{"id":766,"date":"2013-02-06T21:53:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T21:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2013-03-12T18:17:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:17:22","slug":"challenging-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/06\/challenging-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"A challenging challenge"},"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>What do you do if you don\u2019t like the challenge block? Hide it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-767\" alt=\"Cecily's favourite churn dash block\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3329-296x300.jpg\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3329-296x300.jpg 296w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3329-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3329.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 85vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Lap quilt is made using the Churn Dash block (or monkey wrench), I think it was the favourite block of our most venerated late member and the instigator of our quilt group\u2019s challenge, Cecily. But I dislike it. I wanted to rise to the challenge as always but I find the block rather pedestrian, perhaps because I\u2019ve only made it in co-ordinated colours and plain fabrics, so a decided to do it in heavily patterned fabrics and mix it up so that the pattern was lost and the fabric became the star of the piece rather than the block.<br \/>\nGood idea, but I think I took it too far, the pattern is completely lost and with it the sense of rhythm to the quilt top, as a consequence what stands out are the pale squares, rather than the fabric in general. All of the fabrics are Liberty scraps from the printer\u2019s factory shop, I\u2019m so lucky to live nearby; I call in occasionally to buy craft packs, but I can also buy off the roll if I have a big project in mind.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-768\" alt=\"Detail of quilting on Churn Dash quilt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3336-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3336-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1-IMG_3336-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In other senses I\u2019m happy with the quilt; it hangs beautifully flat and straight and is evenly quilted throughout. I created my own wavy line quilt guide using taped together strips of cereal packet, with a hand drawn wavy line. On one side the wavy edge has wide and fairly flat curves, on the other side they are closer together and therefore appear deeper. I used the flatter side, drew on the lines with an air dispersible pen, and chalk pencil taking the quilt pattern right out in a continuous line to the edge of the quilt.<br \/>\nI like the curvy line quilting because it&#8217;s easy to do and does not rely on the accuracy of the piecing, in fact if your piecing is not accurate curvy line quilting is very forgiving. That&#8217;s always a good thing.<\/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> I like the curvy line quilting because it&#8217;s easy to do and does not rely on the accuracy of the piecing, in fact if your piecing is not accurate curvy line quilting is very forgiving. 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