{"id":2092,"date":"2015-05-31T16:53:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T23:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2015-05-31T16:53:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T23:53:35","slug":"remembering-a-couple-of-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2015\/05\/31\/remembering-a-couple-of-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering a couple of trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cruising<\/a>Several years ago my husband and I took our first cruise, going to several islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Just over a year ago, I took another cruise to the same area, this time a quilting cruise with several friends. During that cruise I bought three small pieces of fabric that represented the three islands we visited, and I also bought a cute quilt hanger in the shape of a cruise ship. Naturally, all of that sat in my “I’ll do something with this someday” bin, but that’s the bin I’ve been attacking recently.<\/p>\n

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\"Cruising<\/a>I’d originally wanted a batik to use for\u00a0the borders for these blocks, but I couldn’t find one that was exactly what I’d wanted. However, I did find a gradated Moda that went from a peachy shade to deep pink, picking up the colors of the sky in two of the blocks. Yay! I made the blocks into a tall, narrow quilt to hang on the side of the bookcase in my sewing room; that bookcase is beige metal, and it needed a bit of jazzing up.<\/p>\n

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\"Cruising<\/a>The quilting in the blocks themselves is minimal, and I did free-motion flowers (hibiscus, if you use your imagination) in all of the little borders. The whole thing only measures about 23.5″ x 8.25″, but I think it’s just what that bookcase needed, and it reminds me of two very enjoyable cruises. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several years ago my husband and I took our first cruise, going to several islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Just over a year ago, I took another cruise to the same area, this time a quilting cruise with several friends. During that cruise I bought three small pieces of fabric that represented the three islands […]<\/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":[5,299],"tags":[236,48,2,224],"class_list":{"0":"post-2092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-fabric","9":"tag-freemotion","10":"tag-quilting","11":"tag-travel","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-xK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1353,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/04\/10\/plumeria\/","url_meta":{"origin":2092,"position":0},"title":"Plumeria","author":"Sandy","date":"April 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I did say this quilt was almost finished a few days ago, didn't I? 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