{"id":382,"date":"2013-04-22T14:58:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colormequilted.com\/?p=382"},"modified":"2013-04-22T14:58:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T18:58:11","slug":"where-have-i-been-getting-ready-for-a-quilt-show-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/quilting\/where-have-i-been-getting-ready-for-a-quilt-show-of-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Where have I been? Getting ready for a quilt show and a giveaway, of course!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"stonehenge\"<\/a>It’s true; the Sauder Village Quilt Show will start next Tuesday, April 30th, and I’ve been working to get my two entries ready for the show. The show features about 400 quilts from the very talented quilters from our region and beyond. It’s always a treat to see what everyone is working on and, of course, to see my own quilts hanging in the show. If you are anywhere near northwest Ohio I’d encourage you to come see the show! It’s set in an historic village, which will open for the season on the first day of the show. For full information, see the Sauder Village website<\/a>. If you’re inclined to make it an overnight visit, there is a lovely inn right on the premises!<\/p>\n

I\u00a0can share one of my entries with you; I’m still finishing up the other entry. This is an original design that I’ve been wanting to make\u00a0for quite some time. I finally tackled it a last fall’s quilt retreat, sent it out to Charisma’s Corner<\/a> for longarming\u00a0and finished\u00a0up the binding in the last week or two.<\/p>\n

I was so fortunate\u00a0to have Charisma quilt it for me. \"stonehenge-side\"<\/a>She does incredible work and I felt strongly that this quilt needed top-notch custom quilted. She\u00a0really did\u00a0my top justice and I’m so pleased to enter it in the show.<\/p>\n

My favorite part of the quilting\u00a0is the gorgeous feathers along the sides and the way they wrap around the corners. I took great pains with the design to make sure that I had blank spaces for quilting and I’m so glad I did.<\/p>\n

The quilt is 85″ square and\u00a0I used Northcott’s Stonehenge fabrics<\/a> and Aurifil 50 wt. thread<\/a>\u00a0for piecing. This was my first time using Aurifil and I’m so glad I did. It helped me to keep my seams as accurate as I could, and it’s now my thread of choice.<\/p>\n

I hope to release a pattern of the quilt sometime after the show. It was\u00a0fairly easy to make, suitable for a confident beginner,\u00a0with lots of chain piecing and not too much fuss matching seams.\u00a0It would be lovely in other colorways and especially in a scrappy version. The only ruler I used other than my standard one is the Tri-Recs\u00a0Tool<\/a>. I’m hooked on it!<\/p>\n

Here are a few other views:<\/p>\n

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\"stonehenge-side\"<\/a>This quilt needs a name! I could do what I always do and ask my husband to name it but I thought it would be much more fun if you all gave me your suggestions by leaving a comment below.\"stonehenge-center\"<\/a> I’ll choose two winners from among all the submissions –\u00a0one whose name I like and one at random – and you’ll each win a set of\u00a0ten fat quarters from my way too vast collection. Let’s hear those ideas! Want an extra entry? Share this blog post on Facebook and let me know in your comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s true; the Sauder Village Quilt Show will start next Tuesday, April 30th, and I’ve been working to get my two entries ready for the show. The show features about 400 quilts from the very talented quilters from our region and beyond. It’s always a treat to see what everyone is working on and, of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.detray.com\/colormequilted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}