{"id":4433,"date":"2018-02-07T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2018-02-07T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T23:56:07","slug":"on-my-design-wall-2018-02-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/07\/on-my-design-wall-2018-02-07\/","title":{"rendered":"On my design wall &#8211; 2018.02.07"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know it&#8217;s almost Spring in Vancouver when thoughts turn to Cherry Blossoms.\u00a0 I&#8217;m working on an entry for the textile art exhibit <span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westvanartscouncil.ca\/event-2762481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation<\/em><\/a> which will be at the<\/span> Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>I was in the mood for bright colors and a modern look.\u00a0 I wanted to use a hexagon shape for my flowers.\u00a0 Since cherry blossoms are typically 5-petaled, I made a pattern which subdivides 6 triangles into 5 petals and 2 leaves, which I&#8217;m using to paper-piece the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my pattern, and my version of a bright, modern Cherry Blossom.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll make a few more blossoms, then piece them together with triangle and\/or hexagon shaped pieces of the background fabric.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower-pattern.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower-pattern.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower-pattern.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 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class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_hexagon-flower.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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 and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"W_I_P__Wednesday___________Link-up___@_The_Needle_&amp;____Thread_Network\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/W_I_P__Wednesday___________Link-up___@_The_Needle_____Thread_Network.png?resize=138%2C91\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/estheraliu.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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for Quiltfabrication\" width=\"89\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know it&#8217;s almost Spring in Vancouver when thoughts turn to Cherry Blossoms.\u00a0 I&#8217;m working on an entry for the textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation which will be at the Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/07\/on-my-design-wall-2018-02-07\/\">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":[5,6,4,3],"tags":[14,15,36,67],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-modern-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","category-wip-wednesday","tag-art-quilt","tag-modern-quilt","tag-quilt-challenge","tag-wip-wednesday"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-19v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4448,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/14\/off-my-design-wall-2018-02-14\/","url_meta":{"origin":4433,"position":0},"title":"Off my design wall &#8211; 2018.02.14","author":"TerryAske","date":"February 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Valentine's Day! My cherry blossom modern\/art quilt is quilted, and just needs a black binding before I can submit it to the textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation. I quilted the black and gold background hexagons with gold rayon thread, using my walking foot.\u00a0 I free-motion quilted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TerryAske_Cherry-Blossoms-Glitz-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4461,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/19\/off-my-design-wall-2018-02-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":4433,"position":1},"title":"Off my design wall &#8211; 2018.02.19","author":"TerryAske","date":"February 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Friday, I finished my cherry blossom modern\/art quilt with a black binding, gave it a title and submitted it for consideration for the textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation. 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I reviewed my collection of photos of cherry blossoms, and found this close-up of a blossom and buds\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art quilts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art quilts","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/category\/art-quilts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_1242-scaled.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4438,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/12\/on-my-design-wall-2018-02-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":4433,"position":4},"title":"On my design wall &#8211; 2018.02.12","author":"TerryAske","date":"February 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"My cherry blossoms modern\/art quilt is all pieced. It's about 16 x 22 inches.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll add a border, just black binding.\u00a0 I\u2019m stumped for a name and would welcome suggestions. 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