{"id":3680,"date":"2018-12-13T17:40:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T01:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3680"},"modified":"2018-12-13T17:40:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T01:40:51","slug":"a-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/13\/a-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"A reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the holiday party for our quilt group is over, I can show the things I made for our gift exchange. I had a lot of fun looking for things I wanted to make that would be quilt-related, and I settled on three small items.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>First, there was this Christmas ornament with its cute little sewing machine on it. It’s an embroidered design from Embroidery Library.<\/p>\n

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Next, I made a small pin cushion, another embroidered design. I think this might be useful for taking along, as it’s a conveniently small size. This little sewing machine is obviously an antique model.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Finally, there was a large mug rug. It began with yet another embroidered design featuring a sewing machine on the back of a bicycle, and then I did some free-motion embroidery on it to try to give the effect of motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that the holiday party for our quilt group is over, I can show the things I made for our gift exchange. I had a lot of fun looking for things I wanted to make that would be quilt-related, and I settled on three small items. First, there was this Christmas ornament with its cute […]<\/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":[242,193,48,207,2,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-3680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-embroidery","7":"category-free-motion","8":"category-quilting","9":"tag-christmas","10":"tag-embroidery","11":"tag-freemotion","12":"tag-pin-cushion","13":"tag-quilting","14":"tag-machine","15":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Xm","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5829,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2025\/12\/16\/time-flies-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3680,"position":0},"title":"Time flies!","author":"Sandy","date":"December 16, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I can hardly believe that it's been a month since I last posted! 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