{"id":4201,"date":"2016-07-29T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T23:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2016-07-29T16:46:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T23:46:06","slug":"so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-use-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/29\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-use-of-color\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want to Make A Winning Quilt? Road 2016 Best Use Of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Technicolor Deco<\/em> was made and quilted by Shirley Gisi of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Shirley received $1,500.00 from sponsor, Primitive Gatherings.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2016\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-use-of-color\/attachment\/technicolor-deco-by-shirley-gisi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4202\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Technicolor-Deco-by-Shirley-Gisi-562x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Technicolor Deco by Shirley Gisi\" width=\"562\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\nShirley Gisi has sewn most of her life, primarily with garments and home decoration.\u00a0 Quilting was just a natural progression for her.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/road-2016\/so-you-want-to-make-a-winning-quilt-road-2016-best-use-of-color\/attachment\/img_0162-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4208\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0162-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0162 (3)\" width=\"461\" height=\"461\" \/><\/a>\nIn creating, <em>Technicolor Deco, <\/em>Shirley used designs both from traditional quilting and stained glass.\u00a0 She noted that the elements have a somewhat art-deco feel.\u00a0 Shirley had recently taken a trip to Cancun, Mexico, and used some designs from an Aztec museum there for her quilting<em>. <\/em>Shirley said that she spent nearly every day for two to three months working on the quilt.\nHow did Shirley react when she found out she had won Best Use of Color at Road 2016? \u201cI love color and so this particular award really speaks to me.\u00a0 I like to use bright warm colors and gradated fabrics which I believe intensifies the piece.\u201d\nHow did she spend her prize money? \u201cWe were doing some kitchen remodeling so I applied the award money to the project.\u201d\nWhat is Shirley working on next? She is continuing to try new things and work on new techniques.\nTo see more of Shirley&#8217;s work, please visit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/docsews\/shirley-gisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest <\/a>account.\n&nbsp;]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,38],"tags":[932,1204,1389],"class_list":["post-4201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-road-2016","category-winning-quilts","tag-primitive-gatherings","tag-shirley-gisi","tag-winning-quilt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}