{"id":3217,"date":"2017-09-25T19:01:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T02:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2017-09-25T19:01:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T02:01:17","slug":"love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2017\/09\/25\/love\/","title":{"rendered":"Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0009.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0009-126x300.jpg?resize=126%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"126\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0009.jpg?resize=126%2C300&amp;ssl=1 126w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_0009.jpg?w=287&amp;ssl=1 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 126px) 100vw, 126px\" \/><\/a>Love &#8212; that&#8217;s the title of the little quilt I&#8217;ve just finished, for obvious reasons. This one is a bit different for me in that the quilting and the appliqu\u00e9 were both done with the embroidery module (&#8220;in the hoop&#8221;) of my Bernina. I&#8217;ve never quilted this way before! Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t have enough of the right fabric to put my usual corded piping between the border and the binding, but that&#8217;s life. I&#8217;ll hang this up next February, of course. 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This one is a bit different for me in that the quilting and the appliqu\u00e9 were both done with the embroidery module (&#8220;in the hoop&#8221;) of my Bernina. I&#8217;ve never quilted this way before! Unfortunately, I didn&#8217;t have enough of [&hellip;]<\/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":[4,301],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-applique","7":"category-embroidery","8":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s5yzuO-love","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3377,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/15\/nativity-set\/","url_meta":{"origin":3217,"position":0},"title":"Nativity set","author":"Sandy","date":"March 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I'm working on while pondering which motifs to use in quilting my latest quilt has been the embroidered nativity set below (click on the photo to enlarge it, as always). 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