{"id":52771,"date":"2021-05-10T07:06:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=52771"},"modified":"2025-03-08T18:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T03:31:28","slug":"new-donation-blocks-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/new-donation-blocks-10\/","title":{"rendered":"New Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow strip donation block #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I finally needed some leaders and enders, so I started another Color Strip Donation Quilt<\/a>, this time in yellow. I am, first, working on making as many blocks as I can with yellow strips. I don’t want to get into chunks if I can avoid it. I don’t know how many yellow strips I have, however. I may need to create some chunks from the non-strip scraps in order to clear away the scraps I don’t want to use right away.<\/p>\n

The pink in block #1 is from one of my favorite fabrics. It is, of course, a Philip Jacobs (maybe Martha Negley?) and I only have bits of it left. It was an eye watering yellow with big pink roses on it and I couldn’t help but like it.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow strip donation block #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These blocks are supposed to be yellow, but they will be mainly<\/em> yellow. As in the other quilts in this series, other colors will sneak in. I think that adds more interest than dilutes the piece.<\/p>\n

I am glad I am doing yellow, though I really should be reducing pink scraps as that drawer is full to bursting. I just have had the yellow version of this quilt on my mind and it was time.<\/p>\n

I am also glad I am doing yellow, because I am finding bits of fabrics that I love. The yellow dots at the top of block #2 is a favorite. I can’t say why it is different than other dots, but it is.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow strip donation block #3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have four blocks made and 3 others in process. I am concerned that I won’t have enough strips to make enough blocks for a whole quilt. I have two choices if that happens: 1) use the yellow blocks I have for the quilt I have planned with the extra blocks of all colors. I have a few each of red, orange, blue and black; or 2) make some blocks using chunks and combine the strips and chunks as I have in at least one quilt<\/a>. I don’t know why I am so adverse to that right now. Perhaps I know something intuitively about that design that isn’t readily apparent right now.<\/p>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>
Yellow strip donation block #4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I always struggle through the first few blocks. I start making several at a time and it always seems like nothing is happening. Then, all of a sudden, block after block is finished. I have four finished now I am can see a burst of sunshine appearing on my small design wall. I am really excited about how these will work out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally needed some leaders and enders, so I started another Color Strip Donation Quilt, this time in yellow. I am, first, working on making as many blocks as I can with yellow strips. I don’t want to get into chunks if I can avoid it. I don’t know how many yellow strips I have, … Continue reading “New Donation Blocks”<\/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":[496],"tags":[137,512,355],"class_list":["post-52771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-496","tag-bamqg","tag-color-strip","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\/52771","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=52771"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52791,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52771\/revisions\/52791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}