{"id":6441,"date":"2020-07-12T14:39:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2020-07-12T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T21:39:54","slug":"redesigning-my-quilt-top-2020-07-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/07\/12\/redesigning-my-quilt-top-2020-07-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Redesigning my quilt top &#8211; 2020.07.12"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I played around with the blocks on my design wall from last week (left photo below), and thought about what color to use for the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I settled on a dark gray background for the upper left quadrant and light gray for the upper right.  The top half is now sewn together (right photo below).  The bottom half is subject to design changes as I sew the blocks together.  I&#8217;m thinking the same dark gray background for the lower left, and a medium gray for the lower right &#8211; but that is also subject to change.  I&#8217;m really enjoying this improv process!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"1403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C996\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6443\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=6443\" class=\"wp-image-6443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1-1.jpeg?w=901&amp;ssl=1 901w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1-1.jpeg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1-1.jpeg?resize=658%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 658w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C1196&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1754\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=640%2C934\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6444\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?fit=1754%2C2560\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=6444\" class=\"wp-image-6444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1754&amp;ssl=1 1754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=702%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 702w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1121&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1052%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1052w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1403%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-2-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finishing this quilt top will be my One Monthly Goal for July.   Linking up to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmstreetquilts.com\/2020\/07\/one-monthly-goal-july-link-up.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal July Link-up<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> . . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for stopping by. Today, I\u2019m linking up with\nthese blogs \u2013 click on the links below, where you\u2019ll find many other\ncreative and inspirational projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nina-Marie\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca\/search\/label\/Off%20the%20Wall%20Fri\" target=\"_blank\">Off the Wall Friday<\/a><\/em> <\/li><li><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.ca\/search\/label\/whoop-whoop\" target=\"_blank\">Can I get a Whoop Whoop?<\/a> by Confessions of a Fabric Addict<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I played around with the blocks on my design wall from last week (left photo below), and thought about what color to use for the background. I settled on a dark gray background for the upper left quadrant and light &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/07\/12\/redesigning-my-quilt-top-2020-07-12\/\">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":[5,6,4],"tags":[14,103,15],"class_list":["post-6441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-modern-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","tag-art-quilt","tag-improv","tag-modern-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-1FT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6383,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/06\/14\/improv-black-white-brights-more-progress-2020-06-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":6441,"position":0},"title":"Improv black &#038; white &#038; brights \u2013 more progress \u2013 2020.06.13","author":"TerryAske","date":"June 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, I had 14 blocks pinned to my design wall over a background of solid gray fabrics. Since then, I've added 2 more blocks, and I've sewn black borders to 2 sides of each block. 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It was 44 x 46 inches, which is bigger than I usually work. I think I will make it into a couple of smaller tops, which will allow me to explore a variety of design\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\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Reconstructed-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6391,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/06\/22\/black-white-brights-top-finished-or-not-2020-06-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":6441,"position":3},"title":"Black &#038; white &#038; brights &#8211; top finished, or not &#8211; 2020.06.22","author":"TerryAske","date":"June 22, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"As I predicted, there was a lot of un-sewing and re-sewing and partial seams involved in the piecing of this quilt - but the top is now all sewn together. It's about 44 x 46 inches. Here it is on my design wall. 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I finished quilting the straight lines 1\/2\" apart in early August and since then it's been hanging on my design wall while I considered options for additional quilting \u2013 perhaps more vertical lines closer together, or maybe\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\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/quilting-done-scaled.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6372,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2020\/05\/31\/improv-black-white-brights-progress-2020-05-31\/","url_meta":{"origin":6441,"position":5},"title":"Improv black &#038; white &#038; brights &#8211; progress &#8211; 2020.05.31","author":"TerryAske","date":"May 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"I made 14 blocks from my black & white & bright fabrics, as described in my previous post. 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