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Yup, that’s me lately. I’ve been neglecting my blog (and other things), and I’m sorry. Unfortunately, I can’t promise to do better in the near future, since I’m having some eye problems that aren’t made any better by too much time in front of the computer. :S<\/div>\n

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On a more cheerful note, I’ve been a member of the Carol Doak Yahoo group<\/a> for several years now. I really enjoy paper piecing, as you might be able to tell from some of the quilts I’ve made in the past. \ud83d\ude42 Carol gives us a new pattern every time we reach a “milestone” in terms of new members or some other special occasion. The latest one was when the group hit 7500 members. I made the block in a slightly different size from the original (9″ finished) in order to fit with some others it will be used with, but I did get it done yesterday. It’s nice to finish a project, even if it’s a small one! \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7500 Member Block Yup, that’s me lately. I’ve been neglecting my blog (and other things), and I’m sorry. Unfortunately, I can’t promise to do better in the near future, since I’m having some eye problems that aren’t made any better by too much time in front of the computer. :S On a more cheerful note, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":696,"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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[228],"class_list":["post-1424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-piecing","tag-paper-piecing","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5yzuO-lax","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5999,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/08\/12\/paper-piecing-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":1424,"position":0},"title":"Paper piecing again","author":"Sandy","date":"August 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Last fall I went to the Houston Quilt Festival and saw a new-to-me paper piecing company called LegitKits. 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