{"id":3785,"date":"2019-03-15T08:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2019-03-15T08:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:05:46","slug":"multiplying-like-rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/15\/multiplying-like-rabbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiplying Like Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The ladies at my local quilt group really liked the\u00a0biscornu cushion<\/a> that I made some time back, so they asked me to teach them the biscornu technique. To get ready for yesterday’s session for that, I made another pin cushion<\/a>, and then I also made another “shell” of one, but I didn’t stuff it so the members could see what it looked like before being finished. Of course, I also had some squares of fabric ready to show how to line things up. So now I have three biscornu pin cushions on my machine cabinet! The purple one is going to live with my granddaughter, but the blue one will stay with me, since the green\/red one is now over ten years old and has seen better days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ladies at my local quilt group really liked the\u00a0biscornu cushion that I made some time back, so they asked me to teach them the biscornu technique. To get ready for yesterday’s session for that, I made another pin cushion, and then I also made another “shell” of one, but I didn’t stuff it so […]<\/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":[3,299,1],"tags":[193,207],"class_list":{"0":"post-3785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-piecing","7":"category-quilting","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"tag-embroidery","10":"tag-pin-cushion","11":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-Z3","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3722,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/16\/a-biscornu-pin-cushion\/","url_meta":{"origin":3785,"position":0},"title":"A biscornu pin cushion","author":"Sandy","date":"January 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't know why I'm so intrigued by the biscornu construction, and I also don't know why I like pin cushions so much. At the moment, I have at least nine pin cushions, and that's not counting the ones I've made and given away! \u00a0 At any rate, my local\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0939.jpg?fit=1200%2C910&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0939.jpg?fit=1200%2C910&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0939.jpg?fit=1200%2C910&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0939.jpg?fit=1200%2C910&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_0939.jpg?fit=1200%2C910&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3615,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/27\/biscornu-cushion\/","url_meta":{"origin":3785,"position":1},"title":"Biscornu cushion","author":"Sandy","date":"October 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Several years ago I made a pin cushion that is a biscornu -- that is, it's a way of putting together two squares so that you end up with eight sides. Sounds crazy, right? But it's pretty cool, and I'd always intended to make more. However, a couple of weeks\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Embroidery"","block_context":{"text":"Embroidery","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/embroidery\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_0781-276x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1546,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2010\/03\/20\/biscornu\/","url_meta":{"origin":3785,"position":2},"title":"Biscornu","author":"Sandy","date":"March 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Biscornu is the name of a specific type of pin cushion, and it really intrigued me when I saw the instructions. It starts out as two squares of fabric, but it ends up having eight sides! The more traditional ones have counted cross stitch as the squares, but they can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Quilting"","block_context":{"text":"Quilting","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/category\/quilting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/IMG_2657-300x253.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1418,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/a-new-pin-cushion\/","url_meta":{"origin":3785,"position":3},"title":"A new pin cushion!","author":"Sandy","date":"December 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was in a pin cushion exchange with a group of French quilters, and my new pin cushion arrived yesterday afternoon! It's really nice \u2014 all handmade, with a dimensional flower on one side and a six-pointed star on the other. 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