{"id":1938,"date":"2015-01-14T13:45:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T21:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2015-02-04T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:43:35","slug":"covey-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/covey-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Covey complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Strolling<\/a>
Strolling at Lake Havasu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okay, don’t faint because I’ve posted three times this week. \ud83d\ude09 I know I’m not usually this conscientious about keeping my blog updated, but I’m pretty excited at having finished the entire quail family I’ve been working on since the class I attended on Saturday.<\/a> Naturally, I still need to add one or more borders, and then there’s the quilting to do, too. That quilting\u00a0will have to wait until I have a couple of other things out of the line of projects to complete, and I have\u00a0an in-town class to attend this weekend, but I’m pretty happy with what I’ve done to this point. \ud83d\ude42 Aren’t they a handsome family?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, don’t faint because I’ve posted three times this week. \ud83d\ude09 I know I’m not usually this conscientious about keeping my blog updated, but I’m pretty excited at having finished the entire quail family I’ve been working on since the class I attended on Saturday. 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