{"id":51307,"date":"2020-12-04T07:03:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T15:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=51307"},"modified":"2020-12-02T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T02:43:27","slug":"foundation-piecing-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/foundation-piecing-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Piecing Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Paper<\/a>
Paper Piecing in Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My class is doing foundation paper piecing.<\/p>\n

I am not a fan of foundation paper piecing, but I do see it as an essential skill, so we are working on it.<\/p>\n

In the past, I have taught this class using the New York Beauty block<\/a>, which I love. I decided to change so that the block would focus primarily on the piecing rather than curves as well as foundation paper piecing.<\/p>\n

The image above is one that I just can’t believe. I can’t believe such a weird looking compilation of fabric shapes can end up looking like the block below.<\/p>\n

\"Cactus<\/a>
Cactus Compass block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used a pattern from Wombat Quilts (a really good site, if you haven’t been there) called Cactus Compass block<\/a>. Even I made the block! Despite all the swearing and ripping, it came out pretty well.<\/p>\n

Yes, there are a few fabric problems. I didn’t notice them until I was finished with the block and stood back to look at it. I don’t know how it happened, but such is the result of foundation paper piecing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My class is doing foundation paper piecing. I am not a fan of foundation paper piecing, but I do see it as an essential skill, so we are working on it. In the past, I have taught this class using the New York Beauty block, which I love. I decided to change so that the … Continue reading “Foundation Piecing Star”<\/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":[192],"class_list":["post-51307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-486","tag-foundation-piecing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51307","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=51307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51325,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51307\/revisions\/51325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}