{"id":2913,"date":"2016-12-16T11:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T19:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T19:06:17","slug":"somethings-fishy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2016\/12\/16\/somethings-fishy\/","title":{"rendered":"Something’s fishy …"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>While in Houston last month, I saw an adorable pattern by Appliqu\u00e9 Elementz <\/a>and couldn’t pass it up. In fact, there were so many cute ones that I had a hard time deciding which one to get! I decided to make this into a throw pillow to be given away to someone special, and I’ve just finished it, though it’s not a Christmas gift. I fused the appliqu\u00e9 pieces in place, but then I stitched them down through the background, batting and backing, too, for extra security. Next,\u00a0it was time to play with the quilting! I did some streams of bubbles, some feathers to tie in with the fish fins, and then some ruler work\u00a0\u2014\u00a0just diagonal lines\u00a0\u2014\u00a0around the edges. Actually, I’d made the piece quite a bit larger than needed, so there was a lot of that ruler work that went into the scrap heap. Still, the extra practice was fun. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To make this into a cushion cover, I\u00a0did an overlapping closure on the back, and the final step was a bit of stitching to make a sort of faux border\/edging all the way around. This second photo may show the quilting a bit more clearly. The last step will be to mail this, but that can wait until the Christmas rush is over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While in Houston last month, I saw an adorable pattern by Appliqu\u00e9 Elementz and couldn’t pass it up. In fact, there were so many cute ones that I had a hard time deciding which one to get! I decided to make this into a throw pillow to be given away to someone special, and I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2914,"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":[4,5,299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-applique","8":"category-free-motion","9":"category-quilting","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_1984.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-KZ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5163,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/09\/30\/dexter-quilt\/","url_meta":{"origin":2913,"position":0},"title":"Dexter quilt","author":"Sandy","date":"September 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When we first moved here in 1999, we brought with us -- of course! -- our then five-year-old dog, Dexter. 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