{"id":6140,"date":"2019-12-04T17:45:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T01:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2019-12-04T17:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T01:45:24","slug":"maple-leaf-art-quilt-part-2-2019-12-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2019\/12\/04\/maple-leaf-art-quilt-part-2-2019-12-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple leaf art quilt &#8211; part 2 &#8211; 2019.12.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Work continues on the Maple leaf art quilt.   I decided I needed another color of the boiled wool that I&#8217;m using for the veins and outline of each leaf.  I started with light olive and dark olive, and now I&#8217;ve added magenta.  I also want to have more variety of colors and patterns within each leaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the third leaf evolved today.   The colors are not true in these photos (the wool looks burgundy in this light, but it really is magenta).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"3079\" height=\"2307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?fit=640%2C479\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6147\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=6147\" class=\"wp-image-6147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?w=3079&amp;ssl=1 3079w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C767&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf-3a-1.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2937\" height=\"2204\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?fit=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6148\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=6148\" class=\"wp-image-6148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?w=2937&amp;ssl=1 2937w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaf3b-1.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you can see my design wall with potential colors for the background and the next two leaves.  The first leaf is now looking too pale and un-interesting to me, so I may change it later.  But first I&#8217;ll finish the remaining leaves and piece and quilt the low volume background.  Adding the leaves will be one of the last steps, so there&#8217;s still time to change my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2425\" height=\"2269\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?fit=640%2C599\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?w=2425&amp;ssl=1 2425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?resize=300%2C281&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?resize=768%2C719&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?resize=1024%2C958&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/leaves-on-design-wall.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>. . . . <\/p>\n\n\n\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.<br> ~ <em>Love Laugh Quilt <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lovelaughquilt.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Monday Making<\/a><\/em><br> ~ <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>WIP Wednesday<\/em><\/a><em> @ The Needle &amp; Thread Network<\/em><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work continues on the Maple leaf art quilt. I decided I needed another color of the boiled wool that I&#8217;m using for the veins and outline of each leaf. I started with light olive and dark olive, and now I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2019\/12\/04\/maple-leaf-art-quilt-part-2-2019-12-04\/\">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":[5,4,3],"tags":[14,92,83,28],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","category-wip-wednesday","tag-art-quilt","tag-leaf","tag-maple-leaves","tag-saqa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-1B2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6125,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2019\/11\/30\/starting-a-new-art-quilt-2019-11-29\/","url_meta":{"origin":6140,"position":0},"title":"Starting a new art quilt &#8211; 2019.11.29","author":"TerryAske","date":"November 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"SAQA has a call for entry specifically for Canadian members, called Colour with a U. 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