{"id":285,"date":"2008-03-02T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2008-03-02T20:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T20:12:00","slug":"a-cure-for-quilters-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2008\/03\/a-cure-for-quilters-block\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cure for Quilter’s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

I belong to a small group of on-line friends that have been discussing our next quilting project. We are all planning to make Ricky Tims<\/span>‘<\/strong><\/em><\/a> Convergence quilt.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> I had been to a quilt show once where someone made a Convergence quilt using a Michael Miller chicken\/rooster print. I thought this would be the opportunity to make that quilt myself, after all, I do own a meter of that wonderful print!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>While I was at the quilt shop yesterday looking for coordinate prints, another quilter asked me what I had planned for the gorgeous chicken fabric. I told her I was making a Convergence quilt. She had never heard of the pattern so I explained how you use four prints and cut them into strips and sew them back together. (Obviously simplified instructions.) She was horrified and couldn’t believe that I would consider cutting up these beautiful chickens. At that moment, I realized that I couldn’t go through with cutting this gorgeous fabric up–I couldn’t see these chickens “in jail” behind bars of contrasting fabric!<\/p>\n

I went ahead and purchased two coordinates but I vowed to find a different way to display my beloved chickens. (The red fabric was already in my stash.)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> When I got home, I remembered that I had previously purchased a copy of Judy Sisneros<\/span>‘<\/em><\/strong><\/a> book, 9-Patch Pizzazz<\/span>. This is a more appropriate use of my chicken fabric as this book makes excellent use of large scale prints by leaving them intact, in large chunks–6 1\/2″, 12 1\/2″, 18 1\/2″, etc. As long as each side is divisible by 6 and add 1\/2″ you can make use of the square or rectangle in this pattern.
\"\"<\/a> Now that I have a pattern to use the chickens appropriately, I turned my attention back to selecting fabrics from my stash for my Convergence quilt. This is the first combination I put together. I have decided that the fabrics may be too “matchy<\/span>” and there isn’t enough contrast between all pieces so I discarded this selection and went back to searching.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Then I came across a bright floral FQ<\/span> in my stash. I started to pull fabrics from the floral and came up with this combination. Unless I come up with another combination before we start cutting into our fabrics, this is what I am going with for my Convergence quilt!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Thanks to the FABs<\/span> and on-line discussions about this new project, I am officially curred of Quilter’s Block…….at least for now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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