{"id":2863,"date":"2016-11-08T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2016-11-08T17:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T01:00:59","slug":"im-a-happy-quilter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/11\/08\/im-a-happy-quilter\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m a happy quilter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"img_1928\"<\/a>I really like to machine quilt. I used to hand quilt, but my hands just aren’t up for that any longer, so it’s a very good thing that I think that most machine quilting is such\u00a0fun. I’ve tried several different feet suitable for using rulers on a domestic machine, beginning with one I modified<\/a>\u00a0and which didn’t work too badly but which wasn’t the greatest. Then I bought one<\/a>\u00a0that wasn’t quite<\/em> a real quarter inch. I tried a third one, the Westalee foot, thanks to the generosity of Patsy Thompson<\/a>, but at about that time I began to hear rumors of a foot designed by\u00a0the Bernina team. I’ve waited and tried to be patient, and it’s paid off at last! I can’t wait to begin using it; I\u00a0have a little piece just waiting ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I really like to machine quilt. I used to hand quilt, but my hands just aren’t up for that any longer, so it’s a very good thing that I think that most machine quilting is such\u00a0fun. I’ve tried several different feet suitable for using rulers on a domestic machine, beginning with one I modified\u00a0and which […]<\/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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-free-motion","7":"category-quilting","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Kb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5653,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/06\/05\/torture\/","url_meta":{"origin":2863,"position":0},"title":"Torture!","author":"Sandy","date":"June 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I made this quilt top several months ago and then waffled forever (as usual for me) about how I wanted to machine quilt it, finally getting some ideas from Lisa Calle, whose work is amazing. 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