{"id":3211,"date":"2017-09-24T13:45:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T20:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3211"},"modified":"2017-09-24T13:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T20:45:06","slug":"not-so-ferocious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/24\/not-so-ferocious\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so ferocious"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have a friend who introduced me to the Inheritance<\/em> book series, written by Christopher Paolini. I’m not usually that fond of fantasy fiction, but these were really engrossing. \ud83d\ude42 At any rate, my friend is having some health issues, and I happened to run across an embroidery file for a gorgeous dragon<\/a>, so I decided to make a mug rug with the dragon on it. There’s a tiny bit of sparkle when the light catches the design; the sparkle comes from a small amount of silver metallic thread used in part of the design. I added some free-motion quilting to hold the layers together. The mug rug measures 8.25″ x 5.25″, so there’s plenty of room for coffee or tea. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a friend who introduced me to the Inheritance book series, written by Christopher Paolini. I’m not usually that fond of fantasy fiction, but these were really engrossing. \ud83d\ude42 At any rate, my friend is having some health issues, and I happened to run across an embroidery file for a gorgeous dragon, so I […]<\/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":[301,5,299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"category-free-motion","8":"category-quilting","9":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-PN","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3680,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/13\/a-reveal\/","url_meta":{"origin":3211,"position":0},"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. 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Ugh.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"auditioning motifs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_0970.jpg?fit=1200%2C853&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5067,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2023\/07\/10\/camouflaged-dresdens\/","url_meta":{"origin":3211,"position":2},"title":"Camouflaged Dresdens","author":"Sandy","date":"July 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working on a Dresden Plate design for the past few months, and it's now finished! :) I'd made one several years ago from a pattern by Susan Cleveland, and she has now written a book full of inspiration: Dynamic Dresdens. 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