{"id":70610,"date":"2026-04-23T07:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=70610"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:50:23","slug":"snap-trays-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/snap-trays-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap Trays Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_70612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70612\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70612\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Snap Trays topstitched\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417_144621_wm-sm.jpg 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snap Trays topstitched<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been slowly making progress on the Snap Trays I started a few weeks ago after <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/tutorial-snap-tray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lynette showed her demo<\/a>. After the retreat was cancelled, I slowed my roll as the need to get them done* was less urgent.<\/p>\n<p>I spent a mini-Sew Day finishing the top stitching on the remaining trays. Most of them are in a flat state now waiting for me to install the KamSnaps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have installed KamSnaps in a couple of them, using my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4cWd8BS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new hole puncher<\/a>**. I am still concerned that the KamSnaps will come out of the holes, but I am doing my best to install them tightly.<\/p>\n<p>I used the tray that Lynette gave me after her demo at the mini-Sew Day. I am thinking of making a rectangular snap tray that will be big enough for the current tray. I used the current tray as a thread catcher and think a rectangular tray would be good to keep my various tools such as seam ripper and snips close to hand. We&#8217;ll see. Let&#8217;s finish one thing at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Nota Bene<\/em>: I am putting pressure on myself to make these for the next guild retreat. I have not been asked to do anything for the guild, beyond my current duties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been slowly making progress on the Snap Trays I started a few weeks ago after Lynette showed her demo. After the retreat was cancelled, I slowed my roll as the need to get them done* was less urgent. I spent a mini-Sew Day finishing the top stitching on the remaining trays. Most of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/snap-trays-progress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Snap Trays 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":[558],"tags":[316,561],"class_list":["post-70610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-gifts","tag-small-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70610","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=70610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70614,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70610\/revisions\/70614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}