{"id":7974,"date":"2023-05-26T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:05:42","slug":"quilt-national-23-opens-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=7974","title":{"rendered":"Quilt National 23 Opens Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Quilt National 23 exhibition opens today, Friday 26th May, and although I will not be present at the opening, my quilt <strong><em>&#8220;Abstract Landscape Textures&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> will hang with some very good company there:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=7988\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Textures_75-x-36-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,270\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Abstract-Landscape-Textures_75-x-36-blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Textures_75-x-36-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1\" 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class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=7986\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?resize=622%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7986\" width=\"622\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-detail-of-applique-blog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>There&#8217;s a lot of hand stitching but there was a pandemic on &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7987\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=7987\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?resize=620%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7987\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Abstract-Landscape-Texture-quilting-in-progress-blog-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>I used over half a reel of this gorgeous light gold metallic thread &#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>I offer all my fellow exhibitors congratulations of being selected for this important exhibition, and to whoever&#8217;s announced as the award winners &#8211; congratulations!  I look forward to hearing who those people are, and seeing their works in the catalogue.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Quilt National 23 exhibition opens today, Friday 26th May, and although I will not be present at the opening, my quilt &#8220;Abstract Landscape Textures&#8221; will hang with some very good company there: I offer all my fellow exhibitors congratulations of being selected for this important exhibition, and to whoever&#8217;s announced as the award winners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uxpF-24C","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7989,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7974\/revisions\/7989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}