{"id":2471,"date":"2016-01-13T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2016-01-13T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:09:19","slug":"back-to-the-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/13\/back-to-the-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1110\"<\/a>After a longish break, I’m back to working on my ‘Tis the Season quilt. It’s been ready for the quilting since before Christmas, but I’d put it off until now. There’s not a lot of progress to see at this point, but I’m making strides in getting all of the embroidered motifs outlined. Once that’s done, I’ll begin doing the fill designs in the background. The big question is which motifs I’m going to use! LOL! In the meantime, however, I’m enjoying the free motion outlining on my Bernina 780. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a longish break, I’m back to working on my ‘Tis the Season quilt. It’s been ready for the quilting since before Christmas, but I’d put it off until now. There’s not a lot of progress to see at this point, but I’m making strides in getting all of the embroidered motifs outlined. Once that’s […]<\/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":[202,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-2471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-bernina","9":"tag-freemotion","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-DR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5897,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/21\/contemplating\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":0},"title":"Contemplating …","author":"Sandy","date":"March 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. 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