{"id":1972,"date":"2015-02-10T16:58:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2015-02-10T16:58:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:58:01","slug":"still-quilting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/10\/still-quilting\/","title":{"rendered":"Still quilting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_0325\"<\/a>I’m still working on the quilt I showed you last week. I’m doing the border now, and it’s taking a lot longer than I’d foreseen. That’s mainly because the curved cross hatching I’d decided to do there is more time consuming than I’d thought. For one thing, I probably should have done that cross hatching on the inside curves of the border, leaving the feathers\u00a0on the outside. That would have made the transition from one section of the cross hatching to the next much easier and quicker. Live and learn! LOL! Try not to stare too hard at the less than perfect spacing in some areas, please.\u00a0The corners, especially are\u00a0tricky.<\/p>\n

While doing all of this, though, I’m really appreciating my machine. \ud83d\ude42 The extra space under the arm is invaluable when I have to put the bulk of the quilt in there to keep the ruler from hitting the shank of the foot I’m using. And the bobbin! Wow! I’ve only had to wind one extra bobbin so far, because of how much thread it holds. Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m still working on the quilt I showed you last week. I’m doing the border now, and it’s taking a lot longer than I’d foreseen. That’s mainly because the curved cross hatching I’d decided to do there is more time consuming than I’d thought. For one thing, I probably should have done that cross hatching […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[202,305,204,226,48,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-1972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"tag-bernina","8":"tag-cross-hatching","9":"tag-drunkards-path","10":"tag-feathers","11":"tag-freemotion","12":"tag-machine","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-vO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1977,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/02\/18\/moon-in-the-window\/","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":0},"title":"Moon in the Window","author":"Sandy","date":"February 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"That's the name of my latest\u00a0finished quilt! 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