{"id":3689,"date":"2015-01-21T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2015-01-21T22:25:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T07:25:53","slug":"journey-of-an-art-quilt-you-are-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=3689","title":{"rendered":"Journey of an Art Quilt &#8211; You Are Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-notalonesketch-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-notalonesketch-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nA little research on a topic or a search for inspiration leads to a sketch.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-IMG_7547copy-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_7547copy-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nI make my Initial fabric selections and if creating for a client adjust my selections based  feedback.  In this quilt we decided on softer colors for the girls\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 clothing instead of the bright pink and green fabrics in the bottom right,<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-IMG_7629-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_7629-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nI lay out the collaged background and create the girls &#8211; nothing is permanent yet<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-IMG_8108-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8108-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nOnce I get the okay from either myself or the client, the background collage is fused to the batting and I quilt the background. I quilted the background with gray thread to tone down the brights in the sky, add definition to the mountains and blend in with the water.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-IMG_8113-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8113-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe quilt is trimmed and girls are fused in place.  Additional stitching in black is added. Lastly, the quilt is bound and hangers are attached.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/wpid-IMG_8121-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8121-2015-01-21-21-58.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nYou are not alone (36\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 23\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n<p>I so love the sunset sky in this piece; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bright, but not too bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little research on a topic or a search for inspiration leads to a sketch. I make my Initial fabric selections and if creating for a client adjust my selections based feedback. In this quilt we decided on softer colors for the girls\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 clothing instead of the bright pink and green fabrics in the bottom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}