{"id":3791,"date":"2015-02-17T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2015-02-17T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T15:53:25","slug":"journey-of-an-art-quilt-courage-vulnerability-and-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/?p=3791","title":{"rendered":"Journey of an Art Quilt &#8211; Courage, Vulnerability and Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-Proposed-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-Proposed-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe final quilt that I created for a local residential treatment facility began with two proposes sketches.  The theme was courage, vulnerability and connection.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-IMG_7633-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_7633-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nWe selected a design and I laid out the background and assembled the girls.  Nothing was attached in this photo &#8211; all just carefully arranged on my kitchen counter (the only space in the house big enough for it (where the cats wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t disturb it).<br \/>\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-IMG_8146-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8146-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nThe quilling was giant flowers and swirls with gray thread.  It was a beast to do on a quilt this size, but the effect is worth it.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-IMG_8149-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8149-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nOnce the quilting was complete, the girls were fused in placed and I outlined stitched around them and added the words to their shirts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-IMG_8155-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8155-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nI spent a lot of time researching the theme for this quilt and jotting down notes before coming up with just the right sayings for each t-shirt.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a wonderful statement for life.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/wpid-IMG_8156-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\" alt=\"wpid-IMG_8156-2015-02-17-06-30.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nCourage, Vulnerability Strength, Connection and Belonging (46\u00e2\u20ac\u009d x 30\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)<\/p>\n<p>I love the variety of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153skin tones\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and how this group of girls will hopefully inspire others to open themselves up to connection, belonging and ultimately, joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final quilt that I created for a local residential treatment facility began with two proposes sketches. The theme was courage, vulnerability and connection. We selected a design and I laid out the background and assembled the girls. Nothing was attached in this photo &#8211; all just carefully arranged on my kitchen counter (the only [&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\/3791"}],"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=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.believemagic.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}