I want to work on both projects at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Strips #2 is progressing, though slowly as I have reached critical mass of projects\/steps in projects. The blocks are done. I sewed the blocks into rows with small pieces of sashing making up the columns.I chose the size of the horizontal sashing based on the amount of fabric I had. Now, it is hard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/blue-strips-2-continues-slowly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blue Strips #2 Continues Slowly&#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":[137,311],"class_list":["post-50107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-bamqg","tag-creativity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107","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=50107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50113,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107\/revisions\/50113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}