{"id":2515,"date":"2016-04-10T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T19:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2016-04-10T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T19:21:03","slug":"the-light-at-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/10\/the-light-at-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The light at the end …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1170\"<\/a>…of the tunnel is in sight! I began this quilt, ‘Tis the Season, in August, but I’ve had delays and dry spells galore. However, yesterday I added the corded piping and binding to the completed top, and now I’m doing the hand stitching on the binding. Of course, there’s still a hanging sleeve to make and apply, as well as a label to design, embroider and appliqu\u00e9. Still, it’s progress, and I can hope that the quilt will be ready for next Christmas. \ud83d\ude09\"IMG_1174\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…of the tunnel is in sight! I began this quilt, ‘Tis the Season, in August, but I’ve had delays and dry spells galore. However, yesterday I added the corded piping and binding to the completed top, and now I’m doing the hand stitching on the binding. Of course, there’s still a hanging sleeve to make […]<\/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":[301,299],"tags":[202,242,193,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-2515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-bernina","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-embroidery","11":"tag-piping","12":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Ez","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4956,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/05\/quilt-top-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":2515,"position":0},"title":"Quilt top finished!","author":"Sandy","date":"February 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I posted that I was working on embroidering the borders of the Winter Twist project from San Francisco Stitch Co. 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