{"id":50613,"date":"2020-09-08T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T19:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=50613"},"modified":"2020-09-08T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T23:09:47","slug":"a-few-donation-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/a-few-donation-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lot of time over the weekend on cleanup projects: making a binding, making a sleeve, tidying, etc. In the process, I decided that some Bonnie and Camille 2.5 inch squares I was saving were going to be donation blocks.I dumped a bunch of squares into the bin I use for donation 2.5 inch squares. The bin overflowed, so I started sewing.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-50613 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20200907_124503_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bonnie &amp; Camille donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-50611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_124503_wm-1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" 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-1-50611'>\n\t\t\t\tBonnie &#038; Camille donation block\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\/20200907_143656_wm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200907_143656_wm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Red &amp; Green donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-50609\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-50609'>\n\t\t\t\tRed &#038; Green donation block\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;I made a couple of donation blocks. THEN I realized that I could use those squares to make another <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/traffic-jam-quilted\/\">Traffic Jam<\/a> donation quilt, so I started in on making 4 patches instead of 16 patches. I thought about unsewing the two blocks I made, but decided that would be stupid and will just move forward with the unsewn 2.5 inch squares for now.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this means I am now working on two donation quilts at once, the Traffic Jam and the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/blue-improv-donation-top-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Improv Donation top<\/a>. Not sure how I will work that out, but need to go with what is of interest at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lot of time over the weekend on cleanup projects: making a binding, making a sleeve, tidying, etc. In the process, I decided that some Bonnie and Camille 2.5 inch squares I was saving were going to be donation blocks.I dumped a bunch of squares into the bin I use for donation 2.5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/a-few-donation-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Few 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":[486],"tags":[137,355],"class_list":["post-50613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-bamqg","tag-doing-good"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613","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=50613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50616,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50613\/revisions\/50616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}