{"id":3364,"date":"2018-03-03T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2018-03-03T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T20:24:01","slug":"heading-for-the-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/03\/heading-for-the-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading for the border(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Whew! The major part of the piecing on this quilt is now done! The next part will be to add the borders, of course, and then I may put the top away temporarily and do something else for some variety before beginning the quilting. Naturally, given my “waffly” mind, the actual style and motifs for the quilting are still under consideration. Please excuse the huge pucker in the corner; I didn’t pin it evenly to my design surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whew! The major part of the piecing on this quilt is now done! The next part will be to add the borders, of course, and then I may put the top away temporarily and do something else for some variety before beginning the quilting. Naturally, given my “waffly” mind, the actual style and motifs for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[3,299],"tags":[217],"class_list":["post-3364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-piecing","category-quilting","tag-piecing-2","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Sg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5294,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/got-the-point\/","url_meta":{"origin":3364,"position":0},"title":"Got the Point?","author":"Sandy","date":"February 28, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Got the Point? 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