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I know some of you may have thought that this would never happen, but I’ve finally finished the Winding Ways quilt top. \ud83d\ude09 Yes, that’s just the top that’s finished. The next step will be to make the backing and take everything to my friend Gerda, who has promised to baste it for me on her longarm when she gets time. I don’t even want to think<\/i> about trying to baste something of this size, though I am going to quilt it myself on my Bernina 630. Anyway, this is a milestone in the making of this large quilt — I really do prefer making smaller ones. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know some of you may have thought that this would never happen, but I’ve finally finished the Winding Ways quilt top. \ud83d\ude09 Yes, that’s just the top that’s finished. The next step will be to make the backing and take everything to my friend Gerda, who has promised to baste it for me on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[3],"tags":[280],"class_list":{"0":"post-1500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-piecing","8":"tag-winding-ways","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Winding-Ways-top.jpg?fit=803%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-oc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1503,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/09\/13\/winding-ways-progress\/","url_meta":{"origin":1500,"position":0},"title":"Winding Ways progress","author":"Sandy","date":"September 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything about the Winding Ways quilt I've been working on. 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