{"id":2597,"date":"2016-05-21T12:32:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T19:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2016-05-21T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T19:32:39","slug":"a-tisket-a-tasket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/21\/a-tisket-a-tasket\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tisket, a Tasket"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1281\"<\/a>Yesterday I took an afternoon class at my local quilt shop, Quiltique<\/a>, to make a fabric basket. Actually, the theory was that we’d each\u00a0finish three of them, but no one completed more than one. No problem, though — we all had such a good time that the class just flew by! I’ve now made all three of mine (they’ll be gifts), and I can see that they might be addictive, if I didn’t have a long list of projects I want to work on! The pattern came from a Kimberbell booklet<\/a>, and I chose travel-themed fabrics for my baskets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I took an afternoon class at my local quilt shop, Quiltique, to make a fabric basket. Actually, the theory was that we’d each\u00a0finish three of them, but no one completed more than one. No problem, though — we all had such a good time that the class just flew by! I’ve now made all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[199],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-bag","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-FT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5932,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/18\/class-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":2597,"position":0},"title":"Class project","author":"Sandy","date":"May 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been AWOL for a time as I worked on an online class. 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