{"id":1553,"date":"2010-02-20T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T23:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/20\/finished\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T18:53:19","slug":"finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/20\/finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I’ve finished the nap quilt for our granddaughter to take to preschool next fall. \ud83d\ude42 You may wonder why I hurried to finish it when there is still lots of time before she’ll need it. It’s because — like many quilters — I have several projects in the works and didn’t want to take a chance that this one wouldn’t be ready in time. <\/p>\n

This was just a pre-printed panel with some borders added. It looks crooked in the photo, but that’s because there is nothing behind it to let it hang straight, as hanging against a wall would do; it really is straight, I promise!<\/g><\/div>\n

<\/a>I had a wonderful time free-motion quilting this. This photo shows the feathers that fill the borders; I thought they went well with the fairy’s wings.<\/div>\n
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<\/a>It’s almost impossible to see the free-motion outline quilting I did around the fairy and the artichoke plants, but I think you can see the clouds and leaves I quilted into some of the emptier spots.<\/div>\n

Oh, and I even remembered to use one of those cute little “PS I Love You” labels<\/a> I found! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I’ve finished the nap quilt for our granddaughter to take to preschool next fall. \ud83d\ude42 You may wonder why I hurried to finish it when there is still lots of time before she’ll need it. It’s because — like many quilters — I have several projects in the works and didn’t want to take a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905,"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":[5],"tags":[250,226,2],"class_list":{"0":"post-1553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-free-motion","8":"tag-childrens-quilts","9":"tag-feathers","10":"tag-quilting","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2612.jpg?fit=424%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5yzuO-finished","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5418,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/03\/quilting-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":1553,"position":0},"title":"Quilting finished!","author":"Sandy","date":"August 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In a huge bit of progress for this particular quilt, I've finished both the free motion and the ruler work quilting! 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