{"id":240,"date":"2012-10-12T21:50:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2012-10-22T18:17:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T17:17:51","slug":"plaid-star-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/plaid-star-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaid Star Quilt"},"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>This quilt is a group effort in that it was a \u201cblock of the month\u201d challenge of my local quilt group. Each month a block pattern is given to group members with palette and fabric type instructions. At the following month\u2019s meeting members contribute one or more blocks each with their name pinned to it. The names are put in a hat and a name drawn out, the winner gets the blocks. It is a good way of keeping your hand in and trying a block pattern without being obliged to make an entire quilt. If you don\u2019t fancy winning the blocks, don\u2019t put in a block, or don\u2019t put your name on it. If you do want to win contribute more blocks to increase your odds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3281.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-241\" title=\"Sam's star quilt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3281-877x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3281-877x1024.jpg 877w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3281-257x300.jpg 257w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3281.jpg 1913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">still looking good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KSCN0001.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-270\" title=\"KSCN0001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KSCN0001-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KSCN0001-300x186.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KSCN0001-1024x638.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/KSCN0001.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI won this set of blocks 13 years ago, and made it up for my nephew; he was 6 then and as you can see very pleased with his quilt.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a well loved quilt, by which I mean it is soft and cuddly from washing and use, a little tatty and ragged in places, and I have done a couple of repairs while I had it back from him to photograph . Nevertheless it\u2019s still looking good. It\u2019s a good choice for a quilt for a man, and could incorporate old shirts to personalise it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3285.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-242\" title=\"Madras Check\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3285-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I loved that skirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I incorporated left over fabric from a favourite seersucker madras skirt I made for myself which I wore till it became too faded and tatty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-243\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3287.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-243\" title=\"Dad's shirt? \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-IMG_3287-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Had Dad finished with that shirt mum?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another fabric my mother used may be an old shirt of my dad\u2019s. I suspect most fabrics were new scraps leftover from other projects. The only fabric I bought was the backing and the border. The border fabric looks good but the weave was rather loose, and may not wear as well as I would like but is wonderfully soft, and the colour works well with the disparate fabrics of the donated blocks.<br \/>\nThe quilt is now in honourable retirement, my nephew is 18, his current taste requires bright primary colour blocks and lots of black, but that\u2019s another quilt and deserves its own post.<\/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>it is soft and cuddly from washing and use, a little tatty and ragged in places<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[9,944,13,10,12,16,8,942,14,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"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=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}