{"id":726,"date":"2017-01-10T21:12:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T02:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2017-01-10T21:12:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T02:12:54","slug":"in-progress-boo-swoon-sixteen-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/in-progress-boo-swoon-sixteen-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress &#8211; Boo Swoon Sixteen Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been flipping back and forth between three projects for the past week or so. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mel_is_a_swapaholic\/\">mel_is_a_swapaholic<\/a> on Instagram is hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/swoonqal2017\/\">#SwoonQAL2017<\/a> and I&#8217;m participating. I&#8217;m using the <a href=\"http:\/\/thimbleblossoms.bigcartel.com\/product\/swoon-sixteen-pattern-188-pdf-pattern\">Swoon Sixteen pattern<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cottonandsteelfabrics.com\/catalog\/fabric\/collection\/41\/\">Boo! line<\/a> from Cotton + Steel with Flax Essex linen as the background. I&#8217;m very proud of myself because I pulled all the fabric from my stash for once! \ud83d\ude42 I did end up mis-cutting one of the fat quarters, so I did buy a replacement for that one.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to do one big torture session and cut all the pieces at once. It was a lot of cutting! Here are all the pretty pieces nice and organized in a bin:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"733\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/in-progress-boo-swoon-sixteen-quilt\/img_4719\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?fit=2879%2C2879\" data-orig-size=\"2879,2879\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483484019&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4719\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?fit=663%2C663\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=663%2C663\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"663\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=982%2C982 982w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?resize=400%2C400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?w=1326 1326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4719.jpg?w=1989 1989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before I started sewing, I divided up the pieces into blocks so I could be sure to separate out the similar colors and patterns. Here are my block sets:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"734\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/in-progress-boo-swoon-sixteen-quilt\/img_4783\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?fit=2720%2C2720\" data-orig-size=\"2720,2720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1483896187&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.2&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4783\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?fit=663%2C663\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=663%2C663\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"663\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=982%2C982 982w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?resize=400%2C400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?w=1326 1326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?w=1989 1989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to get started on the sewing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been flipping back and forth between three projects for the past week or so. mel_is_a_swapaholic on Instagram is hosting #SwoonQAL2017 and I&#8217;m participating. I&#8217;m using the Swoon Sixteen pattern and the Boo! line from Cotton + Steel with Flax Essex linen as the background. I&#8217;m very proud of myself because I pulled all the&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/10\/in-progress-boo-swoon-sixteen-quilt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In Progress &#8211; Boo Swoon Sixteen Quilt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,181,56,185,183,189,184],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-progress","tag-aurifil","tag-boo","tag-cotton-steel-fabrics","tag-essex-linen","tag-swoon-sixteen","tag-swoonqal2017","tag-thimbleblossoms"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_4783.jpg?fit=2720%2C2720","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7y5BE-bI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":736,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quiltsbylaurel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}