{"id":882,"date":"2016-09-09T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/?page_id=882"},"modified":"2016-09-09T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T02:18:00","slug":"pastel-squares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/sample-page\/2016-2\/pastel-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastel Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/PastelSquares.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-883\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-883\" src=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/PastelSquares-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"PastelSquares\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/PastelSquares-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/PastelSquares-768x671.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/PastelSquares-1024x894.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This started with an old quilt top I got from my cousin Gloria.\u00a0 She&#8217;s not sure who made it &#8211; probably our grandmother or her mother.\u00a0 The fabrics feel like they include some polyester, so it can&#8217;t have been made much before 1960.\u00a0 More than one person may have worked on the top &#8211; some of it was hand sewn and some machine stitched.\u00a0 This is another case of an old quilt top that won&#8217;t be devalued by using 2016 materials and techniques to turn it into something useful that can be displayed.<\/p>\n<p>The original top was badly stained.\u00a0 I washed it and carefully replaced about 10 discolored squares with very similar fabric from my stash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquares2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-884\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-884\" src=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquares2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pastelSquares2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquares2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquares2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquares2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just love the pastel paisley fabric I found for the backing.\u00a0 The quilt has 3 borders &#8211; lavender, white with a machine stitched design in variegated pink thread, and a green print.\u00a0 Very feminine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquaresLabel.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-885\" src=\"http:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquaresLabel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"pastelSquaresLabel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquaresLabel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquaresLabel-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/pastelSquaresLabel-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did make a label for this one.\u00a0 Usually I just stitch my initials and the year inconspicuously into one corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This started with an old quilt top I got from my cousin Gloria.\u00a0 She&#8217;s not sure who made it &#8211; probably our grandmother or her mother.\u00a0 The fabrics feel like they include some polyester, so it can&#8217;t have been made much before 1960.\u00a0 More than one person may have worked on the top &#8211; some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sayre-nc.info\/annsquilts\/sample-page\/2016-2\/pastel-squares\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pastel Squares<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":871,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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