{"id":3373,"date":"2018-03-09T18:18:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T02:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3373"},"modified":"2018-03-09T18:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T02:18:06","slug":"pausing-at-the-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/09\/pausing-at-the-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pausing at the borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As planned, I’ve finished adding the borders to La Vie Est Belle, and I’m taking a bit of a break to get some other things accomplished before beginning the quilting. That will give me time to think about how I want to quilt it — deciding that always takes me a long time. I had to take the photo at an angle because of my small and crowded sewing room, but you can get the idea of what it looks like at this point. To be continued ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As planned, I’ve finished adding the borders to La Vie Est Belle, and I’m taking a bit of a break to get some other things accomplished before beginning the quilting. That will give me time to think about how I want to quilt it — deciding that always takes me a long time. I had […]<\/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":[3,299],"tags":[228,217],"class_list":{"0":"post-3373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-piecing","7":"category-quilting","8":"tag-paper-piecing","9":"tag-piecing-2","10":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Sp","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3364,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/03\/heading-for-the-borders\/","url_meta":{"origin":3373,"position":0},"title":"Heading for the border(s)","author":"Sandy","date":"March 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Whew! 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I wasn't very happy with the class, so I simply put the pieces away until recently, when I decided to finish the quilt on general principle. ;) I've finished piecing the two-part wedges into the \"bow tie\" sections and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Piecing"","block_context":{"text":"Piecing","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/piecing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0370.jpg?fit=640%2C560&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0370.jpg?fit=640%2C560&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/IMG_0370.jpg?fit=640%2C560&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5493,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/21\/another-quilt-is-in-the-bag\/","url_meta":{"origin":3373,"position":3},"title":"Another quilt is in the bag","author":"Sandy","date":"October 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This quilt, like the previous one, is literally in the bag. 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