{"id":2181,"date":"2011-01-28T09:03:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T14:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:34:19","slug":"little-things-to-sew-travel-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2011\/01\/little-things-to-sew-travel-quilt.html","title":{"rendered":"little things to sew: travel quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the story of the photo that almost wasn’t.<\/p>\n

It’s about twin brothers, one of whom was in S’s class last year. We love these boys. They’re about as cute as can be, and their parents (who work in the fashion industry) dress them exactly alike every day. In a very stylish way, mind you: identical desert boots, puffy vests, skinny jeans, and newsboy caps, for example. I wish I looked that cool every day.<\/p>\n

They’re also two rambunctious boys, and when they arrived at the photo shoot they were ready to have fun.<\/p>\n

Sitting still wasn’t part of their plan. I think this is the only shot from the entire bunch in which you can see both faces. And from here you can see how the shoot progressed.<\/p>\n

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We had a little accident immediately after this shot, when the chair toppled. There were some tears (and a lot of worry on my part), but boys recover from these things quickly.<\/p>\n

I knew the moment we threw the quilt over them, that this would be a great shot. It was totally spontaneous, and I think that’s what makes it work.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever seen such a long skinny kid?<\/p>\n

When I was thinking about including a quilt in the book, I wanted to do something different. I decided to create the illusion of two translucent layers of color overlapping each other to create a third color. The book includes information on the specific fabrics I used for creating this version. But that shouldn’t limit you from selecting your own colors. I hope you have fun with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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They’re about as cute as can be, and their parents (who work in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-little-things-to-sew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/quilt2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-zb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2008,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2011\/01\/behind-the-scenes-at-the-photo-shoot.html","url_meta":{"origin":2181,"position":0},"title":"behind the scenes at the photo shoot","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"January 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In October 2009, we rushed home from fall Quilt Market to finish another big project. 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