{"id":51245,"date":"2020-11-29T07:08:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T14:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=51245"},"modified":"2021-01-07T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T21:55:24","slug":"two-exteriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/two-exteriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Exteriors"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dresden<\/a>
Dresden Exterior for Sew Together Bag #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finished two of the exteriors for the Sew Together Bags I am making. I have quilted the third one, but still need to make the embellishments.<\/p>\n

I was able to quilt all of them as leaders and enders while sewing together the chunks of FOTY 2019.<\/p>\n

The first one shown includes the mini Dresden Plate I talked about the other day<\/a>. I made the Dresden Plate for class and added it to the exterior. You might think the placement looks weird, but I didn’t want any of it to be cut off. I wanted it to look ‘modern’ as that is an aesthetic the recipient appreciates. I also wanted as much of it as possible to be seen, so I placed it within the seam allowances (fingers crossed) and above the center line. You may be able to see the pins I used to mark the center.<\/p>\n

I appliqued it on using straight stitching this time. My center circle is slightly un-circular and I will have to see if I do something about that.<\/p>\n

\"Embellished<\/a>
Embellished Exterior for Sew Together Bag #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second one shown is using a simple line of 2.5 inch squares, some of which have been truncated, because of the size required for the bag. I like the 2.5 inch squares I chose. I think t they go well with the green, but the text prints also have happy thoughts.<\/p>\n

The quilting on all three is very simple, straight line quilting. I think I have done more quilting this year than in the previous few years. I don’t feel any better about it, but I am not embarrassed by my efforts either.<\/p>\n

I want to be clear that mostly I felt like trying out some new things and thanking some friends for being friends, which is why I decided to make these. It’s not like I don’t have 3,000 other projects in process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finished two of the exteriors for the Sew Together Bags I am making. I have quilted the third one, but still need to make the embellishments. I was able to quilt all of them as leaders and enders while sewing together the chunks of FOTY 2019. The first one shown includes the mini Dresden … Continue reading “Two Exteriors”<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[486],"tags":[316,378],"class_list":["post-51245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-gifts","tag-sew-together-bag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51245","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=51245"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51662,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51245\/revisions\/51662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}