{"id":3036,"date":"2015-12-23T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T16:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2015-12-23T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T16:48:50","slug":"improv-curved-piecing-2015-12-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/12\/23\/improv-curved-piecing-2015-12-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Improv curved piecing &#8211; 2015.12.22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m playing with improv Orange Peel blocks for the VMQG Round Robin challenge.\u00a0 This is our <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouvermodernquiltguild.ca\/blog\/round-robin-final-assignment\/\" target=\"_blank\">last round<\/a>, and the theme is Curved piecing.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always admired Orange Peel quilts, the wonkier the better.\u00a0 Obviously, I haven&#8217;t settled on a size yet &#8211; I&#8217;m experimenting with various sizes.\u00a0 Maybe I&#8217;ll use them all &#8211; that&#8217;s the freedom of improv piecing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg?resize=640%2C504\" alt=\"Improv orange peel\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg?resize=1024%2C807&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Improv-orange-peel1.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I found lots of inspiration on the Internet, especially these three quilts.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltyhabit.com\" target=\"_blank\">Quilty Habit<\/a> made this quilt in 2014<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiltyhabit.com\/2014\/07\/scatter-finished-orange-peel-quilt.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PUvfD3OK5-c\/U9HKje7GysI\/AAAAAAAAIJo\/TADBl7LTBiM\/s1600\/20140720_160543_resized.jpg?resize=504%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Scatter&#8217; by Jessica at QuiltyHabit.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And, this work in progress by Marty Mason of <a href=\"http:\/\/martysfibermusings.blogspot.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Marty&#8217;s Fiber Musings<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/martysfibermusings.blogspot.ca\/2015\/04\/theres-orange-orchard-in-there-somewhere.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"http:\/\/martysfibermusings.blogspot.ca\/2015\/04\/theres-orange-orchard-in-there-somewhere.html\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kDT1J0MhGec\/VRwPCLviAPI\/AAAAAAAARBo\/gysGKvVc1Xs\/s1600\/orange%2Bpeel%2Bwip%2B1.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" alt=\"modern improvisational orange peel quilt - Marty Mason\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">modern improvisational orange peel quilt &#8211; Marty Mason<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And this improv double wedding ring quilt by Natalie at <a href=\"https:\/\/greenleafgoods.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">GreenLeaf Goods<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greenleafgoods.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/27\/improv-double-wedding-ring-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3834\/11085754094_fb60311c5d_z.jpg\" alt=\"improv double wedding ring\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">improv double wedding ring by Natalie at GreenLeaf Goods<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Today, I\u2019m linking up with these blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other creative projects to inspire you.<\/p>\n<p><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\" 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=138%2C91\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/estheraliu.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1121.photobucket.com\/albums\/l501\/estheraliu\/esthersblog180pix.jpg?resize=125%2C87\" alt=\"Esther\u2019s Blog\" width=\"125\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 <a title=\"Sew Fresh Quilts\" href=\"http:\/\/sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mqqPpWeFz7A\/UtyR1HYzgmI\/AAAAAAAADjA\/MZ84gVa9KXk\/s1600\/LinkyBees.jpg?resize=77%2C87\" alt=\"Sew Fresh Quilts\" width=\"77\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m playing with improv Orange Peel blocks for the VMQG Round Robin challenge.\u00a0 This is our last round, and the theme is Curved piecing.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve always admired Orange Peel quilts, the wonkier the better.\u00a0 Obviously, I haven&#8217;t settled on a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2015\/12\/23\/improv-curved-piecing-2015-12-22\/\">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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39,6,3],"tags":[15,58,18],"class_list":["post-3036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-modern-quilts","category-wip-wednesday","tag-modern-quilt","tag-round-robin","tag-vmqg"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-MY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4461,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/19\/off-my-design-wall-2018-02-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":3036,"position":0},"title":"Off my design wall &#8211; 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