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In all of my excitement about Jennie Rayment’s class and lecture, I almost forgot that our guild challenge took place on the same night as her lecture. I’d made this miniature (3″ blocks) using the two required fabrics, one of which was yellow dots on red and the other green dots on purple — that made for a wild combination. \ud83d\ude09 I used a block pattern from Wilma Karels’<\/a> site; she has some wonderful designs, all available in either PDF or EQ format. The whole thing is 15″ square, and it came in second<\/i> in the competition! \ud83d\ude00 I was really pleased, as you might imagine.<\/g><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In all of my excitement about Jennie Rayment’s class and lecture, I almost forgot that our guild challenge took place on the same night as her lecture. I’d made this miniature (3″ blocks) using the two required fabrics, one of which was yellow dots on red and the other green dots on purple — that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900,"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":[299],"tags":[249,217],"class_list":{"0":"post-1549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-challenge","9":"tag-piecing-2","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Log-Cabin-in-the-Corner-1.jpg?fit=635%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-oZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1434,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/28\/strips\/","url_meta":{"origin":1549,"position":0},"title":"Strips","author":"Sandy","date":"August 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. :) All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Piecing"","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\/08\/IMG_3749.jpg?fit=640%2C504&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_3749.jpg?fit=640%2C504&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_3749.jpg?fit=640%2C504&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4050,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/10\/card-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":1549,"position":1},"title":"Card case","author":"Sandy","date":"January 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I was talking to my sister and mentioned that I really did need a new case for the cards I carry in my purse. 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