{"id":1592,"date":"2020-04-23T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T07:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triciawilson.co.uk\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2020-04-23T07:13:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T07:13:09","slug":"lockdown-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As many of you know the UK is under strict lockdown rules\nright now and has been for four weeks.  I\nwould have liked to have volunteered more to help during the crisis but the\nvarious avenues I tried didn\u2019t pan out. \nI did make some facemasks for various people so that makes me feel like\nI have contributed a little\u2026only a very little though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My sewing room, however, has never seen so much activity.  I have managed to finish four quilt tops that have been languishing in various places while I pursued a more active normal  lifestyle.  Now with time to spare and with hubby out working at the local supermarket (on crowd control and the hygiene station) I have started at the top and have been working my way through my quilting projects list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first top I finished is made with fabrics I purchased during my two trips to Australia.  It\u2019s very colourful and a bit busy for some people but I love the memories the quilt evokes and there\u2019s a story to tell from every square.  I had to be creative and piece my border \u2013 had just enough to create a canopy of Eucalyptus leaves at the top of the quilt with earth toned fabric at the bottom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australian Quilt top<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A Drunkards\u2019 Path quilt top came next.  I bought the pattern in Australia but I chose to use general fabrics from my stash to make the quilt.  It could have all gone terribly wrong, what with all the colour and pattern choices, but I think it blends well.  I love the offset borders that extend the pattern beyond a square.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drunkards’ Path Quilt top
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This quilt is a monster in size and weight as it is made from flannel and has a lot of applique leaves.  I started the applique in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when I visited my husband who was working there in 2011.  I used to tour the city in the 30-35 degree heat then come home for a swim and further cool off in the air-conditioned hotel room watching reruns of the old Hawaii 5-0 TV shows while appliquing lots of lime green!  Over the years I have taken the quilt out to finish the piecing but I never seemed to get to the end \u2013 then last week I did!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Memories of Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A few days ago, I finished piecing the final red and blue stars for this smaller quilt \u2013 I added the scrappy red and blue borders yesterday and I have a lovely red backing for this beauty which will make a lovely lap quilt for next winter. <\/em> Hopefully when lockdown is over!!!! Keep safe everyone! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A heck of a lot of stars both pieced and appliqued!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As many of you know the UK is under strict lockdown rules right now and has been for four weeks.  I would have liked to have volunteered more to help during the crisis but the various avenues I tried didn\u2019t pan out.  I did make some facemasks for various people so that makes me feel … Continue reading “Lockdown Productivity”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-quilts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triciawilson.tyler.gb.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}