{"id":56681,"date":"2022-08-09T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T13:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=56681"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:17:48","slug":"out-and-about-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/out-and-about-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Out and About Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went out with my mom the other day for lunch and a day out. We meet halfway between our two houses in a town with a great cafe, good streets for walking and a quilt shop. Almost perfect!<\/p>\n<p>The crowning glory was the <a href=\"https:\/\/lifeissweetbakeryandcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gluten free cafe<\/a>. Yes, walking around is great. Yes, visiting a quilt shop is great. However, it is really fantastic to walk into a restaurant and not have to ask what ingredients are in every single item.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-56681 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\/20220727_105702-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_105702-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Austin-Healy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-56703\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-56703'>\n\t\t\t\tAustin-Healy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20220727_105655-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_105655-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Austin-Healy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While we were having coffee and catching up, someone drove up and parked their Austin-Healy at the curb. My mom is a sucker for vintage sports cars. She always wanted a Porsche Speedster until she rode in one and found it to be uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch, we went to <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/wooden-gate-quilts-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wooden Gate<\/a>. They have moved, as I mentioned a few months ago. Mom hadn&#8217;t been there since they moved and she really liked it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56706\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_132454_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56706\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_132454_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tilda solids at Wooden Gate\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_132454_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_132454_wm-sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220727_132454_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tilda solids at Wooden Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I resolved not to buy anything, but couldn&#8217;t resist one of the new Tilda solids and a luscious pink. Yes, those ding my fabric usage. I feel like I was very restrained. I also bought some gifts for the holidays, but you&#8217;ll have to wait to see those.<\/p>\n<p>I really like the Tilda solids. They have a nice hand and seem pretty tightly woven. I still have to wash and try them, so we will see. I wish these various solid lines that I like would expand their color ranges.<\/p>\n<p>Tilda has new range of dots as well. There were a couple of fat quarter packs including the dot fabrics that tempted me, but since I didn&#8217;t have a project I could think to use them in, I passed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56707\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220730_115756_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56707\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220730_115756_wm-sm-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Danville tile motif\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220730_115756_wm-sm-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220730_115756_wm-sm-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220730_115756_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 85vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danville tile motif<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I saw a cool mosaic motif in one of the stores, which could make a great quilt design. It would definitely have to be EPP or applique&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went out with my mom the other day for lunch and a day out. We meet halfway between our two houses in a town with a great cafe, good streets for walking and a quilt shop. Almost perfect! The crowning glory was the gluten free cafe. Yes, walking around is great. Yes, visiting a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/out-and-about-inspiration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Out and About Inspiration&#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":[506],"tags":[319],"class_list":["post-56681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-506","tag-inspiration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56681","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=56681"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56714,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56681\/revisions\/56714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}