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As if that weren’t enough, she also enclosed a large piece of a very unusual batik (don’t we all love batiks?) — “large” being about 2.5 yards. Wow! It’s deep red and black — I can’t wait to use it in something special!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday the quilt group I belong to had its annual holiday party. We went to a local restaurant — one that treats us like royalty! — and visited, ate, laughed, and exchanged gifts. What’s not to love about a get-together like that? \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Our gift exchange is anonymous, with a little poem that tells us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2442,"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":[299],"tags":[236,220],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-fabric","9":"tag-gift","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_1011.jpg?fit=3024%2C2751&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Dn","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1397,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/11\/mats\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":0},"title":"Mats","author":"Sandy","date":"May 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Tea matsYesterday was the day for the regular meeting of my local quilt group, which is always fun. :) One of the members usually gives a \"mini-class\" for us to make something new, or we can simply work on our own projects and visit with each other. 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<\/a>My final package was a large flat one that had a little “give”, so of course I thought it was a cutting mat — as did several people near me. How wrong we were! Kim, one of our members, had made a table mat, about 19″ in diameter, from clothesline and wrapped fabric. Isn’t it gorgeous? With all of those bright colors, it will be\u00a0wonderful<\/em> on my table — especially in the summertime!<\/p>\n