{"id":3866,"date":"2019-06-09T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T20:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2019-06-09T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T20:19:58","slug":"a-new-cushion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/09\/a-new-cushion\/","title":{"rendered":"A new cushion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The other day I happened upon a lovely embroidery motif at Kreations by Kara<\/a>, and it was on sale. Hmmm … how could I resist? \ud83d\ude09 I decided to make a quick couch cushion, and it was definitely quick and easy. I did a bare minimum of free-motion ruler quilting, just letting the embroidery be the focal point without anything to compete with it. To make things even better, I already had the background fabric on hand, as well as the very appropriate backing fabric! A quick trip to the store for a pillow form (also on sale!), and it was done.<\/p>\n

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The other day I happened upon a lovely embroidery motif at Kreations by Kara, and it was on sale. Hmmm … how could I resist? \ud83d\ude09 I decided to make a quick couch cushion, and it was definitely quick and easy. I did a bare minimum of free-motion ruler quilting, just letting the embroidery be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3868,"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":[193,236,48,322,311],"class_list":{"0":"post-3866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-embroidery","8":"category-free-motion","9":"category-quilting","10":"tag-embroidery","11":"tag-fabric","12":"tag-freemotion","13":"tag-pillow","14":"tag-ruler-work","15":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandymike.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0336-1.jpg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yzuO-10m","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3642,"url":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/16\/two-down\/","url_meta":{"origin":3866,"position":0},"title":"Two down!","author":"Sandy","date":"November 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just finished my little embroidered quilt, and it's hanging happily on the wall for the rest of the fall season. 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