{"id":255,"date":"2014-10-11T04:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2014-10-11T04:09:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T11:09:31","slug":"the-yellow-brick-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/11\/the-yellow-brick-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The Yellow Brick Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all recognize the yellow brick road that\u00a0took Dorothy and her pals to Oz.\u00a0How often to\u00a0we stop to reflect on our own journey?<\/p>\n<p>I am preparing to teach a class next month. The class content is\u00a0machine quilting. In preparation for this\u00a0class, I have been reflecting on my own journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_3497.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_3497-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3497\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_3497-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_3497-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is one of the very first pieces that I ever machine free motion quilted by myself.\u00a0 The stitches are not the same length, my circle isn&#8217;t always round, I\u00a0was only starting on my journey. \u00a0There have been many quilts in the seventeen years between this quilt and today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lime-reszie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-253\" src=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lime-reszie-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"lime reszie\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lime-reszie-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/lime-reszie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a close up of a small piece that I did. It was fun to see how far I had come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-254\" src=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1022-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1022\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1022-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/amiestarchuk.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_1022-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And how I now fill the areas that I quilt!<\/p>\n<p>It was really good for my soul to look back and\u00a0see how years of \u00a0practice and experience\u00a0had improved my work and I felt somehow accomplished!<\/p>\n<p>And what about your own journey? It might be fun to dig out some of those first pieces and have a look how far you have moved down that yellow brick road in your own journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all recognize the yellow brick road that\u00a0took Dorothy and her pals to Oz.\u00a0How often to\u00a0we stop to reflect on our own journey? I am preparing to teach a class next month. The class content is\u00a0machine quilting. In preparation for this\u00a0class, I have been reflecting on my own journey. 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