{"id":2303,"date":"2015-02-04T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2015-02-04T23:50:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:50:50","slug":"owl-quilt-dear-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/04\/owl-quilt-dear-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"An Owl quilt for a dear friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have a dear friend who likes Owls, or &#8220;Wols&#8221; as she calls them, so when I came across this remnant of fabric being sold at my quilt group meeting I just had to buy it. I\u00a0didn&#8217;t know what I would do with it but I knew I would come up with something. An Owl quilt, a lap quilt, a comforter, a virtual hug, that my friend could use whenever a hug was required and me not there to offer it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2291\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2291\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699.jpg\" alt=\"owl quilt\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2699-600x394.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a lucky find<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first challenge was to cut out each Owl with as much fabric as possible surrounding the centre medallion, cut each one with the Owl dead centre in the medallion, and each the same size. The background fabric was too random to give me any help so I devised my own template using a piece of clear plastic \u00a0packaging. The circles were asymetrically placed so I needed two squares to fit them into, to &#8220;fudge &#8221; a best fit with the centre of the medallion. The outer edge of the template I lined up by eye, given the background pattern was random I knew it wouldn&#8217;t cause me too much problem if it was slightly off the grain. In any case I don&#8217;t think it was printed entirely plumb with the straight grain of the fabric.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2293\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2293\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2293\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703.jpg\" alt=\"owl quilt\" width=\"800\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703-300x246.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703-150x123.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2703-600x492.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">transparent template<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next challenge, there were only 10 complete Owl medallions, and no way of buying more, I had to come up with a design which would make a lap quilt, at least a metre square, and quickly, I wanted to give it as a Christmas present and it was well into November when I began. While I was cutting out the medallions, I was reminded of an old nursery rhyme about a wise old Owl.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2305 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a.jpg\" alt=\"owl quilt\" width=\"480\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a-208x300.jpg 208w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a-150x215.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/cad3402183746f497b551c9cbc1a7e9a-300x431.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHappily its 8 lines long so I could alternate each of 8 Owl medallions with a line of the poem in a plain fabric, but what fabric? I went to the fabric shop thinking cream, and came home with blue, it often happens that way, when I get to see the fabrics together what I had in my mind&#8217;s eye just doesn&#8217;t work and so I always have plan B.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2292\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2292\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705.jpg\" alt=\"owl quilt\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705-150x101.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2705-600x404.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">what to put with it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Challenge three, how to apply the lines of poetry to the fabric? My handwriting is not good enough. My hand embroidery is even less appealing, not to mention how long it would take me to hand embroider each one. I could have used machine embroidery but I wasn&#8217;t convinced my machine would do a good job either, and centring the text would be a nightmare. I did however have a plan. I&#8217;d read on Pinterest a number of articles about printing onto fabric using an ordinary household ink jet printer. All I needed was some freezer paper and an iron, how difficult could it be?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2296\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2296\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706.jpg\" alt=\"owl quilt\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706-150x106.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1-IMG_2706-600x425.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">perfect&#8230;ish, not quite central<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plain fabric was cut slightly larger than the Owl medallions and the printing planned to be in the centre and then trimmed down to the right size leaving a little wiggle room all round in case the centring wasn&#8217;t accurate.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All I needed was some freezer paper and an iron, how difficult could it be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,11,5,3],"tags":[870,32,861,10,864,866,867,868,865,869,860,862,858,863,377,188,871,859],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2303"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2313,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2303\/revisions\/2313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}