{"id":1460,"date":"2011-03-18T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/its-been-a-while\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:04:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:04:48","slug":"its-been-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/its-been-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s been a while!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hadn’t realized how much time had gone by since my last post! I guess time really does fly when we’re having fun. \ud83d\ude09 Let’s see \u2014 does that include having a blood test? LOL! Probably not. But Sunday I spent the day with two quilting friends, and that was definitely fun. Yesterday my local group had an all-day meeting, and that was also fun. In between, I’ve been doing the free-motion work on my latest quilt. I’ve only finished about a quarter of the blocks, but it’s coming along. Here’s a preview:<\/p>\n

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I’m using a variegated King Tut thread in shades of purples and magentas, and of course I’m still in my feathers “rut”. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hadn’t realized how much time had gone by since my last post! I guess time really does fly when we’re having fun. \ud83d\ude09 Let’s see \u2014 does that include having a blood test? LOL! Probably not. But Sunday I spent the day with two quilting friends, and that was definitely fun. 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