{"id":752,"date":"2008-09-22T16:58:42","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T21:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jayandcarissa.com\/carissa\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2008-09-22T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T21:58:42","slug":"a-treehouse-for-betty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"a treehouse for betty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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well, my quilt block for august’s common threads project is done.\u00c2\u00a0 do not ask me how that house is staying up in the tree, or why it’s got a super-fancy door with a doorknob, but no ladder to get up there.\u00c2\u00a0 you just have to use your imagination, people.\u00c2\u00a0 betty asked that we include our name somewhere on the quilt, so i included my initials as free-form embroidered flowers in the lower left-hand corner.<\/p>\n

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i especially had fun finally using my multi-colored spool of thread on the tree greenery:<\/p>\n

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like many of the other participants, i used fusible webbing to “glue” the pieces down, then stitched around the edges.\u00c2\u00a0 the funny part was that i had been thinking that this was my first foray into applique and then as i was stitching it, i started thinking, “oh, this is sort of like my alphabet quilt.<\/a>…” such short memory i have.\u00c2\u00a0 but it is a little different to be starting from scratch, design-wise.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s much more like “drawing” with fabric and when it supposed to actually look like something (as opposed to just a pretty pattern or design) i quickly begin to feel my lack of training in things like “perspective” and “angles” and such.\u00c2\u00a0 oh well.\u00c2\u00a0 it was a fun experiment and i hope you like it, betty!\u00c2\u00a0 i myself am oddly fond of the back side of the block:<\/p>\n

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hmmm….. considering that my bobbin thread was white, there appears to be an awful lot of color on the back….. maybe i had the tension wrong?\u00c2\u00a0 oh well.\u00c2\u00a0 it’s done and i’m putting it in the mail to you the next time i can get to the post office, along with your fabric for september.\u00c2\u00a0 sorry it’s late!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

well, my quilt block for august’s common threads project is done.\u00c2\u00a0 do not ask me how that house is staying up in the tree, or why it’s got a super-fancy door with a doorknob, but no ladder to get up … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafty-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}