{"id":7060,"date":"2012-03-13T06:20:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T11:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2019-11-25T21:52:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T02:52:01","slug":"boy-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/03\/13\/boy-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s A Boy &#8211; Quilt That Is!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/10\/11\/coasters\/sewingheaderfinal-jw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4594\" title=\"SewingHeaderFinal-JW\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/SewingHeaderFinal-JW.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/03\/13\/boy-quilt\/quiltcloseup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Quiltcloseup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7061\" title=\"Quiltcloseup\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Quiltcloseup.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s a boy! For this quilt I chose blues, browns, and grays, with just a touch of c<em id=\"yui_3_2_0_15_1331419510069153\">hartreuse<\/em>\u00a0to stir things up!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/03\/13\/boy-quilt\/quiltpattern\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?fit=640%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"QuiltPattern\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?fit=640%2C494&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7065\" title=\"QuiltPattern\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?resize=640%2C494&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltPattern.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>I selected eight fabrics &#8211; two from Lotta Jansdotter&#8217;s Echo collection and six from Cloud 9&#8217;s Nursery Basics. I worked out a pattern in Illustrator, then scanned the fabrics into Photoshop and began to drop the patterns into the grid as a visual aid to myself. When I&#8217;m happy with the design, squares are cut and sewn together!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/03\/13\/boy-quilt\/quiltboyfold\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?fit=640%2C821&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,821\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"QuiltBoyFold\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?fit=640%2C821&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7075\" title=\"QuiltBoyFold\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?resize=640%2C821&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/QuiltBoyFold.jpg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a boy! For this quilt I chose blues, browns, and grays, with just a touch of chartreuse\u00a0to stir things up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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":false,"_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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[1419,1418,1082],"class_list":["post-7060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sewing","tag-baby-boy-quilt","tag-cloud-9","tag-lotta-jansdotter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-1PS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16855,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/07\/23\/a-quilt-for-katie\/","url_meta":{"origin":7060,"position":0},"title":"A Quilt for Katie","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"July 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Our niece Katie is going to\u00a0make our family a little bit bigger next month - she's having a baby boy! 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