{"id":3374,"date":"2015-12-28T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/?p=3374"},"modified":"2015-12-28T10:10:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T15:10:43","slug":"heron-quilting-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/?p=3374","title":{"rendered":"Heron Quilting Finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The day before Christmas, I finished quilting the Heron quilt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheface.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheface-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"MQtheface\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheface-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheface.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There are some metallic threads in the water for sparkle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQthedetails.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQthedetails-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"MQthedetails\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQthedetails-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQthedetails.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I settled in to watch some TV and bury all of the missed thread ends. I get most of those as I do the quilting, every time I change to a new color of thread, but there are always a few that get missed. I got interrupted and then didn&#8217;t get back to it til after Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>I always like to lay it out and check it from the back side to be sure there are no missed spots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheback.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3378\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheback-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"MQtheback\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheback-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MQtheback.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This backing fabric is a home dec fabric that I like to use on the back as it has a nice weight that helps to keep the work flat.\u00a0 But it does present a problem when it comes to blocking because it is treated to repel water.\u00a0 I prewash to help overcome that and work a little harder to make sure it wets evenly.<\/p>\n<p>Before blocking, the work is already pretty flat,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heronbeforeblockingjpg.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3381\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heronbeforeblockingjpg-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"heronbeforeblockingjpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heronbeforeblockingjpg-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/heronbeforeblockingjpg.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>but after blocking and drying it is perfectly flat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Heronaftblocking.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3382\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Heronaftblocking-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Heronaftblocking\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Heronaftblocking-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Heronaftblocking.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before Christmas, I finished quilting the Heron quilt. There are some metallic threads in the water for sparkle. I settled in to watch some TV and bury all of the missed thread ends. I get most of those as I do the quilting, every time I change to a new color of thread, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[125,30,27,230,103],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birds","tag-fabric","tag-finished","tag-heron","tag-machine-quilting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3385,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions\/3385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ruthpowersartquilts.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}