{"id":62403,"date":"2024-04-26T07:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=62403"},"modified":"2024-04-23T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T03:28:10","slug":"colorblocks-3-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/colorblocks-3-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorblocks 3 Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-62403 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20240411_091236_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240411_091236_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colorblocks 3 block #1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-62386\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-62386'>\n\t\t\t\tColorblocks 3 block #1\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\/20240409_213418_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_213418_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colorblocks 3 block #2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-62383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_213418_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_213418_wm-sm-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_213418_wm-sm-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_213418_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" 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-1-62383'>\n\t\t\t\tColorblocks 3 block #2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I made some progress on the Colorblocks 3 quilt. I started making blocks using the<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cV66vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Square in a Square ruler<\/a>**. My YM helped with basic directions for that ruler. I used silk I have had for making this quilt since 2003 or so.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62387\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_121749_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62387\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_121749_wm-sm-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"Colorblocks 3-laying out blocks\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_121749_wm-sm-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_121749_wm-sm-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240409_121749_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorblocks 3-laying out blocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had a plan to make 16 blocks only and began laying out the blocks as I finished them.<\/p>\n<p>I started using a limited amount of colors but it soon felt like the silk FQs were multiplying. I kept finding new and different colors in the stack. I had a little of each color, but mostly pink and blues. No big surprise there.<\/p>\n<p>The blocks went together quickly and the<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cV66vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Square in a Square ruler<\/a> was pretty easy to use. I was disappointed that the blocks ended up all being on the bias. I have to check and see if I missed something about how to cut the fabric so the outside wasn&#8217;t on the bias. I was careful not to stretch them unless I needed a little ease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>**N. B. : Obviously, you should shop at local quilt shops and small businesses. However, if you are too busy or can\u2019t find what you need there, I use Amazon affiliate links and may be paid for your purchase of an item when you click on an item\u2019s link in my post. There is <em>no additional<\/em> cost to you for clicking or purchasing items I recommend. I appreciate your clicks and purchases as it helps support this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made some progress on the Colorblocks 3 quilt. I started making blocks using the Square in a Square ruler**. My YM helped with basic directions for that ruler. I used silk I have had for making this quilt since 2003 or so. I had a plan to make 16 blocks only and began laying &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/colorblocks-3-progress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Colorblocks 3 Progress&#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":[530],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-62403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-530","tag-color"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62403","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=62403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62413,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62403\/revisions\/62413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}