{"id":7694,"date":"2023-03-07T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T05:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?p=7694"},"modified":"2023-03-07T21:14:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T05:14:48","slug":"signs-of-spring-cherry-blossoms-2023-03-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2023\/03\/07\/signs-of-spring-cherry-blossoms-2023-03-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Spring &#8211; cherry blossoms &#8211; 2023.03.07"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year I really left this to the last minute!  February 28 was the deadline to submit entries to the annual textile art exhibit <a href=\"https:\/\/westvanartscouncil.ca\/event-5071201\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/westvanartscouncil.ca\/event-5071201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation<\/em><\/a> which will be on display in April at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in February I started playing with fonts to use to make a banner style quilt.  I decided to use &#8216;Gill Sans Nova Ultra Bold&#8217; for the word Cherry, and &#8216;Verdana Pro Black&#8217; for the word Blossoms.  I printed them at point size 600 and 400 respectively, and arranged them on my design wall.  I cut the letters from a variety of pink fabrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 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 data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossoms-in-Excel.jpg?resize=214%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7703\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossoms-in-Excel.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=7703\" class=\"wp-image-7703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossoms-in-Excel.jpg?w=214&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossoms-in-Excel.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-457x1024.jpeg?resize=457%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7701\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=7701\" class=\"wp-image-7701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?resize=457%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?resize=134%2C300&amp;ssl=1 134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1723&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?resize=685%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 685w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?resize=913%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 913w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpeg?w=1141&amp;ssl=1 1141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-804x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C815&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7702\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=7702\" class=\"wp-image-7702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?resize=804%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 804w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C978&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?resize=1206%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?resize=1608%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?w=2010&amp;ssl=1 2010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3281-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the weekend of February 25-26, I started auditioning green fabrics for the background.  It wasn&#8217;t until February 27 that I finalized my fabric choices. I unpinned the letters from the design wall and fused them to the background.  As you can see, I changed the orientation of the word Cherry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-1024x461.jpg?resize=640%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C692&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C923&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3289-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letters looked so pretty on my white table, I couldn&#8217;t resist posting a couple of images on Instagram before I fused them and started quilting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4EEBD44D-38CD-4D4B-8C1E-4D199786A180-1-1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7707\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/?attachment_id=7707\" class=\"wp-image-7707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4EEBD44D-38CD-4D4B-8C1E-4D199786A180-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4EEBD44D-38CD-4D4B-8C1E-4D199786A180-1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4EEBD44D-38CD-4D4B-8C1E-4D199786A180-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4EEBD44D-38CD-4D4B-8C1E-4D199786A180-1.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3288-1.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3288-1.jpeg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_3288-1.jpeg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately I had the entire day to spend on the quilting and finishing steps.  I quilted vertical straight lines in green and horizontal in pink, turned the edges to the back, took my photos, wrote my artist statement and submitted my entry (whew!)   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here it is &#8211; <strong>&#8216;Signs of Spring&#8217;<\/strong> &#8211; 16 x 36 inches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-1024x1024.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cherry-Blossom1-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And today, I was notified that it has been selected for the exhibit, which will be on display April 5 to 30 at the Silk Purse Arts Centre in West Vancouver. And there will be an online Opening on Thursday April 6 from 5 &#8211; 7 pm Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year I really left this to the last minute! February 28 was the deadline to submit entries to the annual textile art exhibit Cherry Blossoms: A Textile Translation which will be on display in April at the Silk Purse &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2023\/03\/07\/signs-of-spring-cherry-blossoms-2023-03-07\/\">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":[5,4],"tags":[14,61],"class_list":["post-7694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-quilts","category-on-my-design-wall","tag-art-quilt","tag-cherry-blossoms"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2SZWx-206","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4433,"url":"https:\/\/www.terryaskeartquilts.com\/Studio\/2018\/02\/07\/on-my-design-wall-2018-02-07\/","url_meta":{"origin":7694,"position":0},"title":"On my design wall &#8211; 2018.02.07","author":"TerryAske","date":"February 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"You know it's almost Spring in Vancouver when thoughts turn to Cherry Blossoms.\u00a0 I'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. 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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. 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