{"id":1540,"date":"2010-04-06T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/06\/first-blocks\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T19:25:42","slug":"first-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/04\/06\/first-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"First blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_2679.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"297\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_2679-300x297.jpg?resize=300%2C297\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I was able to begin making the blocks for my Winding Ways quilt today! It&#8217;s going to take a long while to finish this quilt, as there are to be 99 blocks and each one takes some time, given that there are twelve pieces, all with curved seams. <g> These four blocks all have the same red print, but there will be other reds, just as there will be more than the two yellow-beige prints pictured here. It&#8217;s a start! \ud83d\ude42 <\/g><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was able to begin making the blocks for my Winding Ways quilt today! It&#8217;s going to take a long while to finish this quilt, as there are to be 99 blocks and each one takes some time, given that there are twelve pieces, all with curved seams. These four blocks all have the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":878,"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":[217,280],"class_list":{"0":"post-1540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-piecing","8":"tag-piecing-2","9":"tag-winding-ways","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/IMG_2679.jpg?fit=640%2C634&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-oQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1465,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/new-blocks-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":0},"title":"New blocks","author":"Sandy","date":"March 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I've always liked curved blocks: Drunkard's Path, New York Beauty, Winding Ways, etc. In fact, I've already made two projects from the Drunkard's Path block, I've done some NY Beauties, and I recently finished my Winding Ways quilt (photo coming soon, I hope!). When I saw my sister's recent work,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Piecing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Piecing","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/piecing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_3334.jpg?fit=640%2C536&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_3334.jpg?fit=640%2C536&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG_3334.jpg?fit=640%2C536&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1520,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/06\/19\/i-did-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":1540,"position":1},"title":"I did it!","author":"Sandy","date":"June 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Hmmm ... what's this? Could it be ...? Yes!!!! 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