{"id":2291,"date":"2013-02-18T20:46:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T01:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2013-02-18T20:47:14","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T01:47:14","slug":"spring-bouquet-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=2291","title":{"rendered":"Spring Bouquet Update #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ta-da!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve reached a big milestone with my LBQ applique project.  I&#8217;ve finished cutting and prepping all nine of the centre blocks. \u00a0Each block has between 45 and 75 individual pieces, so I&#8217;m approximately 60% of the way through the prep. \u00a0Here are some close-ups, in no particular order.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think they look fantastic, don&#8217;t you?  I had to put it on the back burner before Christmas because work was crazy but since the New Year, I&#8217;ve been a girl on fire and \u00a0finished four complete blocks. This one&#8217;s still missing flower centres but that&#8217;s TV work! \u00a0Each border piece has more than forty circles and petals that require gathering stitches so a few extras in the to-do stack aren&#8217;t going to matter all that much!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">During my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/?p=2254\">first update<\/a>, I calculated that each of the blocks took about 10 hours to cut and prep; with practice, I&#8217;ve cut that time down considerably and can now complete an entire block in about 6 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-345 aligncenter\" title=\"springbouquetblocks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clairemeldrum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/springbouquetblock-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m tackling the borders.  There are 104 pieces in each border, (but who&#8217;s counting? ha!) plus all the bias stems.  Like the blocks, I&#8217;ll be cutting the borders oversized and then trimming them down once I&#8217;ve stitched down the pieces permanently.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the photo above, I&#8217;ve started on the first of them but I still need to cut the backing fabric for them.  We have a snow day today.  I can&#8217;t think of doing anything nicer than working on a quilt project, warm and toasty, while the snow falls outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ta-da! I&#8217;ve reached a big milestone with my LBQ applique project. I&#8217;ve finished cutting and prepping all nine of the centre blocks. \u00a0Each block has between 45 and 75 individual pieces, so I&#8217;m approximately 60% of the way through the prep. \u00a0Here are some close-ups, in no particular order. 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