{"id":2627,"date":"2016-06-15T12:26:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2016-06-15T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T19:28:10","slug":"cant-see-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/cant-see-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t see the forest …"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\"IMG_1336\"<\/a>
Trees 1-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

… for the trees. That’s sort of the way I feel right now, after finishing the machine embroidery of some lovely Christmas trees; now I need to figure out how I want to set them into a quilt — the “forest”. \ud83d\ude09 These trees were inspired by a quilt my friend Phyl and I saw last February, so I bought the designs from Kreations by Kara<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The next challenge was how to use metallic thread for some of the embroidery. I’d used Floriani metallic before for some free-motion quilting, and it was trouble-free. However, for some reason it kept kinking and then snapping and breaking when I tried to embroider. After trying everything suggested by the embroidery gurus at my local shop, Quiltique<\/a>, without success, I finally began to think that the problem lay in how the thread was feeding from the spool. Pulling it from the top of the spool, either on a horizontal spool pin, a vertical one placed on the floor, or on the\u00a0vertical one from the multi-spool holder seemed to have the same results: kinking and breaking.\u00a0Logically, it looked like the thread needed to feed straight across from the spool to the tension, but it needed to feed sort of the same way a vacuum cleaner’s roll-up\u00a0hose feeds from its mount. Phyl came up with a workable solution: wind the metallic onto a bobbin and feed that directly to the tension from a vertical pin. The\u00a0only<\/strong> downside to that is that I had to guess how much thread I’d need so as not to waste too much or run out mid-tree. But someone else had apparently also run into this problem in the past and created a little tool that does exactly what’s needed: this spool pin adapter<\/a>! This is a plastic tool, so some care is involved in not over tightening the screws and breaking them, but it works like a charm. Yay!<\/p>\n

So now my trees are finished, and I’m pondering my layout with some sashing fabric I think will work. Stay tuned for the “forest”!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1337\"<\/a>
Trees 5-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"IMG_1338\"<\/a>
Trees 9-12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  … for the trees. That’s sort of the way I feel right now, after finishing the machine embroidery of some lovely Christmas trees; now I need to figure out how I want to set them into a quilt — the “forest”. \ud83d\ude09 These trees were inspired by a quilt my friend Phyl and I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2632,"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":[301],"tags":[242,193],"class_list":{"0":"post-2627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embroidery","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-embroidery","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_1338.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Gn","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2820,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/09\/28\/cant-see-the-forest-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":0},"title":"Can’t see the forest — again!","author":"Sandy","date":"September 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This time, my latest Christmas\u00a0quilt is\u00a0almost\u00a0finished! I've completed the quilting, applied the piping and binding, made and attached a label and hanging sleeve. So what's left? I'm seriously considering adding some crystals for some extra sparkle, which is something I've never done before. That step will have to wait, though,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cant-See-the-Forest-0005.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2490,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/02\/18\/back-to-it-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":1},"title":"Back to it","author":"Sandy","date":"February 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while! I've been distracted from my current quilt for a time, but I'm getting back to it now. Why was I distracted? It was a combination of the usual things that happen in a family to keep us busy and a trip to Phoenix for the recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1130.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1130.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1130.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1130.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_1130.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3680,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/13\/a-reveal\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":2},"title":"A reveal","author":"Sandy","date":"December 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Now that the holiday party for our quilt group is over, I can show the things I made for our gift exchange. I had a lot of fun looking for things I wanted to make that would be quilt-related, and I settled on three small items. First, there was this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_0720-275x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2515,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/10\/the-light-at-the-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":3},"title":"The light at the end …","author":"Sandy","date":"April 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"...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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1170","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_1170-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2787,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/08\/18\/slow-progress-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":4},"title":"Slow progress","author":"Sandy","date":"August 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of months ago I posted some embroidered Christmas tree blocks I was making. I've made a little progress since then, but it's been slow. I'd love to blame that on the vacation we took or the work involved in getting new tile laid in the house, but in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Free motion quilting"","block_context":{"text":"Free motion quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/free-motion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_1690","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_1690-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4956,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/05\/quilt-top-finished\/","url_meta":{"origin":2627,"position":5},"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. And now the embroidery is finished, and my Bernina is taking a well-earned nap! The next step, of course, will be to quilt the piece, finishing the little quilt\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Quilt top with embroidered winter animal blocks and embroidered borders","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Winter-Twist-quilt-top-only-300x295.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2636,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions\/2636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}