{"id":1848,"date":"2013-01-23T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2013-01-23T17:33:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T22:33:05","slug":"saqa-2013-auction-12-square-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1848","title":{"rendered":"SAQA 2013 Auction &#8211; 12&#8243; Square Completed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I often get back into the swing of creating after the holidays by tackling my piece for the annual SAQA Benefit Auction &#8211; the 12&#8243; squares that are auctioned online later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>This year for the first time, pieces submitted by Oceania SAQA members are being shown together as a collection once or twice before the actual auction.\u00a0 So there&#8217;s that deadline anyway for us tall to get them done and in good and early.\u00a0\u00a0But a few days ago. Lisa,\u00a0 SAQA Rep for the Oceania region,\u00a0\u00a0called for images of any finished squares for this year&#8217;s SAQA auction\u00a0to submit to magazines as promotion for the organisation in the region and the auction in particular.\u00a0 And that really\u00a0galvanised me.\u00a0 On monday morning\u00a0I got out the stencil I&#8217;d \u00a0made some time ago &#8211; sprayed some of the shiny black\u00a0with gold, machine embroidered with gold, then\u00a0layered, machine quilted, bound and\u00a0photographed it;\u00a0and sent the image off before breakfast today\u00a0 &#8211; its wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1849\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1849\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?fit=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S4300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1358856446&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sandlines &amp;#8211; small\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?fit=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1849\" alt=\"Sandlines - small\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?resize=450%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sandlines-small.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m calling this one\u00a0&#8216;Sandlines&#8217; &#8211; based of course on sand ripple patterns on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often get back into the swing of creating after the holidays by tackling my piece for the annual SAQA Benefit Auction &#8211; the 12&#8243; squares that are auctioned online later in the year. 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