{"id":1562,"date":"2010-02-04T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/04\/more-embellishing\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:38:28","slug":"more-embellishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/04\/more-embellishing\/","title":{"rendered":"More embellishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I think I can finally call this finished! Of course, the caddy isn&#8217;t finished, but the embellishing is, and I&#8217;m not unhappy with the results, considering that this is my first attempt at something like this. \ud83d\ude42 These two pieces will be the pockets, and I&#8217;m going to put the project aside until the next lesson on how to assemble the caddy, which will come along in March. I have several other projects to work on in the meantime, of course &#8212; what quilter doesn&#8217;t? \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"252\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591-300x252.jpg?resize=300%2C252\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I can finally call this finished! Of course, the caddy isn&#8217;t finished, but the embellishing is, and I&#8217;m not unhappy with the results, considering that this is my first attempt at something like this. \ud83d\ude42 These two pieces will be the pockets, and I&#8217;m going to put the project aside until the next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":924,"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":[],"tags":[297,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-1562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-armchair-caddy","8":"tag-embellishing","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-pc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1567,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/20\/embellishing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":0},"title":"Embellishing","author":"Sandy","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Before I go any further, let me say that I'm definitely not an embellisher. I admire lots of embellished quilts -- especially crazy quilts -- but I'm not comfortable doing embellishing myself. It's been a real stretch for me the past two years when our guild challenge has mandated embellishing,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"armchair caddy\"","block_context":{"text":"armchair caddy","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/tag\/armchair-caddy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2540.jpg?fit=640%2C304&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2540.jpg?fit=640%2C304&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2540.jpg?fit=640%2C304&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1566,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/23\/embellishing-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":1},"title":"Embellishing, part 2","author":"Sandy","date":"January 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm making a little progress on this embellishing thing. ;) I actually thought I was finished with this section, until I realized that the little French knots I'd used in the white section at the top simply don't show.I'm going to need to do something more there, and I may\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"armchair caddy\"","block_context":{"text":"armchair caddy","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/tag\/armchair-caddy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2550.jpg?fit=1024%2C693&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2550.jpg?fit=1024%2C693&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2550.jpg?fit=1024%2C693&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2550.jpg?fit=1024%2C693&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1561,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/05\/i-gave-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":2},"title":"I gave in &#8230;","author":"Sandy","date":"February 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"... to temptation and finished my armchair caddy instead of waiting until March for the next lesson. I'm not unhappy with how it turned out, though I know there are things that could have been better. Here's the outside view, with the little handle for carrying.\u00a0And here's the inside, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"bag\"","block_context":{"text":"bag","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/tag\/bag\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2595.jpg?fit=1024%2C888&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2595.jpg?fit=1024%2C888&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2595.jpg?fit=1024%2C888&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2595.jpg?fit=1024%2C888&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1491,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/30\/a-ufo-no-longer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":3},"title":"A UFO no longer","author":"Sandy","date":"October 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"In July, 2009, I took a fun class from Rose Hughes on making landscape quilts. I say the class was fun, but the technique was definitely not something I enjoyed, unfortunately. I'm glad I tried it, but I won't be doing it again, as far as I can tell. ;)Anyway,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Appliqu\u00e9&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Appliqu\u00e9","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/applique\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lonely-Saguaro.jpg?fit=790%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lonely-Saguaro.jpg?fit=790%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lonely-Saguaro.jpg?fit=790%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Lonely-Saguaro.jpg?fit=790%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1551,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/03\/continuing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":4},"title":"Continuing","author":"Sandy","date":"March 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Remember those blocks I posted from the Jennie Rayment class? 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The past two days of keeping my sick Bisou company paid off in lots of time to do handwork while she napped. 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