{"id":1567,"date":"2010-01-20T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/20\/embellishing\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:38:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:38:29","slug":"embellishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/20\/embellishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Embellishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Before I go any further, let me say that I&#8217;m definitely <b><i>not<\/i><\/b> an embellisher. I admire lots of embellished quilts &#8212; especially crazy quilts &#8212; but I&#8217;m not comfortable doing embellishing myself. It&#8217;s been a real stretch for me the past two years when our guild challenge has mandated embellishing, but I&#8217;ve done what I could.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">That said, one of our local group members, Judy W., made a drop-dead gorgeous caddy to put over the arm of a chair while doing handwork. It has a couple of large pockets for scissors and threads, etc., as well as a pin cushion to eliminate the need to poke holes in the arms of our sofas and chairs. <g> What made this caddy so special, though, is that she&#8217;s an artist with embellishing; she is truly amazing. So what could I do when she offered to teach our group how to make this caddy? Yup &#8212; there simply wasn&#8217;t any choice at all; I <i>had<\/i> to make one! So the project was begun yesterday, and I&#8217;ve pinned several trims in place and begun the embroidery on my caddy. Here&#8217;s my progress so far:<\/g><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2540.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"143\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_2540-300x143.jpg?resize=300%2C143\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">I have until March to finish what I&#8217;ve started, and then we&#8217;ll have another lesson on how to assemble the parts. What you&#8217;re seeing here is the two pocket sections, as well as the book of embroidery stitches I&#8217;m keeping very handy (I&#8217;ve forgotten everything I ever knew as a child about embroidery!), a small hoop, some threads, etc. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I go any further, let me say that I&#8217;m definitely not an embellisher. I admire lots of embellished quilts &#8212; especially crazy quilts &#8212; but I&#8217;m not comfortable doing embellishing myself. It&#8217;s been a real stretch for me the past two years when our guild challenge has mandated embellishing, but I&#8217;ve done what I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":931,"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-1567","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\/01\/IMG_2540.jpg?fit=640%2C304&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-ph","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1562,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/04\/more-embellishing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"position":0},"title":"More embellishing","author":"Sandy","date":"February 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I think I can finally call this finished! Of course, the caddy isn't finished, but the embellishing is, and I'm not unhappy with the results, considering that this is my first attempt at something like this. :) These two pieces will be the pockets, and I'm going to put the\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\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_2591.jpg?fit=1024%2C860&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1566,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/01\/23\/embellishing-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"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":1567,"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":1567,"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":3775,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/12\/learning-a-new-technique\/","url_meta":{"origin":1567,"position":4},"title":"Learning a new technique","author":"Sandy","date":"March 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've seen many of the quilts I've posted here, you may have noticed that I love to use corded piping next to the binding. 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