{"id":2151,"date":"2014-06-10T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2014-06-20T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:39:37","slug":"i-really-need-another-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=2151","title":{"rendered":"I REALLY need another quilt…."},"content":{"rendered":"

NOT!!..<\/span><\/strong> but I just can’t stop myself!\u00a0 I have come to understand how my grandmother, after gifting many, died with an attic stuffed with finished quilts.\u00a0 They are sooo darned fun to make!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Urban<\/a>

Urban Renewal embryo<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

I’m taking a little break from the sewing machine (making shirts gets boring after a while) to enjoy some hand piecing.\u00a0 I spent a few days researching which pattern I wanted to make when I came upon this one called ‘Inner City’.\u00a0 It’s made with half-hexagons of colors in light, medium and dark\u00a0 values.\u00a0 It spoke to me in more ways than one.<\/span><\/p>\n

First off, I like the 3D effect of the pattern.\u00a0 Secondly, I enjoy English Paper Piecing (the assembly method of these units), but mostly, the pattern speaks to my frugality.\u00a0 I already have unused cut hexagons left from assembling my ‘Grandmother’s Flower Garden’ quilt top.<\/span><\/p>\n

I pulled out the box of leftovers and after careful measuring, I decided the size of these hexi’s is perfect when trimmed for the new project.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I drew new papers (for paper piecing), copied them and cut them from last year’s drug insurance handbook.\u00a0 Used paper is ideal for this project.<\/span><\/p>\n

I dug around the leftovers and was able to match 3 values of many fabric colors.\u00a0 Some units will require I cut new half-hexi’s for one of the color values.\u00a0 Most of little half-hexi’s will come from my small bits-n-crumbs bin.<\/span><\/p>\n

I put together the pictured units last night.\u00a0 I<\/span> \u2665 the addictive quality of labor intensive <\/span>English Paper Piecing.\u00a0 It’s mindless busy-work for my hands as I watch movies or visit with family.\u00a0 I’m also attracted to expending what is essentially trash to become a useful thing of beauty.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hmmmm, think I’ll call this quilt ‘Urban Renewal’.<\/span><\/p>\n

We enjoyed a wonderful, extended weekend with Jacob and (as always) hated to see him leave.\u00a0 We look forward to his next visit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirl<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOT!!.. but I just can’t stop myself!\u00a0 I have come to understand how my grandmother, after gifting many, died with an attic stuffed with finished quilts.\u00a0 They are sooo darned fun to make! I’m taking a little break from the sewing machine (making shirts gets boring after a while) to enjoy some hand piecing.\u00a0 I (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2168,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}