{"id":65613,"date":"2025-02-26T07:19:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=65613"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:21:33","slug":"february-2025-donation-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/february-2025-donation-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 Donation Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After turning in a batch of 16 patches, I switched back to making my white strip donation blocks. I should have done it ages ago as the strip blocks lead directly to quilts whereas the 16 patches lead to someone having to store them until someone takes them to make into a quilt.<\/p>\n<p>I am honing in on having enough to make <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/white-strip-donation-quilt-finished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another white color strip<\/a> quilt.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-65613 gallery-columns-3 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\/20250208_153523_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250208_153523_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mixed orange with dots donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250208_153523_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250208_153523_wm-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250208_153523_wm-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250208_153523_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-1-65612'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed orange with dots donation block\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\/20250202_170244_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250202_170244_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mixed orange batik donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65576\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65576'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed orange batik donation block\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\/20250212_175840_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_175840_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mixed orange flower donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_175840_wm-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_175840_wm-sm-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_175840_wm-sm-768x773.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_175840_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-1-65676'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed orange flower donation block\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\/2025\/02\/february-2025-donation-blocks\/20250212_163314_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250212_163314_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mixed orange flower #2 donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65675\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65675'>\n\t\t\t\tMixed orange flower #2 donation block\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20250217_142645_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250217_142645_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Yellow car donation block\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65723\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65723'>\n\t\t\t\tYellow car donation block\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\/20250217_132548_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250217_132548_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #49\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65707\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65707'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #49\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\/20250217_132530_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250217_132530_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #50\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65708\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65708'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #50\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\/20250216_135122_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216_135122_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #51\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65724\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65724'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #51\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\/20250217_132525_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250217_132525_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #52\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65725\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65725'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #52\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\/20250216_135125_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250216_135125_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #53\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65726\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65726'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #53\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\/20250222_153612_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250222_153612_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #54\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65776\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65776'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #54\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\/20250221_183137_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250221_183137_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #55\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65777\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65777'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #55\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\/20250222_143137_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250222_143137_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #56\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65778\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65778'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #56\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\/20250222_144234_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250222_144234_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #57\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65779\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65779'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #57\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\/20250222_121914_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250222_121914_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #58\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65780\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65780'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #58\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\/20250222_130724_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250222_130724_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #59\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65781\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65781'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #59\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\/20250224_163139_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250224_163139_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #60\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65810\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65810'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #60\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\/20250224_150225_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250224_150225_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"White strip donation block #61\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-65811\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-65811'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite strip donation block #61\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After turning in a batch of 16 patches, I switched back to making my white strip donation blocks. I should have done it ages ago as the strip blocks lead directly to quilts whereas the 16 patches lead to someone having to store them until someone takes them to make into a quilt. I am &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/february-2025-donation-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;February 2025 Donation Blocks&#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_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":[538],"tags":[137,349,355,72],"class_list":["post-65613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-bamqg","tag-blocks","tag-doing-good","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65613","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=65613"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65823,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65613\/revisions\/65823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}