{"id":3481,"date":"2018-07-11T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2018-07-11T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:19:21","slug":"belated-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/11\/belated-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Belated post"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This couldn’t be posted back in March, when I made the cushion, simply because it was a gift that was only given this week. Our elder daughter and son-in-law celebrated their twentieth anniversary this week, and I wanted to make them a memento. The main side of the cushion came from a commercially available design<\/a>, embroidered onto linen with teal piping around the outside.<\/p>\n

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The reverse side was personalized with a heart motif from my Bernina’s built-in files to which I added the couple’s names and pertinent dates.<\/p>\n

I added an invisible zipper (love that #35 foot!) so that the pillow form can be removed when\/if necessary.<\/p>\n

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This couldn’t be posted back in March, when I made the cushion, simply because it was a gift that was only given this week. Our elder daughter and son-in-law celebrated their twentieth anniversary this week, and I wanted to make them a memento. 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