{"id":1409,"date":"2012-02-20T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/20\/macaroni\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:23:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:23:38","slug":"macaroni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/20\/macaroni\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaroni!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No, this isn’t a post about food. \ud83d\ude09 Remember that retreat<\/a> I blogged about in January? One of the classes I had there was from Susan Cleveland<\/a> and dealt with using her corded piping in curves within blocks. Prior to this, I’d only used the piping next to the binding of my quilts \u2014 but I loved it! These blocks were really easy to make, but I think the effect is great. Here’s my finished quilt: <\/div>\n

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It’s only about 28.5″ square, but I think I’m going to put it into my car to use when Bisou takes a ride; she can’t help getting road oil (and we have so<\/i><\/b> much road oil here!) on her paws, and then it gets on the upholstery. This should help and will be lots easier to wash. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n

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I couldn’t do a lot of quilting on this project, since the piping would not have “shrunk” as the quilting makes happen; I’d have had strangely bulging results. But here’s a better view of one of the blocks. See the piping around the red “macaroni” shape? I did, of course, also add piping next to the binding. <\/g><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, this isn’t a post about food. \ud83d\ude09 Remember that retreat I blogged about in January? One of the classes I had there was from Susan Cleveland and dealt with using her corded piping in curves within blocks. 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