{"id":1060,"date":"2013-05-20T09:16:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:16:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:16:55","slug":"bloggers-quilt-festival-scrappy-improv-modern-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/05\/20\/bloggers-quilt-festival-scrappy-improv-modern-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers Quilt Festival &#8211; Scrappy Improv Modern Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amy at <a href=\"http:\/\/amyscreativeside.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amy&#8217;s Creative Side<\/a> has been running the <a href=\"http:\/\/amyscreativeside.com\/2013\/05\/17\/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bloggers Quilt Festival<\/a> since 2009.\u00a0 I discovered it last fall, just after the deadline to enter, so I voted but didn&#8217;t get to submit a quilt.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the schedule if you&#8217;d like to participate &#8211; you can submit one or two of your quilts, nominate your favorite quilt for Viewer&#8217;s Choice, vote for favorites in each category, and win wonderful prizes!<\/p>\n<p>Schedule of Events :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May 17 \u2013 24 \u2013 Linky\u2019s Open &amp;\u00a0Nominate for Viewer\u2019s Choice on this post<\/li>\n<li>May 24 \u2013 30 \u2013 Vote for favorites in each of the 15 categories<\/li>\n<li>May 31 \u2013 Winners announced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m entering this quilt in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amyscreativeside.com\/2013\/05\/17\/bloggers-quilt-festival-scrap-quilts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scrap Quilt category<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s machine pieced and quilted by me on my domestic sewing machine, and is 50&#8243; by 62&#8243;. The back is pieced for added interest. The double-folded binding is sewn entirely by machine.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-150\" alt=\"IMG_8077\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg?resize=640%2C775\" width=\"640\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg?resize=845%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 845w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8077.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the story behind the quilt.\u00a0 Last September, I pulled out my ziploc bags full of scraps, and started piecing wonky squares using a free-style improv process.\u00a0\u00a0In no time at all, I had 12 good sized blocks (and had hardly put a dent in my scrap collection!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8056.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8056\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8056.jpg?resize=330%2C218\" width=\"330\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8006.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_8006\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8006.jpg?resize=253%2C219\" width=\"253\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I surrounded each block with a border of white print fabrics and another border of color, then pieced them all on a solid grey background.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t really planned the final size, and as usual when I improv piece, the quilt ends up bigger than expected!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153\" alt=\"IMG_8078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg?resize=300%2C286\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg?resize=300%2C286&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg?resize=1024%2C977&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_8078.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1062\" alt=\"IMG_8079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg?resize=316%2C285\" width=\"316\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg?resize=1024%2C923&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg?w=1951&amp;ssl=1 1951w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_8079.jpg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make sure that you pop over to <a href=\"http:\/\/amyscreativeside.com\/\">Amy&#8217;s Creative Side<\/a> and check out all of the wonderful quilts in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amyscreativeside.com\/2013\/05\/17\/bloggers-quilt-festival-spring-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Festival<\/a> and vote for your favorites.\u00a0 I&#8217;d love it if you voted for mine, if you&#8217;re so inclined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy at Amy&#8217;s Creative Side has been running the Bloggers Quilt Festival since 2009.\u00a0 I discovered it last fall, just after the deadline to enter, so I voted but didn&#8217;t get to submit a quilt.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the schedule if you&#8217;d &hellip; 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