{"id":1383,"date":"2012-08-15T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/15\/im-quilting\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:33:13","slug":"im-quilting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/15\/im-quilting\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m quilting …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026 really<\/i>, I am! \ud83d\ude09 I know I haven’t posted anything quilty in a long time, but I am quilting these days \u2014 as well as knitting and whatever else strikes me. LOL! And here’s the proof:<\/p>\n

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This is a top that’s a bit unusual for me, in that it came from a kit. I don’t buy many kits (this is only my second!), but I did love it when I saw it some time ago. I pieced the top and then set it aside to go to Flagstaff<\/a> and then on that Hawaiian cruise<\/a> and to the Shakespeare Festival<\/a> (it’s been a busy summer!), but I’m back at it now. So far, I’m still working on the straight-line ditch quilting that I prefer to use for stability’s sake, but the free-motion will be next \u2014 and much more fun! Here’s another view of what I’m doing:<\/g><\/p>\n

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In case you’re wondering, this is called Sakura<\/a>, from a line of Red Rooster<\/a> fabrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026 really, I am! \ud83d\ude09 I know I haven’t posted anything quilty in a long time, but I am quilting these days \u2014 as well as knitting and whatever else strikes me. LOL! And here’s the proof: This is a top that’s a bit unusual for me, in that it came from a kit. 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