{"id":1288,"date":"2013-07-24T16:38:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T23:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2013-07-25T07:55:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T14:55:32","slug":"on-my-design-wall-2013-07-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/07\/24\/on-my-design-wall-2013-07-24\/","title":{"rendered":"On my design wall &#8211; 2013.07.24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m participating in an exciting collaborative quilt project &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/common-threads-125.tumblr.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Common Threads Indigo Quilt Project<\/a>.\u00a0 The project began with more than 40 people participating in the <a href=\"http:\/\/common-threads-125.tumblr.com\/post\/41589549485\/first-indigo-dye-day\" target=\"_blank\">dyeing<\/a> of 40+ meters of cotton, linen and silk.\u00a0 The indigo and shibori dyed <a href=\"http:\/\/common-threads-125.tumblr.com\/post\/44908133809\/stitched-shibori-resists-from-the-last-couple-of\" target=\"_blank\">fabrics<\/a> will be provided to each artist so that a consistent color palette will be used in each quilt.\u00a0 There is a curving red band in each quilt, positioned so that the band will appear to circle the room once all the quilts are hung.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1295 alignright\" alt=\"DSCN1298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?resize=143%2C143\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1298.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a>Last week, I visited the church and met with Sheila, one of the coordinators of the project.\u00a0 I selected the panel I&#8217;m going to work on, a 24 by 69 inch quilt.\u00a0 Sheila provided me with an amazing selection of the indigo fabrics.\u00a0 (I promised to return what I don&#8217;t use!)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my sketch of how I plan to piece my panel, and my first stab at selecting fabrics.\u00a0 I&#8217;m planning to do a lot of improv curved piecing, and lots of curved lines of machine quilting.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I will piece or applique the flying geese.\u00a0 I want it to look like sky and clouds at the top, with waves and water (the Fraser River) at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/TerryAske-sketch-for-Indigo-project-001.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1292\" alt=\"TerryAske-sketch for Indigo project-001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/TerryAske-sketch-for-Indigo-project-001.jpg?resize=372%2C606\" width=\"372\" height=\"606\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1296-001.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1293\" alt=\"DSCN1296-001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1296-001.jpg?resize=202%2C588\" width=\"202\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1296-001.jpg?resize=352%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 352w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1296-001.jpg?resize=103%2C300&amp;ssl=1 103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSCN1296-001.jpg?w=1121&amp;ssl=1 1121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m linking up with these blogs for WiP Wednesday.\u00a0 Click on the buttons below to see all the people participating and check out their projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamquiltsy.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Quiltsy WiP \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sunflowermuse.com\/files\/2012\/03\/quiltsy.png?resize=104%2C108\" width=\"104\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freshlypieced.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1109\/5159705972_49be14a673_m.jpg?resize=109%2C109\" width=\"109\" height=\"109\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"W_I_P__Wednesday___________Link-up___@_The_Needle_&amp;____Thread_Network\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/W_I_P__Wednesday___________Link-up___%40_The_Needle_____Thread_Network.png?resize=158%2C103\" width=\"158\" height=\"103\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m participating in an exciting collaborative quilt project &#8211; Common Threads Indigo Quilt Project.\u00a0 The project began with more than 40 people participating in the dyeing of 40+ meters of cotton, linen and silk.\u00a0 The indigo and shibori dyed fabrics &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/07\/24\/on-my-design-wall-2013-07-24\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,4,3],"tags":[14,67],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","category-wip-wednesday","tag-art-quilt","tag-wip-wednesday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-kM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1599,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2013\/11\/20\/back-on-my-design-wall-2013-11-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":1288,"position":0},"title":"Back 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